tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502171450450034535.post2394965008511489379..comments2023-10-28T07:04:25.925-04:00Comments on A Theology of Desire: Contemplatio in action: the Trinity's fulcrum?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502171450450034535.post-47077324096743356332011-07-08T07:07:26.593-04:002011-07-08T07:07:26.593-04:00What a big God we have,one and all;timeless and te...What a big God we have,one and all;timeless and temporal. Three distinct "persons" at the same time; having perfect unity as one God. Beyond the boundaries of explanation.<br />Another thought provoking blog. Another moment in time to stop and awe at our mighty God!Diane Marie Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179288189765350548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502171450450034535.post-39108524699898156172011-07-06T12:50:05.190-04:002011-07-06T12:50:05.190-04:00Thanks for your insightful comments Ike. You are o...Thanks for your insightful comments Ike. You are of course right about the doctrine of the three persons, and I opened my post referring to Them in that way. But I doubt that God's "personhood" is the same as ours, and think there must be some sort of blurring between and among Them (for lack of a better word) which co-exists with their distinctness. <br /><br />The trinity is one of the mysteries we will not fully understand until we stand before Them. And maybe not even then. I think They like us to ponder about how things work outside the realm of our own understanding, and the limits of time and space. <br /><br />Even if we get it wrong.<br /><br />Thanks again for your comments which were thought provoking as usual!Suzanne Marie DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724481265474654929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502171450450034535.post-1900099654856515952011-07-02T11:35:14.568-04:002011-07-02T11:35:14.568-04:00In describing the Trinity, the New Testament clear...In describing the Trinity, the New Testament clearly distinguishes three Persons who are all simultaneously active. They are not merely modes or manifestations of the same person (as Oneness theology incorrectly asserts) who sometimes acts as Father, sometimes as Son, and sometimes as Spirit. At Christ’s baptism, all three Persons were simultaneously active (Matt. 3:16–17), with the Son being baptized, the Spirit descending, and the Father speaking from Heaven. Jesus Himself prayed to the Father (cf. Matt. 6:9), taught that His will was distinct from His Father’s (Matt. 26:39), promised that He would ask the Father to send the Spirit (John 14:16), and asked the Father to glorify Him (John 17:5). These actions would not make sense unless the Father and the Son were two distinct Persons. Elsewhere in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit intercedes before the Father on behalf of believers (Rom. 8:26), as does the Son, who is our Advocate (1 John 2:1). Again, the distinctness of each Person is in view.Ikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595879576794400791noreply@blogger.com