The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-17

OF Nazareth was an tmnOStOr hnu th"t
his mighty works were done under
the influence of the fallen angel. Be
elzebub Should we think It strange
that in the heat of discussion some oil
the followers of Jesus would make eX-
travagant claims for him in their en-
deavor to oppose the theory that made
of Messiah a mere sinful man?
It does not surprise us. therefore,
that early in the third century claims
were put forward in the name OF
Christ and his Apostles which neither
he nor they ever authorized Inc
Apostles declared him to be "the Son
of God with power" and that he was
"holy, harmless, undefiled and sepn-
rate from sinners" 0Iebrews vii, 26).
The Master himself declared, MY
Father is greater than L. He Is
above all;" "he sent me-" 81 came to
do the will OF my Father in heaven
and not mine own will" 81 delight to
do thy will, oh my God thy law is
written in my heart"
True, he also declared ~ and my
Father are one;" but he showed In
what this oneness consisted-that 1t
was oneness Of will, of purpose, OF
work. Because he had fully submitted
his will TO the Fathers will and had
made the Fathers viii his own, there
fore they were one.
The Master again illustrated this
oneness when he prayed for his dis
ciples that "they all might be one,
even as thou Father and | are one"
Gohn xvii. II. 81, 22). Evidently the
Master did not pray that his disciples
should all become one In person, but
that they should all become of one
mind, Of one heart, of one disposition
through their loyalty and obedience TO
the Word and TO the spirit of God.
And this oneness, he declared, was the
kind which subsisted between the
Heavenly Father and himself.
Leaving the simplicity Of the teach
ings OF Jesus and of the Apostles,
some went to the extreme of declaring
that Jesus was his own Father; that
the terms Father, Son and holy Spirit
all applied to one person who mani
tested himself to mankind In three diff
ferent ways corresponding to these
numes-one God I'm three manifesto
tons 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 he three persons
equal in glory and power. of course no
answer could be given. Then the sub
tcrfuge was raised, This is 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, sore claiming that Jesus was
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.
II should he needless to say to Bible
| Students that there Is nothing In the
Bible which declares trinity of Gods.
There Is just one passage Of Scripture
quoted in proof of the Trinity u John,
Y, y, and It is never quoted by schol-
ars, because all scholars know that II
was tampered with, several words hav-
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 whole foolish.
II you will turn In your Bibles tC
this passage, you may strike out the
spurious words as follows in verse
seven: "In hedren the Father, the W0rC
and the Holy Ghost, and these three arr
Ohc;" and In verse eight the words
"and there are three that bear ioitness 4,
earth"
After thus eliminating the spurious
additions. after thus removing from
the precious ointment this dead fly Of
falsehoOd which was inserted for thu
very purpose OF deceiving and be
cause no Scripture could be found Il
give color TO the doctrine of the trim
ity-then you viii be able to read tha
portion of the Word of God in its pu
rity and simplicity. Then the "mys
terry" part will be gone from it for
ever 1t will be In full accord with tn
entire Bible In declaring, ITO us thor
is one GOd the Father, OF whom are al
things, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, b,
whom are all things and we by him
q Corinthians viii, o.. How absurcl.
the passage reads In our common yer
sion, stating that the Father and tn
Son and the holy Spirit are bearing
witness in heaven that Jesus is tn
Son of God!
The pure Word of God present
simply aud beautifully the fact tina
the great Creator, the Father of a
mercies, is Jehovah God, and that b
has an only begotten Son who is yet {
, be the Savior or Deliverer Of all Q
Adams race willing to accept tn
? grace Of God provided in him. An
there is one holy Spirit, "the spirit 0
truth" "the spirit Of wisdom" "th
spirit of a sound mind" the spirit o
, power, energy, will, mind of the Fathe
! which Is also the spirit of the Sor
| .YIt,h s,,,aN Ia aIc,o tho upfpit Hts