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glory that God is bound by bis love 80 that
be can not do otherwise than help the

glory that God is bound by bis love 30 tha
be can not do otherwise than help the
fallen.
Satan by bis evil character and total de.
pravity is no more securely bound to biz
evil work than God is bound by his Infinite
love to save every fallen creature that car
be saved consistently with his justice and
The second quality in the trinity OF quail
ties ID light and the second person in the
trinity OF persons Is the Son and The Son IL
beginning was the word and the word was
with God and the Word was God. In Him
was life and the life was the light OF men
Hs 10 the light Of the world, the true light
world. He also turned his light upon the
heavens and revealed deity. for no man hath
seen God at any time, the only beg often Son
which is In the bosom OF the Father, He hath
declared Him.
Itis in His light only that we are now able
to study the trinity and learn about the
great subject the things that have been re.
vealed and which belong to Us and TO our
children. He has given as his word as a
lamp to our feet and light to our path, the
man OF our counsel and the guide OF our life
and commanded as to search the scriptures.
because they testify Of Him.
The law 10 light aud the commandment Is q
| lamp; and with this divine lamp we should
search all traditions and all practices, and
all theologies until we see them as the God
| OF infinite light sees them and correct them
as the divine light directs. To the law and
| 10. the testimony II they speak not according
to this word, 1t is because there Is no light In
them.
The body lolitic and society and the church
eed walk In no darkness unless they love
light is dispensing his light like the sun
sending down bis rays from the sky. He
says: II am come light into the world that
whosoever believath on me should not abide
m a o al q ho
that followeth me shall not walk in dark ness
but shall have the light OF life."
"our God is Consul %consGming IRE" and the third
person OF the trinit y is the Holy Ghost which
will burn the wicked like fire. The aoly
Ghost is the impersonation of Gods holiness
or OF the consuming fire Of Gods nature
against every thing that 10 evil. IT.
John said to the Jews, indeed baptize you
with water unto repen tsnce but be that
cometh after me fs greater than I whose
shoes am not worthy to bear. He shall
fire. And when the day Of peot ecost was fully
come and the Holy Ghost was given unto
the apostles, there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as Of fire and II set
upon each OF them. In both these quotations
Ghost. And the Saviour warned men against
blaspbeming against the Holy Ghost-Say-
ing:-All manner OF sin and blasphemy
shall be forgiven unto uni , men but the blasphe
given unto men. And whosoever speaketh q
word against the son OF man IL shall be for
given him, but whosoeveri speak eth word
against the Holy Ghost u shall not be for.
The world to come. Commentators do not
seem TO understand why a sin against the
son Of man will be forgiven, but q sin against
the Holy Ghost viii not be forgiven May It
not be because II Is a sin against the person
who represents Gods holm ess, whose nature
is flre and who can not do otherwise than burn
against the wick ed We are taught to pray
TO the Father for forgiven ess and the Saviour
forgave sins on earth but quod Sciamus as
far ss we know the Holy Ghost has never
forgiven ain but ba smote Ananias dead for
lying to Him. The Holy Ghost Is the imper.
sopation Of Coos holiness and II is not his
unction to forgive but TO maintain and vim.
dictate Gods holiness and to be o consuming
fre TO the wicked both In this life and In that
which is TO come. /
Here again we see the importance and the
trinity and learning the nature Of the divine
persons. The Idea has been advanced that
God is 80 good that he will not purnish men
false hope Is ended forever by the knowledge
of the Holy Ghost as q consuming fire.
While the Holy Ghost lives the consuming
fire. Of bis nature Will burn. II Is burning
now In the hearts Of the wicked snd 1t will
burn on q death bed, and 1t Will burn on
the judgement day and it twill burn in
the pit forever and ever. The ;only wsy
for a wicked man to escape the Holy Ghost
and become like Him. "Be ye holy for 1 am
holy" Fire will not consume fire and holi.
ness will not consume holiness, but,the holy
man can dwell with the holy God in the
Having learned the nature OF the trinity
and the three prime qualities that belong TO
the three persons OF the Godhead, We can
understand the name OF God as we never
could before, for his name and hisinature are
other. When Moses asked God TO show him
his glory the Lord passed By and proclaimed
the name OF the Lord. The Lord God merci.
ful and gracious, lonEs1ffering and abundant
thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression
and sin and that will by no means clear the
guilty; visiting the iniquity Of the fathers
cfI5rsn E5 1s nnto ths tbird end 1e ,Se fnnris
generation. No particular divine person is
mentioned In this name, neither Father, Son
nor Holy Ghost, but the qualities Of the d.
vine persons stand ont In IL and the foot |
through IL and distinguished from the others |
as well as the mocasined foot Of the Indian
could be distinguished from the shoe of the
fni, @ we can readily recognize the @ person that
is gracious and We also find the quality Of
him whose nature Is consuming fire OF
holiness and who will by no means clear the
guilty.
Now hear these words and look for the
qualities of the trinity in them.
"The Lord bless thee and keep thee.
The Lord make his face TO shine upon thee
and be gracious unto thee.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee |
and give thee peace"
This 10 the blessing OF the old testament
with which Aaron and his sons were COM
name Lord only is used in this blessing, Being
used three times, IL suggests that each person
Of the Godhead participated in this blessing
and each person ofthe trinity can be recog. |
nized in It not by name but BY the nature OF
the blessing that he bestows upon the people
The Lord bless thee and keep thee. is one
blessing. The Lord make his face 10 shine
upon thee and be gracious unto thee, is an.
other and q different kind Of blessing, and
the Lord LIT up bis countenance upon thee
and give thee peace, Ia still another and
different kind OF blessing. Here We have
three different blessings bestowed upon the
people by the Lord. and knowing the Father
10 be love, we can readily see 1t ls he who
olesses and keeps his people, and knowing
the son to be light II is certain that 1t IL He
who makes bis face TO shine upon his people
and gives them grace. And knowing that
the Holy Ghost IL not only consuming fire
10 the wicked but witness OF holiness 10 bis
people and comforter and q giver OF peace
he is the person who lifts up his countenance
upon bis people and gives them peace. Thus
with the mystery OF the trinity revealed and |
the darkness OF sges dssl pated we see that
the C10rcn mas SUBSTANTIALLY Inc batne Oeue-
diction and the same divine persons particl- |
pated In the blessing In the days Of Moses |
that II did In the christian era when Paul
closed his letter to the Cori inthians with these
words; The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
and the love Of God and the com nunion OF
the Holy Ghost be with you all.
There has been much written about bap-
tisnn, but aside from the mode the church
today does not understand the grace that is
secured by baptism nor Is 1t possible for her
TO understand 1t It'll she studies the trinity
and learns the qualities ofthe divine persons.
The church has one baptism, the trinity has
three baptisms. The church's baptism is a