Explaining the Godhead to our children

[kclee4jc]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Why even use an analogy? There's a Father and there's a Son. The Father is not the Son and the Son is not the Father.

Why isn't that simple enough to teach?

Because its a lie!!! Isaiah 9:6 says that the Son will be called the 'Mighty God, Everlasting Father"! We teach the Father was manifested in the Son because that's what the Bible says.

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by kclee4jc

Because its a lie!!! Isaiah 9:6 says that the Son will be called the 'Mighty God, Everlasting Father"! We teach the Father was manifested in the Son because that's what the Bible says.

Maybe the writers of the bible was wrong by using the Father and the Son and their separation and distinction as examples?

The NT is chock full of such examples.

[kclee4jc]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Maybe the writers of the bible was wrong by using the Father and the Son and their separation and distinction as examples?

The NT is chock full of such examples.

Those examples are relational. Jesus is the "fullness of the Godhead". He fullfilled it all. He revealed himself as Father, Son, and Spirit. And he doesnt have to be three people fulfill those roles.

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by kclee4jc

Those examples are relational. Jesus is the "fullness of the Godhead". He fullfilled it all. He revealed himself as Father, Son, and Spirit. And he doesnt have to be three people fulfill those roles.

God the Father and Jesus, His Son, interacted with each other separately and distinctly throughout the gospels, with each having separate wills. They did have a relationship as between a Father and His Son.