1.2.2.7
John 10:30
The third verse which Christians claim validates the doctrine
of the trinity is the verse of John 10:30
"I and my father are one."
This verse, however is quoted out of context. The complete
passage, starting with John 10:23, reads as follows:
"And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's
porch. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him,
How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell
us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed
not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness
of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I
said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they
follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall
never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man
is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father
are one."
John 10:23-30
In divinity? In a holy "Trinity"? No! They are
one in PURPOSE. Just as no one shall pluck them out of Jesus'
hand, so too shall no one pluck them out of God's hand.
Need more proof? Then read:
"Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which
shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be
one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also
may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent
me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that
they may be one, even as we are one."
John 17:20-22
Is all of mankind also part of the "Trinity"?
Such terminology can be found in many other places, read for
example:
"Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?
Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the
members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he
which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he,
shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one
spirit,"
1 Corinthians 6:15-17
And also
"One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through
all, and in you all."
Ephesians 4:6
And
"For as the (human) body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body:
so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or
free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the
body is not one member, but many."
1 Corinthians 12:12-14
Once we read the above verses and understand what the message
was that Paul was trying to get across, then we can begin to
understand his words in such places as
"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called
in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all,
and in you all."
Ephesians 4:4
"St. Paul" was speaking about Christian unity, not about a
plurality of gods merged into one body. As we shall soon see, he
was completely ignorant of where his teachings would later lead,
and how decades later, they would be the foundations which would
spawn the "Trinity" doctrine.
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