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I Corinthians 14 is a good chapter on things being easily understood. God doesn't expect us to say we believe things that are too complicated for us mere mortals to understand, and threaten us with eternal Hellfire if we do not. Makes no sense to me. hmbld, is the Holy Spirit the Father's spirit? And is the Father anything but spirit? Is He also flesh or ... something else maybe?

Yeah, other one, but someone else told me a few posts back that I couldn't be saved without understanding and believing in the Trinity. I don't see anything like that in the Romans 10 verses that you posted.

Ezra: "10. While the word "Trinity" (from the Latin trinitas and trinus) is not in Scripture, the truth of the one true and living God eternally existing as three distinct Divine Persons is Bible Truth. Those who reject this truth and reject the Deity of Christ cannot be saved." Okay, I guess I cannot be saved then, because I won't say I believe in something that I don't understand. I won't accept that anything that God would expect us to claim belief in for salvation would be too difficult for us to understand so that we could rightly and honestly say, "yes, I believe." I think God would prefer me honest than just plain loyal. There is a verse that tells us that God is spirit and he that worships him must do so in spirit and truth, and there is a verse that tells us that the Holy Spirit is God's spirit, right? So, I don't see how the two can be divided to make a "Trinity" or "triune God". Ezra: "3. God has also revealed that Jesus is God (Heb 1:6-14)" John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? Ezra "6. Unless Jesus is God, He could not have paid for the sin of the world (Jn 1:29; Acts 20:28)" I see where you are getting this in the Acts verse but not the John verse. With Jesus being God's Son, of course, it was his blood that paid the debt. Ezra "7. Unless we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is BOTH Lord (God) and Christ, we cannot be saved (Jn 20:28; Acts 2:36; 4:12)" I don't think Lord is equivalent to God; Sarah called Abraham Lord.

Okay, other one, what is the "Trinity"? Why does it matter?

I used to be KJV-only, but after doing some research I've found that I'm not sure which translation I can really trust. Man cannot seem to keep his biasness in check when it comes to Biblical matters. A translator who believes in Once Saved Always Saved/ Eternal Security cannot translate the texts, apparently, without choosing words that help to support that belief. So, I have begun to study Greek, and will later learn Hebrew too, so that I can read and translate the old codices myself. Man will always prove untrustworthy, I guess.

If it were so important to believe in the "Trinity" why wouldn't the word itself have ever been used in scripture? I have been told before that I could not be saved without belief and understanding of the "Trinity", but I am just not the kind of person who can go along with others and say I believe in something that doesn't really make sense to me. Can you truly say you believe in something that you do not understand? Why is it important to believe ( or say you believe ) in the "Trinity"? Why does it matter?