The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-04

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IN tia 18th chapter Of st. Johns Cos
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As for the holy Spirit, the spirit of
! Truth, the spirit Of God, the spirit of
Christ, the spirit Of holiness, the spirit
OF sound mind-it is the antithesis.
or opposite OF spirit of error, a spirit
OF ,Vac1llation. the spirit Of Satan, or
opposition to God, spirit of un.
righteousness, or unholiness:: These
are not different spirit beings, but
emanatiops from spirit beings. AS the
spirit OF Satan is a spirit Of evil, or an
evil influence. mind or disposition, a DOW
er emanating from Satan. 30 contrariwise.
the spirit of God is a spirit of holiness,
righteousness. truth. the emanation and
gy and power. And this Holy Spirit pro-
ceeds from God the Father.
ana our Lord Jesus Christ, being In the
1ullest harmony with the Father, His
spirit 1s the Same spirit of holiness and
truth And all OF Gods consecrated peo-
pie TO the extent that they have the mind
OF Christ. the Spirit of Christ have the
holy Spirit. and shed forth this holy in
huence upon all with whom they come in
contact. 80
Thus We see that there Is a trinity Of
the scriptures very different from the
TRINITY or the creeds-a beautiful trinity
Betore we proceed to demonstrate the
Bible trinity and to give an arrav of
Scripeure texts proving 1t, let us glance
backward and note we'll tho conditions
ana circumstances which gave rise to the
erroneous theory Of the trinity set forth
IN our creeds. namely. as stated by some.
that there are three Gods In one person
COO tha Father. God the Son, God the
HOY Sptrit. Or, as stated by some other
persons. There Is one God in three per-
sons or trinity OF Gods with one aim
endfObJect.
Tho Origin Of tho Error.
1t will not be disputed that for moro
tnan -FOUR thousand years there was no
suggestion OF a trinity Of Gods nor Of
more than one God, amongst the Israel
1tes- The heather nations recognized gods
1nany-polytheism-an at least one of
1hese as having trinity. But Gods peo-
, PIE were warned against all these, being
instructed In these words. Hear, Is
rael, the Lord our God is one Lord-Je-
hoVah Thou shalt have no other gods
mighty ones, rulers1 before NO." Oeu-
teronomy vi. ~ 1t should be noted that
our Bible recognises earthly gods or rul-
ers but none of these were ever to rank
Win the great Eternal One. whose Word
ana authority must stand supreme with
those who would be His people Indeed
the word elohin'. as used In the Bible, and
translated gods. signifies merely ,nI0htp
ones.
jehovah, being the Mightiest One of ALL
IS frequently referred to by this word
eIoh%n. And sometimes, by way of show
Ing His pre-eminence over other mighty
ones (eEohIm). He is styled the ALI
Alghty One. The word elohInn is also
used In the Bible In respect to angels
because they are mightier than men. es-
pec1ally when they came to men as d.
VINE agents. bearing the Divine message
In one Instance the term elohi,n. or gods.
IS USED In referring to men-men placed
III posltlons Of might or authority-the
seventy elders Of Israel-Exodus xxi g.;
xx1'. So %; Psalm lxxxii. 6.
AS we shall shortly show, the words Of
Jesus and the Apostles fully corroborate
the teaching Of the Old Testament adding
tnat Jesus Is the Son Of God. and that
the call Of this Gospel Age is for the
satner1nsfof the Church, to be under and
associate sons. ''partakers OF the divine
ma to3S$ HA4S R0t1rs ,r44sss 4R'aa 9,SzsrS.s
1t was after the death Of the twelve
| Apostles that, without Divine authority,
| tno bishops Of the church were proclaimed
70 De the successors OF the Apostles, and
( 10 possess Apostolic authority, as teach
| ers In the church, and whose words were
TO De taken as OF plenary inspiration. It
! was these bishops in council who declared
/
one being. OF three personalities or man
Hestat1ons, all three being equal in power
and In glory. The question is, Why did
they make such a statement Why should
| they concoct so unscriptural and 80 I'M
| reasonable proposition? The answer Ia
| that It was done to combat certain errors
prominent in their day. They flew from
One extreme to another.
AS soon as Christianity became promi-
nent enough in the world to attract the
| attention Of the Grecian philosophers,
| they confessed some Of it's teachings to be
grand and noble, but they attacked the
= th1ught that Jesus was more than a man
! and that His death was in any sense of
| The word necessary as the Atonement
| orice for the sins Of the world. In pro-
] portion as they endeavored to discredit
\ he Redeemer and to deny His prehuman
I sxistence proportionately did tho other
4 party exalt and extol Him, until they
1 claimed for Him that which neither He
lor the Apostles ever claimed, namely,
4 hat He was the Father as we'll as the
d Son-that He was not only equal to the
& Father in power and glory, but was the
same In person, ETC., etc.
n Hearken to tho Words of jesus.
u A little Scripture Is worth far moro than
great deal Of reasoning, much more
B han all the statements in all the creeds
d 'ecause the Word of God Is Truth and
n he testimony Of our creeds has long ago
B zen proven untrue in many particulars
D We Will take the words of Jesus first, Of
B whom the Father said, "This Is My be-
owed Son, In whom l am we'll pleased -
hear 10 HtmP'-Matthew iii, IT; Luke TX, 35
8 Jesus declared, my Father is greater
han I"-John xiv, o.
MY Father is greater than all."-John
& (. 49,
q 'Of Mine Own Self can do nothing."-
3 ohn v, 30.
LAS the Father hath sent Me, 30 send ]
q 'ou."-John Xxx, 81.
4 II came not to do Mine Own will, but
he will Of Him that sent Me."-Johr
Il, SO.
81 There is q unity here manifestation alb.
'olute unity of mind and purpose, because
he Redeemer sought not to do His owr
Will, but the Fathers will Hence they
q we're one, even as we will be one with
zach other If we as disciples are in har.
nony with the Fathers will and Word
md In harmony with our Redeemer't
q counsels.
Hear Jesus again: After His death, after