“Triune…”

June 11, 2017

“Triune…”

Blessings folk!

A little sidebar today.

Many portions of the Body of Christ remember today as “Trinity Sunday”.

It is true, the word “trinity” is not found in the Bible.
But the triune nature of God is found.
It is more than an inference.

As fact, there is a great word that describes it…though the word has been excised from modern translations…I suspect intentionally. (That is the reason that I use multiple translations when studying.)

The word?
Godhead.
It is found in the Authorized version…the King James.

Note what is said…

Act 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Rom 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead;
so that they are without excuse:

Col 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

We will spend some time over the next few days looking at these.

For now, know that the true nature of God is under attack by the enemy.
The enemy seeks to pervert and hide Who God is.

Now, read carefully the following passage.
Three English translations are provided.
What do you see?

1Jo 5:6-8
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.

8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
KJV


1Jo 5:6-8
6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 For there are three that testify:

8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
NASB


1Jo 5:6-8
Jesus Christ
He is the One who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 For there are three that testify:

the Spirit, the water, and the blood
and these three are in agreement.

Note verse 7.

The modern versions delete this verse.
There are reasons.
They are not good reasons.
There are reasons to question the motivation (has to do with a couple of guys from the 19th-century…Wescott and Hort&hellipWinking

“THE” verse that is the clearest about the triune nature of God is basically deleted…hummmm….remember!

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.


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