The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-08-19


how the passage, reads In the old man
uscripts, and how the forgery to sup
port the trinitarian theory was adroIt
~ accomplished
/ ITO Us There 10 One eod.r
! The Old Testament Scriptures rep
resent the Divine Message Of four
thousand years, and say not a word
respecting the trinity. On the con-
trary, they declare, Hear, o Israel.
Jehovah thy God Is one Cod; Thou
shalt have no other gods" To keep
in line with this definite statement.
the trinitarian theory claims that this
one God has three persons, although
others claim that there are three Gods
but only one person. 1t seems impos.
sible to get trinltarian to decide
what he really believes; he hedges
with the word Mystery"
The New Testament Is as explicit M
the Old in Its statement that there Is
but one Supreme God. Jesus testified
to this. declaring, "My Father Is great
err than I'-greater than all. John
14;2s) Jesus declared that Of Himself
He could do nothing; that He was
merely the Mouthpiece OF God in His
teachings, and the Finger of God in
His working Of miracles. He directed
that His followers should worship the
Father. and declared. when leaving, ~
ascend to My Father and to your Fa-
ther, to My God and to your Cod
John 20:17.
! Our Lord did indeed declare the one
ness. or harmony, between Himself
and the Father, but He explained that
this was because He ignored any will
Of His own. coming not to do His own
will, but the will OF the Father who
sent Him. lie exhorted His disciples
similarly to have the same mind, the
same will, the same spirit, which ac-
tuated Him-the Holy Spirit. the mind
or disposition to do the wifi of the Fa.
ther in Heaven. His prayer for His
disciples was to the same effect. That
they all may he one"-even as Thou,
] Father. and l are-one In heart. mind.
will, disposition. or holiness OF spirit.
harmony with God.-.Tohn 17:2O. 81.
What could be more explicit than
our text. ITO us there is one God. the
Father, Of whom are all things; addf-
tionally, ITO us there is one Lord Tor
Masierl. Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things, and We by Him: The Apos.
! tie here not only shows the relation
ship between the Father and Son. but
he ignores and thus dlsowns entirely
the Holy Spirit as another God. Clear.
~ and plainly enough he sets forth
time and again that the Holy Spirit Is
the spirit, will: mind. power. DISPOSE.
ton. etc. In fullest conformity to that
of the Father. There Is no mystery
about the matter, none whatever.
1.-THE Alpha and the Omega"
Our Lord Jesus declared Himself to
be the Alpha and the Omega Of the
Divine direct creation. (Rcvelation
l:SD He was Its Beginning and its
End. according to John 1:l-5. Our Re
decmer. known before He became n
man as the Logos. was the beginning
Of the Divine creation and the End Of
1t IN that. ever after the creation Of
the Lobos. Jehovah operated In and
through Him In respect to all the stu.
pcndous works OF creation. His name.
the logos. indicates all this; it signl.
ties the Divine Message. or Messenger
the One through whom Jehovah's ut.
tcrances and DEGREES went forth.
SO we rca1 in the Greek. IN the be-
ginning was the Iogos. and the Logos
was with the God. and the Logos was Il
god. The same was in the beginning
with the God. BY Him were all things
made that were made. and without
Him, was not one thing made. And
the LosOs was made flesh and dwclt
among us. and we behcld His glory us
the glory of the Only BcCottcn of the
Father, full Of grace and Truth"
Constantine tho Trinity. Maker.
The Roman Emperor Constantine
saw vislor--probnbly when wide
nwake-a vision Of greater prosperity
for himself and his Empire. by rec.
ognition Of Christianity as the religion
Of his Empire instead Of paganism
which had previously been recognized
For that momeut certain portion Of
nle Church OF Christ had long laboret
Abandoning the thought Of the Second
Coming Of Jesus to establish His King.
dom. they desired marriage. or union
with earthly empire. thus TO be set MS
queen upon the throne of earthly
dominion and honor
Ceastantine's Influence In Church az.
fairs became great. He proposed the
calling Of council OF NIL the bishops,
numbering about one thousand. He
wanted to know why these apostolic
bishops, all inspired with the same
Spirit OF God. taught so differently.
He offered to pay the expenses Of all
the bishops to the Council at Nice: but
the majority, fearing that the Emperor
would be under the control OF the Ro.
man bishop mot yet claiming to be
pope, declined to attend.
Only 3S4 came. Rut even they were
unable to agree. the great point Of dis.
pute being the one we are discussing
Many held to the Bible teaching that