When the scribe reiterated the message Jesus delivered...
When the scribe reiterated the message Jesus delivered, and said, “there is none other but he” (Mark 12:32), Jesus told him that he was not far from the kingdom of God. Certainly the scribe understood that there is only one God, and had his understanding been wrong, Jesus would have told him, or Jesus would have clarified to all who were listening that it is really three in one. This was supposed to be an important commandment. It was the commandment that came before all others.
According to my understanding the verse in I John 5:7***“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one,”*** is the only record of the idea that God is three in one rather than One and only One. The rest of the Bible is filled with verses indicating the absolute Oneness of God, and they carry no record of the idea of John in such way. Previous…