Hi there Salvation,
I’m very curious as to why our Heavenly Father is referred to as a “person”?
I guess the main reason being that I asked this question is because it is my understanding from Scripture that God is a Spirit - (John 4:24).
Yet, a “person” = a human being.
Also, since God is a Spirit, His Spirit is also Holy too.
But I see in this presentation that the Holy Spirit is also being called a “person”.
Is it just me, or does anyone else see something just ain’t right with using this type of terminology?
And “Salvation”, I don’t mean any harm, or attack.
I’ve been studying on my own for quite some time now, and I when I’m moved to ask questions about things that don’t make sense to me, I get moving, regardless of how silly I might look ... smiles
I understand where you are coming from. No harm done at all.
You have a valid point about God the Father, yet God the Father talked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden when they tried to hide from him.
I’m wondering if taking on the human aspects makes the Scripture more understandable.
Of course Christ was fully God and fully man.
And I have always thought of the Holy Spirit as spirit too — but often moving other people to act in our lives.
Good discussion points, thank you.
And I may be totally wrong, because I definitely am not a theologian. LOL!
No, it's technical metaphysical terminology, and translated from Greek, to boot. A "person" is defined as an "individual substance of a rational nature". Think of it as a rational entity who can be identified (and therefore named) uniquely. Human beings are persons, angels are persons (but not human persons; they're angelic persons), and God is three divine persons in one divine substance.