You corrupted the 1st John 5:20 (you conveniently never attempted to comment on the other two) with your so called English lesson.
And you the guy giving English lesson? I'll passed. Your writing skills is on a middle school level at best. But, that being said, I can overlook that while searching for God's truth, knowing God's people are in the minority as far as what the world consider high IQ, which truly means little with God and I might add~very seldom find truth where there's high intelligent.
Now let us see who is in darkness and who has the truth. It will not take very long for the word of God to expose you as a liar and antichrist to the true faith of Jesus Christ. Jehovah Witnesses' are a
false cult and a enemy to the truth.
1st John 5:20
goes perfectly with what John wrote as he opened up his epistle.
1st John 1:1.... That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
That.
That is a glorious demonstrative pronoun for our Lord Jesus Christ – the Word of life! A personal pronoun like Who loses proximity, timing context by
That versus
This.
That was the biggest snow …
this was the biggest … which is closer in place or time? Jesus ascended to heaven years earlier, so the distant demonstrative pronoun is used.
This which was from the beginning would not make sense, for Jesus was not present.
That is everything. All things are
by Him, through Him, for Him, to Him. (Colossians 1:15-17)
You were created and exist for this
That;
no need to distinguish Jehovah or His Son. Though Jesus is subordinate to God as to his humanity and our Mediator (
I Cor 15:28),
He is also God. Though Jesus is subordinate to God, He has been exalted for worship (
Phil 2:9-11). Though Jesus is subordinate,
He is the glorious express image of God (
Hebrews 1:1-3).
Jesus is the Head of our faith/religion, our King, our Priest, our Savior, and coming Judge. He shall, in His times, reveal He is the Blessed and
Only Potentate (
Ist Timothy 6:13-16).
The
beginning must be rightly divided, for John used it seven times in different ways. In this first verse, we use it just as he used it to open his gospel – eternity (
Jn 1:1-2). In the next verse,
John called the Word of life that eternal life – eternal God Himself. To the epistle’s end, he used
beginning for eternity, creation, gospel era, conversion.
Here is our eternal God, from everlasting to everlasting (
Ps 41:13;
90:2;
Is 57:15). No wonder we have such startling statements about Jesus as we do (
John 1:15;
8:58).
Why did John start off with this technical section about the identity of the Word of life?
To refute antichrist liars seducing from Jesus like yourself! (
Ist John 2:18-23;
4:1-6;
II John 1:7-9). Any error in the identity of Jesus or relationship to God is not true worship He seeks. Without true worship God seeks, the full fellowship in this context will not happen. Without the full fellowship in this context, the full Christian joy will also not happen. The greatest fulfillment and joy in the human heart is knowing Christ (
Ephesians 3:14-19). If Jesus did not have a body, how could He die for you and be your priest (
Heb 2:14)?
Which we have heard.
John’s gospel also exalted Jesus’ key flesh existence, appearance, and life (
Jn 1:14). There is a place for basic facts, simple statements, and precise definitions for truth. The gospel of Jesus Christ is based on many facts from apostles that lived with Him. Note the plural pronoun –
we– referencing other apostles and witnesses of Jesus Christ. One witness is not enough, two or three was the legal minimum, but Jesus had more. Paul recorded that more than 500 brethren at one time saw Jesus Christ (
Ist Cor 15:6). Huge multitudes heard Him during His life, sometimes requiring a boat as His pulpit. Jesus on trial for His life reminded Pilate He had always taught openly (
John 18:20). No one ever spoke like Jesus Christ, yet most rejected the content (
Matt 7:21-29).The apostles were eyewitnesses and earwitnesses of Jesus Christ, hearing and seeing.
Which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon.
The facts starting here about Jesus’ time on earth may seem wasteful, but they are not.
John’s gospel also exalted Jesus’ key flesh existence, appearance, and life (
Jn 1:14). Note the plural pronoun –
we– referencing other apostles and witnesses of Jesus Christ. Luke starts off to Theophilus explaining about eyewitnesses of Jesus (
Luke 1:1-4). Apostles were eyewitnesses of the living Christ (
Acts 1:3,
21-22;
I Cor 9:1;
15:8).
.
And our hands have handled.
Note the plural pronoun –
our– referencing other apostles and witnesses of Jesus Christ. The only thing maybe better than touching is eating and drinking (
Acts 10:39-41). Many infallible proofs confirms our religion of a resurrected Godman (
Acts 1:3). They were an intimate group, especially this writer John, who laid on His bosom. Keep in mind this personal intimacy the apostles had, for they offered it (
I John 1:3). Jesus promised it much better after Pentecost (
Jn 14:18-23;
15:10-11;
16:7,
19-22). Thomas was blessed to touch the resurrected Jesus, and it affected him (
John 20:26-31).
Of the Word of life.
John did use
Word for our Lord’s divine nature the most, but he was not the only one. How often did John call Jesus the Word? Five (
Jn 1:1,
14;
I John 1:1;
5:7;
Rev 19:13). Luke, Peter, and James used
word for Jesus (
Luke 1:2;
I Pet 1:23,
25;
James 1:18,
21).
What significance should the name and title of Jesus as
the Word teach us about Him?
Word. I. Speech, utterance, verbal expression. Things said, or something said; speech, talk, discourse, utterance; report, tidings, news, information. II. An element of speech. A combination of vocal sounds, or one such sound, used in a language to express an idea and constituting an ultimate minimal element of speech having a meaning as such. [OED].
The English sense directly above is comparable to the Greek
logos usually adored. By John’s gospel context, note how the Word of God is a declaration or revelation. The heavens, part of all things, declares the glory of God (
John 1:3;
Psalm 19:1-6). The Word of God is the light of men by eternal life He gives to men (
John 1:4-5). He was the true Light that lights every elect man coming into the world (
John 1:9). He was incarnated in man’s flesh for men to see; He revealed God to us (
Jn 1:14). Jesus brought grace and truth, totally unlike the word Moses brought (
John 1:17). No man has ever seen God, but the incarnate Word declared Him to men (
Jn 1:18). The eternal life with the Father,
the Word of life, was manifested to us (
I Jn 1:1-2).
Jesus is the Word
of life for He is the One that lives forever and the One that gives life. Life is a crucial concept. God lives forever. He made us alive. We need eternal life. He is alive and lives forevermore, and He has the keys or authority of hell and death. He is the way, the truth, and the life, which He declared to His apostles (
John 14:6). James could call Him the word of truth (
James 1:18), for He is also truth (
John 14:6). He is the greatest life in the universe we can relate to, and without which we starve.
This is an eternal life, a divine life, in a human body, for us (
Col 2:9;
Eph 1:15-23). In Christ we can see perfect divine life coupled with humanity for perfection forever. In the next verse he will immediately appeal to the adjective phrase
the life by itself.
What a glorious and profound contrast to everything we received from our father Adam. That man, though told clearly of the consequences, chose a three-fold death for us. He destroyed life. He lost the tree of life. He secured the second death for all of us. All we have contributed to the universe is sin and death – it sums up our existence. All we have … all we have heard … all we have seen … all we have touched … dies! Jesus earned abundant life for us now, eternal life for us later (
John 10:10;
17:1-3). What a difference between life by Adam or by Jesus (
Rom 5:12-19;
I Cor 15:22,
45).
I'll come back to finish to next two verses so that you will have to show just how corrupt your cult is concerning the deity of Jesus Christ, being Almighty God, that was made flesh for both angels and man to see!
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
