{"id":46229,"date":"2021-10-04T16:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T13:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=46229"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:29:10","slug":"three-who-bear-witness-in-heaven-and-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2021\/10\/04\/three-who-bear-witness-in-heaven-and-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Who Bear Witness in Heaven and on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A <\/span>Devotional <\/span>Study <\/span>from <\/span>1 <\/span>John <\/span>5:<\/span>6\u2013<\/span>9<\/span><\/strong>
By <\/span>the <\/span>grace <\/span>of <\/span>our <\/span>Lord <\/span>Jesus <\/span>Christ<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Praise <\/span>be <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>name <\/span>of <\/span>our <\/span>Lord <\/span>and <\/span>Savior, <\/span>Jesus <\/span>Christ. <\/span>Today, <\/span>we <\/span>explore <\/span>one <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>profound <\/span>truths <\/span>in <\/span>Scripture: <\/span>the <\/span>testimony <\/span>affirming <\/span>that <\/span>Jesus <\/span>Christ <\/span>is <\/span>the <\/span>Son <\/span>of <\/span>God<\/span><\/strong>\u2014<\/span>a <\/span>testimony <\/span>borne <\/span>not <\/span>just <\/span>by <\/span>men <\/span>but <\/span>by <\/span>God <\/span>Himself <\/span>through <\/span>three <\/span>witnesses <\/span>in <\/span>heaven<\/span><\/strong> and <\/span>three <\/span>on <\/span>earth<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>This <\/span>is <\/span>he <\/span>who <\/span>came <\/span>by <\/span>water <\/span>and <\/span>blood\u2014<\/span>Jesus <\/span>Christ; <\/span>not <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>water <\/span>only <\/span>but <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>water <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>blood. <\/span>And <\/span>the <\/span>Spirit <\/span>is <\/span>the <\/span>one <\/span>who <\/span>testifies, <\/span>because <\/span>the <\/span>Spirit <\/span>is <\/span>the <\/span>truth.<\/span>
For <\/span>there <\/span>are <\/span>three <\/span>that <\/span>testify: <\/span>the <\/span>Spirit <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>water <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>blood; <\/span>and <\/span>these <\/span>three <\/span>agree.\u201d<\/span><\/em>
\u2014<\/span>1 <\/span>John <\/span>5:<\/span>6\u2013<\/span>8, <\/span>ESV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I. <\/span>Understanding <\/span>the <\/span>Witnesses <\/span>in <\/span>Heaven: <\/span>The <\/span>Trinity <\/span>Testifies<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\u201c<\/span>For <\/span>there <\/span>are <\/span>three <\/span>that <\/span>testify <\/span>in <\/span>heaven: <\/span>the <\/span>Father, <\/span>the <\/span>Word, <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>Holy <\/span>Spirit, <\/span>and <\/span>these <\/span>three <\/span>are <\/span>one.\u201d<\/span><\/em>
(<\/span>Note: <\/span>This <\/span>portion <\/span>appears <\/span>in <\/span>some <\/span>manuscript <\/span>traditions <\/span>but <\/span>is <\/span>absent <\/span>in <\/span>earliest <\/span>Greek <\/span>texts.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Though <\/span>1 <\/span>John <\/span>5:<\/span>7<\/span><\/strong> in <\/span>some <\/span>translations <\/span>includes “<\/span>in <\/span>heaven: <\/span>the <\/span>Father, <\/span>the <\/span>Word, <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>Holy <\/span>Spirit,” <\/span>modern <\/span>critical <\/span>editions (<\/span>including <\/span>the <\/span>ESV, <\/span>NIV, <\/span>NASB) <\/span>omit <\/span>this <\/span>clause <\/span>due <\/span>to <\/span>manuscript <\/span>evidence. <\/span>However, <\/span>the <\/span>theological <\/span>truth <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Trinitarian <\/span>witness<\/span><\/strong> remains <\/span>strongly <\/span>supported <\/span>throughout <\/span>Scripture.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>The <\/span>Father<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n