The Water and the Blood

There were a group of people in the early church and still today who were called the Gnostics. They taught that Jesus was a spirit and did not come as a human. The apostle John speaking by the Holy Spirit affirmed that Jesus was a real man, whose father was God in heaven. He came from eternity in the form of a man to save people from the darkness of hell and to give them life with God forever. His blood was shed as the atonement  for our sins.

1Jn 5:6  This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 

1Jn 5:7  For there are three that testify: 

1Jn 5:8  the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 

1Jn 5:9  If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 

Jesus was baptized to identify with humanity. The baptism of John was to be immersed in water as repentance for our sins.

Mat 3:13  Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 

Mat 3:14  John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 

Mat 3:15  But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 

The blood refers to the blood spilled as Jesus willingly went to the cross to be our atonement for sins. The Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth,  agrees with the word of God and witnesses through those who have faith. The Bible is true, even those parts that we do not understand completely. Jesus is both God and a man and to finish the thought , the Holy Spirit is also God in Spirit. One God in three persons. How can it be? It is in the Bible; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Any unanswered questions come through prayer, study of the Bible and you can ask Jesus when you are home with him.

I know that God has given us truth in the Bible. It is all true. The truth seeker will be found by God, cleansed through the blood of Jesus and indwelt by the Holy Spirit of truth. The world is controlled by the spirit of antichrist, but that is another topic.

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