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GOD IS A TRIUNE GODHEAD
    CONSISTING OF GOD THE FATHER,

                    GOD THE SON,
         AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.

     “GOD” –ELOHIM,      “GOD” WHO SPEAKS OF
     A PLURAL NOUN     HIMSELF IN PLURAL TERMS:
    USED 2,197 TIMES…
                                   “US…OUR…WE…”

              WE WORSHIP GOD (“ELOHIM”) AS A TRIUNE GODHEAD,
                                    A DIVINE ETERNAL FAMILY,

    CONSISTING OF GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, GOD THE SPIRIT.

    RATHER THAN THE “THREE-IN-ONE” CATHOLIC CONCEPT OF GOD
       INSTITUTED IN THE 3RD AND 5TH CENTURY, SCRIPTURE DEPICTS
              A DIVINE FAMILY OF THREE COETERNAL PERSONAGES

     FUNCTIONING IN ONENESS OF AGREEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
                   ALTHOUGH ALL ARE GOD-DIVINE PERSONAGES,

           THEY ARE NOT CO-EQUAL IN POSITION AND AUTHORITY.
                         GOD THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN ALL.

   “I AM GOING TO THE FATHER,' FOR MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I.”

                                             John 14:28
         “NOW WHEN ALL THINGS ARE MADE SUBJECT TO HIM,
THEN THE SON HIMSELF WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO HIM WHO PUT
      ALL THINGS UNDER HIM, THAT GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL.”

                                          1 Cor 15:27-28
                     “…FOR IN HIM DWELLS ALL THE FULLNESS

                      OF THE GODHEAD BODILY…” Col 2:8-10

                   “HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD…
                    FOR IT PLEASED THE FATHER THAT IN HIM
               ALL THE FULLNESS SHOULD DWELL…” Col 1:15-20

        “FOR THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR WITNESS IN HEAVEN:
               THE FATHER, THE WORD, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT;

   AND THESE THREE ARE ONE” (in agreement-next verse).” 1 John 5:7-8
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