LET'S DE-MYSTIFY THE TRINITY

  I've watched the most astute preachers of the Gospel stumble all over themselves when asked about the Trinity.  Many just bypass the question by saying, "It's beyond our understanding". I find nothing mysterious or "beyond understanding" about the Trinity. It's very reasonable.

Understanding the Trinity begins with Genesis 1:26 where it says, "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness...' ".   Notice the plural personal pronouns.  This is God's revelation of creation.  The Trinity was not only present at creation, but carried out creation.  (See Colossians 1:15-20).  The three members of the Trinity were present and involved in Jesus' baptism.  (See Matthew 3:16, 17).  The Genesis passage says that we are made in God's image and likeness.  That doesn't mean we look like God.  It means we are three in one like God.

It is universally accepted that humankind is not one dimensional.  From ancient times humans have been understood to be more than just physical.  For example, the YMCA, from its earliest days, has pictured humans as a triangle.  One side is the intellect or the MIND, the fleshly structure is the BODY, and the SPIRIT is that part of us that worships.  All three aspects are capable of growth and deterioration.  So it should not surprise us that we are a mirror image of the Godhead that made us.  He Who made us is three in one and so we are made in the same image.

This wonderful truth has ramifications for our lives.  The first ramification is the enormous value of each life.  Human life is precious and is of great worth.  Each life is uniquely designed and created in God's image for purposes determined in advance.  (See Ephesians 2:10).  No human life is accidental or the result of matter, plus time, plus chance as some teach to their detriment. 

The next ramification is that we should interact with each other with a respect due a design and creation of God.

Another ramification is that, since we are created in God's image, we also have an eternal aspect as our Creator is eternal in nature.

One final ramification we should not ignore is that Jesus taught that we are accountable for how we invest the life God has blessed us with.  (See the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-23).  We are also accountable as to how we perpetuate the great doctrines of our faith, like the Trinity.

NEW YORK POST CREAMS OBAMA'S "ORGANIZING FOR ACTION"

NEW YORK POST ARTICLE   re: OFA

“There's a reason why in  New York  Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, Not the Statue of Equality.”

I do not understand how living in a country with its democracy established over 200 years ago, and now, for the first time in history, suddenly we have one of our former presidents set up a group called "Organizing for Action" (OFA).

OFA is 30,000+ strong and working to disrupt everything that our current president’s administration is trying to do. This organization goes against our Democracy, and it is an operation that will destroy our way of governing. It goes against our Constitution, our laws, and the processes established over 200 years ago. If it is allowed to proceed then we will be living in chaos very much like third world countries are run. What good is it to have an established government if it is not going to be respected and allowed to follow our laws?

If you had an army some 30,000 strong and a court system stacked over the decades with judges who would allow you to break the laws, how much damage could you do to a country? We are about to find out in America !

Our ex-president said he was going to stay involved through community organizing and speak out on the issues and that appears to be one post-administration promise he intends to keep. He has moved many of his administration's top dogs over to Organizing for Action.

OFA is behind the strategic and tactical implementation of the resistance to the Trump Administration that we are seeing across  America , and politically active courts are providing the leverage for this revolution.

OFA is dedicated to organizing communities for "progressive" change. Its issues are gun control, socialist health care, abortion, sexual equality, climate change, and of course, immigration reform.

OFA members were propped up by the ex-president's message from the shadows: "Organizing is the building block of everything great we have accomplished Organizers around the country are fighting for change in their communities and OFA is one of the groups on the front lines.. Commit to this work in 2017 and beyond."

OFA's website says it obtained its "digital" assets from the ex-president's re-election effort and that he inspired the movement. In short, it is the shadow government organization aimed at resisting and tearing down the ConstitutionalRepublic we know as AMERICA ...

Paul Sperry, writing for the New York Post, says, “The OFA will fight President Donald Trump at every turn of his presidency and the ex-president will command them from a bunker less than two miles from the White House."

Sperry writes that, “The ex-president is setting up a shadow government to sabotage the Trump administration through a network of non-profits led by OFA, which is growing its war chest (more than $40 million) and has some 250 offices nationwide. The OFA IRS filings, according to Sperry, indicate that the OFA has 32,525 (and growing) volunteers nationwide. The ex-president and his wife will oversee the operation from their home/ office in Washington DC .

Think about how this works. For example: Trump issues an immigration executive order; the OFA signals for protests and statements from pro-immigrant groups; the ACLU lawyers file lawsuits in jurisdictions where activist judges obstruct the laws; volunteers are called to protest at airports and Congressional town hall meetings; the leftist media springs to action in support of these activities; the twitter sphere lights up with social media; and violence follows. All of this happens from the ex-president's signal that he is heartened by the protests...

If Barack Obama did not do enough to destroy this country in the 8 years he was in office, it appears his future plans are to destroy the foundation on which this country has operated on for the last 241 years.

If this does not scare you, then we are in worse trouble than you know.

So, do your part.

You have read it, so at least pass this on so others will know what we are up against.

We are losing our country and we are so compliant.

We are becoming a "PERFECT TARGET" for our enemy!

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