McIntosh

McIntosh sheds some light on the perception of Jesus as important. McIntosh Jesus believes that it is crucial to utilize the love of God to be deeply conscious of the father (McIntosh, 2007). Given this reality, God teaches everyone to recognize and adore him as the exact Trinity. Christians become aware of and come to know the loving God who existing in Spirit, Father, and Word as a result of the revelation of the Trinity of life.

Because it is based on myths, the idea of incarnation can be quite perilous to Christians. The idea that God will return to Earth as a simple human being is at the heart of incarnation (McIntosh, 2007). However, this kind of embodiment does not go well with the rational people because they are often embarrassed in significant degrees. More importantly, incarnation highlights in the hearts of the Christians, social dimensions. Therefore, understanding Jesus regarding incarnation is perhaps the precise engine that drives modern churches to social awareness.

The human understanding of God has come with a lot of fallacy and this has prevented them from knowing the absolute truth (McIntosh, 2007). The power of the spirit offers the humankind the opportunity for participation in redemption through being obedience to Christ as the authority and origin of the Holy Spirit. The power of the Holy Spirit re-conceived and resurrected the truth but has remained a mystery in the life of the humankind. Finally, McIntosh points out that power of spirituality relies on a deep love for others, sense of agency and freedom and self-transcendence.

McIntosh identified some principles for the development of Trinitarian theology. First, there is Christ’s primacy principle. The second principle is the theological epistemological clarification. Besides, McIntosh believes that there is no big difference between human beings and God. According to him, people were made in the same image as that of God and through a close relationship with God, the connection of the image of God and human being is evidenced. However, the difference is that people are perceived as dislocated individuals whose destiny depends on biology and the social context.

McIntosh says that human beings are naturally rational (McIntosh, 2007). Also, he particularly asserts that people have a close relationship with the God and according to the three individuals quoted in the trinity live in not love but also in close relation with each other. Therefore, from the argument of McIntosh people exist in loving relationships and this further presents the proportion that human being exists in the art form. Further, McIntosh asserts that relationship with each other is more or less like a communion event. On the same note, Christians have known that God is God only through relationships.

Hypostatic is the union of the two natures in Christ (McIntosh, 2007). Perhaps the point that connects the Christ with a human being is the fact they Christ was perceived to have human consciousness. The hypostatic union described God as the Jesus Christ, Human and Son but ate the same time remained God.

In conclusion, God has three states of existence and these are the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit and this explains the Doctrine of the Trinity.

Reference

McIntosh, M.A., 2007. Dive Teaching: An Introduction to Christianity Theology, pp. 1-252. Retrieved on July 15, 2017 from https://books.google.com/books?id=tKMRAQAAIAAJ&q=Dive+Teaching:+An+Introduction+to+Christianity+Theology.&dq=Dive+Teaching:+An+Introduction+to+Christianity+Theology.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8hfjagovVAhVKaRQKHQiQAfkQ6AEIIzAA