Monday, May 13, 2013

The Truth and the Trinity



          This is a very controversial subject to cover in a brief article. I would like to start by reminding readers of a very important statement that Jesus Himself gave us concerning becoming one of His followers:

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

(Matthew 18:3)

          The above verse, in context of what preceded it and followed it, references two important concepts. The verses preceding it led to the fact that we must humble ourselves. The verses following it led to a warning of stumbling blocks. Trying to understand and explain the concept of the trinity has been a stumbling block for centuries - far exceeding the ability of a child, much less scholars.

          For those that don’t know it, the word trinity does not appear anywhere in the Bible. The concept of the “Trinity” is man-made. The trinity is s Catholic version of a pagan/mystic/mythological triune godhead. That’s right - Catholic version. Hordes of pagan/mystic religions, and mythology, before and after the Catholic Church have had a triune godhead: Egyptian triad of Osiris; Isis and Horus, Hindu triad of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva; the Buddhist Triratna (Soderblom), etc. Even in Homeric mythology, the trident of Poseidon, as a symbol, is based on triune beliefs in the sacredness of the number three. This focus on trinity goes back as far as Babylon to as recent as the latest focus of the “me, myself, and I” movement. None of this is of God.

Still, it took several hundred years (3rd to 4th century A.D. - Nicene Creed of 325 AD, etc.) for the Roman Catholic Church to iron out some of the wrinkles and come up with its own version. Of course, with them, you either “believed” or risked being tortured or killed as a heretic (See Note1).What many may not consider is that this man-made concept has been a great tool for Satan because it is the biggest hindrance (stumbling block) preventing turning Jews and Muslims to Jesus as the Christ. Why? Because the Bible clearly says:

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

(Deuteronomy 6:4)

Anyone familiar with the Bible knows that every pertinent New Testament concept is founded upon the Old Testament - i.e. the messiah, sacrifice, forgiveness of sin, etc.; and, I know of no points that are addressed by trinity supporters with verses that are found in the Old Testament. Trinity supporters say that is because it is a “revealed doctrine” - as if it did not exist until man “discovered” it later. Well, if that were true, it wasn’t even revealed to Jesus - He emphasized the verse above:

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

(Mark 12:29)

          It may have been revealed - but it was not by, or from, God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit.

So, please note the following points before we continue:

1.   Nowhere in the Bible does God say that a part of Him is Jesus, or that Jesus is a part of Him, or that He is Jesus.

2.   Nowhere in the Bible does God say that a part of Him is the Holy Spirit, or that the Holy Spirit is a part of Him, or that He is the Holy Spirit.

3.   Nowhere in the Bible does the Holy Spirit say that a part of Him is God, or that He is a part of God, or that He is God.

4.   Nowhere in the Bible does the Holy Spirit say that a part of Him is Jesus, or that He is a part of Jesus, or that He is Jesus.

5.   Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus say He is a part of God, or that a part of Him is God, or that He is God.

6.   Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus say He is a part of the Holy Spirit, or that a part of Him is the Holy Spirit, or that He is the Holy Spirit.

Trinity supporters will argue a few of these points; but, to my knowledge, they never address almost 75% of them - i.e. any of the points concerning the Holy Spirit.

Trinity supporters typically turn to three primary sources. One is the baptismal formula at the end of Matthew. I won’t delve any farther here than to say that most all folks who seriously study the Bible know that this ending in Matthew was added at a later date and is not original. Besides, it does not say that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are the same person anyway.

The second primary source trinity supporters turn to is Paul - the only place where the word “godhead” appears in English translations. Paul is cited as using the word ”godhead” three times (Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20, and Colossians 2:9) and each time a different word is actually being translated - theios , theiotēs, and theotēs! That alone should give rise to question. I won’t delve farther on a false apostle right now - read my other articles for details.

The third primary source trinity supporters turn to is the Gospel of John. Specifically, people that support a trinity claim that Jesus “implied” He was God. The primary verse they use to support that false notion is:

I and my Father are one.

(John 10:30)

          First, note the use of “are” (esmen - first person plural of “to be”) - as in plural beings. More importantly, what does the phrasing of “one” mean? Well, let’s start with the basics. How does this same writer depict Jesus using this same phrasing elsewhere?

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we are.

(John 17:11)

That they all may be one; as you, Father, in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you hast sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.

(John 17:21-23)

          John heard and wrote these verses. He understood what Jesus meant - read the proof written by John himself in 1 John 4:13/16. Are all Christians one entity? No! Are you, as a Christian, part of God? No! We are each completely separate entities that strive to work as one - with a singularity of purpose, not of being. We see that “one” does not mean or imply a singularity of being with multiple parts; but, multiple parts with a singularity of purpose. Jesus prayed that we would achieve that oneness of purpose. Who does He say will be saved? Those that become one with Him in purpose:

Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.

(Matthew 7:21)

          If we do this, God’s will, we become one. That certainly doesn’t mean we are God. God the Father and Jesus the Son are not separate parts of a whole. They are each individually whole beings. Jesus is saying that He operates as one with His Father - a singularity of purpose, not of being. Jesus, like us, has His own free will; but, to become one with God He submitted His will to God’s will - just as we must submit our will to God’s will to be one. Jesus came for one reason and one reason only - to do God’s will:

Saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.

(Luke 22:42)

           Jesus’ use of this phrasing of “one” is not unique to the Gospels. It is used elsewhere in the Bible. The first example is one many folks probably know:

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

(Genesis 2:24)

          Do husband and wife actually become a single entity? No they don’t. They are not a single entity with parts. They are two entities functioning together - a singularity of purpose, not of being.

          Here is another example:

Say to them, so says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions. And I will put them with him, with the stick of Judah, and will make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

(Ezekiel 37:19)

          Again, we see that “one” does not mean or imply a singularity of being with multiple parts; but, multiple parts with a singularity of purpose.

          Did Jesus say He was God? No! Did He imply it? No! So, does this mean Jesus was just a messenger? No! He was and is God’s only Son. The Son is not the Father - the Son serves the Father - read the Bible! We are told that He was the very beginning of creation:

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; these things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

(Revelation 3:14)

In fact, let’s look at what Jesus said His Father revealed to Peter about who He (Jesus) was:

He said unto them, but who say you that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, you art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father which is in heaven.

(Matthew 16:15-17)

          Plain as day Jesus is saying that God revealed to Peter that Jesus was the Son of the Living God - not that Jesus was God! (In Luke 9:20, Peter is quoted as answering, “The Christ of God”.)

A human father does not have anything from the son in him; but, a human son has something from his father in him (DNA). The son is from the father; but, the son is not a part of the father. God does not have anything from Jesus in Him; but, Jesus has something from His father in Him - Jesus was created by and from God, before anything else was created. Jesus is from His Father; but, Jesus is not a part of His father. All physical creation - even Man - was made from matter and energy that had already been created. Only Jesus was and is directly from God Himself - hence, to explain it in a manner understandable to us - Jesus is the Son of God. We came from dust - Jesus came from God!

This explanation makes it clear what is meant by “us” in the following verses:

And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moves upon the earth.

(Genesis 1:26)

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:

(Genesis 3:22) (See Note2)

They - God and Jesus - are speaking to each other! Notice in the last verse this is God Himself speaking - the self-existent God - YHVH. We know from the Bible that there are more gods - divine beings. There is only one God - the self-existent - YHVH! YHVH is the God above and before everything - including all other gods - divine beings. Jesus is the King of Kings. Jesus is God’s chosen ruler over all that They created. But YHVH is over and above Jesus and you will have no other gods before YHVH.

Jesus, as per the Bible, sits on the right hand of God (See Note3). The concept of the trinity places Jesus, not on the right hand, but on the very throne of God!

Jesus said He was taught by God (John 8:28). Jesus too serves God. Jesus prayed to God. Jesus said God was His God too:

Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and my God, and your God.

(John 20:17)

Jesus specifically prayed that we know them both:

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

(John 17:3)

If that isn’t plain enough bear in mind that the word “only” in the verse above is translated from “monos” which is also translated 21 times as “alone”. Jesus knew He wasn’t God. Jesus knew God knew things that He (Jesus) didn’t (Mark 13:32). What did Jesus say when they tried to call Him good?

And He said to him, why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, God! But if you desire to enter into life, keep the commandments.

(Matthew 19:17)

 Why did Jesus say that? He knew what YHVH said in Isaiah 45:21.

Jesus is our mediator with God. Jesus is our path to God. Jesus is our Lord, our Savior, and our High Priest; but, Jesus is not YHVH!

But in vain they do worship me, teaching doctrines the commandments of men.

(Matthew 15:9)

          If you are worshipping Jesus as God you are violating the commandments of God for the doctrine of men!

     Now we will look briefly at the issue of the Holy Spirit. If you look for the term ”the holy spirit” in the Old Testament you won’t find it. You will find David speaking to YHVH and saying “thy holy spirit” - Psalms 51:11. You will find several people speaking to YHVH and saying “thy spirit” - 2 Kings 2:9, Nehemiah 9:30, Job 15:13, Psalms 104:30, 139:7, 143:10, and Ecclesiastes 7:9. You will find several people speaking about YHVH and saying “his spirit” Numbers 11:29, Job 26:13, Isaiah 48:16, and Zechariah 7:12 (even 1 John 4:13 in the New Testament). You will find Isaiah talking about YHVH and saying “His holy spirit” - Isaiah 63:10 and 11. You will find the “the Spirit of God” over a dozen times. You will find “the spirit of the LORD” over two dozen times. You will find YHVH saying “my spirit” in Genesis, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah.

          The Holy Spirit is YHVH’s spirit. That’s why Jesus said what He did in Matthew 12:32 and Mark 3:29 (see Note4).

 

 Thank you for joining me on The Path to Light.

 

In Brotherly Love,

 

Wayne

 

          Note1 - Ironically, this concept is so convoluted that getting folks to know where the Holy Spirit fit in was (and is?) more than the Catholic Church wanted people to try to understand - they were supposed to leave it all up to their priest. To make it easier the RCC switched gears and soon focused on a different three - God, Jesus, and Mary!

          Note2 - This is another example that shows that when the Bible uses “one” in this manner it does not mean or imply a singularity of being with multiple parts; but, multiple parts with a singularity of purpose.

Note3 - Read Matthew 22:44, 26:64; Mark 12:36, 14:62; Luke 20:42, 22:69; 1 Peter 3:22, and many more from Acts, Hebrews, etc.

Note4 - It is my understanding that among trinity supporters an historical debate has been whether or not the “entities” are equal or have “rank”. Many people who still believe in a trinity give each “entity” a rank. Since they are separate beings, and I too believe they have “rank”, I will address this issue. They state:

God is number one based on the following:

You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

(John 14:28)

          I understand clearly how and why God is greater than Jesus. How it is over looked that they are separate entities is inconceivable.

Jesus is number two. I have seen the following verse given as a justification for this ranking:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

(John 13:16)

          This in turn is linked to the following:

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me:

(John 15:26) (or John 16:7)

          I can see Jesus applying John 13:16 to why God is greater than Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I cannot see it applied to Jesus versus the Holy Spirit. The trinity crowd has skipped a few verses, specifically:

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;

(John 14:16)

But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

(John 14:26)

          Furthermore, Jesus makes it plain from another writer that it is God specifically who gives the Holy Spirit:

Then if you being evil know to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father out of Heaven will give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him.

(Luke 11:13)

          The Holy Spirit is from God Himself, not from Jesus; and, according to Jesus, the Holy Spirit is superior to Him - consider:

And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

(Matthew 12:32)

Friday, May 10, 2013

Mother’s Day Message

In the U.S. , the 12th of May this year is "Mother’s Day".

          Most of us are familiar with what the Ten Commandments tell us concerning our parents.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long on the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you.
(Exodus 20:12)
Honor your father and your mother, as Jehovah your God has commanded you, so that your days may be prolonged, and so that it may be well with you in the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you.
(Deuteronomy 5:16)
          God is so serious about this that He stressed this concept in many other verses in the Old Testament:
And he who strikes his father or his mother dying shall die.
(Exodus 21:15)
And he who curses his father or his mother, dying he shall die.
(Exodus 21:17)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
(Leviticus 18:7)
          Jesus also stressed this concept, it is not just a duty for Old Testament Israelites, it is a duty for all Christians:
For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother," and, "The one speaking evil of father or mother, by death let him die."
(Matthew 15:4)
Honor your father and your mother," and, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
(Matthew 19:19)
God is so serious about this that He allowed Levites (an Israelite tribe God chose to be His priests to Israel) to defile themselves by attending their parents funerals - which they couldn’t do for non-family members (Leviticus 21:1/3); but, this was still considered to be a defiling act (Ezekiel 44:25).

There were and are limits. For example, the High Priest could not do this (Leviticus 21:10/11), nor could a Nazerite (Numbers 6:7). God takes precedent over parents.

There are many others citation available - i.e. Psalms 27:10, Deuteronomy 21:18-21 and 27:16 etc. In fact, Proverbs is packed with verses that stress our relationship with our parents: 1:8, 6:20, 10:1, 15:20, 19:26, 20:20, 23:22, 23:25, 28:24, and 30:17.

          Many times, in both the Old and New Testament, our behavior toward our parents is tied to our behavior in general:
Each man of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My sabbaths; I, Jehovah your God.
(Leviticus 19:3)
In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they oppressed the widow and the orphan.
(Ezekiel 22:7)
You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not commit murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.
(Mark 10:19)
You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery," "do not murder," "do not steal," "do not bear false witness," "honor your father and your mother."
(Luke 18:20)
          As you can see God demands we honor our parents and He often ties that with our general behavior. If a person’s parents are evil then the person must balance the duty to honor their parents with the higher duty to God. You are not to act as your parents do if they do not follow God:
And did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
(1 Kings 22:52)
          Doing wrong is against God whether that wrong is the same or different from the wrongs of your parents:
And did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; only not like his father and his mother. For he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
(2 Kings 3:2)
          Some folks believe that the Law is done away with and that the command to honor their parents is no longer valid. They even twist some verses from Jesus in the New Testament to back them up:
I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law.
(Matthew 10:35)
The one loving father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And the one loving son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
(Matthew 10:37)
          The issue would be solved if folks quit taking things out of context and studied the word of God line upon line, precept upon precept (Isaiah 28:10) and by looking at all the verses given here in this article. Put quite simply we do have a duty to honor our parents - but not at the expense of our obligation to obey God.

          Becoming a drug addict and blaming an alcoholic parent may be a popular excuse but it is incompatible with being a follower of Jesus. Becoming a homosexual and blaming a parent who was an adulterer or promiscuous may be a popular excuse but it is incompatible with being a follower of Jesus. Our duty to God is above all other duties. Our duty to God requires us to forgive others. This is especially important to do for those who wrong us directly and deeply. A family member or friend can often wound us deeper than an enemy. No matter what your parents were or are like, you must forgive them if you are to be a follower of Christ.

          If you had good parents let them know how much you appreciate that blessing. If you had less than sterling parents and they are still alive you have a duty to let them know that they are forgiven and loved. If you had less than sterling parents and your parent(s) have already died you can still forgive them and honor their memory.

In Brotherly Love,

Wayne

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

On Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer


What we commonly refer to as the Lord’s Prayer was not in fact a prayer Jesus is recorded as having prayed; rather, it was a formula Jesus spoke to us to show us what to emphasize in our prayers.

It important though to remember that these verses are a guide, a formula or pattern for prayer and they were not meant to be repeated over and over as a routine prayer. For any Catholic readers please note that the underlined words of Jesus below apply to the pagan influenced rosary as well. Before teaching the disciples this pattern Jesus stressed the following:

And when you pray, you shalt not be as the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly. But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not you therefore like unto them: for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him.

(Matthew 6:5-8)

The above verses were followed by the “Lord’s Prayer” formula given in Matthew (the formula also appears in Luke):

Matthew 6:9/13 - After this manner therefore pray: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done. in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Luke 11:2/4 - And he said unto them, When you pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

          Although the “Lord’s Prayer” is not found in Mark we do see a record of a very important concept Jesus continued to stress - forgiveness:

Mark 11:25/6 - And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

And because Jesus knew that we would struggle He later repeated:

Luke 22:40 - And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

The “Lord’s Prayer” though doesn’t cover all the things Jesus told us to pray about. Consider:

Matthew 5:44 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Mark 13:33 - Take heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.

          We see then that our prayers are to be about being better children of God and not about worldly needs. That is how Jesus prayed. That is what we see in John 17. The entirety of John 17 is more appropriately the Lord’s Prayer. It consists of basically three parts. The first concerned the work Jesus did for God:

These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. And now, O Father, glorify you me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was. I have manifested your name to the men which you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever you have given me are of you. For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received and have known surely that I came out from you, and they have believed that you did send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you have given me; for they are yours. And all mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

(John 17:1-14)

          The second part concerned Jesus’ prayer for His disciples at that time:

I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

(John 17:15-19)

          The third concerned Jesus’ prayer for us:

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as you, Father, in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you hast sent me. And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. And I have declared unto them your name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

(John 17:20-26)

          Our prayers, like our lives, should reflect that our lives are not about us anymore, rather our service as servants for our Lord Jesus Christ and as the children of God.

 

Thank for joining me on The Path to Light.

In Brotherly Love,

Wayne

 

NOTE: For those that are interested here is some information about “amen”. Saying “amen” is and was a Jewish custom - see Deuteronomy 27:15-26.

In the KJV of the Old Testament amen is rendered as amen with two odd exceptions - Isaiah 65:16 and Jeremiah 11:5. The LITV and YLT correctly render Jeremiah but still corrupt Isaiah. The DRB stayed pure with amen rendered as amen throughout all the Old Testament.

Jesus often used “amen” to put emphasis to His own words but in the KJV it is almost always corrupted as "verily" - key exceptions are Matthew 6:13, 28:20, and Revelation 1:18. The LITV and YLT again stay pretty much with the KJV pattern; but, as with the Old Testament, the DRB stayed true and “amen” is used 147 times in the New Testament.

In Revelation 3:14, Jesus is referred to as "the Amen” - thankfully here the KJV, LITV, YLT and DRB all agree!