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EARNESTLY CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH:
THE KING JAMES BIBLE:
NEW VERSIONS ATTACKS
UPON THE TRINITY (GODHEAD)



THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS
GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.
THAT IS WHY HE IS GOD

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IS THE TRINITY A SCRIPTURAL FACT?

Is the Trinity a Scriptural fact?  Is the Lord Jesus Christ God?  Is the Holy Spirit (Ghost) God?  While the word “Trinity” is not found in the Scriptures it is a Bible doctrine that can be proven from the Scriptures. The strongest and clearest statement in scripture concerning the Trinity is 1 John 5:7. This is one of the most maligned and the most attacked passages in our Bibles.  It is one of the favorite whipping posts for those apostate Christ rejecting Unitarians, Arians, Jehovah Witnesses, and such like. First John 5:7 has come under the vilest attacks because it is the strongest text in the New Testament that supports the doctrine of the Trinity.  This verse is entirely left out of most modern English translations and then verses 6 and 7 are deceptively split to form a new verse 7 so that you will not notice that it has been removed from your Bibles.  The International Standard Version, New American Standard Bible, New Living Translation, and New Revised Standard Version place an unbelieving note in the margin also.  So that you can see the duplicity for yourselves I here quote 1 John 5:6-8 in every version I have available to me:

1 John 5:6-8 (King James Bible)
6 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. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

1 John 5:6-8 (American Standard Version)
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. 7 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

1 John 5:6-8 (Contemporary English Version)
6 Water and blood came out from the side of Jesus Christ. It wasn’t just water, but water and blood. The Spirit tells about this, because the Spirit is truthful. 7 In fact, there are three who tell about it. 8 They are the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and they all agree.

1 John 5:6-8 (English Standard Version)
6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

1 John 5:6-8 (International Standard Version)
6 This man, Jesus Christ, is the one who came by water and blood—not with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three witnesses— 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are one.

1 John 5:6-8 (The Living Bible)
6 And we know he is, because God said so with a voice from heaven when Jesus was baptized, and again as he was facing death—yes, not only at his baptism but also as he faced death. And the Holy Spirit, forever truthful, says it too. So we have these three witnesses: the voice of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, the voice from heaven at Christ’s baptism, and the voice before he died. And they all say the same thing: that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

1 John 5:6-8 (New American Bible)
6 This is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and blood. The Spirit is the one that testifies, and the Spirit is truth. 7 So there are three that testify, 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are of one accord.

1 John 5:6-8 (New American Standard Bible 95)
6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

1 John 5:6-8 (New Century Version)
6 Jesus Christ is the One who came by water and blood. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit says that this is true, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 So there are three witnesses that tell us about Jesus: 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three witnesses agree.

1 John 5:6-8 (New International Version)
6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

1 John 5:6-8 (New King James Version)
6 This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

1 John 5:6-8 (New Living Translation)
6 And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit also gives us the testimony that this is true. 7 So we have these three witnesses— 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and all three agree.

1 John 5:6-8 (New Revised Standard Version)
6 This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth. 7 There are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three agree.

1 John 5:6-8 (GNB)
6 Jesus Christ is the one who came with the water of his baptism and the blood of his death. He came not only with the water, but with both the water and the blood. And the Spirit himself testifies that this is true, because the Spirit is truth. 7 There are three witnesses: 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and all three give the same testimony.

1 John 5:6-8 (Young's Literal Translation)
6 This one is he who did come through water and blood—Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth, 7 because three are who are testifying (in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these—the three—are one; 8 and three are who are testifying in the earth), the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

    Pay particular attention to verse 7 and compare it to the King James Bible reading.  The problem starts with tampering with verse 7 in the text.  Please note that much of the time the new version problem with verse 7 is compounded with the footnote that is placed at the bottom of the page or in the margin of the new versions. Again we would ask that you check the marginal notes for the New King James Version (NKJV), the International Standard Version (ISV), the New American Standard Bible 95 (NASB95), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), the New American Standard Version (NASV), the New Living Translation (NLT), and the New International Version (NIV).   Again, many of the new versions will just eliminate verse 7 and split verse 6 to make it look like they did not eliminate verse 7.  That is deception by Satan's scribes, apostates, and heretics.  They have handled the word of God deceitfully.  
    There is overwhelming evidence to support the inclusion of this text in our Bibles.  Michael Maynard in his book “A History Of The Debate Over 1 John 5:7-8" documents a trail of manuscript evidence that goes all the way back to A.D. 168 for the support of this passage.  Maynard then proceeds to present over 300 pages of evidence supporting these verses.  Let's develop the Scriptural presentation of the Trinity further.
    In one of the most amazing statements in Scripture, the unity of God in three persons is first attested to in Genesis 1:26-27 where we see:

Genesis 1:26-27 (King James Bible)
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.


Notice the three amazing phrases: “let us”; “our image”; and “our likeness”.  Notice also in Genesis 1:1-2:

Genesis 1:1-2 (King James Bible)
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    So, at the very least we see God and the Spirit of God in Genesis 1.  The Godhead (Trinity) is present at the creation.  From the use of the plural pronouns us (still amazing to me!) and ours followed by the singular noun phrase God created we see both God the Holy Spirit and God the Father united in the singular noun phrase God created.  Genesis chapter 1 shows the unity of the Godhead in three persons in one.  Add to these the Scriptures in Ephesians 3:9 which reads: 

Ephesians 3:9 (King James Bible)
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:


and in Colossians 1:13-17 which reads:

Colossians 1:13-17 (King James Bible)
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 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: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.


Thus we see the Trinity present at the creation of the earth and all that is in it and on it.  We also see the Trinity at the baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 3:16-17, Mark 1:10-12, and Luke 3:21-22 where we have:

Matthew 3:16-17 (King James Bible)
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Mark 1:10-12 (King James Bible)
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

Luke 3:21-23 (King James Bible)
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

   
There!  We have the Godhead in three persons! The Trinity! 

IS THE HOLY GHOST GOD?

The attacks upon God the Father and God the Son have also been extended to the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit in four instances in the New Testament) But, you say that the Holy Ghost (Spirit) is not God.  One of the strongest statements in Scripture concerning the deity of the Holy Ghost is Acts 5:1-4:

Acts 5:1-4 (King James Bible)
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.


Notice that Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Ghost (v3).  Then, note the statement in verse 5: “thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God”.  The Holy Ghost is God. I rest my case.

    The term “Holy Ghost” occurs ninety different times in the New Testament.  The term Holy Spirit occurs four different times in the New Testament.  The new versions avoid the term “Holy Ghost” altogether.  

    The term preferred by the new versions is “Holy Spirit”.  The King James Version is much criticized for using the term “Holy Ghost”.  So, why does the King James Bible used the term “ Holy Ghost” rather than the term “Holy Spirit”.  Jack Moorman in his booklet “Connies, Brass, and Easter” explains the reasoning as follows:

    When prefixed with "Holy" and presented in a singular sense –  generally apart from the Father and Son –  the August title of the Third Person is "The Holy Ghost."
    When presented in His relationships with Father and Son, the title "Spirit" is used. A survey of all the passages (see for example, The Englishman's Greek Concordance) shows this distinction to be maintained consistently in the Authorized Version. A possible exception is His baptizing work (Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:8) where "Holy Ghost" is used in connection with the Son. But as this is His primary and initial work on behalf of believers, we find the title used.
    From this it seems apparent that throughout much of English church history, "Holy Ghost" was considered a more elevated and exalted title than "Holy Spirit." It is certainly the more ancient of the two, as it goes back to the very roots of the English language, whereas "Holy Spirit" did not begin to be used until the 13th century (Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology).
    But could there not be a deeper and providential reason for the rendering "Holy Ghost"? With the word "ghost" death and its aftermath comes immediately to mind -- albeit often in a superstitious sense. Yet death does mark the word! He is the Holy Ghost and could only come after a certain death had been accomplished (John 7:39; 14:26; 16:7); and bears witness to Him "that liveth, and was dead" (Rev. 1:18; Acts 4:8, 10).


    The word “Spirit” is used in our King James Bibles 138 times in the New Testament. We would not be able to come to salvation, nor accomplish what we do for Christ without the ministry  of the Spirit of God in our lives.  The ministry of the Spirit of God is most strongly presented in the New Testament in Romans chapter 8, First Corinthians  chapter 12, and Galatians chapter 5.  The word “Spirit” occurs nineteen times in Romans chapter 8, ten times in First Corinthians  chapter 12,and eight times in Galatians chapter 5.     The ministry of the Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8 is to empower individuals, to guarantee them victory in the Spirit, and to assure them of salvation. The ministry of the Holy Spirit in First Corinthians chapter 12 is to empower the church with the gifts that are necessary to carry out the great commission and to worship, honor, and glorify God.  Galatians chapter 5 focuses upon the ministry of the Holy Spirit in bringing forth fruits of the Spirit in the lives of believers. 

IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST GOD?
   
One of the most wicked attacks on the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ occurs with the removal of the word “God in 1 Timothy 3:16 in every modern English version.  Our King James Bible says in 1 Timothy 3:16: “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.  The denial of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ is the mark of the antichrist (1 John 2:22, 4:3)

1 John 2:22 (King James Bible)
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
   
1 John 4:3 (King James Bible)
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.


    Our Bible’s say in 2 John 7 (King James Bible): “7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist”.  There is a conspiracy against the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ in all modern English translations after the 1611 Authorized King James Version.    On the authority of the word of God, I tell you that the spirit of antichrist has overtaken the modern English perversions and many of their translators. There are three different tests given for the Antichrist in our Bibles. These tests can be phrased as three different questions: (1) Is Jesus the Christ? (2)Is Jesus the son of God? (3)Has Jesus Christ come in the flesh? The answer to question number one rests on two factors: is Jesus God and is Jesus the Christ? These two terms both deal with his deity. The clear testimony of the Scriptures is that Jesus is both God (deity) and Christ (the promised Messiah; the anointed one). God himself clearly reveals in Matthew 4:10 and Hebrews 1:6 that Jesus is God:

Matthew 4:10 (King James Bible)
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
   
Hebrews 1:6 (King James Bible)
6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.


    The God of the Bible is an all exclusive God.  He says in Exodus 20:3: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”.  God demands preeminence.  He says in Exodus 34:14 (King James Bible): “14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:”.  By scriptural commandment, worship is only given to God. We see at least twelve instances in the New Testament where Jesus is worshiped. Jesus is referred to as “the Christ” on nineteen different occasions in the King James Version New Testament. The Lord Jesus Christ himself said that there will be many “false Christs”.The false christs are being plugged into the new English Bibles at an alarming rate as the time of “the antichrist” nears. This increased use of the phrase “the Christ” in the new English versions is preparing apostate professing Christianity to get into bed with “THE FALSE CHRIST” in the bedroom of the harlot church in Revelation 17.  The phrase “the Christ” occurs fifty-seven times in the New King James Version (NKJV), fifty times in the New International Version (NIV), fifty-two times in the Revised Standard Version (RSV), fifty-one times in the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB), forty-eight times in the New American Standard Bible (NASB), fifty-four times in the International Standard Version (ISV), fifty-one times in the English Standard Version (ESV), and fifty times in the American Standard Version (ASV). 
    There is an all out effort by heretics, apostates, and unbelievers to deny or diminish the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Most of the time it is not an all-out frontal attack. The effort is a sneak attack that is accomplished by Satan through stocking “Bible” translation committees with those who deny that Jesus is God, who deny that Jesus is the Son of God, who deny that God (Jesus) has come in the flesh. Our Bibles say in 1 John 2:22-23:

1 John 2:22-23 (King James Bible)
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.


    There are at least 53 references to the son of God in the New Testament. First John Chapter 5 is “the son of God” chapter in our Bibles. There are six references to the son of God in this chapter. Mark 1:1 and John 20:31 are direct statements that Jesus is the son of God. Our Bible say:

Mark 1:1 (King James Bible)
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

John 20:31 (King James Bible)
31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.


    A condition of salvation is believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  Acts 8:37 says: “And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God”. [Oh that’s right.  They threw that verse out of their perverted Bibles.] If the Lord Jesus Christ is not the Son of God, then we cannot be saved. God  does not dwell in any one that does not confess that Jesus is the Son of God. First John 4:15 (King James Bible) says: 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God”. Only losers, or the lost, do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God.    First  John 5:5 (King James Bible) says: 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?                                        
    Again, our Bible’s say in 2 John 7 (King James Bible): “7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
    There are other attempts in the new English versions to demean the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ or to demote the Lord Jesus Christ. If we look at the King James Bible, the Lord Jesus Christ is referred to as Master twenty-seven different times in the New Testament. The NASB, the NIV, and others change this reading to Teacher twenty-three different times and to Rabbi four different times.  This is not surprising in an age when churches have heaped to themselves teachers having itching ears rather than a Master who is Lord of their salvation, Lord of their lives, and Lord of their doctrine.   
    There are seven “I Ams” in the book of John.  These I Ams are John 8:24, John 8:28, John 8:58, John 13:19, John 18:5, John 18:6, and John 18:8.  In each an every one of these Scriptures, the Lord Jesus Christ is saying that he is God; more specifically that he is the God of the Old Testament, that great I AM!

John 8:24 (King James Bible)
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:28 (King James Bible)
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

John 8:58-59 (King James Bible)
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

John 13:19 (King James Bible)
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

John 18:5-6 (King James Bible)
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
   
John 18:8 (King James Bible)
8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:


The Jews knew exactly what the Lord Jesus Christ was saying in John 8:58-59.  Once again, they knew that he was calling himself the God of the Old Testament: the great I AM.  For this reason, the Jews sought to kill him. We notice in Exodus 3:13-14 that God declares that he is “I AM”:

Exodus 3:13-14 (King James Bible)
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.


    Hence, we see that the “I AM”of the Old Testament is the “I AM”of the New Testament. We see that the “I AM”of the Old Testament is IN the “I AM”of the New Testament. Jesus said in John 10:36-38:

John 10:36-38 (King James Bible)
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.


    In this passage of Scripture Lord Jesus Christ is saying that he is God. At least ten different times in the New Testament the Lord Jesus Christ used the phrase “ I am” in relation to himself. In John 6:30 5, 41, 48, and 51, he said “I AM”the bread of life. In John 8:12, 9:5, he said “I AM”the light of the world. In  John 10:7, 9, he said “I AM” the door. In John 10:11, 14, he said “I AM” the good Shepherd. In John 11:25, he said “I AM” the resurrection and the life. In John 14:6, he said “I AM” the way the truth in the life. In John 15:1, 5, he said “I AM” the true vine.   In Revelation 1:8, 11, he said “I AM” the Alpha and Omega.    Duh! It is obvious to me that he is the God of the Old Testament.  Read the Scripture in Revelation 1:8,11 to any  rabbinical Jew today and he will know that you’re talking about the God of the Old Testament.  He will bring to mind Isaiah 44:6 where we see: “Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God”.    I praise the LORD God of the Old Testament that he came in the flesh and saved my never dying soul.  The Psalmist David said in Psalm 18:1-3:

Psalm 18:1-3 (King James Bible)
1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.


    I thank and praise Jehovah that he has delivered me.  Isaiah the prophet said in Isaiah 12:2 and in Isaiah 26:4:

Isaiah 12:2 (King James Bible)
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 26:4 (King James Bible)
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

  
The Lord Jesus Christ is the Jehovah of the Old Testament and he has become my salvation and the salvation of all who will call upon him. The attacks upon the God of the New Testament, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, are the same as the attacks upon the God of the Old Testament, who is Jehovah.   Just as the Unitarians on many Bible translation committees attack the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, so do the Hebrew “scholars” try to attack the deity of the God of the Old Testament. Their attack is focused upon the name of Jehovah.   They change the name Jehovah to Yahweh and then try to equate this Yahweh with a Canaanite tribal God.  That is blasphemy folks. This change results in the equating of the God of the Bible with the pagan gods of the Old Testament.    That makes the God of the Bible an equal among equal gods.  Nebuchadnezzar, the King of the Babylonians, knew that the God of the Bible had no equals for he referred to him as “the most high God” in Daniel 3:26.   God said to Moses in Exodus 6:2-3:

Exodus 6:2-3 (King James Bible)
2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.


God has claimed the name of Jehovah exclusively for himself. He says in Psalm 83:18 (King James Bible): “18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth”.  Jehovah, and not Yahweh, is the God of the Old Testament. 

    The attacks on the deity of the Godhead continues at an unabated pace.  That is why the name Jehovah either has been, or is being, removed from the modern English bibles.  God does not like people who tamper with his name.  The prophet Jeremiah said:

Jeremiah 23:20-27 (King James Bible)
20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. 21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. 25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.


    All the new versions have removed the wonderful phrase “ I AM THAT I AM” from Exodus 3:14.  Moses said in:

Exodus 3:13-14 (King James Bible)
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.


Most of the new versions including the English Standard Version, New American Bible, New American Standard Bible, New Century Version, New International Version, New King James Version, New Revised Standard Version, and Today’s English Version (Good News Bible) all like the phrase “I am who I am”.  Well, so am I who I am, but that does not make me God.
We have already proven that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost were present at the baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ by John the Baptist.  God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost are also equal partners in the great command to the Church to evangelize the world in Matthew 28:19-20 which reads:

Matthew 28:19-20 (King James Bible)
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.


For most heretics, the greater part of their argument against the Trinity is based on the denial of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Most of those same heretics will also argue that the Holy Ghost is not God.  We have proved from the Scriptures that both the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are God and that the Godhead is composed of a Trinity made up of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.  They are equally three in one in perfect unity.
    If you deny that the Lord Jesus Christ is God, the Bible says that you are a liar, you are an antichrist, you have the spirit of antichrist, you do not have God in you (you are lost), you are calling God a liar, and you are a deceiver.  Once again, here are the Scriptures to prove it and we close with them:

1 John 2:22 (King James Bible)
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

1 John 4:2-3 (King James Bible)
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
   
1 John 4:15 (King James Bible)
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
   
1 John 5:5-13 (King James Bible)
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 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. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 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. 10 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. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
       
2 John 7 (King James Bible)
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

           
SEE ALSO DOCTRINAL ISSUES IN THE NEW BIBLE VERSIONS




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