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Proof That I John 5:7 Is a Later Insertion.

Proof That I John 5:7 Is a Later Insertion.

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Proof That I John 5:7 Is a Later Insertion.

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  1. Proof That I John 5:7 Is a Later Insertion.

  2. Author Lee Strobel in his book, The Case for Christ, interviewed Bruce M. Metzger, PH.D., an 84 year old authority on the authenticity of the N.T., who authored or edited fifty books relating to the subject. He puts the “grand total of (early) Greek manuscripts at 5,664.” Metzger tells Strobel that if someone challenges the authenticity of I John 5:7:

  3. “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three • are one,” saying “that’s not in the earliest manuscripts,” his answer would be, “and that’s true enough.

  4. Respected trinitarian Biblical scholar Professor Charles C. Ryrie agrees. Writing in his well known work, Basic Theology, he states: “The N.T. contains no explicit statement of the doctrine of the triunity of God • (since ‘these three are one’ in I John 5:7 is apparently not a part of the • genuine text of Scripture)” (p. 60).

  5. Five Major Problems • with the Trinity • …or Why I am Not a Trinitarian

  6. Problem #1 • O Jesus was a Jew who believed the • same about God as other Jews • O first century Jews did not believe in • the Trinity • O their Scriptures proclaimed radical • monotheism

  7. Deuteronomy 4.35, 39 • O 35 To you it was shown so that you • would acknowledge that the LORD • is God; there is no other besides • him. • O 39 So acknowledge today and take • to heart that the LORD is God in • heaven above and on the earth • beneath; there is no other.

  8. Mark 12.28-34 • O Jesus confessed the Shema, the • core creed of Judaism, without • altering it at all • O How would the Jewish scribe have • heard this? As a Trinitarian creed? • O The scribe summarized the Shema • with the words “he is one, and • besides him there is no other”

  9. Mark 12.28-34 • O Jesus did not alter or criticize this • unitarian reading of the Shema, • rather he highly praised the scribe • saying “you are not far from the • kingdom of God” • O But, if the Jesus was also God, as a • second member, wouldn’t he be • guilty of misleading this scribe?

  10. Problem #2 • O The Trinity is never explained in • Scripture • O Sure one can pull together a verse • here and a verse there, in order to • find support for an a priori theory • O This is not the same as something • being explained in Scripture

  11. What Is the Trinity? • O one God in three persons, O coeternal • O co-essential, O co-equal, • O eternal generation, • O dual natures of Christ in one person • O in their union each nature preserves its distinct attributes • O two wills in Christ--divine and human--never conflict

  12. Where Is That in Scripture? • O again we are not denying that • Scripture can be used to support • the Trinity (eisegesis vs. exegesis) • O But, that the doctrine is never • stated nor explained troubles us. • O The Trinity is like an oral tradition • taught alongside Scripture

  13. Is It Really Necessary If… • O it is never explained by Jesus • O it is never preached as gospel in • the book of Acts • O it is never explained in the epistles • of Paul, James, Peter, or John • O it is just one theory among several • which tries to explain God in light of • Scripture

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