Bearing Witness to the Truth | 1 John 5:6-8
ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church · Carlos Montijo
March 29, 2026
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> March 29<span class="sermon-listing-detail">, 2026 </span><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"> <strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/scripture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scripture</a> </span></span><strong>Scripture: </strong>1 John 5:6–8; Romans 8:15–17; Psalm 31:5; Isaiah 65:15–16; John 14:5–6; Hebrews 6:18; Matthew 17:1–8; Luke 2:13–14; 12:57</p> <p><sup>6</sup>.... It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. <sup>7</sup>For there are three that bear witness: <sup>8</sup>the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 1 John 5:6–8</p> <h4><strong>I. </strong>The Spirit of Truth</h4> <ul> <li>What does it mean that the Spirit of God bears witness?</li> </ul> <h4><strong>II. The Spirit of God is the truth, and bears witness to nothing but the truth</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Psalm 31:5, Isaiah 65:15–16, John 14:5–6</li> </ul> <h4><strong>III. The Johannine Comma (<em>Comma Johanneum</em>)</strong></h4> <ul> <li>1 John 5:7–8 (NKJV) "<sup>7</sup>For there are three that bear witness [in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. <sup>8</sup>And there are three that bear witness on earth]: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.”</li> <li>Textual variants, textual criticism, King James Onlyism</li> </ul> <h4><strong>IV. Textual Support for the Johannine Comma</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Matthew 17:1-8</li> </ul> <h4><strong>V. Is the Johannine Comma authentic?</strong></h4> <p><strong>Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave<br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>