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To: teppe

Nephi seems to recognize a distinction between the Father and the Son. Christ “witnesseth” obedience unto the Father (2 Nephi 31:7), and keeps the commandments of the Father (2 Nephi 31:7-11). In Jacob’s day, the righteous Nephites worshipped the Father in Christ’s name and saw the story of Father Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of his Son Isaac as “a similitude of God and his Only Begotten Son” (Jacob 4:5-6), which strongly suggests that they are separate individuals. Other passages describe Jesus as in complete harmony with but still subordinate to his Father (3 Nephi 11:32-36). Jesus prays to the Father (3 Nephi 17:13-18; 19:19-34), is sent by the Father (3 Nephi 27:13), the Father introduces the Son (3 Nephi 11:3-7), the Father commands the Son (3 Nephi 15:16; 16:10), the Son like an advocate for the defense hold the righteous guiltless before his Father at the day of judgement (3 Nephi 27:16). Since the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are all described in the Book of Mormon as separate and distinct individuals, they constitute “one God” or divine government which is unified in purpose, will, doctrine and testimony.

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242 posted on 11/13/2019 5:52:51 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Yes .... We believe in the Godhead of The Father, Jesus Christ his son, and the Holy Ghost. We do not believe in the Nicene/Apostolic or Athenasian Creeds.

But as a Creed believer, yourself, .... you believe that God, Christ and the Holy Ghost are merely three ‘persona’ of one individual God.

Consequently, a Creed/Trinitarian Christian believes that Jesus Christ prayed to himself in the Garden of Gethsamane.

Also .... Trinitarians do not like the verse “God created Man in his own image”, since the Human equivalent of the Trinitarian God would be someone with a schizophrenia multiple personality disorder.


243 posted on 11/13/2019 7:18:35 PM PST by teppe
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