The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-03

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IN the 18th chapter OF St. Johns Cos
pei.
AS for the Holy Spirit, the spirit o.,
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. spirit
Of vacillation, the spirit of Satan, or
opposition to God, spirit of I'm.
righteousness. or unholiness. These
are not different spirit beings, but
emanations from spirit beings. As the
spirit of Satan is spirit of evil, or an
evil influence, mind or disposition, a pow
er emanating from Satan. so contrariwise.
the spirit OF God is a Ririt of holiness.
righteousness truth. the emanation and
display of the Divine WILL purpose, ener-
gy s-@power And this Holy Spirit pro-
ceedA -.fom God the Father
And our Lord Jesus Christ. being In the
fullest harmony with the Father, His
Spirit is the same spirit OF holiness and
truth. And all Of Gods consScrated peo-
pie, to the extent that they hiee the mind
OIL SHr1SI, tne spirit OF STTlSt. nave ttlc
Holy Spirit. and shed forth this holy in
contact
Thus we see that there Is trinity of
the Scriptures very different from the
trinity of the creeds-a beautiful trinity.
Before we proceed to demonstrate the
Bible trinity and to give an array of
Scripture texts proving It, let us glance
backward and note well the conditions
and 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
God the Father. God the Son, God the
Holy Spirit Or, as stated by some other
persons There is one God in three per-
sons, or trinity of Gods with one aim
and object.
The Origin Of the Error.
II will not be disputed that for more
than four thousand years there was no
suggestion OF trinity of Gods. nor of
more than one God, amongst the Israel
ties. The heather nations recognized gods
ACCOMPLISHMENTS at least one OF
these as having trinity. But Gods peo-
pie were warned against all these. being
instructed in these words, Hear, o Is
rael, the Lord our God is one Lord--Je-
hovah. Thou shalt have no other gods
mighty ones. rulersl before me-" Oeu-
teronomy vi, ~ 1t should be noted that
our Bible recognizes earthly gods or rul-
ers, but none Of these were ever to rank
with the great Eternal One whose Word
and authority must stand supreme with
those who would be His people. Indeed.
the word elohini. as used in the Bible and
translated gods. signifies merely mighty
ones.
Jehovah being the Mightiest One of all,
is frequently referred to by this word
elohisn. And sometimes, by way Of show
ing His pre-eminence over other mighty
ones (elohim). He Is styled the ALI
Mighty One. The word elohim is also
used in the Bible In respect to angels.
because they are mightier than men. es-
pecially when they came to men as d.
vine agents, bearing the Divine message.
In one instance the term eiohina. or gods.
is used In referring to men-men placed
in positions of might or authority-the
seventy elders of Israel.-Exodus XXI 6;
xxi, 8, 0, Is: Psalm ixxxii, 6.
AS we shall shortly show, the words OF
Jesus and the Apostles fully corroborate
the eaching Of the Old Testament. adding
that Jesus is the Son Of God, and that
the call Of this Gospel Age is for the
gathering of the Church. to be under and
associate sons, ''partakers of the, divine
nature Peter l, a.
Apostles that. without Divine authority
the bishops of the church were proclaimed
to be the successors of the Apostles, and
to possess Apostolic authority, as teach
ers In the church,; and whose words were
to be taken as of plenary inspiration. II
was these bishops in council who declared
the doctrinefthat 8 x1 is one-that God is
one being. ,.of three personalities or man.
ifestations. all three being equal in power
L. fe yl,xr1
they make such a statement? Why should
they ,toncoct so unscriptural and so I'M
reasonable a proposition? The answer is
thxt II 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, bat they attacked the
thought that Jesus was more than a man
and that His death was In any sense OF
the word necessary as the Atonement
price for the sins of the world. In pro-
portion as they endeavored to discredit
the Redeemer and to deny His prehuman
existence, proportionately did the other
party exalt and extol Him. until they
claimed for Him that which neither He
nor the Apostles ever claimed. namely,
Son-that He was not only equal to the
Father in power and glory. but was the
same in person. etc, etc.
Hearkcn to the Words of Jesus.
A little Scripture is worth far more than
great deal OF reasoning. much more
than all the statements In all the creeds
because the Word OF God is Truth, and
the testimony OF our creeds has long ago
been proven untrue in many particulars
We will take the words of Jesus first OF
whom the Father said. This is My be-
loved Son. In whom am well pleased:
hear We Htmr' Matthew iii, II: Luke TX. 80
Jesus declared. MY Father Is greater
than John xiv. IS
my Father is greater than all."-John
Z. 20
"Of Mine Own Self | can do nothing -
John v, 30.
"As the Father hath sent Me- SO send
you."-John Xxx. n
II came not 10 do Mine Own will, but
the will of Him that sent Me" John
vi, 3s.
There is unity here manifested-an alb
solute unity of MING and purpose because
the Redeomer sought not to do His own
will. but the Fathers will Hence they
were one, even az we will be one with
each other II we as disciples are in har-
mony with the Fathers will and Word
and In harmony with our Redeemer's
counsels
Hear Jesus again: After His death. after
His resurrection. when speaking to Mary
He said. II have not yet assembled to My
Father . ascend to My Father ant
to your Father; to My God and to you
God" John Ky. III Say We of Him whom
the Father hath sanctifed and sent into