Amazing how time flies! Summer has come and gone.
Settling into fall, and I am settling back in front of the computer anxious to blog about whatever it is that God lays on my heart.
I went to church this morning and a message was given by
Dr. David Bruenning. What an amazing man of God.
To do what he does for the Lord, WOW! Thank you Lord for Dr. David Bruenning! ICFAID.ORG
Dr. Bruenning shared 1 John chapter 5 in his message today.
My ears perked and my spirit quickened as he entered into verse 10.
10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself;... 1 John 5:10 NKJV
Dr. Bruenning said;
"This is the witness....The witness is Him." Jesus
O.k. so here I go...Stick with me here on this bunny trail, this is just how my brain works, and how I break things apart, but mostly how God reveals His truth to me. Trust me we will come full circle.
{}-indicates me thinking
{Witness, I use to be a witness, a Jehovah's Witness.}
I came home and read 1 John 5.
I came to verses 6-9.
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. 9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
{Trinity?} {Witness?}
I accepted human testimony. Vs 9a
I wanted God's Testimony. Vs 9b
Now, once again and even still, seven years into my journey the enemy started to creep into my mind and turn my wheels. I approached the Lord asking him to reveal truth to me once again.
verses 14,15.
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
{Trinity?} {Witness?}
{As a Jehovah's Witness:}
"How will I learn to contest, deny this "Trinity" to all others? The word Trinity is not in the bible. All others who are not a Jehovah's Witness, how will I explain the Trinity away, deny it, overturn it, all together omit it from my everyday talk, how will I start to deter you from the truth?"
This is where my mind went.
In their book Reasoning from the Scriptures you will see 11 pages front and back devoted to the topic of the trinity, the most pages dedicated to any given topic in this book.
{Trinity?} {Witness?}
Webster Dictionary-Tri-meaning 3
Unity-meaning the quality or state of not being multiple : oneness
The Father, The Son, The Spirit-Unite as ONE.
{Trinity?}
{As a Jehovah's Witness I said; "I believed in Christ."}
Webster Dictionary In- having limitations.
We as humans limit Him. Christ has no limits.
He is the Alpha and Omega. Revelation 22:13 NIV
{As a Jehovah's Witness I said; "Sure he is the Son of God, a created being, a man, one who did not exist before time began. He came but we won't see him again. Oh, and your trinity is nothing but dogma (an opinion), not a truth in scripture."}
I disagree, because I am able to find scripture after scripture showing the truth, the deity, the authority of who He is, the proof of who He is.
Some things in life are more complex than others. Some things are plain and simple.
Truth be told He does reveal according to His will.
It is His will for you to know who He is.
{If I am a Jehovah's Witness how can I truly be a witness if I am denying who the witness is?}
{How can I be a witness for Christ if I am not for Him?}
Simple-I can't be
Webster Dictionary
- For-constituting Him.
{How can I go and do and be apart of Matthew 24:14 for Matthew 24:14?}
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
I can't
If I don't have Christ?
1 John 5:12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
{I want to be a witness, How can I be a witness?}
1 John 5:10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself;...
SEE FULL CIRCLE.
If we will begin to take the bible literally and not man...
If we would stop ignoring truth that is revealed in simple black and white and covered in red you will see what He God says about Himself.
I choose not to remain in doubt, in wonder, or in question. I am not ignorant. Nor will I continue to be treated as such, or let my mind taunt me with the idea.
I will stand firmly and my knee will bow humby and I will confess that Jesus is Lord!
I have the Witness in me. I believe in God breathed words! The Bible as a whole.
As a Jehovah's Witness I accepted the testimony of man.
As a believer I have the testimony of God.
As a Jehovah's Witness I went to man.
As a believer I approach God.
As a Jehovah's Witness I did not have life.
As a believer I have life in the Son.
As a Jehovah's Witness I went door to door to witness.
As a believer I am a witness because I have the witness in me, Christ.
As a Jehovah's Witness I denied the Trinity.
As a believer I believe the three are in agreement and unite as One.
So enemy you can go now! Flee!
