godhead 3 - the doctrine of trinity

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


Worship him that made 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.


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.


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.


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.




goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and

everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.

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.


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}


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


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.


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

http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/beliefs/trinity.htm

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. -- Roman Catholicism


http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p2.htm

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


http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7063.asp

http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7063.asp

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)


http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=564

http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=564

We trust in the one triune God.

Presbyterian Church (USA)


http://www.pcusa.org/101/101-holy.htm



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


http://www.sbc.net/bfm/bfm2000.asp

http://www.sbc.net/bfm/bfm2000.asp

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

http://www.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1817

http://www.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1817

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

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.”




goodness, truth, and mercy, unchangeable, and everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit.

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.


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.


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.


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


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.

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


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 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.


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.”


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


Worship Him that made heaven,






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.””


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


By misrepresenting the attributes of God, Satan leads men to conceive of Him in a false character. GC 583


With many, a philosophical idol is enthroned in the

place of Jehovah; GC 583


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


…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


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 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.


“The mass who have held these fundamental errors,

have doubtless done it ignorantly,


“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.”


#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.


“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….”


“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


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


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.


“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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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

HOW LONG HALT YE BETWEEN

TWO OPINIONS?


godhead 3 - the doctrine of trinity

Spiritual

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throne of god

handiwork of god

art god

god withone accord

worship goddesire of

son of man

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