"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."
Today's quote relates the existence of God in the three forms He has taken throughout the history of our existence.
This lesson relates how through the workings of the Holy Triune ("the operation of God"), eternal salvation has come to all of those who will accept it.
In the beginning, God appeared as the firmament, and is represented in this text by "water". The "blood", starting with Abraham, through the history of the Jews, then through the life, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, is representative of God's interaction with us.
The spirit, (the Holy Spirit) is the means by which God has related to mankind form the ascension of Jesus Christ through today.
Eternal salvation is achieved by the acceptance of all three parts of the Holy Triune. In addition, one must accept the undeniable and perfect sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, as God in human form, as the means by which our redemption was made manifest.
In essence, this lesson verifies the awesome magnitude and grace of our loving God, in all His forms.
"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."~
No comments:
Post a Comment