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ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God'. John 20:17) Jesus had not the slightest hesitation in affirming the Unity of God. For instance: 'One of the scribes came. . . and asked him, which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel, the Lord, our God, is One Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: This is the first commandment And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is One God; and there is none other but He'. (Mark 12:29-30 & 32). . . . 'God alone is immortal: the blessed and only potentate, King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach; Whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting' (1 Tim. 6:15-16) The doctrine of the Trinity necessarily imports the complete equality in all respects of the three persons of the Trinity, for if there were inequality in any respect between them that would mean the superiority of one over the other two or the superiority of two 22