Trinitarians say that the Father is a person, The Son is a person, and The Holy Spirit is a person. This is seized by their detractors as clear blasphemy, calling God a person. However, they mean to say personality. There is but one God, with three different personalities and personifications. This might have opponents of the Trinity allege that the God in which they speak suffers from the illness called schizophrenia. Just as a person suffering from this ailment may have more than one personality inside of him, so too does one God have three different personalities. The Father is the strict law giver of the Old Testament. He is a jealous and wrathful God. Jesus (pbuh), on the other hand, is the loving and forgiving one. He has so much compassion for man that he endured great hardship to save them. And the Holy Spirit is the one in the shadows with no true personalities. He is at the beckoning call of the Jesus (pbuh), if one believes him to be the Comforter (John 14:26). He can be described as the “Get Things Done” being in the Trinity. But Jesus (pbuh) says
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
If you are interacting with a Christian for any length of time, you will soon get the impression that Christians love Jesus (pbuh) more than they love the Father and perhaps they love the Holy Spirit more than the Father. The Father is seen as the being who gives men all these rules that he is bond to break, while the Holy Spirit aids Jesus (pbuh) in relinquishing man’s culpability for breaking these rules. Go to any church or turn your television to any church service and within seconds you will hear praises for Jesus (pbuh). To a lesser degree, you will hear about the Great Holy Spirit. You may also hear the mentioning of God, but it is seldom the case to hear a sermon on the Father. This is because of their distinct personalities and job descriptions.
The fact that Christians show favoritism to one Godhead over another is one of the arguments used to combat polytheism. A person cannot serve 2 gods equally, as Jesus (pbuh) expressed (Matt. 6:24), even if they pledge sincerely to view them as inseparably. And if you throw in another god, it becomes even more difficult to do. Take a look at Hinduism. Of the three deities in their Trinity, Vishnu, the compassionate God who incarnates to save mankind, is held in higher esteem than his counterparts. Even further, Krishna, one of Vishnu’s incarnations is praised by many Hindus, more so than any other deity in the religion. This is the danger of having separate godheads. One of the gods is taken and shaped into what is most pleasing to the followers. And because he is more pleasing, they neglect to the others. Those who read that their God is a jealous god should be very cautious not to fall victim to this inclination.
Romans 1:22 “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Romans 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
Romans 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”
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