I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. HOW CAN SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT GOD, JESUS, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ONE (AND YOU ARE RIGHT) AND STILL BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY? COULD ONE OF YOU BRILLIANT FOLKS ANSWER THAT FOR ME. THE TRINITY IS THE BELIEF THAT GOD IS THREE, HENCE THE WORD "TRI"NITY. SOME OF US ARE SAYING THE RIGHT STUFF AND JUST A TAD BIT OFF IN WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CONFESSING.

PRAISE THE LORD PEOPLE OF GOD!

      JUST WANTED TO REPLY QUICKLY TO SIXPACK, AND I TRUELY HOPE HE READS THIS OR THAT IT IS AT LEAST POSTED.
      SIXPACK, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. I HAVE A BIT OF NEWS THAT CAN BE BAD NEWS FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T CATCH ON QUICK. I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.....I'M AFRAID I MAY HAVE DONE TO MUCH TYPING ALREADY!
      THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE NONE OF HIS! I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE GREAT STUDIES AND YOU CAN BREAK DOWN THE LANGUAGE OF THE TIMES AND ETC., BUT I NEED TO WARN YOU, SO COULD THE PHARISEES AND SADUCEES. JESUS TOLD THEM THAT THERE FATHER IS THE DEVIL, OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TROUBLE BELIEVEING HIM....WHOOO!
       YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE STUDIES, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? GOD'S BUISNESS IS KEPT FROM THOSE WHO ARE NONE OF HIS, THATS WHY HE SPOKE IN PARABLES.
        WE REALLY MUST GET BACK TO THE BASICS....IN ALL YOUR GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE STUDYING...LEARNING...FIGURING...LOGIC, IN ALL THY GETTING, GET UNDERSTANDING.
        TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE READING THIS AND GOING BACK IN FORTH IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING, FIRST LET ME WARN YOU TO NOT BE BLOWN AWAY BY EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE, SEEK FOR YOURSELF. SECONDLY, LET ME GIVE YOU TO KNOW, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE TREMENDOUSLY INTELLIGENT. THEY ARE TREMENDOUS WITH NUMBERS, THEY ARE TREMENDOUS WITH SCIENCES, THEY CAN CALCULATE, THEY CAN RATIONALIZE WITH THE BEST OF THEM, THE ARE TREMENDOUS IN ACADEMICS....BUT THEY ARE SO STUPID THAT THEY CAN'T SEE GOD WHEN HE'S MOVING. (THIS STATEMENT IS NOT TO SIXPACK, JUST TO READERS) IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH. AND WITHOUT FAITH THERE IS A LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE WILL NOT HAVE. SOME THINGS IN THE BIBLE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE SENSE TO THE CARNAL MIND, BUT THAN SOME THINGS ARE GOING TO MAKE SENSE TO THE "RELIGIOUS" MIND. IT REQUJIRES FAITH. I KNOW SOME WON'T UNDERSTAND HOW 1+1+1=1, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS FOR THIS LEVEL OF LEARNING, YOU OUGHT NOT LEAN TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. YOUR NOT GOING TO ALWAYS UNDERSTAND....HENCE THE REASON FOR FAITH! THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE TRUTH IS, ITS TRUE RATHER YOU BELIVE IT OR NOT. JUST HAVE FAITH AND THE LORD WILL EITHER SHOW YOU HIS TRUTHS, OR HE WILL SEND ONE WITH REVELATION TO GIVE IT TO YOU. A SOLID PIECE OF ICE IF IT IS MELTED TURNS TO WATER, AND IF IT IS HEATED TURNS TO GAS. 1. ICE + 1. WATER + 1. GAS = 1. THE SAME CUBE OF ICE MADE WATER AND GAS....MAKES MORE SENSE NOW? ONE GOD, THREE DIFFERENT MANISFESTATIONS. BE CAREFUL THAT THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS DOESN'T BECOME FOOLISHNESS FOR YOU. YOU MIGHT SLIP UP AND BECOME NONE OF HIS.  BE BLESSED IN THE LORD AND FIND YOUR WAY TO JESUS...IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE TO DO ALL THIS STUDYING, SPEAK OF ALL THESE THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE, DIE AND GO TO HELL. IF EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO MAKE SENSE TO OUR FINITE MINDS, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR FAITH....SO SIXPACK, BACK TO THE BASICS, HAVE YOU DEVELOPED IN FAITH? I SEE THAT YOU HAVE FAITH IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND LOGIC, BUT DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN JESUS....BECAUSE RATHER YOU AGREE OR NOT HE IS GOD...BUT HE ONLY BECOMES YOUR GOD WHEN YOU PUT FAITH TO IT. P.S. THE JEWS DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM EITHER. AND IN PROVING THERE POINT, THEY ONLY CAUSED HIM TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY. BELIEVE OR DON'T BELIEVE, BUT BE WARNED JUDGEMENT IS COMING AND YOU, MY FRIEND, HAVE NO EXCUSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED....YOU BETTER TELL HIM YES.