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HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN
TWO OPINIONS?
Are we in Elijah’s day?Would you stand with him?
SDA CHURCH RAISED UP TO PREACH THE 3 A’S MESSAGES
“In a special sense Seventh-day Adventists have been set in the world as watchmen and
light bearers. To them has been
entrusted the last warning for a perishing world.”
Testimonies, Vol.9, 19.
SDA CHURCH RAISED UP TO PREACH THE 3 A’S MESSAGES
“They have been given a work of the most solemn import—the
proclamation of the first, second, and third angels' messages.
There is no other work of so great importance.
They are to allow nothing else to absorb their attention.”
Testimonies, Vol.9, 19.
STAY ON THE FIRM PLATFORM
“I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm, giving no countenance to those
who would unsettle the established faith of the body.
God looked upon them with approbation.”
Early Writings, 258,259.
A STRUCTURE OF TRUTH!
I was shown three steps—the first, second, and third angels' messages.
Said my accompanying angel, “Woe to him who shall move a block or
stir a pin of these messages. The true understanding of these messages is
of vital importance. The destiny of souls hangs upon the manner in which they are
received.” Early Writings, 258,259.
First Angel’s Message
Worship Him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains
of waters. Rev. 14:7
Who isthe
Creator?
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man
in our image, after our likeness.
Early Writings, 145
But when God said to His Son,
“Let us make man in our image,”
Satan was jealous of Jesus.
Ephesians 3:9
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God,
who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Acts 4:24
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said,
Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Hebrews 1:1,2:
God, …Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He [God the Father] made the worlds;
Revelation 10:6And [Jesus] sware by
him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein…
God the Father
He [Jesus] was ever directing their minds
to God, the Creator of the universe,
as the source of their strength and wisdom. their strength and wisdom.
1 Testimonies to the Church, 2971 Testimonies to the Church, 297
First Angel’s Message
Worship him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains
of waters. Rev. 14:7
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one God, a personal, spiritual Being,
the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice,
goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and
everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Eternal Father, the One by whom
He created all things, and by whom they do consist.
Worship God—Desire of Ages, 21We behold God in Jesus.
Looking unto Jesus we see that it is the glory of our God to give.
“I do nothing of Myself,” said Christ; “the living Father hath sent Me,
and I live by the Father.” “I seek not Mine own glory,”
but the glory of Him that sent Me. John 8:28; 6:57; 8:50; 7:18.
Worship God—Desire of Ages, 21
In these words is set forth the great principle which is the law of life for the universe.
All things Christ received from God,
but He took to give.
Worship God—Desire of Ages, 21
So in the heavenly courts, in His ministry for all created beings:
through the beloved Son, the Father's life flows out to all;
through the Son it returns, in praise and joyous service,
a tide of love, to the great Source of all.
Worship God—Desire of Ages, 21
And thus through Christ the circuit of beneficence
is complete, representing the
character of the great Giver,
the law of life.
The FATHER
JESUS CHRIST
HumanityHOLY SPIRIT
Worship the Creator—Counsels to the Church, 75
As a personal being, God has revealed Himself in His Son. Jesus, the outshining of the
Father’s glory, “and the express image of His person” Hebrews 1:3,
was on earth found in fashion as a man.
Worship the Creator—Counsels to the Church, 75As a personal Saviour
He came to the world. As a personal Saviour He ascended on high.
As a personal Saviour He intercedes in the heavenly courts.
Before the throne of God in our behalf ministers “One like unto the Son of man.”
Revelation 1:13.
Worship the Creator—Counsels to the Church, 75Christ, the Light of the world, veiled
the dazzling splendor of His divinity and came to live as a man among men,
that they might, without being consumed, become acquainted
with their Creator. No man has seen God at any time
except as He is revealed through Christ.
Worship the Creator—Counsels to the Church, 75Christ came to teach human beings
what God desires them to know. In the heavens above, in the earth, in the broad waters of the ocean,
we see the handiwork of God. All created things testify to His power, His wisdom, His love.
Worship the Creator—Counsels to the Church, 75But not from the stars or the ocean
or the cataract can we learn of the personality of God as it is revealed in Christ.
God saw that a clearer revelation than nature was needed to portray
both His personality and His character.
Worship the Creator—Counsels to the Church, 75
He sent His Son into the world to reveal,
so far as could be endured by human sight,
the nature and the attributes of the invisible God.
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one God, a personal, spiritual Being,
the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice,
goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and
everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Eternal Father, the One by whom
He created all things, and by whom they do consist.
Distinct Persons
There is a personal God, the Father;
there is a personal Christ, the Son.
Hebrews 1:1, 2: Psalm 19:1-3 quoted.... 6BC 1068.3
What if God the Father came to Earth?
But one thing is impossible with God—the power of eclipsing the
greatness of His gift, in showing His love for fallen man than He has given
in Jesus.
What if God the Father came to Earth?
In this wonderful expression of His love He has given to man fallen, and to all the unfallen worlds, and to the universe of heaven clear evidence that there is no love but His love.
{21MR 392.4}
What if God the Father came to Earth?
The Lord has paid this infinite price in giving His only begotten Son
that through belief in Jesus Christ
is belief in God,
and that the righteous laws, the ten precepts of His decalogue, may appear to the world, even to as many as will believe on Jesus Christ, as His just requirements
and are ever to be maintained. 21MR 392.5
What if God the Father came to Earth?
Had God the Father come to our world and dwelt among us,
veiling His glory and humbling Himself,
that humanity might look upon Him, the history that we have of the life of Christ would not have been changed
in unfolding its record of His own condescending grace.
What if God the Father came to Earth?
In every act of Jesus, in every lesson of His instruction,
we are to see and hear and recognize God.
In sight, in hearing, in effect, it is the voice and movements
of the Father. Letter 83, 1895. 21MR 393.1
RH, May 4, 1876 par. 64
Is not the gift of Christ a pledge of the Father's love for sinners? I would say unto
you who have come forward here,
The Father loves you.
In the popular churches, we hear but little except, "Do you love Jesus?" The
love of the Father is scarcely mentioned; it is only Christ, Christ.
God the Father has given unto man the greatest gift that Heaven held.
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES TAUGHT AND PRACTICED
——— BY ——— THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
STEAM PRESS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.:
1872
THESE WOULD LAST TILL 1931—16 YEARS AFTER DEATH
OF ELLEN WHITE
Deuteronomy 31:16
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods
of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant
which I have made with them.
Ellen White
THE FALSE GOD IN THE
THIRD ANGEL’S MESSAGE
Third Angel’s Message
If any man worship the beast and his image, …The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God. Rev. 14: 9,10
The Roman
Catholic Church
The Fallen
Protestant Churches
“There are many differences in doctrine
between various mainstream Christian denominations,
but the doctrine of the Trinity is not one of them.”
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/beliefs/trinity.htm
The God of the Beast and Image
The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. -- Roman Catholicism
The God of the Beast and Image
The fundamental truth of the Orthodox Church is the faith revealed in the True God: the Holy Trinity of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost. --
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
The God of the Beast and Image
We teach that the one true God is the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, three distinct persons, but of one and the same divine essence, equal in power, equal in eternity, equal in majesty, because each person possesses the one divine essence .-- Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
The God of the Beast and Image
We trust in the one triune God.
Presbyterian Church (USA)
The God of the Beast and Image
The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us
as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature,
essence, or being. -- Southern Baptist Convention
The God of the Beast and Image
God of the Beast and Image
There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body or parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the maker and preserver of all things, both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there are three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
-- United Methodist Church
Statement of [Erroneous] Belief #2—1980
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three
co-eternal Persons.ONE GOD COMPOSED OF THREE PERSONS!
IN THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES
TWO DAYSTWO WORSHIPS
TWO GODS
3 Angel’s Message = Elijah Message
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said,
How long halt ye between two opinions?
if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.
And the people answered him not a word.
1Ki 18:21
Are we in Elijah’s day?Would you stand with him?
What would you do if you lived in 31 AD and saw that the religious leaders were corrupt and hated the the Man who bore witness to the Truth.
What would What would you do you do inin Luther’s day?Luther’s day?
Stay with the church? Stay with the church? or follow the light of truth?or follow the light of truth?
Would you have chosen to follow truth and become a Seventh-day
Adventist?or stay in the church system
your parents grew up in?
THE GODHEADCOMPOSED OF
THREE DISTINCT
ETERNAL BEINGS,
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man
in our image, after our likeness.
MORE THAN ONE
Matthew 28:19
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.”
THE 3 MEM
BERS
IDENTIF
IED
The TRUE Godhead
The Godhead was stirred with pity for the race, and the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit gave Themselves to the working out of the plan of redemption. Counsels on Health, 222.
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, pp. 62, 63. Evangelism, p. 615
There are three living persons of the heavenly trio; in the name of these three great powers—the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit—
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, pp. 62, 63. Evangelism, p. 615
—Those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized, and these powers will co-operate with the obedient subjects of
heaven in their efforts to live the new life in Christ.
7 Bible Commentary, p.959
“When you gave yourself to Christ, you made a pledge
in the presence of the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit—the three great personal Dignitaries of heaven.”
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one God, a personal, spiritual Being,
the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice,
goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Eternal Father, the One by whom
He created all things, and by whom they do consist.
THE GODHEAD
COMPOSED OF THREE DISTINCT BEINGS,
NOT THREE MANIFESTATIONS OF ONE GOD
THE CREATOR GOD
THE FIRST MEMBER OF
THE GODHEAD
Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?...
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob,
the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus;
Great Controversy, 436,437
The duty to worship God is based upon the fact that
He is the Creator and that to Him all other
beings owe their existence.
Great Controversy, 436,437
And wherever, in the Bible, His claim to reverence and worship, above the gods of the heathen,
is presented, there is cited the evidence of His creative power. “All the gods of the nations are idols:
but the Lord made the heavens.” Ps. 96:5.
Great Controversy, 436,437
Says the psalmist: “Know ye that the Lord He is God:
it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves.”
“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”
Psalm 100:3; 95:6.
Great Controversy, 436,437
And the holy beings who worship God in heaven state, as the reason
why their homage is due to Him: “Thou art worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honor and power: for Thou hast created all things.”
Revelation 4:11.
The Second Member of the Godhead
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning
with God.
The Word
God the
FatherWas God
Manuscript 101, 1897 Evangelism, 615
“He is the Eternal,
self-existent Son.”Manuscript 101, 1897
Review & Herald, April 5, 1906.
“The Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, existed from eternity,
a distinct person, yet one with the Father.”
Christ Incarnate
The more we think about Christ's becoming a babe here on earth, the more wonderful it appears. How can it be that the helpless babe in Bethlehem's manger
is still the divine Son of God? Though we cannot understand it, we can
believe that He who made the worlds, for our sakes became a helpless babe.
Christ Incarnate
Though higher than any of the angels, though as great as the
Father on the throne of heaven, He became one with us.
In Him God and man became one, and it is in this fact that we find the hope of our fallen race.
Christ IncarnateLooking upon Christ in the flesh,
we look upon God in humanity, and see in Him
the brightness of divine glory, the express image of God the Father.
The Youth's Instructor, Nov. 21, 1895.
Christ IncarnateThrough Jesus, the Son of God, the Father is more fully revealed to the
world. Jesus said to his disciples: "If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip
saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Christ IncarnateJesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?
He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”
The souls of thousands are crying out today, “Show us the Father, and we will be satisfied. We cannot claim God as our
Father until we see him.”
Christ IncarnateJesus says to every such soul, as he said
to Philip: “‘Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me?’
Have you seen my works, have you listened to my teachings, have you witnessed the miracles that I have
wrought in my Father’s name, and yet have you not understood
the nature of God?
Christ IncarnateI have prayed with you and for you, and yet can you not comprehend that I am
the way, the truth, and the life, and that in my life I have unfolded to
you the character of my Father? I am the brightness of my Father’s glory,
I am the express image of his person.
Christ Incarnate‘Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak
not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for
the very works' sake.
Christ IncarnateVerily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also;
and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.’” Signs of the Times, June 9, 1890
The Third Member of the Godhead
Acts 5:3,4
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost…?
Acts 5:3,4
…thou hast thou hast not lied not lied unto men, unto men, but unto God. but unto God.
Acts 10:13-20 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Acts 10:13-20 15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
Acts 10:13-20 19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 20Arise therefore,and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Sermons & Talks, Vol. 2, 137.
“We need to realize that the Holy Spirit,
who is as much a Person as God is a Person, is walking through
these grounds.”
The Heavenly TrioWORK TOGETHER
IN PERFECT HARMONY FOR OUR SALVATION;
ALL THREE SUFFERING
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one God, a personal,
spiritual Being, the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Eternal Father, the One by whom
He created all things, and by whom they do consist.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, and, lo, the heavens the heavens were opened unto him, were opened unto him, and he sawand he saw the Spirit of God the Spirit of God descending like a dove, descending like a dove, and lighting upon himand lighting upon him: :
And lo a And lo a voice from voice from
heaven, heaven, saying, saying,
This is my This is my beloved beloved
Son, Son, in whom in whom I am well I am well
pleased. pleased. Matthew 3:16,17Matthew 3:16,17
Desire of Ages, 116At the Saviour's baptism, Satan was
among the witnesses. He saw the Father's glory overshadowing His Son. He heard the voice of Jehovah testifying
to the divinity of Jesus. Ever since Adam's sin, the human race had been cut off from direct communion with
God; the intercourse between heaven and earth had been through Christ;
Desire of Ages, 116
Ever since Adam’s sin, the human race had been cut off
from direct communion with God;
the intercourse between heaven and earth had been through Christ;
Desire of Ages, 116
But now that Jesus had come “in the likeness of sinful flesh” (Romans
8:3), the Father Himself spoke. He had before communicated
with humanity through Christ; now He communicated with
humanity in Christ.
Desire of Ages, 116
Satan had hoped that God's abhorrence of evil would bring
an eternal separation between heaven and earth.
But now it was manifest that the connection between God and man
had been restored.
Matthew 28:19
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38,39
(38) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost. (39) For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all
that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
Acts 2:38,39
Here we find mention of all three, just as Christ commanded:
(1) Jesus Christ -for the remission of sins.(Matthew 26:28; Acts 10:43; Rom. 3:25).
(2) Holy Ghost - the bearer of "the gift."(1 Cor. 12: 4,5,9,10,11,28,29,30; Gal. 5:22,23.)
(3) Lord our God - the giver of "the gift."(James 1:17; Heb. 6:4; 1 Cor. 7:7; Rom. 6:12.)
1 Corinthians 12:4-6
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of ad-ministrations, but the same Lord.
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God
which worketh all in all.”
1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these worketh that
one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally
as he will. Self-same Spirit.The Spirit has a self.The same Spirit himself
2 Corinthians 13:14
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Ghost,
bebe with you all. Amen. with you all. Amen.””
Ephesians 4:4-6
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you above all, and through all, and in you all. all.
Pray to Our Father….
1—The indwelling Holy Spirit inspires the prayer. 2—Jesus mingles His
righteousness with our prayer and presents it to the Father.
3—The Father answers our prayer.
Holy Spirit inspires our prayer
Angels bear our
prayers to Christ
Through Christ
to the Father
Romans 15:30
Now I beseech you, brethren, for
the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that
ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.
1 Peter 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace,
be multiplied.
Three Events
The Latter RainThe Latter RainThe Voice of GodThe Voice of GodThe Second The Second ComingComing
Holy Spirit
The Father
Jesus Christ
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one God, a personal,
spiritual Being, the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.
The Bible says there is
“ONE GOD”
Who is it?
1 Corinthians 8:4
…We know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
1 Corinthians 8:6
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Ephesians 4:4-6
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
James 2:19; 3:9
Thou believest that there is one God;
thou doest well: Therewith bless we
God, even the Father.
Romans 1:7,8
Grace to you and peace from God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ
for you all….
2 Corinthians 1:2,3
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be God, even
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, the Father of mercies,
and and the God of all comfort. the God of all comfort.
Ephesians 1:2
Grace be to you, and peace,
from God our Father, and and fromfrom
the Lord Jesus Christ. the Lord Jesus Christ.
ONE GODTHREE DIVINE PERSONS
HOW CAN THIS BE?
Jesus (Before the Incarnation)
EQUAL TO THE FATHER
Great Controversy, 493.
By Christ the Father wrought in the creation of all heavenly beings…
and to Christ, equally with the Father,
all heaven gave allegiance.all heaven gave allegiance.
Philippians 2:5-7
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
EQUAL TO THE FATHER
In the Plan of Salvation Jesus Volunteers to Take a Subordinate Position
to the Father;Becomes the Sent of God.
Hebrews 1:5
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again,
I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Isaiah 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us? Then said I,
Here am I; send me.
Youth Instructor, June 21, 1900
Christ is equal with God, infinite and omnipotent. He could pay the ransom
for man's freedom. He is the eternal, self-existing Son, on
whom no yoke had come; and when God asked,
“Whom shall I send?” he could reply, “Here am I; send me.”
Isaiah 48:16
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret
from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I:
and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent Me.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound. prison to them that are bound.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts of the Apostles, 333
Presenting Christ as He was when equal with God and with Him receiving the homage of the angels, the apostle traced His course until He had reached the lowest depths of humiliation.
ONE GODTHREE DIVINE PERSONS
HOW CAN THIS BE?
The Holy Spirit submits Himself to the Father and the Son.
Acts of the Apostles, 51,52
It is not essential for us to be able to define just what the Holy Spirit is. Christ tells us that the Spirit is the Comforter, “the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father.”
Acts of the Apostles, 51,52
It is plainly declared regarding the Holy Spirit
that, in His work of guiding men into all truth,
“He shall not speak of Himself.” John 15:26; 16:13.
Acts of the Apostles, 51,52
The nature of the Holy Spirit is a mystery. Men cannot explain it, because the Lord has not revealed it to them. How does th
e Lord reveal things to
us?
1 Corinthians 2:10,11
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
ONE GODTHREE DIVINE PERSONS
HOW CAN THIS BE?
THE FATHERTHE
MOST HIGH GOD
Mark 5:7
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have
I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son
of the most high God?
Genesis 14:18,19And Melchizedek king of Salem
brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the
most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Daniel 7:25
And he shall And he shall speak speak greatgreat words words against the most High, against the most High,
and shall wear out the saints of and shall wear out the saints of
the most High,the most High,
and think to change times and laws:and think to change times and laws:
The Godhead Symbolized
in the OT.
Exodus 12:22
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the
bason, …
Exodus 12:22
…and strike the lintel
and the two side posts
with the blood that is in the
bason.
LINTEL = GOD THE FATHER REMAINS IN HEAVEN
“THE MOST HIGH GOD”
SIDEPOST =HOLY SPIRIT
COMESDOWN
TO EARTH,THE
“WATCHER”
SIDEPOST =MICHAEL
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
COMESDOWN
TO EARTHDURING
OT TIMES
DOOR =CHRIST’S
HUMANITYHebrews 10:20
John 10:7,9.
IN HEAVEN
ON EARTH
Ephesians 4:4-6
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
NEW TESTAMENT LINTEL AND
TWO SIDEPOSTS
1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
Ministry of Healing, 422.
“The unity that exists between Christ and His disciples does not destroy the personality of either. They are one in purpose, in mind,
in character, but not in person.
It is thus that It is thus that
God and Christ are one.God and Christ are one.””
1 John 5:6
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only,
but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit
that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
1 John 5:7,8
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit,
and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
THE FATHER
THE HOLY GHOST
THE WORD
WATER AND
BLOOD
THESPIRIT
IN HEAVEN
ON EARTH
CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE TWO COMFORTERS
TWO MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTS
TWO ULTIMATE WITNESSES
OIL AND THE WINE OF THIRD SEAL
AIR AND THE SUN OF THE FIFTH TRUMPET
the Father
and in truth:
in spirit
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship
for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
John 4:23
Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 201
Men have the power to shut themselves away from sunshine and shower.
So while the Sun of Righteousness shines,
and the showers of grace fall freely for all, we may by separating ourselves ourselves
from God still "inhabit the parched from God still "inhabit the parched places in the wilderness."places in the wilderness."
Your Father which is in heaven: …maketh
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
his sun to rise on the evil and on
the good,
Matthew 5:45
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
that they may see your good works,
Let your light so shine before men,
THE 3 “YOUR”S!
Matthew 5:16
JESUS, THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD
FRUITS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
FEAR GOD, GIVE
GLORY TO HIM!
NEBUCHADNEZZAR PERCEIVES
THE HEAVENLY TRIO
Daniel 3:25
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and
the form of the the form of the fourth is like the fourth is like the Son of God. Son of God.
Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither.
Daniel 4:8
But at the last Daniel came in before me, …
and in whom is
the spirit of the holy gods.
THE FATHER
THE ONE GOD OF JESUS AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods,
and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible,
which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
Daniel 11:36
And he shall exalt himself,
and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things
against the God of gods, and shall prosper….
John 14:28
…for my Father
is greater than I.
John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know know
thee the only true God, thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent. whom thou hast sent.
John 20:17
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to for I am not yet ascended to
my Father: but go to my brethren, my Father: but go to my brethren,
and say unto them,and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father;
and to my God, and your God.John 20:17
Hebrews 1:8,9
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and
ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Revelation 3:12
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,
and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh which cometh down out of heaven down out of heaven from from my God:my God:
1 Corinthians11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man
is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ
is God.
1 Corinthians 15:27
“For he (the Father) hath put all things under his (Christ’s) feet. But when he saith all things are put under him (Christ), it is manifest that he (the Father) is excepted, which did put all things under him.”
1 Corinthians 15:28
“And when all things shall be subdued unto him (the Son),
then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him
(the Father) that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.”
CHALLENGING SCRIPTURES
ONE
Isaiah 45:5
I am the LORD, and there is none else,
there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou
hast not known me:
Isaiah 45:6
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,
that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:18
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:21
…Who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time?
have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me;
a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isaiah 45:22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:
for I am God, and there is none else.
There is none else
The next Scripture will show
Whois the speaker in these verses.
Isaiah 48:16
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret
from the beginning; from the time that it was,
there am I: and now the Lord GOD,
and his Spirit, hath sent me. and his Spirit, hath sent me.
CHALLENGING SCRIPTURES
TWO
Deuteronomy 6:4,5
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God
is one LORD: And thou shalt love
the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy might.
Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee
a Prophet from the midst of thee,
of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.
JESUS
CHALLENGING SCRIPTURES
THREE
Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt have Thou shalt have no other gods no other gods
before me. before me. WHO IS ME?WHO IS ME?
Revelation 14:12
“Here is the patience of the saints; Here are they that keep
the commandments of God, and have
the faith of Jesus.”the faith of Jesus.”
3rd ANGEL’S
MESSAGE
How do the Heavenly Trio guide us?
God guides us through the 10 commandments. Revelation 14:12.
Jesus guides us through the Word. John 1:1-3.
The Holy Spirit guides us through our conscience. Is. 30:21.
Defined in the 1872 Statement of Beliefs
THE ORIGINAL GOD OF THE SECOND ADVENT
MOVEMENT IS RIGHT IN THE
3 ANGELS’ MESSAGES.
First Angel’s Message
Worship Him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains
of waters. Rev. 14:7
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one God, a personal, spiritual Being,
the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice,
goodness, truth, and mercy, unchange-able, and everywhere present by His
representative, the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 14:1
“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount
Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name
written in their foreheads.””
CHALLENGING SCRIPTURES
FOUR
1 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his
only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Vs. 9.
WHO IS GOD?
Does it matter?Whom Do We Worship?
The One of Three?or The Three-in-One
What is Modern Baal Worship?
It is as easy to make an idol of false doctrines
and theories as to fashion an idol of wood
or stone. GC 583
What is Modern Baal Worship?
By misrepresenting the attributes of God, Satan leads men to conceive of Him in a false character. GC 583
What is Modern Baal Worship?
With many, a philosophical idol is enthroned in the
place of Jehovah; GC 583
What is Modern Baal Worship?
While the living God, as He is revealed
in His word, in Christ, and in the works
of creation, is worshiped by but few. GC 583
What is Modern Baal Worship?
…Though in a different form, idolatry exists in
the Christian world today as verily as it existed among ancient Israel
in the days of Elijah. GC 583
But It Will Look Different in the End
And he (the two-horned beast) doeth great wonders,
so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
Rev 13:13
FALSE
HOLY
SPIRIT
THE ORIGINAL GOD OF THE
SECOND ADVENT MOVEMENT
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one God, a personal, spiritual Being, the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.
Statement of Beliefs—1872
That there is one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Eternal Father, the One
by whom He created all things, and by whom they do consist.
The GODHEAD
Three distinct Eternal Beings—THE HEAVENLY TRIOOne Most High God—the Father
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—Each Eternal. Not “Co-eternal.”
The Son and Holy Spirit voluntarily chose submissive roles.
Life—original, unborrowed, underived.Oneness—a unity of love, a harmony of
thought, purpose, and character.
True Seventh-Day AdventistsSince 1872
THE NEW GOD
In the SDA church
Statement of [Erroneous] Belief #2—1980
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three
co-eternal Persons.ONE GOD COMPOSED OF THREE PERSONS!
The TRINITY
One God with three personalities—all of one identical indivisible substance—
continually manifested. The Father knows Himself: Jesus continually begotten.
The Father & the Son know each Other: The Holy Spirit continually proceeding.
325AD—Council of Nicea—Trinity Established. Sunday worship devoted to Trinity.
Roman CatholicismFallen Protestantism
SDA Since 1980 538 AD—One world religion
Why is this
important?
Just as God led His people out of Egypt by His Angel
(Jesus Christ) and brought them to the Promised Land,
it will be the same God who will lead His people by Jesus Christ out of Babylon (in 1844),
and bring them into the heavenly Promised Land.
SDA PIONEERS VIEW OF
THE NEW GOD
James White, Review & Herald, Sept. 12, 1854.
“As fundamental errors, we might class with this
counterfeit Sabbath other
errors which Protestants have brought away from the Catholic Church,
such as sprinkling for baptism,
the trinity, the consciousness of the dead and eternal life in misery.
James White, Review & Herald, Sept. 12, 1854.
“The mass who have held these fundamental errors,
have doubtless done it ignorantly,
James White, Review & Herald, Sept. 12, 1854.
“But can it be supposed that the church of
Christ will carry along with her these errors till
the judgment scenes burst upon the world?
We think not.”
BUT 127 YEARS LATER,
IT CHOSE TO ADOPT
THIS FUNDAMENTAL ERROR
AS A FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF!
James White, Review & Herald, Feb. 7, 1856.
“Martin Luther, and other reformers, arose in the
strength of God, and with the Word and Spirit, made mighty
strides in the Reformation. The greatest fault we can find
in the Reformation is, the Reformers stopped reforming.
James White, Review & Herald, Feb. 7, 1856.
“Had they gone on, and onward, till they had left
the last vestige of Papacy behind, such as natural
immortality, sprinkling, the trinity, and Sunday keeping, the church
would now be free from her unscriptural errors.”
1980—CATHOLIC GOD APPEARS IN SDA CHURCH
Using subtle wording,
the worship of the
Catholic concept of the
Trinity is officially
incorporated into the
27 Statements of Belief
at the 1980 Dallas GC.ONE GOD—THREE PERSONS; ALL OF ONE IDENTICAL SUBSTANCE.
MORE EVIDENCES OF
THE NEW GOD
1959: Christian Beliefs by T. H. Jemison
Teaches SDA college students the Trinity concept of god: “That there is one God, and the divine nature is not and cannot be divided, is an outstanding truth of the Old Testament.” p. 74.
1979--MINISTRY MAGAZINE GOES ECUMENICAL
Ministry magazine is sent to 37,000 non SDA clergy “representing a myriad of faith persuasions.”
Only 16,000 go to SDA ministers.
“The Ministerial Association is dedicated to stimulating supportive dialogue among denominations.”
1980—ECUMENISMAn official SDA belief!
In the 27 statements:12. The Church: defined as “all communities that confess Jesus.”
13. The Remnant Church: defined as part of “the universal church.”
14. Unity in the Body of Christ, the “church,” is based on the belief in the
Trinity.
12. Church: “The church is the The church is the
community of believers who confess community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Jesus Christ as Lord and
Saviour….”Saviour….”
12. Church: (should read)
“Here is the patience of the saints, Here are they that keep the commandments of God,
and the faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12.“God has a church.
It is not the great cathedral, neither is it the national establishment, neither is it the various denominations;
it is the people who love God
and keep His commandments.”” Upward Look, 315Upward Look, 315
FAITH COMMUNITIES
HOW TO JOIN THE WCC?
Belief in the Trinity is the require-ment for membership.
HOW TO JOIN THE WCC?
“The WCC is a fellowship of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures and therefore seek to fulfill together their common calling to the glory
of the one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
1980—ECUMENISMAn official SDA belief!
Belief #14: Unity in the Body of Christ, the “church,”
“This unity has its source in the oneness of the triune God.”
Pope John Paul II—“Ut Unim Sint”:“This is the hope of Christian unity,
which has its divine source in theTrinitarian unity
of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
1985—New SDA ECUMENICAL HYMNAL
18 new hymns to the Trinity. NEVER BEFORE IN SDA HYMNALS
George Knight, Ministry, Oct., 1993
“Most of the founders of Seventh-day Adventism would not be able to join the church today if they had to subscribe
to the denomination’s Fundamental Beliefs. More specifically,
most would not be able to agree to belief number 2,
which deals with the doctrine of the trinity.”
1999 Polish SDA—Catholic Agreement
“The SDA Church …in its teaching and service, cultivates the most important principles of Catholic faith,
especially the belief especially the belief in the Blessed Trinity.” in the Blessed Trinity.”
2000-OUR AWESOME GOD
“It is a basic Christian doctrine that God is a Trinity of three persons (‘modes of
eternal manifestation’) having one substance (essence or being).”
2000-OUR AWESOME GOD
“It took the Adventist Church until far into the 19th century to agree that the doctrine of the Trinity was indeed biblical and belonged among the fundamental Adventist beliefs.”
November, 2006William Johnsson Presentation to
Presbyterian Church in Ecumenical Dialogue #1
“As we look over the 28
statements of Adventist doctrine, we are led to three conclusions:
(1) Adventist belief in the Trinity, agrees with
orthodox Christian understanding.”
TRINITY ILLUSTRATED IN SDA BIBLE STUDY HANDBOOK
From 2006 Sabbath School Quarterly
#1—TheTriune God. “ ‘There is one God:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons.’
“In other words, Adventists—along with millions of other Christians—believe in the triune nature of God; that is, there is one God who exists as three Persons.”
From 2006 Sabbath School Quarterly
#1—TheTriune God. “What analogies—
such as a …three-pronged fork—
can help someone understand the idea of how one God can be composed of three equal Persons?”
From 2008: Catholic Answers, article “Seventh-Day Adventism.”
Catholic church says: “Seventh-Day Adventists agree with many Catholic doctrines,
including the Trinity.”
JUNE, 2010—SIGNS OF THE TIMES
“Although not itself a biblical term, ‘the trinity’ has been found a convenient term for the one God self-revealed in Scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” Signs of the Times, June, 2010, p. 52.
From 2012 Sabbath School Quarterly
“TheTriune God.” “ ‘There is one God: Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons.’
“The doctrine of the Trinity, that god is One and composed of three ‘Persons,’ is crucial….”
From 2012 Sabbath School Quarterly
“Some early Adventists struggled with the doctrine of the Trinity. Today the church has taken a firm stand on the doctrine. How does this change over time reveal to us the unfolding nature of truth?
Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Küng, Hans. Christianity: Essence, History, and Future, p. 95:
“Throughout the New Testament, while there is belief
in God the Father, in Jesus the Son
and in God’s Holy Spirit, there is no doctrine of
one God in three persons (modes of being),
no doctrine of a ‘triune God,’ a ‘Trinity.’ ”
NEVER USED THE WORD “TRINITY”
1980 TO PRESENT—A GREAT STRUGGLE! TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE GODS
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WHAT ARE WE TO DO?
As an Individual, and as a Church Body
Choose you this day whom
ye will serve; Josh. 24:15
As an Individual, and as a Church Body
The GOD of the FIRST ANGEL’S MESSAGE
That We Are Commanded To WORSHIP OR
the god of the THIRD ANGEL’S MESSAGE
That We Are Warned Not To Worship
CHOOSE TODAY
As an Individual, and as a Church Body
The GOD of the 1872 SDA statement of principles
That We Are Commanded To WORSHIP OR
the god of the 1980 Statement of Belief
That We Are Warned Not To Worship
CHOOSE TODAY
Joshua 24:15
Whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:
Joshua 24:15
But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
WORSHIP WHERE THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IS
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in
the midst of them. Matt. 18:20.
DON’T WORSHIP AT TRINITY WORSHIP CENTERS
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel,
all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every
mouth which hath not kissed him. 1Ki 19:18
LOVE AND FOLLOW THE TRUTH
Now the rays of light penetrate everywhere, the truth is seen in its clearness, and the honest children of God sever the bands
which have held them. Family connections, church relations,
are powerless to stay them now. Truth is more precious than all besides.
Notwithstanding the agencies combined against the truth, a large number take their
stand upon the Lord's side. GC 612
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THE 1872 STATEMENT OF BELIEF
THE END
The Godhead
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. Acts 17:29
John 10:7; Hebrews 10:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. By a new and living way,
which he hath consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
STAY ON THE FIRM PLATFORM
“I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm, giving no countenance to those
who would unsettle the established faith of the body.
God looked upon them with approbation.”
Early Writings, 258,259.
A STRUCTURE OF TRUTH!
I was shown three steps—the first, second, and third angels' messages.
Said my accompanying angel, “Woe to him who shall move a block or
stir a pin of these messages. The true understanding of these messages is The true understanding of these messages is
of vital importance. of vital importance. The destiny of souls hangs upon The destiny of souls hangs upon
the manner in which they are received.”the manner in which they are received.” Early Early
Writings, 258,259.Writings, 258,259.
STAY ON THE FIRM PLATFORM
Declare to the General Conference that, as a local church body,
you are officially worshipping God the Father,
and that you are adhering to the 1872 Statement of Principles.
JAMES WHITE
“The third angel’s message was, and still is, a WARNING to the saints to “hold fast,” and not go
back, and “receive” the marks which the virgin band got rid of, during the second angel’s cry.”
Word to the Little Flock, 11.
Evangelism, p.614,615.
“There are
three living persons of the heavenly trio;
in the name of these three great powers—
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—
those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized, and these powers will cooperate
with the obedient subjects of heaven in their efforts to live the new life in Christ.”
1 Corinthians 2:10,11
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely
given to us of God.
Great Controversy: 502,503
But the death of Christ was an argument in man's behalf that could not be overthrown. The penalty of the law fell upon Him who was equal with God…
Revelation 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
The Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world.
THE LAMB SLAIN from the foundation of the world.
CRUCIFIED
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Acts 13:33
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again;
as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee.
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten
thee.Psalm 2:6, 7
.
THE LAMB SLAIN from the foundation of the world.
CHRIST, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
FOREVER A NEW CREATURE!A DIVINE-HUMAN BEING
CRUCIFIED RESURRECTIONBIRTH
FIRSTBEGOTTEN
BY HOLY SPIRIT
Signs of the Times, Nov. 27, 1893
It seemed that divinity flashed through humanity as Jesus said, "I and my Father are one." The words of Christ were full
of deep meaning as he put forth the claim that he and the Father were of
one substance, possessing the same attributes.
SAME, NOT
IDENTICAL
Signs of the Times, Nov. 27, 1893
The Majesty of heaven stood, calmly assured, as a god before his adversaries.
Their scowling faces, their hands filled with stones, did not intimidate him. He knew that unseen forces, legions of angels, were round about him, and at one word from his lips they would strike with dismay the throng, should
they offer to cast upon him a single stone. He stood before them undaunted.
Signs of the Times, Nov. 27, 1893
Why did not the stones fly to the mark?--It was because divinity flashed through
humanity, and they received a revelation, and were convicted that his were no common
claims. Their hands relax and the stones fall to the ground. His words had asserted his
divinity, but now his personal presence, the light of his eye, the majesty of his attitude,
bore witness to the fact that he was the beloved Son of God.
Jer 2:12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
Jer 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Acts 2:38,39
Being an obedient disciple of Christ Jesus, Peter baptized his fellow Israelites in the name of Jesus Christ for the remissions of their sins, and the name of the Holy Ghost who is the bearer of "the gift",
and the name of the Father (Lord our God) who giveth "every good gift and
every perfect gift." - James 1:17.
Acts 10:13-20 17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
2 Corinthians 13:14Jesus provides the grace, especially by his
death upon the cross of Calvary. God provides his love, which draws us to
him, and by which he sent his only begotten Son to die for us (John 3:16).
And the Holy Ghost provides communion, offering us the comfort and presence of Jesus
Christ and the Father in our lives, just as Jesus promised in John 17.
CHALLENGING SCRIPTURES
FIVE
ISAIAH 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
ISAIAH 9:6—The Everlasting Father
In seeking an explanation of this text, we must bear in mind the work of Christ as brought to view in this and parallel passages. These words refer to the "child born," the "son given," who, as we have seen, bears the title of God subordinate to his Father.
ISAIAH 9:6—The Everlasting Father
And if an apostle could call himself the father of those whom he had begotten in the gospel (1 Cor. 4:15; 1 Tim. 1:2; Titus 1:4), how appropriately is this title applied to the Prince of Peace, who is, in a peculiar sense, the everlasting Father of all to whom he gives everlasting life.
ISAIAH 9:6—The Everlasting Father
The New Jerusalem is called the Bride, the Lamb's wife (Rev. 21); Christ of course is the Bridegroom, the husband. But Paul says Jerusalem above is our mother. Gal. 4:26. If so, why not her husband, the bridegroom, be our father? Surely there is nothing inappropriate in this.
ISAIAH 9:6—The Everlasting Father
But, as the New Jerusalem is not the mother of the unregenerate, these being reckoned the children of the bondwoman, so Christ is not called their father. They are not his children, and he does not give them everlasting life.
ISAIAH 9:6—The Everlasting Father
Therefore the title is applied to him in a subordinate and restricted sense. In its unrestricted and universal sense it applies only to the Supreme One, "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Cor. 11:31; Eph. 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3. 1884 JH Waggoner, Atonement, p.169
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