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Subject: These Three Are One.
I think all Three are one in that They are all God, but that One is the God the Father YHWH and One is God the Son Yeshua and One is the Holy Spirit.
And when it says that "They all are one", that means that "They are all God" and that "They all agree on everything".
These Three Are One
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We have reconciliation TO The Father, THROUGH The Son, BY the Holy Spirit.
All Glory, Power, Authority and revelation come THROUGH, BY, FOR, IN, BECAUSE of The Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be His Name Forevermore!
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becausehelives wrote...Yahweh has reveal His Glory....
He has revealed His Holiness...
and he has made it possible to be one with Him in all as He transforms us day by day into the image of His Son....
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Yes He has revealed His glory...
Hebrews 1
1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
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Yahweh has reveal His Glory....
He has revealed His Holiness...
and he has made it possible to be one with Him in all as He transforms us day by day into the image of His Son....
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That might be why His words are Spirit and they are life. It's not an ordinary book. It is God breathed and inspired.
None of us have all the answers.
BUT we have the word of God that does reveal what pleased God to reveal.
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Thunderz7 ....I appreciate the honesty of your answer....
as humans we don't even understand the union of a man and a woman being one.... and people want to say they understand the union of the Father, Son and Spirit being one....
water, ice, and steam are all the same H2O in different forms.....
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thunderz7 wrote...Theories and doctrines of "Oneness" and "Trinity" snd "Persons" are man's traditions that make the WORD of GOD of no affect/effect.
I disagree... God revealed three in one THROUGH His Word.
God must have thought it important enough to include the needed information of The Father, Son and Holy Spirit IN HIS WORD because He did.
Three in one is not a doctrine but a revelation of God. It is not "mans thinking" or traditions that reveal God. God is not a man HE IS God and reveals Himself only by The Spirit. His words are Spirit and cannot be understood by "man's natural thinking".
We are children of The Most High God born of the Spirit. I desire to know Him as He IS.
Thank You Heavenly Father for Your word that You have given to us.
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The word of God had explained clearly that these three: God The Father, God The Son, God The Holy Spirit are one God, All accrediting The Lord Jesus Christ unto:
Advocate (1 John 2:1)
Almighty (Rev. 1:8; Mt. 28:18)
Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8; 22:13)
Amen (Rev. 3:14)
Apostle of our Profession (Heb. 3:1)
Atoning Sacrifice for our Sins (1 John 2:2)
Author of Life (Acts 3:15)
Author and Perfecter of our Faith (Heb. 12:2)
Author of Salvation (Heb. 2:10)
Beginning and End (Rev. 22:13)
Blessed and only Ruler (1 Tim. 6:15)
Bread of God (John 6:33)
Bread of Life (John 6:35; 6:48)
Bridegroom (Mt. 9:15)
Capstone (Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7)
Chief Cornerstone (Eph. 2:20)
Chief Shepherd (1 Pet. 5:4)
Christ (1 John 2:22)
Creator (John 1:3)
Deliverer (Rom. 11:26)
Eternal Life (1 John 1:2; 5:20)
Faithful and True (Rev. 19:11)
Faithful Witness (Rev. 1:5)
Faithful and True Witness (Rev. 3:14)
First and Last (Rev. 1:17; 2:8; 22:13)
Firstborn From the Dead (Rev. 1:5)
Firstborn over all creation (Col. 1:15)
Gate (John 10:9)
God (John 1:1; 20:28; Heb. 1:8; Rom. 9:5; 2 Pet. 1:1;1 John 5:20; etc.)
Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14)
Great Shepherd (Heb. 13:20)
Great High Priest (Heb. 4:14)
Head of the Church (Eph. 1:22; 4:15; 5:23)
Heir of all things (Heb. 1:2)
High Priest (Heb. 2:17)
Holy and True (Rev. 3:7)
Holy One (Acts 3:14)
Hope (1 Tim. 1:1)
Hope of Glory (Col. 1:27)
Horn of Salvation (Luke 1:69)
I Am (John 8:58)
Image of God (2 Cor. 4:4)
Immanuel (Mt. 1:23)
Judge of the living and the dead (Acts 10:42)
King Eternal (1 Tim. 1:17)
King of Israel (John 1:49)
King of the Jews (Mt. 27:11)
King of kings (1 Tim 6:15; Rev. 19:16)
King of the Ages (Rev. 15:3)
Lamb (Rev. 13:8)
Lamb of God (John 1:29)
Lamb Without Blemish (1 Pet. 1:19)
Last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45)
Life (John 14:6; Col. 3:4)
Light of the World (John 8:12)
Lion of the Tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5)
Living One (Rev. 1:18)
Living Stone (1 Pet. 2:4)
Lord (2 Pet. 2:20)
Lord of All (Acts 10:36)
Lord of Glory (1 Cor. 2:8)
Lord of lords (Rev. 19:16)
Man from Heaven (1 Cor. 15:48)
Mediator of the New Covenant (Heb. 9:15)
Mighty God (Isa. 9:6)
Morning Star (Rev. 22:16)
Offspring of David (Rev. 22:16)
Only Begotten Son of God (John 1:18; 1 John 4:9)
Our Great God and Savior (Titus 2:13)
Our Holiness (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Husband (2 Cor. 11:2)
Our Protection (2 Thess. 3:3)
Our Redemption (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Sacrificed Passover Lamb (1 Cor. 5:7)
Power of God (1 Cor. 1:24)
Precious Cornerstone (1 Pet. 2:6)
Prophet (Acts 3:22)
Rabbi (Mt. 26:25)
Resurrection and Life (John 11:25)
Righteous Branch (Jer. 23:5)
Righteous One (Acts 7:52; 1 John 2:1)
Rock (1 Cor. 10:4)
Root of David (Rev. 5:5; 22:16)
Ruler of God’s Creation (Rev. 3:14)
Ruler of the Kings of the Earth (Rev. 1:5)
Savior (Eph. 5:23; Titus 1:4; 3:6; 2 Pet. 2:20)
Son of David (Lk. 18:39)
Son of God (John 1:49; Heb. 4:14)
Son of Man (Mt. 8:20)
Son of the Most High God (Lk. 1:32)
Source of Eternal Salvation for all who obey him (Heb. 5:9)
The One Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5)
The Stone the builders rejected (Acts 4:11)
True Bread (John 6:32)
True Light (John 1:9)
True Vine (John 15:1)
Truth (John 1:14; 14:6)
Way (John 14:6)
Wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24)
Word (John 1:1)
Word of God (Rev. 19:13)
God has reveled His Glory through Christ Jesus...
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The Godhead is triune, as it is written, Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
God is one, as it is written.
GOD has revealed Himself to many in the written WORD, in various ways, in ways that could be understood by the one being revaled to, and in a way to make His Godhead understood in the situation being revealed of.
GOD is not limited to man's understanding;
if GOD wants revelation to come in the aspect of three in a give condition, HE is well able to do that.
If GOD wants revelation to come in the aspect of one, HE is well able to do that.
GOD is not always limited to one,
GOD is not always limited to three,
GOD is not limited period.
Theories and doctrines of "Oneness" and "Trinity" snd "Persons" are man's traditions that make the WORD of GOD of no affect/effect.
There is one Mercy Seat, one throne, one triune GOD = YHWH, in whom is manifested the Godhead of Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
blessing and peace be yours in Yeshua/Jesus
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These Three Are One
Pastor Ho Soo Kam --- don't ask...he reads and knows his bible. selah!
ADORN THE DOCTRINE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR
Introduction
The God of the Bible is not just any god. He is the only true and living God. He is the God who created the heaven and the earth. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1). "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." (Psalm 19:1). More so he has revealed himself to man in the Bible, the word of God, the scripture of the Old Testament (39 books) and the scripture of the New Testament (27 books). The God of the Bible is exclusive.
"I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:2-3). "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH art the most high overall the earth." (Psalm 83:18). "0 LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth." (Isaiah 37:16)
The scripture reveals God to us as one who exists eternally in unity as three "persons". These three persons being one in substance and essence and existing in the most perfect unity of thought and purpose. "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." (1 John 5:7). The tri-personality and the tri-unity of God is exclusively a truth of revelation, and one which lies outside the realm of natural reason. The doctrine of the tri-unity of the Godhead is vital to understanding other doctrines such as those of the deity of Christ, the atonement, regeneration and sanctification which are inextricably interwoven with this doctrine. The scripture reveals God to us as existing in a trinity of persons each of whom performs a distinctive part in the works of creation, providence and redemption.
There are three persons in the Godhead. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and these three are one God, the same in substance and essence, equal in glory, majesty and power. Throughout the scripture beginning in Genesis, the tri-unity of the Godhead is revealed to us. "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. . ." (Genesis 1:26). "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (Genesis 1:27).
The plural "us" and "our" in Genesis 1:26 revealed that "there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost". (1 John 5:7a). The singular "his" and "he" in Genesis 1:27 revealed that "these three are one" (1 John 5:7b)
For there are Three that bear record in Heaven
Both the Old Testament and the New Testament revealed the tri-unity of the Godhead. In the book of Isaiah, the coming and rejection of our Lord Jesus Christ, Israel's Messiah are set before us. The Messiah speaking through the prophet, said this, "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his spirit, hath sent me." (Isaiah 48:16). We know that these words refer to the Lord Jesus Christ for in the New Testament scripture, he declared "In secret have I said nothing" (John 18:20), and this is the verse in Isaiah to which he referred. In the book of Isaiah, we are listening to the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ, Israel' s Messiah, the eternal Son of God who was to be manifested in the flesh. "I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now (looking on to the incarnation) the Lord God, and his spirit (that is, the Holy Spirit), hath sent me (that is, the Son)". In Isaiah 61:1-2, we have the three persons of the Godhead clearly indicated. It is the passage that our Lord Jesus Christ himself read in the synagogue at Nazareth and applied to himself, saying, "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." (Luke 4:21).
The Lord Jesus Christ said to his disciples, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost". (Matthew 28:19). The unity of the Godhead is clear in his words, "baptizing them in the NAME (singular)." He did not say baptize them in the names (plural). Yet the tri-unity of the Godhead is clearly presented in his words: "the Father, AND of the Son, AND of the Holy Ghost." The word of God is wonderfully perfect. Normally when we hear people attempt to quote this, they say "in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost." It is not that. It is in the name of the Father, AND of the Son, AND of the Holy Ghost. Why are those "ANDs" put in? In order that we may know that while there is only one God, yet that one God exists eternally in three persons - Father and Son and Holy Ghost. There are three errors to avoid in understanding this. Some people, well aware that the Bible reveals that God is three, have ended up by denying that God is one. They have fallen into the trap of thinking of the three Persons as three separate divine beings. They have become tritheists - those who believe in three gods. Others, well aware that the Bible reveals that God is one, have denied the deity of the Son, and the deity of the Holy Spirit. They have refused to accept these two Persons as God. This leaves them with but one divine Person, who is the only divine being. Such people are called Unitarians. Others, also aware that the Bible reveals that God is one, have thought of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, as one and the same identical person. They think that there is but one divine being, who appears at different times in different ways. The names, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, merely describe the different aspects and functions of the one divine person. This is the third error. God is one. Each of the three persons is God. Each one is all of God. But each is distinct from the other. The third error is sometimes manifested in a Christian's prayers. Often he begins by praying to God the Father, but shortly afterwards thanks him for dying on the cross. He has fallen into the mistake of saying of the Father what can be said only of the Son. He may then proceed to thank him for his indwelling presence - something which can properly be said only of the Holy Spirit. It is always dangerous to have wrong views of God, and when such prayers are public they may sometimes be harmful to those who hear them. We may address our thrice holy God in prayer in unity or in tri-unity of the Godhead. But without exception God is addressed in the singular to be doctrinally correct. In the English language today, only the Authorised King James Bible follows the Bible's inspired rule of never addressing God in the plural.
Just as most people still use "I", "mine", "me", and the like for themselves, the Authorised King James Bible never uses the plural ("you", "your", and the like) but always the singular ("thee", "thine", "thou" and the like) to address God in unity or persons of the Trinity. This has nothing to do with old English or modern English. It has to do with correct doctrine and the purity of God's word. From the first chapter (Genesis 1: 29, "I have given you every herb") to the last verse of this Holy Bible ("the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you"), the Authorised King James Bible uses "you". From Genesis 3:5 ("your eyes shall be opened") to Revelation 16:1 ("Go your ways") the Authorised King James Bible uses "your". From Genesis 45: 20 ("for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours") to 2 Corinthians 12:14 ("I seek not yours but you"), the Authorised King James Bible uses "yours". But from the first verse of the Bible (Genesis 1:1) to the last verse of the Bible (Revelation 22:21), God is NEVER once addressed in the plural in the Authorised King James Bible. It is always in the singular (that is "thou" "thee" "thy'). This remarkable consistency once again demonstrates that the Authorised King James Bible is the word of God, the scripture in the English language and "all scripture is given by inspiration of God," (2 Timothy 3:16). And every word of God is pure (Proverbs 30:5), very pure. (Psalm 119:140). "Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it." (Psalm 119:140).
~~~The Father is God~~~
There are numerous verses in the scripture that reveals that the Father is God. "To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things." (I Corinthians 8:6). "Paul an apostle. . . through Jesus Christ, and God the Father." (Gal. 1:1). "At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, 0 Father, Lord of heaven and earth. . ." (Matthew 11:25). "For him (the Son) hath God the Father sealed." (John 6:27). "According to the foreknowledge of God the Father." (1 Peter 1:2). "That every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:11). "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God." (John 20:17). "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23). Jesus prayed to God the Father. (Mark 14:36, John 11:41;17:11).
~~~The Word is God~~~
Jesus is called "the Word" because he declares God to us and God speaks through him. "God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son." (Hebrews 1:1). Christ is the final spokesman of God. In the Saviour's title found in Revelation 1:8 "I am Alpha and Omega", is understood that he is God's alphabet, the one who spells out Deity, the one who utters all God has to say. Even clearer is the testimony of John 1:18, "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." "The Word of God" (John 1:1; Revelation 19:13) means that Christ is God's way of expressing himself just as our words express our thoughts and desires. The Word of God must be as eternal as God himself. Christ is also called "the Wisdom of God". (1 Corinthians 1:24). We cannot suggest that there was a time when God was without wisdom. The Wisdom of God must be as eternal as God.
A "Word" is a medium of manifestation. A 'Word" is a means of communication. A "Word" is a method of revelation. And Christ, as the Word reveals the attribute and perfection of God. He displayed God's power, he manifested God's wisdom, he exhibited his holiness, he made known his grace; and he unveiled his heart. In the Christ of the scripture is God fully and finally declared and nowhere else. The attributes which can be ascribed only to God are ascribed to Christ in the scripture. God could not be the eternal Father without an eternal Son. Sonship does not necessarily imply origin but may express the idea of relationship. Jesus Christ from everlasting to everlasting is the eternal Son of God the Father. He is without beginning and without end, for God is the eternal Father of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The everlasting Fatherhood of God is not at all contradicted by the scriptures that speak of Jesus Christ as the "first begotten". In Colossians 1:18 and Revelation 1:5, this term simply denotes that Jesus Christ is the first to rise from the dead in his resurrected body, never to die again. In Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:15 and Hebrews 1:6 the term "firstborn" as applied to Christ, simply means that he has the place of pre-eminence just as the oldest son had in the Jewish family. He is to be honoured above all others through eternity as the God-man. The words "only begotten" is a compound word which simply means "only' and "kind or class". It affirms that Jesus Christ is the "unique Son", "the only one of his class."
It asserts most positively the eternal relationship between the Father and the Son. It is actually a striking declaration of Christ's deity and of God's eternal Fatherhood.
~~~The Holy Ghost is God~~~
The Holy Spirit is placed on a plane of absolute equality with the Father and the Son as Deity and is regarded equally with them as the source of all power and blessing. "Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?_.. Thou has not lied unto men, but unto God." (Acts 5:3,4). Our Lord Jesus Christ said: "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that HE may abide with you for ever. Even the Spirit of truth, WHOM the world cannot receive, because it seeth HIM not, neither knoweth HIM: but ye know HIM; for HE dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. But the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, WHOM the Father will send in my name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:16,17,26).
If the Holy Spirit is just an influence, then verse 16 should read, "he shall give you another comforter, that IT may abide with you for ever." Instead we read "that HE may abide with you for ever." A personality possesses a mind, a will, and emotions. Certainly a mere influence does not have these characteristics, but we find them ascribed to the Holy Spirit. The divine wisdom of the Holy Spirit is indicated in I Corinthians 2:10,11, "But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." The Holy Spirit is a person who knows the deep things of God and reveals them to us. In I Corinthians 12:11 the Apostle Paul declares that the Holy Spirit has a will. He says, "But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." (I Corinthians 12:11).
An influence or abstract power cannot choose to do anything. We find in this verse further proof of the personality of the Holy Spirit. The third quality of a personality is the ability to experience emotion, to feel joy and sorrow. That the Holy Spirit possesses this characteristic is clear from the scripture. He loves, for the Apostle Paul in Romans 15:30 refers to "the love of the Spirit". He is able to feel grief. Therefore, we are told, "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God". (Ephesians 4:30).
The Holy Spirit performs acts which can only be ascribed to a personality. He speaks (Revelation 2:7), He makes intercession (Romans 8:26), He teaches (John 14:26), He leads and guides (Romans 8:14).
~~~These Three are One~~~
The unity of God was clearly expressed when the divine law was given through Moses: "Hear, 0 Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." (Deuteronomy 6:4). Our Lord Jesus Christ confirmed this in Mark 12:29. The apostle Paul stated the same truth: "Now a mediator is not a mediator of one: but God is one." (Galatians 3:20). Likewise, the apostle James wrote: "Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well" (James 2:19). The cumulative evidence of these verses is that there is only one God.
There was no other God before him. He alone is from everlasting to everlasting. There is no other God beside him. There is no other God with him and there will be no other God after him. The God of the Bible is the only true and living God. To speak of two infinite Gods is a contradiction in terms because two infinite beings cannot co-exist. The one of necessity would put a limitation upon the infinity of the other. Belief in the unity of God is the very foundation of the doctrine of the Trinity. Although the persons in the Godhead are distinguishable in thought, they are inseparable in nature and action. The presence and action of One involve the presence and action of the Others.
This is just one of many examples in the scripture. When the Son of God gave himself (Galatians 2:20), he was in prayerful contact with the Father prior to and after the hours of darkness (Luke 23:34,46), but during these hours, as One made sin who knew no sin, he could address God only as Judge (Matthew 27:46). At the same time, it was through the eternal Spirit that he offered himself to God (Hebrews 9:14) for a sweet-smelling savour (Ephesians 5:2).
Relationship within the Godhead
Within the Godhead, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit share an equality of divine nature. It is noteworthy that, in the great trinitarian passages in the New Testament, the scriptures do not adhere to any rigid sequence when mentioning the divine persons, thereby avoiding any suggestion of superiority or inferiority within the Godhead. Indeed every possible arrangement of the divine names is found:
* Father, Son, Spirit (Matthew 28:19)
* Father, Spirit, Son (1 Peter 1:2)
* Son, Father, Spirit (John 14:16; 2 Cor 13:14)
* Son, Spirit, Father (Ephesians 2:18)
* Spirit, Father, Son (John 14:26)
* Spirit, Son, Father (John 15:26; 1 Cor 12:4-6)
In every instance, there is a precise reason for the sequence in the context of the verse. The divine persons within the Godhead are the same in substance, equal in powder and glory.
"Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God" (Philippians 2:5,6). Two things are stated here concerning Christ. Firstly that he was in the form of God, that is, his nature is that of God. Secondly, that he "thought it not robbery to be equal with God." He considered equality with God to be rightfully his. It is the highest degree of robbery for any mere man or mere creature to pretend to be equal with God.
The Holy Spirit is of one substance, majesty and glory with the Father and the Son, God the very God and eternal God. Paul expressly calls the Holy Spirit "The eternal Spirit" (Hebrews 9:14).
Error of Sensual Comparison
"I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me." (Isaiah 46:9). We advance in knowledge by way of comparison, but where God is concerned we have no real comparison to help us. "To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto him?" (Isaiah 40:18). All sensual analogies are therefore precarious. For instance in trying to explain the Trinity to others, Christians often point out that the chemical H2O can appear as either ice, water or steam. But the illustration perverts the truth. For a start it carries nothing of the truth that God is a personal Spirit. Ice, water and steam do not have the same attributes. Ice is cold while steam is warm. But its most serious error is that it gives the impression that the Trinity is nothing more than the same God merely appearing in three different forms. The same error is perpetuated by comparing the trinity to fire, light and heat, even when scriptures are adduced to show that "God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29), Jesus Christ is the light of the world (John 8:12) and the Holy Spirit is another comforter (John 14:26) that is He gives warmth to the hearts of believers.
Conclusion
There is a wonderful harmony and agreement of the doctrine of the Trinity throughout the Bible, God's revelation to man. Throughout the Church age, Christians who believed the Bible they hold in their hands to be infallible have looked with the eye of faith to God the Father who made them, to God the Son who redeemed them, to God the Holy Spirit who regenerates and sanctifies, and have lifted up their hearts in worship to the Tri-une Jehovah, in unison with the saints and angels above, who "rest not day and night, saying Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come." (Revelation 4: 8).
This is the historic position of the historic Christian faith, the faith once delivered unto the saints (Jude 3), that Christians believed the Bible in their hands to be infallible and perfect, (Psalm 19:7; James 1:25), the word of God which reveals to them the infallible truth of the Tri-unity of the God of the Bible. Consequently, they were persecuted by the Anti-Christ religions throughout the age. Thrown to lions, burnt at the stakes, and suffering every form of torture imaginable, these Christians did not deny the faith produced by the infallible Bible in their hands. For the English speaking people to-day, the Authorised King James Bible is the word of God, the holy scripture given in the English language and "All scripture IS (present tense) given by inspiration of God," (2 Timothy 3:16) and is therefore, inerrant, infallible and preserved (Psalm 12:6,7). This is the present truth (2 Peter 1:12). This infallible Bible declares the infallible truth of the Trinity in 1 John 5:7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost and these three are one."
Do not allow any charlatan, "scholar" or anyone (God is no respector of persons) to shake your faith in this Bible with their pretension of "Hebrew" and "Greek" renderings, or with their corrupted versions.
God is able to speak exactly what he wants to say to anyone in any language. For the English speaking people today, God has given his word in the Authorised King James Bible, the only Bible authorised by a King. This is God's symbolic way of authenticating this Bible. Translation is just the process by which this scripture is given and "all scripture is given by inspiration of God" (2 Tim 3:16).
The Authorised King James Bible is our absolute and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct. Those who question or attack this Bible want to be the final authority themselves. They want to lord over God' s heritage. They are the nicolaitanes (Rev. 2:6) whose deeds Jesus hates.
This Bible is the sure and secure foundation of the believer's hope and assurance of eternal life. To everyone who trusts in every word of God, may the love of God the Father, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you: the Holy Trinity of the only God to whom belongs the everlasting glory.
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~To Him That is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy...to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.~ Jude 24
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