John 10:30 ('I and the Father are one') and John 17:20-22
How misused: The speaker (or featured speaker S.A. Deedat) misinterprets these verses to claim that Yeshua's statement 'I and the Father are one' refers *solely* to unity of purpose, not essence. He further misuses John 17 to argue that if this implied essential oneness, then the disciples would also become divine, making the concept absurd. This attempts to deny Yeshua's divine nature.
Scripture's answer: Yeshua's statement 'I and the Father are one' (John 10:30) refers to a unity of essence and nature, indicating His divine identity as co-equal with God the Father. The Greek 'hen' (one) here denotes numerical identity or unity in essence, not merely unity of purpose, as explicitly confirmed by the Jews' reaction to stone Him for blasphemy (John 10:31-33), understanding His claim as making Himself God. John 17:20-22 refers to a different kind of unity: the spiritual, relational, and teleological unity believers share with the Father and Son through the Holy Spirit, which is distinct from the ontological (nature/being) unity of the Godhead. The disciples are called to reflect the divine unity in their love and mission, not to become divine in essence.
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1 John 5:7
How misused: The speaker (Shabir Ally, video 42) wrongly suggests that 1 John 5:7 ('For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.') is the *sole* biblical basis for Trinitarianism, implying that without this specific verse, there is no scriptural support for the Trinity. This ignores the vast theological framework of the Bible.
Scripture's answer: 1 John 5:7 (the Comma Johanneum) is widely recognized as a later scribal addition and is not present in the earliest and most reliable Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. However, the doctrine of the Trinity does *not* depend on this verse. The Trinitarian nature of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as distinct persons yet one God) is pervasively taught throughout the entire Bible through progressive revelation, including explicit New Testament testimonies to Yeshua's divinity (e.g., John 1:1-18, Philippians 2:5-11, Colossians 1:15-20, Hebrews 1:1-3, Titus 2:13), the Holy Spirit's personhood and divinity (e.g., Acts 5:3-4), and the unified yet distinct roles of the three persons in creation, redemption, and sanctification (e.g., Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14). The Trinity is a coherent summary of biblical teaching, not a doctrine reliant on a single, disputed verse.
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The Christian concept of God / Trinity
How misused: The speaker repeatedly misrepresents the Christian doctrine of the Trinity as a 'splitting' of God (video 42), an adoption from paganism (video 43), or a confusing contradiction to monotheism (video 43, 46). They also misrepresent Yeshua's divinity by claiming he never explicitly claimed to be God or asked for worship (video 49, 51, 53).
Scripture's answer: The Trinity is not a 'splitting' of God but the biblical revelation of one God existing eternally in three co-equal, co-eternal, and co-distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is not paganism, but unique biblical monotheism. Yeshua's divinity is explicitly and implicitly taught throughout the New Testament; He accepted worship (Matthew 14:33, 28:9, John 9:38, Hebrews 1:6) and made claims understood by His contemporaries as divine (John 5:18, 8:58, 10:30-33). The Apostles consistently worshipped Him as God (John 20:28, Philippians 2:9-11). He *is* divine, and the prophetic line is sealed/fulfilled in Him (Hebrews 1:1-3).
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