The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-07-04

amongst the angels prOclalming to
them that Jesus is the Son Of God
just as though the angels are not
aware Of the fact!
Forgery Made No Doubt BY Some
Zsalot.
That forgery was evidently made by
some zealot wishing to make it ap.
pear that the Apostle taught Trinity
similar to that Of the creeds. Quite
to the contrary. The Apostle taught
that the Heavenly Father is Almighty,
above all, supreme. and that our Lord
Jesus Christ is His greatly honored
and special Son. whom He sent into
the world to save sinners, but who,
previous to His Becoming flesh, was
spirit being higher than the angels
and next to. the Father. The Bible
teaches further that the Holy Spirit,
the Spirit Of truth, the Spirit of God,
the Spirit Of Christ, the Spirit Of wis
dom, and the Spirit Of sound mind,
which exercises the mind. the will, is
In contradistinction to the spirit Of
error, the spirit Of Satan, the spirit Of
wrath, etc.
The oneness between the Heavenly
Father and the Son is not a oneness Of
person, but a oneness Of harmony, Of
will, Of purpose, Of plan and Of opera
ton. And this is the testimony Of
Jesus Himself. who prayed for His
Church that they might be one in har-
mony, in sympathy, In cooperation,
even as He and the Father are one in
these respects John xvii, 21). Hence,
as the Heavenly Fathers Spirit or dis.
position is holy, truthful, righteous. .
Divine energy, so also is the Spirit Of
Christ, who in all things seeks to do
the Fathers will.
Similar also must be the spirit Of ho-
illness in the true followers of Christ,
because holiness is one. Righteousness
is one, truth is one. God is one; there
fore, the Holy Spirit Of God, Of truth,
Of righteousness, must be Of the same
kind, whether emanating from the
Heavenly Father Himself, or from the
Lord Jesus Christ, or from the follow.
ers Of Jesus, If any man have not the
spirit Of Christ, he is none Of His," be-
cause Christ has the spirit Of the Fa-
ther.
"only ssottsn"-"First and Last"
Before hearing the testimony of the
Apostles we should hear the words Of
Jesus. Of whom the Father said, This
Is Ny beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased;" "hear ye.. Htm."-Matthew
xvii, s; Luke *, IS. His testimony
was:
II came not to do Mine own will."-
John vi, 80.
"Of Mine own self can do nothing;
as I hear speak."-John v, 80.
"My Father Is greater than I."-John
xiv, %.
"My Father is greater than all."-
John Z, 20.
mo man cometh unto the Father but
by Me."-John xiv, 6.
"Whom the Father !sanctified and sent
into the world."-John <, SO.
He was called blasphemer, not be-
cause He said He was the Father, nor
because He said He was equal to the
Father, but because He said, 81 am
the Son Of Cod" thus attesting His d.
vine relationship.
On the cross He cried. ''My God, Ny
God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"'
And after His resurrection He said to
Mary, "Touch Me not. for l have not
! yet ascended to My Father. - as
cend to My Father and to your Father.
to My God and to your God."-John
*, II.
Surely there Is nothing in our Mas
,, ter's teaching which supports the view
, Of the creeds respecting His being His
own Father, but everything is in full
accord with the teaching Of the Scrip
lures. that He came from above, to do
the Fathers will, to redeem mankind,
and that the Father raised Him from
the dead. not to fleshly nature, but
to the divine nature, far above angels
and every name that is named.
Jesus had the glorious distinction Of
being the very beginning of Gods crea-
lion, as the Apostle declared (Colos-
SLAMS l, 1910. He was 1.-THE First-B Born
Of every creature;'' "the First and the
Last" ''the Alpha and Omega" 1.-The
Beginning and the End" Of Jehovah's
| creation. because subsequently the Fa-
Their did all Of His mighty works in,
through and by the Son. In harmony
is the testimony Of our text, "All things
are of the Father (He is the Fountain);
all things are by the Son" Gle is the Di-
vine Agency.
"Ths Loaos Was God"
Most explicit is the presentation of
Johns Gospel John 1, 1-5). Some Of
the force is lost in our English transla-
tion,< especially in the first verse, which
should read, "In the beginning was the
Logos, and the Logos was with the God,
and the Logos was q god. BY Him
were all things made that were made,
and without Him was not one thing
made. And the Logos was made
flesh and dwelt amongst us, and we be.
held His glory as the glory of the Only
Begotten Of the Father. full of grace
and truth" How beautifully simple Is
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