Explaining the Godhead to our children
 

Somebody explain it to my 7 yr old, so I dont have to confuse her more than she is, by my attempting to unconfuse her..:)

She is wondering why God is praying to himself.




Somebody tell her its just the human side praying to the God side, and see how everything becomes clear as mud for her.

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And saying that they are two separate gods makes it less confusing? Then you beg the question, why did god #1 pray to god #2 unless one was inferior to the other and had to ask for help. :coffee2 Or is that god #3 praying to god #2? Was god #3 praying to the Father? Or was He praying to the Holy Spirit?

My kids have had no problem at all understanding that the body that God dwelt in was human, felt pain and felt the need to pray.

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It's very simple God had a Son, Jesus, who isn't God, but a separate and distinct person. They loved and interacted with each other and Jesus was sent by His Father to save the world.

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or, for 7, see that it's a means of getting closer to God. And that prayer is supposed to be a personal thing, done in a closet, and that although some prayer should be a mark of any Christian walk, everyone prays quite differently, which is cool--and it's not something to get hung up on, it's just a way to be with God inside you, you are paying God sole attention, and you get stuff from it.

Re: Explaining the Godhead to our children
 

whoa there buddy, have you considered:


John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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From a little boy, it was placed in my heart. "Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One".

That is the Greatest Commandment of All. Christology can come later.

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:santathumb

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I've always told my girls there is one God who is Jesus.

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Yep I have. :)

Have you considered that the Word was with God? That the same was in the beginning with God?

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Ha cool.