Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-01-26

sell deduced that after the Almighty had
been alone for an untold period his first
creation Of an intelligent being In his own
likeness was accomplished The distin-
guished One referred to in this Scripture
Is the Only Begotten Of the Father, the
Alpha and the Omega. the beginning and
the ending Of Jehovahs direct creation.
The Logos was he who subsequently be-
came man. When a man he was styled
''the man Christ Jesus. who gave himself
a Ransom-price for all. to be testified In
due time q Timothy H. g.. He was
both the beginning and the ending of the
direct Divine creation. to the intent that
the Almighty might use him as his
great and honored Agent in the creation
Of angels and men and I'm the ordering of
their affairs
The speaker declared that Christian
thought respecting Messiah. the Son of
the Highest is in confusion because of
the general neglect to investigate the
Scriptures bearing on the subject He
pointed back 70 the beginning Of the
Christian Era and declared that soon aft
er that time a controversy arose In the
Church and as a result great confusion
has since prevailed. AT time when
there were no such Bibles as we now pos
sess. with concordances. marginal refer
ences. etc. at time. too when the
masses were unable to read. disputation
ran high. The Jews took the ground that
Jesus was an lmpostor who did his works
by the power OF the fallen angels.
Some Christians took the opposite ex-
ireme-that Jesus was not merely a Son.
but was God the Father himself who for
a time appeared amongst men. and In
false humility styled himself the Son OF
God when. In reality he was the Father
OF lights" Some carried this thought to
the extreme. teaching that there are three
Gods who are In unison. In harmony. in
oneness Of spirit or work Others held
that there is but one God but that in
some unexplainable manner he divides
himself into three parts equal I'm power
and glory. Still others. rejecting these ex-
treme views claimed that Jesus had no
prehuman existence. that Joseph was his
father. etc.
But all the while said Pastor Russell.
the Scriptures bore the plain testimony
that Jesus was the beginning Of the Gre
alton OF God the First Born. the Logos.
the first Divine expression.
1.-THE Word Made Flesh"
The Scriptures explain that THE Logos
was made flesh and dwelt amongst men
and we beheld his glory. the glory OF the
only begotten of the Father" He thus
took upon him the form OF a servant
"that he by the grace OF God might taste
death for every man." Having finished
the work given him by the Father. the
latter raised Jesus from the dead by his
iJehovah's) own power. exalting Jesus
again to the spirit plane Of being with
added glory-"far above angels" philip
plans H. 7-0.
We read that God sent his Son into the
world TO redeem the world but IL Is a mis-
take to suppose that his coming was com
pulsory; that the sufferings of Christ
were enforced. On the contrary the
Scriptures declare that the heavenly Fa-
ther set before his Son. the First-Regot-
ten of all creation. the promise of a glori-
aus reward ID He should have the pleas
ure of doing the Fathers win CD AL
though this would cost him n great sacri-
Zee nevertheless IL would bring him the
great distinction OF being for a thousand
years the Mediator between God and men,
the great Messiah and Deliverer Of man
kind from the reign Of sin and death CD
Additionally he should be returned from
the earthly conditions to the heavenly
conditions. as spirit being. and with
added glory.
The Trinity of the Bible.
Various are the views called the doc
trine Of the Trinity. The Bible does teach
that ito 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" and that there is one holy
Spirit OF the Father. a holy power. will.
mind. energy. and that this is the mind OF
Christ by virtue OF his fun submission OF
his will to do the Fathers will This holy
Spirit Is also to be the spirit, mind or will
Of the Church.
All Christians must OF necessity believe
IN the Father and I'm the Son and In the
holy Spirit and must recognize that these
are not contrary infiuences-that they are
st one. in fun harmony. But the UNI
scriptural theory Of some that there are
three Gods In one person, and the oppo-
site theory Of others that there is one God
in three persons-these errors OF the Dark
Ages are not only irrational but wholly UNI
scriptural Not only does the Bible not
contain the word Trinity but neither does
It contain the thought OF Trinity.
in the seventh century this dogma OF
three Gods In one God and one Cod In
three Gods had become widely accepted
and. because there was no Scripture to
support it, some one originated a little
Scripture to cover the point adding 20
the Word OF God. contrary TO the warn
ings Of the Scriptures Pastor Russell
advised his audience TO take their pens
and strike out the interpolated words.
which are not 10 be found in any Greek
manuscript OF earlier date than the sew
enth century. He cited the following words
10 be marked OF In John. chap. g. VS.. p
"in heaven. the Father the Word and the
Holy Ghost and these three are one"
Also in VS.. s. the words. land there are
three that bear witness in earth"
No scholar denies that these words are
spurious Why then should we recognize
and teach them. confusing ourselves and
others thereby? When they are stricken
out the passage reads smoothly and beau
ufully and IN harmony with the remain
der OF the Scriptures How absurdly the
passage reads IN our common version
telling US that the Father and the Son
and holy Spirit are bearing witness In
heaven that Jesus Is the Son OF God Do
not the angels know this without any wit
cess being given2
Honor the Son as the Father.
Pastor Russell quoted his text so as to
show the force OF the Greek original. the
Logos was q God who from the beginning
was with fhe God who never had a begin
ming. The word God. both IN the Hebrew
and IN the Greek. signifies a mighty one