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God, even to them that believe on his name" Qohn 1:10-12). I John 2:23 says, "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also."
7.10 Did Christ Pre-exist as God the Son?
Most groups in Christendom believe that God is a trinity. They believe that from eternity God the Father has begotten God the Son, and breathed out God the Holy Spirit. These three exist as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit in separate persons from eternity. God never begot asecondorthirdGod,suchasGodtheSonorGodtheHolySpirit. Godhas always been and will always be one jealous God that will never share His
glory with another! (See Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 42:8, 13; 43:10-12; 44:6-8, 24.)
God cannot be a complete divine being without His Word and breath, and it is a grave offense (crime) when people attempt to separate God
rtm His Word and breath (the Holy Spirit). The counsel of the Trinitarians and tritheism was prophesied in Psalms 2:2-4: "The kings of the earth set emse ves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and
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cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: shall have them in derision." Trinitarians believe and teach that
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