The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-06-12

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did not render evil for evil and raiIery
for railery.
HAMS ELEVEN QUESTIONS.
Even though someone might have
answered Hams questions, a reply
might still be expected from me.
sometimes wonder Why Unitarians,
Universalists and Christadelphians and
others who believe nothing whatever
respecting a pre-human existence of
Jesus have no attention paid to them
why have the compliment of so much
opposition. | think it must be because
Trinitarians realize that | have the
sword of the spirit and the Word of
God by the handle, while they have it
by the blade and the others reject it
entirely on this subject. will take the
questions in order:
(D No, l have never taught that
Jesus is His own Father. | have kept
close by the Bible, which declares that
he was the Son of God. What does the
word Son mean? Perhaps Ham will
look at his dictionary-Or would his
argument be safer if he would ignore
all reason and common sense in the use
of language? A father Is a life-giver.
A son is an offspring, or one who re-
ceives life from a father This implies
that the father was first. And so
Jesus says, | proceeded out and came
from God. Jesus called God His Father
and spoke of Himself as being the Son
of God.
In my writings show the clear teach
ing of the Bible that Jesus in His pre-
human condition was the Logos, the
Word or Message from the Father, and
that as such He was called a God, but
not the God the Father. On so i'm
Dortant question as the equality of
the Father and the Son, we must not
RELY upon Ham, nor upon anyb -dy's
testimony except the Divine Word it
self. Let us ask Jesus. He replies,
MY Father is greater than |, - Il can
of mine own self do nothing: as hear,
Judge" My father is greater than
all. John 1928; $50; 1929.
In my writings | show that Jesus was
the first being created by Jehovah and
that subsequently He did no creating
except through His Son. Thus we read
that he was the beginning of the crea-
ton of God, the firstborn of every
creature, the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the ending. (Rev 3:14;
Col. 1:15, Rev. 22:13.) IAN things
were made by Him; and without Him
was not anything made that was made, "
John l:3.) Could this subject be
palmer! Why confess ourselves need
lesslV? Why fight against the plain
statement Of Gods Word to uphold a
theory that is without Bible support
formulated in the Dark Ages?'
G. My writings do teach, as the
Bible does, that Jesus was born of a
virgin mother, that the Logos was made
flesh and dwelt among us and His
disciples beheld His glory, as the glory
of the only begotten of the Father, full
OF grace and truth! John 1:14.D He
had not the two natures, but one nature
AS the Scriptures declare, He was rich
and for our sake8 became poor, That we
through His poverty might be made
rich. q Cor. SO. Jesus grew in favor
with God and man perfect-holy.
harmless, undefled, separate from
sinners.
At thirty years of age, this Perfect
One, having reached perfection of man
hood, consecrated or devoted HIS life
to the great sacrifice for human sin,
fulfilling the Scriptures, IA BODY hast
Thou prepared Me" for the suffering of
death. That consecrated sacrifice of
the man Jesus God accepted, indicating
His acceptance by the Holy Spirit at
Jordan. Thenceforth Jesus was dual
a perfect man with new mind, spirit
begOtten. His flesh was to complete
the sacrifice and the new mind was to
90 on to perfection. The sacrifice was
finished at Calvary. and the new mind
in the resurrection was granted the new
body, which God has promised 1t is
sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory:
1t is sOWn in weakness; it is raised in
power: it IS sOwn natural body; it is
raised A spiritual body. Il Cor.
l5:43 A.
~ He was not created as the angels
were, because He was the direct crea-
ton of the Father, whereas the angels
were the Indirect creation through the
Son. st. Paul declares that all things
are of the Father and all things are by
the Son. / Cor. SO.
(4) Jesus became the Christ and
Amounted when He received the anoint-
ing Of the Holy Spirit at His baptism.
He was perfected as Christ in His
resurrection, He was a god (mightv
one) before He came into the world; He
was god from the time He received
the begetting of the holy Spirit at
Jordan, and He is still god, set down
at the Father right hand. He is not
the God and never was and never will
be. Hear His own words after His
resurrection when speaking to Mary:
ascend to My Father and to your Father;
to My God and to your God. John 2OI7.
Hear what St. Paul SAYS: ITO us there
Is but. one God, the Father, and one
Lord Jesus Christ" Il Cor. SO
81 Jesus is not the second person of
a Triune God. The word Triune is un-
scrlptural; so is the thought. st. Paul
sets 1t straight, saying, "To US there is
one God, the Father, and one Lord
Jesus Christ. The word Trinity is not
in the Bible. The only text of the Bible
which even seems to teach Trinity is
acknowledged by Trinitarianc them
selves to have been a forgery accom-
Dlished about the Seventh Century. Ii
is found in John 81.
(6l We have already explained that
there was time when Christ did not
exist, when Jehovah was alone. How
else could the Bible declare that Jesus
was the beginning of the creation of
God? What is the value of language
anyway?
0 We have answered this. Jesus
did have beginning. Ham should read
our writings before criticizing them
then he would not criticize at all, for he
would know that there Is no ground for
criticism on the part of those who hold
to the Bible.
(8) We have already answered this
Jesus had one nature before He came
into the world. He exchanged that
heavenly nature for an earthly one. in
order that He might give his flesh
a ransom price for the sins of the world;
and having finished this higher exalta-