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He prayed to the Father 3 times in the Garden of<br />

Gethsemane (Mt 26:36-46)(Mk 14:32-42).<br />

Jesus is: 1. The Way, 2. The Truth, 3. The Life (Jn 14:6).<br />

By three times in his last speech to the apostles Jesus prays<br />

in order that they become One like Him and the Father are<br />

One. (Jn 17,11-23)<br />

The three hours of darkness on all the earth, from midday to<br />

three o'clock, when Jesus was nailed on the cross. (Mt<br />

27,45)<br />

By three times the apostle Peter renounces Jesus and by<br />

three times also he affirms his love for Him. (Lk 22,56-65; Jn<br />

21,15-19)<br />

The triple visions of Peter. (Act 10,16)<br />

"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the<br />

Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these<br />

three are one". 1st John 5:7<br />

Three multitudes miraculously fed:—(1) 2 Kings 4:42, 43; (2)<br />

Matt 15:34, 38; (3) Mark 6:38, 44.<br />

Three times Abraham called the "Friend of God":—(1) 2<br />

Chron 20:7; (2) Isa 41:8; (3) James 2:23.<br />

Three times the word "Christian" is found in the New<br />

Testament:—(1) Acts 11:26; (2) Acts 25:28; (3) 1 Peter 4:6.<br />

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Where two or three are gathered in Christ's name,<br />

there is the truth and the will of God being done, and<br />

Christ in their midst. That's the two or three witnesses<br />

of God. That's the Church with Christ in the midst<br />

(remember the two witnesses of revelation chapter<br />

11?) There is the "definition" of the Church! Two or<br />

three witnesses gathered together in the name of<br />

Christ! The two is illustrating established truth, and the<br />

three illustrating the purpose and will of God.

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