The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-04
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(MsE2R RUssfLD(t things. and we in
Him; and one Lord
Jesus, by whom are all things, and we
by Him. Howbeit there is not In ev-
cry man that knowledge."-I Corinthi-
ans viii, 6, Z.
For long centuries Gods people have
been contrasting. Divine trinity, taught
by the creeds, which was incompre-
hensible; and meantime they have
been neglecting the trinity taught by
the Bible, which is more reasonable.
If the trinity of the creeds was ques-
toned, hoayr hands were lifted in hor-
ror, and the queshoner was told that
the subject was a mystery, which he
could not possibly understand, but to
doubt it would mean his damnationI
Therefore he must profess to believe
what he did not understand, and there
fore could not believe.
The mysterious proposition was
sometimes put I'M one form and some
times In another. Some stated It to
be K is one. But others stated it
differently, 8 is one. No wonder
If some of the more intelligent speci-
mems Of our race declared themselves
incapable Of understanding such mathe-
mates, and too honest to confess and
profess what they could not believe.
Many of thesefhonest souls nave been
forced by their candor to remainS out
side the various denominat1onszaph
NChristendom. If IT
Under such pressure It @houl6 ApoE
surprise us NthAt there has sprung &Qp
an equally unscriptural theory s@tyfeG
sUniversalism. desiring to worship GQds
yet too honest and conscientious 10
make false pretensions Of faith NhAeA
have been driven to an antagoniamsDB
the popular theory Of the tr1nitYt0
the extent ofHgnoring the D1y1nityih1
our Lord Jesus Christ, and he5te8cR
ings of the Bible to this effect Hp III
word, the great Adversary, durinG& ha'
Dark Ages, succeeded dnsBwipg the
pendulum first to one sextrema hpG
then to the opposite Aextremer Ailal
the very Truth, which ha,BibI9
sents, lies midway between khew a.
Bible students, let us seek akuoW
the mind Of the Lord bn GhissgQb jeekS
as we'll as on other subjects assureH;
that the Wisdom which AcomeaA Snoypl
above is alone capableaof givipe SIS
proper instruction and guidance h6
Of solving our man-made mysteries ~
- -, consider: Now our 4 exsS IS
Note the simplicity b9Sha1
statements-our text Being
pie. Not once from GenesisN ReT3
latIon does the word trtasttu1 occuTe Mol
once Is there any hint Of such Sipit&
as the creeds describe-except INT The
one text-1 John v, 7-which l1AscboB
ars, including trinitarianss hgreda
spurious-not found an Greek NpnaIda
scripts Of an earlier date than The
seventh century-eyidentlyp 'doctoreda
by some trinitarian Doctor p6sD Divinity
to meet his long-felt want. Oup;8ReSs
vised English Version om1tsS&hsSApi
terpolated parts of this s&ext-5ptro-
duced about the seventhcenturN&o
support the tr1nltarian> EheoryyxaI-
though the revisers all profess tosba
trinftarians. When ones attentionsia
called to this spurious passage, the
bungling character of the additionAHo
the Apostles words Is quickly discern
ed. st, John is thereby made to say
that the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit are going about heaven testify
Ing to the angels that Jesus Is the Son
Of God. Even q child's mind can dis
Germ the absurdity Of this statement,
for surely the angels knew that Jesus
was the Son Of God before He came
into the world and during His earthly
ministry and since, without any neces-
Slty for testimony to this effect from
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Tho Testimony of tho Bible.
The Bible sets forth that Jehovah is
the Almighty God, and that our LORD
Jesus is His Son, His offspring, glori-
ously exalted to the Fathers right
hand OF power, dominion and glory
rs His Chief Representative and
Agent In all matters. The Father and
the Son, although different persons, are
one in the sense In which our Lord
Jesus stated-one in mind, in purpose,
in plan, in action, in everything except
In person. How clearly the Master
stated this to US, and how strangely
we overlooked the force Of His words
when He prayed for the Church that
we might all be lone, even as Thou,
Father, and / are onep The oneness
Of the Church is certainly not one
ness OF person, but a oneness Of faith,
hope, harmony, fellowship, even as is
the oneness Of the Father and the Son.
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