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all applied to one person who mani
tested himself to mankind in three diff
ferent ways corresponding to these
names-one God in three manlfesta-
tions. Others took still different
view and claimed that the Father
Son and holy Spirit were three Gods
who operated as one. In proportion as
these unscriptural human theories
were received, they produced confu-
sion. And when asked how three PER
sons could logically be one person. and
how one person could be three persons
equal in glory and power, of course no
answer could be given. Then the sub
terfuge was raised. "This is a great
mystery which nobody can explain"
1t should not surprise us from what
we know of the structure of human
nature that these extreme views were
opposed by others of the opposite ex-
treme, some claiming that Jesus was
a mere man; that he was born as are
other men; that Joseph was his father,
etc. Thus we behold the danger of
any variation whatever from the pre-
else teachings of the Word of God.
1t should be needless to say to Bible
Students that there Is nothing in the
Bible which declares trinity of Coos.
There is just one passage of Scripture
quoted in proof Of the Trinity Il John,
v, y, and 1t is never quoted by schol-
ars, because all scholars know that 1t
was tampered with, several words hay
ing been added in the seventh century
which are not found in any New Tes-
lament manuscript of earlier date.
And those added words make the
statement as n whole foolish.
If you will turn in your Bibles to
this passage, you may strike out the
spurious words as follows in verse
seven: "In heauen the Father, The Word
and the Holy Ghost and these three are
one;" and in verse eight the words,
"and there are three that bear i0tfneSs in
earth"
After thus eliminating the spurious
additions, after thus removing from
the precious ointment this dead fly of
falsehood which was inserted for the
very purpose of deceiving, and be-
cause no Scripture could be found to
give color to the doctrine of the trim
ity-then you will be able to read that
portion of the Word Of God in Its pu-
rlty and simplicity. Then the "mys-
terry" part will be gone from 1t for
ever. II will be In full accord with the
entire Bible In declaring, "To us there
is one God, the Father, of whom are all
things, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by
whom are all things and we by him.
Il Corinthians will, o.. How absurcly
the passage reads in our common YER
sion, stating that the Father and the
Son and the holy Spirit are bearing
witness in heaven that Jesus is the
Son of God!
The pure Word Of God presents
simply and beautifully the fact thai
the great Creator, the Father Of al
mercies, Is Jehovah God, and that ht
has an only begotten Son who is yet tc
be the Savior or Deliverer OF all o.
Adams race willing to accept the
grace of God provided In him. And
there Is one holy Spirit, ''the spirit o.
TRUTH" "the spirit Of wisdom" "tht
spirit Of a sound mind" the spirit OF
power, energy. will, mind OF the Fathe
J which is also the spirit of the Son
and which must be also the spirit, dis
! position, mind, will of all those whit
now come unto the Father as SON
: through the adoption which Is IL
Christ Jesus.
The Only Begotten Honored.
Before the beginning of the creation
Of God. before the Only Begotten o
the Father became the Alpha of Cren
ton, the Father had wonderful pur
, poses In himself respecting all hi
, great plan for the everlasting future
l II included this world, and mankind
4 and the permission of sin, and the re
| demptlon of man from sin and 1t
+ penalty, and the restoration to be nc
l complished by Messiah's Kingdom an
the glorious work of eternity in fur
g ther creations in world after world
Q But. ns the Master declared, thes
3 things the Father had kept in his ow
{ powcr-in his own hand. He divulge
+ them not to the angels, nor even to hi
dearly beloved "only begotten Son.
0 We have seen how this Divine secret
{ Divine purpose, was symbolically rer
+ resented IN the scroll in the hand
!. of Jehovah. as pictured In Revelatio
. v, l. We have seen that this revelt
ton was delivered to the Lamb. tn
!, Only begotten One, after he had bee
q slnin-after his consccration at Jordan
( and IN it' fulness after his death q
r Calvary, when he assembled up on higl
o glorlicd ut the right hand of til
II Fathers majesty
= But before the Iogos was mad
l. flesh, before he undertook to be man
J. Redccmer. the Heavenly Father 81
Y before him the glorious proposition
Il He infomed him that he had plai
o a scroll, and that the execution therec
IL was TO be given to one who woul
o prove himself worthy, by demonstra
s Ing his loyalty TO the Divine will.
We read that God sent his only b
Y gotten Son into the world. but we al
N not TO understand from this that /
II came under Divine commands, the r