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p1isory; ,-1. tae suiTsriagz OF Christ
were enforced, On the contrary. the
Scriptures declare that the heavenly Fa-
ther set before his Son the First BcEot-
ten OF all creation. the premise of glori-
Gus reward ~ iIo should nave the pleas
ure OF doing the Fathers viii t2i Al
though this woull cost him great sacri-
fee nevertheless II would bring him the
great distinction OF being for 4 thousand
years the Mediator between God and men.
the great Messiah and Del!serer OF man
kind from the reign OF sin and death. tsl
Additionally. he should be returned from
the earthly conditions 10 the heavenly
conditions as a 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 al things. and one Lord
Jesus Christ. hy whom are all things and
we by him and that the-e IS one holy
Spirit of the Father. holy power will
mind enerry ami thet this IS the mind Of
Christ ~ virtue OF his fIsii submission OF
his will TO 60 the Fathers will This holy
Spirit is also to be the spirit, mind or Will
OF tho Chl.scsl
All Christians must OF necessity believe
in the Fataef and In the Son and In the
are not contrary influences-that they are
al one. IN full harmony But the un
scriptural theory Of some that there are
three Gods In one peTs0T;, md the oppo-
site theory Of others that there is ore God
In three persons-ttesc errors Of the Dark
Ages are not cniy Irrational but wholly I'M
scriptural Not only does the Bible not
contain the word Trinity. but neither does
1t contain tho thought of Trinity
In 10 Of
three Gods in one God ard one Cod In
three Gods had become widely accepted
and. because there was no Scripture TO
support It. sore one originated little
Scripture to cover the point adding to
the Word Of Cod contrary tn the warn
irgs Of the Scriptures Pastor Russell
advised his audience to take their pens
and strike out tho nterpolated words.
which are not 10 be found in any Greek
nanuscript ~ earlier date than the sew
enth century lie cited the following words
to be marked or IN John. chap S. VS.. ~
| in heaven. the Father the Word and the
Holy Ghost. and these three are one"
Also In vs. s. the words "and 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
tifullv 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 sprit are bearing witness In
heaven that Jesus is the Son OF God Do
not the angels know this without any Wit
ness benS given
Honor The Son as the Father.
Pastor Russell quoted his text SO as TO
Show the force OF the Greek original the
Iogos was q God who from the beginning
| was with fhe God who never had begin
ming The word God both In the Hebrew
and In tho Greek. signifies mighty one.
IN the Old Testament Scriptures both an
GELS and men are styled eioii,i, gods. when
occupying high positions or being special
~ derutizes rs Divine agents. The Apos-
tie has the same thought when he speaks
Of THE God and Father of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ