God is Not Three People
Is there one verse in the Bible that says "God is three persons"?
Is there one verse in the Bible that says "God is a trinity"?
Is there one verse in the Bible that says "God is three"?
Is there one verse in the Bible that says "God is more than one"?
The answer of course is NO! When you are so bold as to "add" to what the Bible says about God than you are open for false teachings. If a manifestation of God is a person than we have more than three persons of God! More than I would take time to count. A manifestation is not a person.
Matt 28:19
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
From this wonderful verse we have people believing that God is three persons. Jesus simply made a statement to "baptize in the name.." If you have not listened to my sermon "The Terrible Parable", I strongly recommend it.
The trinitarians boldly disobey Matthew 28:19 by speaking the titles in their baptisms. Not one Apostle in your New Testament baptized that way! Why? Why did they baptize only in the name of Jesus?
WHY?
Multiple choice answers.
1. The Apostles misunderstood Jesus' teachings on baptism
2. The Apostle willingly disobeyed Jesus and baptized in Jesus name out of rebellion
3. The Apostles understood Jesus and obeyed accordingly by baptizing all their converts in Jesus name
Did God know before hand that a trinity would be taught about Him? Of course He did! The book of Job is the oldest book of the Bible according to Bible scholars. God almighty defies the teaching of the trinity in the oldest book of the Bible. Let us see how.
Job 13:6-10
6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. (God is saying, please listen, I have something important to say)
7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? (This is a question, will you speak wickedly for God?)
8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? ( will you accept the person of God, not persons of God)
9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? (are you mocking God?)
10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. ( God says that if you accept Him as persons He will reprove you)
The subject in this passage is God and His person. In verse 8 He refers to His "person", His singular person. God could have in this passage easily referred to His "persons" if that were true, but did not.
When you refer to God as "persons", you talk deceitfully and wickedly for Him according to verse 7.
When you refer to God as being a trinity you mock Him and He will search you out according to verse 9.
I appeal to every honest person seeking Bible truth. If you believe that the Bible is the sole Word of God, study this blog and see if we have not spoken the Word of truth.
Friend, it is error to imply that the only verse, or even the primary one that men use to embrace the concept of God being three persons and not one person who manifested himself in three different modes is Matthew 28:19. The preponderance of scriptures teach this Trinitarian truth. If one is willing to read the Word with an open mind it quickly becomes clear that God is indeed three persons. One example,of perhaps well over a hundred, that reveal this is found here.
"And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”" (Revelation 5:13, NASB95)
Every created being is giving worship to:
1. Him who sits on the throne. This is Father God.
2. the Lamb. This is the Lamb who was slain, Yeshua Hamaschiach whom we call Jesus the Christ.
We see that all of creation is acknowledging that they are God and that they are separate persons. The Greek word kai, translated as 'and', cannot be dismissed as meaning something other then 'and' or 'and also.'
'...to Him who sits on the throne AND to the Lamb' must be accepted as a valid interpretation of the text. And here we have, as in many other places, clear revelation that God is indeed three persons who are in perfect unity yet separate.
love to all of you, earl
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The Lord our God is one Lord,
Look in the book of the Revelations,and there was ONE in the midst of the candlesticks. Praise God for knowing the truth of oneness.
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Thank you Patricia!
You are exactly right, there is ONE in the midst of the golden candlesticks, not two, not three. I am glad to see you share in this great revelation of the oneness of God!
Write back soon!
God bless you!
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The one spoken of in Rev. 1 is the Son of God, Jesus. In Rev. 5 the Son is again revealed and is present as the Lamb of God. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all revealed as being in the throne room at the same time. God is the what, they are the who!
This same order is showcased in Daniel 7.
AS IT IS WRITTEN: " “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him." (Daniel 7:13, NASB95)
According to E. Calvin Beisner in the N.T. there is not one explicit reference to Jesus as being the Father. Jesus is referred to as the 'Son' over 200 times. The Father is referred to as distinct from Jesus over 200 times. In 50 plus scriptures the Father and the Son are juxtaposed within the same verse.
And the mis-interpretation of Jesus words to Nathaniel that 'if you've seen me you have seen the Father' is getting rather boring. You actively ignore the preceding and the following verses and deny the proper context. The obvious idea inherent in the whole matter is that Jesus is allowing them to see that He and the Father are in perfect harmony with one another.
John was not being sly nor tricky.
John 5:37: '...the Father has sent me..."
"“I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”" (John 8:38, NASB95)
"“If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well." (John 15:24, NASB95)
Clearly the Son and the Father are distinct from one another.
Any other conclusion is the fruit of confusion!
Your Jesus and the Jesus of the Bible are dangerously far apart.
Love and shalom, and may true revelation pierce your heart,
earl
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