TWO EXTREMES CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT
The SDA Trinitarians say that the Holy Spirit is a third divine being while the SDA non-Trinitarians say that the Holy Spirit is Jesus Himself. Both views are erroneous and extreme. The SDA pioneers had it right. They said that the Holy Spirit is God’s representative. The language of John 14-16 speaks of someone whom Jesus would ask the Father to send. Read the rest of this page »
AN ELIJAH MOUNT CARMEL CHALLENGE
Does the Bible say that the one true God is three persons? If so, where? This is a challenge to the church to put forward its best scholars with its best arguments to show from the scriptures that the one true God is three persons. The best of Roman Catholic scholarship declares that the doctrine of the Trinity – namely,Read the rest of this page »
IS THE ONE GOD, FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT?
Almost every Christian church teaches that there is one God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They have various explanations as to how the three make up the one God. The question is, does the Bible say that the one God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Many theologians, scholars and church leaders insist that in order to beRead the rest of this page »
WHO IS JESUS?
The question, “Who is Jesus?” is about identity – not nature. It is clear from the Bible that Jesus was not merely a man. He existed before being born as a human being. He is God, by nature; that is, He is a divine being. But who is He? There is none with greater authority to declare this than GodRead the rest of this page »
Understanding the Gospel
What exactly is the Gospel? The word ‘gospel’ means good news. The Gospel is the good news about salvation, and salvation comes to us through Jesus Christ. But what is salvation? In a general sense, salvation is deliverance from danger or difficulty. It comes from the word ‘save’. It may also be seen as preservation from destruction or failure (Merriam-WebsterRead the rest of this page »
Two Types of Sin and How Salvation Relates
“If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.” (1 JohnRead the rest of this page »
SOMETHING MORE IN THE SECOND COMMANDMENT….. A PROMISE
How did we miss it all this time? Even our brother, Paul, the Apostle missed it! But then, though an Apostle, like us he is human – imperfect – only God is perfect. Even an angel, a covering cherub, erred – except he did not repent. Paul’s oversight was not a sin, just human imperfection. Paul said that the commandmentRead the rest of this page »
CHRIST’S DEATH, THE TRINITY AND THE STATE OF THE DEAD
Did Jesus Christ raise Himself from the dead? The Bible is abundantly clear that it was Jesus’s Father, our Father in heaven, who raised Jesus Christ from the dead – “God the Father, who raised him from the dead” (Gal. 1:1). But on account of the Trinity concept of the eternal self-existence of the Son, many professed Christians are ofRead the rest of this page »
IF CHRIST BE NOT RAISED . . .
The Bible is very emphatic that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead by God, His Father – “we have testified of God that He raised up Christ” (1 Cor. 15:15). It is asserted that our faith is vain if Christ was not raised from the dead – “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, andRead the rest of this page »
The Second Commandment, The Trinity and The Omnipresence of God
I always wondered what was so significant about the second Commandment that Rome found it necessary to remove it altogether from the Ten Commandments. But it appears that there is a fundamental truth in that Commandment concerning where God’s presence is that is intended to protect us from all forms of false worship. The second Commandment tells us that weRead the rest of this page »
“Thus Saith The Lord…” Above Human Speculation
People are missing the fact that prophets are not perfect; and are not necessarily perfect expositors or perfect interpreters of other prophets’ revelations. Prophets do not even have the authority to change what God revealed to them. They do not get revelations on everything, only on specific things. We must not make the mistake of rejecting what God has revealedRead the rest of this page »
SALVATION, REPENTANCE AND THE FREE GIFT
PENALTY REMAINS FOR SINS NOT REPENTED OF There is a popular notion in modern Christianity that the death of Christ has paid the penalty for all sins, and that persons are lost only because they did not accept that their debt of sin has been cleared. But we should examine the Biblical teaching concerning this matter and consider the implicationsRead the rest of this page »
Unity Upon The Foundations Laid By God
After the passing of time in 1844, God raised up a people to do a special work which would prepare His followers to receive the Latter Rain and to hail Christ as their Saviour at His glorious return. It is today, as it has always been, Christ’s desire to see his followers united in heart and spirit upon the solid,Read the rest of this page »
A Movement Raised Up By God
While it is true that the Three Angels’ Messages contain truth of a general nature – for example, “worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters” – it is also important to note that the vision of three angels flying one after the other, represents a sequence of prophesied events. These events were fulfilled atRead the rest of this page »
JESUS OR CAIAPHAS? WHICH?
The biggest problem facing the church today is similar to that which the Jewish church faced in the time of Christ! The constituted church authority condemned Jesus and instructed the people to reject Him. In these last days we have the constituted authority of the SDA church that has rejected the Biblical faith of the pioneers, which, in 1904 EllenRead the rest of this page »