Two reasons no one speaks up about the use of trinity (as well as other teachings):
+Any questions raised about the use of trinity are generally listed as fringe or heretical, like not believing Jesus is God, and are readily dismissed.
+Most Christians cannot distinguish between words of man and Words of God, and so they accept both equally.
Both of the above are inadvertently, or intentionally, meant to intimidate any criticism of what the learned leaders have set in stone.
There is built-in, dangerous pressure to accept what the church says because church fathers said it millennia ago.
Frankly, I’m not impressed anymore.
Yes, there are impressive and comforting things said by Christians, and I add my own.
But for creating foundations for doctrine, we must direct everyone to search their own Bible first.
The Bible must be the source, not the backup, for statements written by people.
We fall in danger of communicating that the Bible is not sufficient and needs our help.
Most theological teaching starts with a doctrinal statement, FOLLOWED by Bible verses, or more commonly just Bible references.
What if all our doctrinal statements, our beliefs, our ‘distinctives,’ our creeds, simply quoted Bible verses?
When Luther said, “No, but I’m as sure as there’s a God in heaven, . . . My warrant is the Word of God . . .” he was responding to a question about feeling forgiven.*
How about including all man’s words in “. . . naught else is worth believing.”
There is plenty of room for discussion and teaching, if we start with the Bible, and if we continue going back to the Bible.
Following any teaching with loyalty to a person who said it leads to division that Paul spoke against, with names including himself (“. . . I am of Paul, I am of Apollos . . .”).
*Someone asked Luther, “Do you feel that you have been forgiven?”
Luther answered, “No, but I’m as sure as there’s a God in heaven, for feelings come and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing.”
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