Right off the bat you have a context issue. first off if you look at the actual verse Word is capitalized not lower case. With it being capital it means it is referring to a person. In biblical theology any time you see the Word it is referring to Jesus Christ.
this also refers back to Genesis where God said let "us" make man in "our" image. this is a plural form meaning more than 1. There are many other references as such showing the plurality of God.
God is a spirit that does not have the form of man.
There is NOT capitalization in greek ... sorry, that isn't biblical, that's a translation interpolation issue.
Genesis is using the magesterial plural, something which was common back then, and is used else where in the bible for human kings. Which is why it only comes up when Yahweh is making a declaration, and when he's described doing the action it's all singular, also even in the declaration the verb is singular, so if you actually look at the Hebrew grammer you'd realize it's not a plurality at all.
They are specifically identifying that God is 1 spiritual being made up of 3 distinct personalities. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Wait so is God in John 1:1 reffering to the Trinity? Or only one or more personalities in the Trinity?
nope not at all. It is very much possible for their to be 1 God and 3 persons.
the only heresies are the LDS and JW's that teach Jesus wasn't God and just a simple man that ascended to godhood somehow through his own power.
How is it possible? Explain what each Word is reffering to?
Sure it does if you understand the nature and character of God.
God is 1 personal being, 1 person.
That is your problem if you want to limit yourself to 2 options and ignore the rest of scripture. other people have a better mind and more theological skills that than.
nope we have 1 God that has 3 personalities.
What other options are there .... explain another way to understand the use of "Theos" in John 1:1 ...
Also I read the rest of scripture, it never presents Jesus as yahweh, InFact Jesus has a God, and that god is Yahweh, and Jesus submits himself to that God ....
if you read the context and outside of Arianism/JW which actually change the wording of the verse to mean something else Word is describing a person. that person is Christ.
Forget what other People say, I'm talking about the origional greek text.
again you commit a error. Word and God are capitalized therefore they are referring to a person or persons.
There is NO CAPITALIZATION IN GREEK!!!
of course you don't want to see evidence of how you are theologically wrong that would disprove your lds or jw point of view whichever one you prefer.
actually most of the ones I have seen list plenty of context linking both old and new testament scriptures to the fact of a trinity.
that is why the early church adopted the philosophy to begin with. it is also why they rejected Arianism an jw teachings at the same time and considered them heretical.
because neither one could reconcile the divinity of Christ.
Explain to me who God in John 1:1 actually is talking about? Is it refering to God as a Trinity? God the father? God the son or what?
believe me I've seen the evidence, I've read the bible many times, and read in the origional greek.
If you want to argue from other scriptures, POST the scripture, quote it, in it's context, then we can go from there, copying and pasting assercions With cited scriptures that arn't quote, is not argumentation, it's nonsense.
Deal With John 1:1, so far you haven't told me what Theos actually is in John 1:1.
