Please distribute it among the Jehovah's Witnesses!
The problem with the persons is such a thing. Person (from "personare" = toning through) originally meant "mask" and was a term in the world of theater. He said originally the opposite of what we now understand as person (customary within the meaning of individual). An actor slipped into different roles, as he held different masks in front of his face and spoke through them (per-sonar). Person was therefore a role, two persons two roles, three persons three roles, etc.. In this sense, is to be understood the theological question of the one God in three persons. He is the one God who "speaks to us in the role(s) of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit".In this context is interesting the order of mission and baptizing in Matthew 28: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Strange at this passage are two points:
- Father, Son and Holy Spirit have only one name; it's not said, baptizing them in the names ...
- The one name in that is to baptize, is not mentioned in the order of baptizing.
When I go to the bank and say that I prefer to create an account in my name, of course, the banker will ask me: And what is your name?
So, at Matthew 28, the question: How then is the name, in which is to be baptized? - The Bible interprets - as always - itself: All baptismal records in Acts report, that was baptized in the name of Jesus. Ergo: The name of the one God who meets us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is the name of Jesus.
There is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved. It is the name of Jesus Christ. In no other name there is salvation.
With kind Regards to the Jehovah's Witnesses!
Jesus did say: We should be His witnesses (Acts 1), right?
Witness of Jesus Christ [13.11.2007]
