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Three person God identified in the Bible?

Where is the three person God identified in the Bible?

  • A three person God is identified in the Bible

    Votes: 12 41.4%

  • A three person God is not identified in the Bible

    Votes: 13 44.8%

  • A three person God is not identified but is implied

    Votes: 3 10.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 3.4%
  • Total voters
    29
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No- there NEVER is any scripture, or implied scripture saying God is Three, made up of Three Essences, what have you.

He is only One- JESUS' God.
 
theSeriousOne said:
No- there NEVER is any scripture, or implied scripture saying God is Three, made up of Three Essences, what have you.
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There are numerous verses that explicitly and implicitly state that there is a threeness in the oneness of God, a diversity within the unity. One God, one essence, three persons.

theSeriousOne said:
He is only One- JESUS' God.
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Yes, there is only one God.
 
I just realized the you went way back into the archives and blew the dust off an old thread. I'm the only one still here that has posted in this thread, from 2005.

theSeriousOne said:
Oh, I guess we have to go thru the Triune Dance.

One scripture at a time, please!
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Can't be done. The last JW to say that couldn't even stick to it himself. Context matters; context is king, and in a discussion on the Trinity, it is vitally important to take all into account as a whole.

We could start with John 1:1, but there are several newer threads around, some in the Theology forum, some in the JW forum, that have all these discussions laid out already.
 
John 1 the natural starting point, since the translators have been making the same mistake for 1,500 years.

First, it says the Word was ......WITH..... God- TWICE.

Does that mean that One God was with Another?
 
theSeriousOne said:
John 1 the natural starting point, since the translators have been making the same mistake for 1,500 years.

First, it says the Word was ......WITH..... God- TWICE.

Does that mean that One God was with Another?
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It says "the Word was with God" once and that "the Word was God" once, it means one person was with another. There is only one God, so we can never say that "one God was with Another" God (or god), as the JWs would try and have us believe.
 
John 1:1-In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2- He was in the beginning with God.

So, the Word was NOT God, but with Him.
The "was God" is the crux!
 
theSeriousOne said:
John 1:1-In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2- He was in the beginning with God.

So, the Word was NOT God, but with Him.
The "was God" is the crux!
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You can't have it both ways. You can't argue solely to "the Word was with God" and ignore "the Word was God." Neither statement takes precedence over the other; they both carry equal weight and must be taken together.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The Greek of this verse, and verse 2, is such that it means when the beginning began (creation) the Word was already in existence. That is before all space and time, which is the existence God alone has.
 
theSeriousOne said:
You can because of translators! https://www.abarim-publications.com/DictionaryG/th/th-e-o-sfin.html
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I can what, exactly? We cannot elevate one statement above the other. JWs do this all the time when they elevate verses about Jesus’s humanity to the exclusion of those which clearly speak of his deity. But neither should be elevated above the other; they must both be included in our understanding.

Was there something specific from that site you want to refer to?

theSeriousOne said:
"God" is contrasted with "the God".
God- a person who is "like God"
The God- is God Himself!
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John could only say it the way he did so that he didn’t equate the Word with God, but yet showed that the Word was also divine, equal with God, in close, intimate relationship. There is no other God or god, and there is none like God.

theSeriousOne said:
See you tomorrow!

Agape!
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See you tomorrow.
 
theSeriousOne said:
Yes, the meaning of theos.

Look! I'm bringing out what the spirit showed me decades before.
If you don't want it, SAY so.
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I’m not a mind reader. What about the meaning of theos? What specifically and how does it apply to John 1:1?
 
theSeriousOne said:
It's in the link.
Theos either describes God, or someone just LIKE Him.
And, you KNOW what that means!
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I know it’s in the link. Again, I’m not a mind reader. How, exactly, does what it apply to John 1:1?
 
Free said:
I know it’s in the link. Again, I’m not a mind reader. How, exactly, does what it apply to John 1:1?
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The Greek has "the God" contrasted to "Godlike".
Between Jehovah and Jesus.

No 'Holy Ghost'.

And that goes with the REST of the Bible- especially John.
 
Adams son said:
Does the Bible really mention a three person God or is this notion imagined into the Bible?

Where does the Bible mention a three person God?
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The Bible states this: 1co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
 
Isaiah 48:16
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 Adonai YHWH, and His Spirit, hath sent Me.

17 Thus saith YHWH, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I YHWH thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

Verse 16
The One speaking is YHWH who is sent by Adonai YHWH and His Spirit. Father Son and Spirit is one verse

Acts 3:14
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

YHWH created all things Alone
Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith YHWH, thy Redeemer, and He that formed thee from the womb, I am YHWH that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by Myself;

All Things were created By YESHUA for YESHUA
John 1:3

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All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.

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Colossians 1:16
For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:

This verse was so troublesome for the watchtower that they inserted the word Other between all and things in their New World Translation, even though the word "other" is not found in the Greek Text, they have no problem changing scripture to fit their heresies.
 
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