Although this verse of Scripture is often used by those who believe in three persons of God, it actually refutes this view, for it says that “these three are one.”
So you didn't understand what the Word of GOD says. Who is making a contradiction with the verse and refutes the view is you, in the same way as it hapenned in Genesis 3:1.
Some interpret this phrase to mean one in unity as husband and wife are one. But it should be pointed out that this view is essentially polytheistic.
Yes, husband and wife are one, as the mystery between Christ and His true Church and both are one, according His own will. JESUS said to the Father: John 17:6 and 22-23and-> I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy Word. John 17:22-23: --> 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be ONE (HERE billions are 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. Hallelujaaah!!!
John 17:11-12: ->11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. (Yes, EXCEPT the MAN of sin, son of perdition, as JESUS said, for the sacrifice of JESUS was to save the WORLD exclusively, but NEVER to save the Devil, or EXCEPT to save Satan of the everlasting condenation).
If the word one referred to unity instead of a numerical designation, then the Godhead could be viewed as many gods in a united council or government. If unity were meant, the verse should have read, “These three agree as one.”
Your thinking is from a human perspective, a stumblingblock, not from GOD's perspective-Matthew 16:22-23.
It is also interesting to note that this verse does not use the word Son, but Word. If Son were the special name of a distinct person in the Godhead, and if this verse were trying to teach distinct persons, why did it use Word instead of Son? Son does not refer primarily to deity, but Word does. The Word is not a distinct person from the Father any more than a man and his word are distinct persons. Rather, the Word is the thought, plan, or mind of God and also the expression of God.
You don't understand what the Word of GOD reveals, your thinking is from a human perspective,a stumblingblock,not from GOD's perspective-Matthew 16:22-23.
What matters and prevails is the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand? What does the Word of GOD say?
Hebrews 1:1-3
1 GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days
(last two Day or last two millennia) spoken unto us by His Son
-JESUS-, whom GOD hath appointed heir of all things,
by whom also GOD made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of GOD's glory,
and the EXPRESS IMAGE of the Person of GOD, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
There is practically unanimous agreement among Bible scholars that 1 John 5:7 is really not part of the Bible at all! All major translations since the King James Version have omitted it, including the Revised Standard Version, The Amplified Bible, and the New International Version. So does the generally accepted Greek text (Nestle’s text). The NIV renders I John 5:7-8 as, “For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and these three are in agreement.”
The KJV included verse 7 only because the 1522 edition of the Greek text compiled by Erasmus included it. Originally Erasmus had excluded this passage from his editions of 1516 and 1519 because it was not in any of 5,000 Greek manuscripts but only in late manuscripts of the Vulgate—the Latin version then used by the Roman Catholic Church. When the Catholic church put pressure on Erasmus to include this verse, he promised to do so if they could find even one Greek manuscript that had it. They finally produced one, so Erasmus reluctantly added the verse in, even though the manuscript so produced dated from 1520. (See Norman Geisler and William Nix, A General Introduction to the Bible, Chicago: Moody Press, 1968, 370.) From this evidence, it seems plausible that some overzealous copyist saw “there are three that testify” and decided to insert a little teaching of his own. Certainly, the passage in question is completely unrelated to the rest of John’s discussion here and interrupts the flow of his logical argument.
Although all the evidence indicates this passage was not originally a part of I John, God had His hand of protection and preservation on His Word. Despite the efforts of humans, God did not allow the passage to contradict His Word. Whether a person believes that I John 5:7 was originally part of the Bible or that it was a later interpolation, it does not teach three persons of God but rather reaffirms the Bible’s teaching of one indivisible God with various manifestations.
What matters and prevails is the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself, self-executing, understand? Your verbiage above is good for nothing, it's a stumblingblock, and is to death.
GOD sent JESUS in the fourth Day or around 4000 years after Adam-the Greater Light-and JESUS said: John 5:17:->My Father (i.e. the Word, the Word is GOD, GOD Himself) worketh hitherto, and I work. John 10:30->I and my Father are One. Do you understand?
JESUS said about the Person of the Holy Spirit-God of the earth: John 17:7-15 combined with Revelation 11:3-4:
7 Nevertheless I tell you the Truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of Judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of Judgment, because the prince of this world(Satan)is Judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come(John 15:26,take a look), he will guide you into all Truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Revelation 11:3-4
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
That said, be careful or else get ready, in fact you are working for tghe red dragon-Revelation 12:7-17
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