God is One. According to the Greek text, the form "heis" is used
to describe God as being One (heis). It is a masculine singular
adjective. It is the only form of this Greek word used when it is
applied to God Himself (Mark 12:29,32; Galatians 3:20; Matthew 19:17;
Matthew 23:9; Romans 3:30; 1 Corinthians 8:4,6; 1 Timothy 2:5; James
2:19; Ephesians 4:6).
Galatians 3:20
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one (heis).
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one (heis) God, and one (heis) mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1 Corinthians 8:4,6
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in
sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and
that there is none other God but one(heis).
6But to us there is but
one (heis) God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and
one (heis) Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
According to the scriptures, God is one (heis) by himself,
and the man Jesus Christ is the one (heis) mediator between God and
men. There is one (heis) God, the Father. There is one (heis) Lord Jesus
Christ.
John 10:30
30 I and my Father are one.
John 10:30 does not state, "I and my Father are one God". The term used is "hen". God is one (heis). The
Father and his Son are one (hen). This form (hen) is never at anytime
used to describe the one God himself being one. " Hen" is neuter
singular it is referring to something that is neither masculine or
feminine. So God is one (heis) and Jesus Christ our Lord is the one
(heis) mediator, and they are together one (hen).
Heis is never at anytime used to describe the
one Spirit. The neuter form is used, being neither masculine or
feminine. (1 Corinthians 12:11,13; Ephesians 4:4)
Notice also...the
Comma Johanneum: 1 John 5:7. Consider that God is
"heis". The
neuter form is used in 1 John 5:7, therefore it is not stating that the three are one God. Please note that "hen" is used to
describe the Spirit, the water, and the blood being one in agreement. 1 John 5:7 could only be stating at best that the three subjects are one in agreement, but not one in being, because God is "heis", God is not "hen". Only one is truly God, and that is the Father of our Lord Jesus- John 17:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10.
I would like to share the following link concerning 1 John 5:7. I encourage further study on this verse.
http://bible.org/article/textual-problem-1-john-57-8
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
John 10:30
In his prayer to the only true God in John 17, he prayed that they, his
disciples, would be one as he and his Father are one. In the same way
that they are one, his disciples could be one (John 17:20-23). In John 10:30-36, he did not state that he and
his Father are one person, or one God, but he said, "I and my Father are one". He was claiming to be the son of God, and mentioned how the Father called others gods, whom the
word of God came to, and the scriptures cannot be broken (ref. Psalm 45/Hebrews 1:8-9, Psalm 82). He said, "If I do not the works of my Father, believe
me not". In Matthew 27:43 they didn't think that Jesus
was claiming to be God, by saying he is the son of God, but they believed that he trusted God by saying such. They were aware that he was not claiming to be the Living God, who Jesus believes is his own God- John 20:16-17. They believed that he was making himself a king by saying he was the son of God as demonstrated in John 19:7-12 (Ex:John 1:49, Luke 1:32-33, John 18:36, Matthew 19:28, Matthew 25:31, Acts 2:29-32, Isaiah 11).
Consider that Paul and Apollos are said to be one, and they are two different beings (1 Corinthians 3:5-11). They were called one, because they were both laborers together with God, and were working with each other of the same purpose. Considering John 10:30, Jesus did not seek his own will, he sought the Father's will only (John 5:30; John 8:29). Jesus came in the name of his Father, who is the Living God, and not in his own authority, or else they would have received him (John 5:43, John 8:42). Jesus did the works of his Father, rather the Father did the works in Jesus. (John 10:37-38, John 8:24-29; 2 Corinthians 5:19). Acts of the Apostles states that God did mighty works, wonders, and signs by the man Jesus (Acts 2:22; Acts 10:38), for God was with Jesus. If they received Jesus then they received the one who sent him- Matthew 10:40, Mark 9:37, Luke 4:16-21. Jesus' doctrine wasn't his, but it was his Father's who sent him- Deuteronomy 18:15-18. Jesus did not speak of himself, his doctrine was of God (John 7:15-17). Jesus referred to himself as a man that heard the truth from God, and he said he was taught of the Father and could do nothing of himself (John 8:24,28,40). Jesus and his Father are definitely one, and Jesus always does the things that please his Father and God(John 8:28-29; John 12:49-50; John 15:10).
Jesus and his Father are one "hen"- John 10:30, and the Father is greater than Jesus, and is his God. (John 14:28; John 20:17; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 1:3,17). God is one "heis" according to the scriptures (Mark 12:29-32; 1 Corinthians 8:4,6; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5- please study the Greek in these verses). God is not three in one "hen".
Consider that Paul and Apollos are said to be one, and they are two different beings (1 Corinthians 3:5-11). They were called one, because they were both laborers together with God, and were working with each other of the same purpose. Considering John 10:30, Jesus did not seek his own will, he sought the Father's will only (John 5:30; John 8:29). Jesus came in the name of his Father, who is the Living God, and not in his own authority, or else they would have received him (John 5:43, John 8:42). Jesus did the works of his Father, rather the Father did the works in Jesus. (John 10:37-38, John 8:24-29; 2 Corinthians 5:19). Acts of the Apostles states that God did mighty works, wonders, and signs by the man Jesus (Acts 2:22; Acts 10:38), for God was with Jesus. If they received Jesus then they received the one who sent him- Matthew 10:40, Mark 9:37, Luke 4:16-21. Jesus' doctrine wasn't his, but it was his Father's who sent him- Deuteronomy 18:15-18. Jesus did not speak of himself, his doctrine was of God (John 7:15-17). Jesus referred to himself as a man that heard the truth from God, and he said he was taught of the Father and could do nothing of himself (John 8:24,28,40). Jesus and his Father are definitely one, and Jesus always does the things that please his Father and God(John 8:28-29; John 12:49-50; John 15:10).
Jesus and his Father are one "hen"- John 10:30, and the Father is greater than Jesus, and is his God. (John 14:28; John 20:17; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 1:3,17). God is one "heis" according to the scriptures (Mark 12:29-32; 1 Corinthians 8:4,6; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5- please study the Greek in these verses). God is not three in one "hen".
Saturday, January 5, 2013
1 John 5:20
1 John 5:20
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
It is noticeable that the one that is true in 1 John 5:20 has a Son named Jesus, who is the Christ. This is seen because it says, "and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son...". There is one God. Jesus is the Son of God. The verse is telling us that Jesus has given us an understanding so that we may know him that is true, and the him that is true is his Father. By mentioning that Jesus is the Son of the one that is true, it goes on to confirm that, "This is the true God, and eternal life". This observation coincides without contradiction with John 17:1,3, where Jesus is praying to the Father and refers to him as the only true God, and refers to himself as the one that the only true God, his Father, has sent. Both 1 John 5:20 and John 17:1,3 harmonize profusely with 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10, where the living and true God is the Father of Jesus (the one who raised him from the dead):
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
It would not make sense for 1 John 5:20 to be speaking of Jesus as the true God, when he, Jesus, is the living and true God's Son, according to his own perspective, and the perspective of the apostles (Ephesians 1:3,17; John 17:1,3; John 14:28; John 20:17).
It should be taken into account that Jesus gave us an understanding about God, who according to John 1:18 no one has ever seen. Jesus declared God, notice in John 1:18 that it was not stating that Jesus was declaring himself. Jesus stated that the one who sent him is "true". It should be noted that John 8 gives this information clarity. Jesus tells them that he that sent him is true, and goes on to reiterate that he was speaking to the world those things which he heard from the one who is true that sent him. Then in another verse he clarifies who the one that is true that sent him is, and of course the one Jesus was referring to was God. Again coinciding perfectly with John 17:1,3 because Jesus was sent by the only true God, his Father.
John 8:26,40
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
So in summary we are in the true God (the Father), by being in his Son Jesus Christ. If we are in the church we are the "body of Christ", which is a habitation of God through the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 4:12; Ephesians 2:22; Colossians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22-33).
John 17:22-23
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
It is by Jesus that we have access to the Father, who is the only true God (Ephesians 2:13-22; Ephesians 1:17-23; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:24-28; John 14:6; 1 John 5:11; John 3:16; John 6:29;)
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
It is noticeable that the one that is true in 1 John 5:20 has a Son named Jesus, who is the Christ. This is seen because it says, "and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son...". There is one God. Jesus is the Son of God. The verse is telling us that Jesus has given us an understanding so that we may know him that is true, and the him that is true is his Father. By mentioning that Jesus is the Son of the one that is true, it goes on to confirm that, "This is the true God, and eternal life". This observation coincides without contradiction with John 17:1,3, where Jesus is praying to the Father and refers to him as the only true God, and refers to himself as the one that the only true God, his Father, has sent. Both 1 John 5:20 and John 17:1,3 harmonize profusely with 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10, where the living and true God is the Father of Jesus (the one who raised him from the dead):
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
It would not make sense for 1 John 5:20 to be speaking of Jesus as the true God, when he, Jesus, is the living and true God's Son, according to his own perspective, and the perspective of the apostles (Ephesians 1:3,17; John 17:1,3; John 14:28; John 20:17).
It should be taken into account that Jesus gave us an understanding about God, who according to John 1:18 no one has ever seen. Jesus declared God, notice in John 1:18 that it was not stating that Jesus was declaring himself. Jesus stated that the one who sent him is "true". It should be noted that John 8 gives this information clarity. Jesus tells them that he that sent him is true, and goes on to reiterate that he was speaking to the world those things which he heard from the one who is true that sent him. Then in another verse he clarifies who the one that is true that sent him is, and of course the one Jesus was referring to was God. Again coinciding perfectly with John 17:1,3 because Jesus was sent by the only true God, his Father.
John 8:26,40
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
So in summary we are in the true God (the Father), by being in his Son Jesus Christ. If we are in the church we are the "body of Christ", which is a habitation of God through the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 4:12; Ephesians 2:22; Colossians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22-33).
John 17:22-23
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
It is by Jesus that we have access to the Father, who is the only true God (Ephesians 2:13-22; Ephesians 1:17-23; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:24-28; John 14:6; 1 John 5:11; John 3:16; John 6:29;)
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