The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-20


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 10 these
names-onc God in 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 rs
these unscriptural human theories
were received. they produced confu-
sion. Aud 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
tcrfuge was raised. This is Il 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 WITS
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 Il trinity of Gods.
There is just one passage of Scripture
quoted in proof of the Trinity Il John.
V, q, and it is never quoted by schol-
ars. because all scholars know that it
was tampcred WITH several words hay
ing been added in the seventh century
which are not found in any New Tcs
lament manuscript of earlier date.
And those added words make the
statement as a whole foolish.
If you will turn in your Bibles TO
this passage, you may strike out the
spurious words as follows in verse
seven: I'm heoUeR the Father, the Word
and the Holy Ghost, and these three ere
one;" and in verse eight the words,
''0nd there arc three that bear WifHess in
EARTH
After thus eliminating the spurious
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
rity and simplicity. Then the "mys-
L. fnr
ever. It will be in full accord with the
entire Bible i'm declaring, "To us there
is ono God. the Father. Of whom are all
things, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by
whom are all things and we by him"
Il Corinthians viii. 81. How absurcly
the passage reads in our common vcr-
sion, stating that the Father and the
Son and the holy Spirit are bearing
witness in heaven that Jesus is the
Son of Cod.
The pure Word Of God presents
simply and beautifully the fact that
the great Creator. the Father OF all
mercies, is Jehovah God. and that he
has an only besotten Son who is yetfo
be the Savior or Delivcrer Of all fbf
Adams race willing to accept The
grace Of God provided in him. And
there is one holy Spirit. ''thc spirit of
TRUTH" 1.-The spirit of wisdom" 1.-THE
spirit OF sound mind" the spirit of
power, energy, will, mind of the Father
which is also the spirit Of the Son,
and which must be also the spirit. dis
position. mind. will Of all those who
now come unto the Father as sons
through the adoption which is in
Christ Jesus. or
The Only 9egotten Honored.
Before the beginning Of the creation
OF God, before the Only Bcgottep OF
the Father became the Alpha of Crea
ton, the Father had wonderful pur
poses in himself respecting all his
great plan for the everlasting future.
1t included this world. and mankind,
and the permission Of sin. and the re-
dcmption of man from sin and its
penalty. and the restoration TO be &C.
complished by Messiah's Kingdom and
the glorious work of eternity in fur
/ Their creations in world after world.
! But. as the Master declared. these
things the Father had kept in his own
powcr-iu his own hand. He diyuIged
( them not to the angels. nor even TO his
dearly beloved only beSOtten Son"
We have seen how this Divine secret.
! Divine purpose, was symbOlically rep.
resented in the scroll in the hands
of Jehovah. as pictured in Revelation
V. /. We have seen that this revela-
ton was delivered to the Lamb, the
Only Begotten One, after he had been
/ slain--after his consecration at Jordan,
! and in its fulness after his death ut
/ Calvary. when he assembled up on high,
! slorified at the right hand of the
/ Fathers majesty,
! But before the Logos was made
/ flesh. before he undertook to be mans
/ Redecmcr. the Heavenly Father set
/ before him the. glorious proposition.
! He Informed him that he had Il plan.
scroll. and that the execution thereof
was to be given TO one who would
prove himself worthy. by demonstrate
ing his loyalty to the Divine will
We read that God sent his only be-
| gotten Son into the world, but we are
/ not TO understand from this that he
came under Divine commands, the re.