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One should never look or act on the "implied". The "implied" does not match the "stated" in the foundations of the Scripture (the OT) which is not old.
God is ONE and only ONE who will not share HIS glory or praise with anyone else...this includes Jesus! Jesus is NOT God! Keep studying.
Jesus said that He IS God in the Bible and I believe Him.
One should never look or act on the "implied". The "implied" does not match the "stated" in the foundations of the Scripture (the OT) which is not old.
God is ONE and only ONE who will not share HIS glory or praise with anyone else...this includes Jesus! Jesus is NOT God! Keep studying.
I would not even say "implied" about Jesus being God. I would say it definitely states that! There are just other aspects about the mystery of the Trinity that are inferred or implied rather than explicitly stated to which I was referring.
You obviously have your opinion about it and I have mine. I don't really desire to argue the point.
1 Timothy 3:16-And by common confessions great is the mystery of Godliness:1-He who was revealed in the flesh,Was vindicated in the Spirit,Beheld by angels,proclaimed among the nations,Believed on in the world,Taken up in glory.
The Spirit dwells inside every true Christian each one's body being his temple.
. The triune the Father,Son and Holy Spirit is looked as a paradox whereby 3 IS 1 and 1 IS 3 .
The trinity is a foundational principle of christianity. Although the word, "trinity" does not appear in the bible, the concept is accepted by most christian denominations.
Just like alot of other things that are not literally in the bible. That's why the doctrine of "sola scriptura" (scripture/bible only) does not make sense to me.
Guess where protestants got the notion of the trinity? You guessed it....the catholic church.....for 1500 years we were (and the orthodox), the only "game in town" for christians.
My point is that a misunderstanding in this particular area of Christian doctrine will not automatically condemn said person to an eternity in hell. The OP is if it is a must...I believe it's important, but not necessary.
The OP is not whether or it condemns a person to hell, but if the belief is a central tenet of Christianity. And it certainly is.
Whether or not denying the Trinity condemns one to hell...well, that's one of those areas where I refuse to judge. I have no idea who is in hell, and it sure ain't up to me to judge one way or the other.
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