SOME  SCRIPTURES  WRESTED  TO  TEACH HERESY

   ("the trinity" teaching is that   "the  first person" sent   the    se-

   cond person" to cause  the  birth of "the third person"(wrest-

   ing  Luke  1v30-35)…...it  is  "a mystery",  as its  proponents

   claim,  identifying  it  with    "MYSTERY,  BABYLON  THE

   GREAT",   Revelation 17v5.     'Babylon' means 'confusion'). 

    But the  Scriptures  do not  teach    such   a   self-contradictory doctrine.

    (Note  John 17v3-  "And this is  life eternal,     that they might  KNOW

    THEE, THE  ONLY  TRUE GOD,     and   Jesus  Christ,   whom  thou

    hast sent".   God has  provided  His Son, through  holy  spirit power).

 

 

 

    1st John 5v7- "For  there  are  three  that bear record in heaven, the

    Father,  the Word,  and  the Holy  Ghost:    and these three are one".

    EXPLANATION. These words,  and  the  first words of v8-      "And there

    are  three  that bear  witness  in earth" do not appear in  any     Greek man-

    uscript  earlier  than  the  15th  century AD.    They are   OMITTED  in the

    Revised and other versions. Verses 7 & 8 should read-

    "For  there  are  three  that  bear record,  the spirit,  and  the water, and the

    blood:  and  these  three  agree  in one".    They agree  to  the one  thing,  i.e.

    that  Jesus  Christ  the Son of God has come to redeem us-see  v4-6, 9-11.

 

    Genesis  1v26-"And  God said, Let  us make  man in our own image,

    after our likeness". EXPLANATION. It  is  claimed  that  here   we     have

    "the trinity"  speaking  with  each  other.  Where  does  it mention   "the trin-

    ity"?   It  is  obviously   more  than  one person speaking,       but why  limit   it

    to three?   It  could  just  as  easily be  a multiplicity of people speaking-  &

    the  Scriptures  in  fact teach  that it is!  We  are  told  in  Job  38v7   re the

    Creation (v4)-  "all  the  sons  of   God  shouted  for joy".    These "sons of

    God"  are  also  called  "his angels"-   they   hearken(ed)  unto  the voice of

    his  (God's)word",  and  "excel(led)  in   strength".  They   are  "ministers of

    (God)  that  DO  HIS  PLEASURE"   Psalm  103v20,21;     cp Psalm 33v6,

    Genesis  1v3,6,9,11,14,20,24,26.   During  the  Creation, God   "command-

    (ed)"-   the  angelic  host  "hearkened"  and  did  His will.        God-manifesta-    

    tion  is  not  "one in three"  (a pagan relic)  but  ONE IN  A MULTITUDE.

 

    The  hope  of  a  true  believer is to be "equal unto the angels",   for   "Neither

    can they die any more"- Luke 20v36.    God  "maketh  his  angels  spirits"(=

    immortal   spirit   beings) - Hebrews 1v7.   But  apparently  they  were  not

    always  like  this.   At  the  epoch  of  the  Fall, when  sin brought death into

    the  world,     the angels said  something  which  could  never  be affirmed of

    God  Himself- Genesis 3v22-  "Behold, the man  is  become like one of us,

    to KNOW  (be acquainted with,  as in ch.3v7;4v1) GOOD  AND  EVIL".

    This  was    AFTER    sin and  death  had  come  into the world-      a fallen state.

    It   appears  therefore   that  the   angels  had  once   been subject   to sin and

    death,   even  as  we  are,  and had subsequently, through faithfulness, been

    elevated  to  their  current  blessed  state. The word for "God" in Gen.1v26

    is  from  the  Hebrew  'elohiym',  which  is  translated   "angels"  in    Psa.8v5.

    Also  see   Acts 7v30,31-  there  appeared..an angel of the Lord..the voice

    of  the  Lord came".  God  speaks, and  the  angelic  host performs His will.

 

    John 17v5-"  And   now,  O  Father,  glorify  thou  me  with  thine own

    self  with  the  glory  which  I  had  with   thee  before  the  world  was".

    EXPLANATION.    If   this  proves  the  personal pre-existence of Jesus, it

    must  also   prove    believers'    pre-existence…..for   the  same  language    is

    used of them!         (Jeremiah1v5,  Romans 8v28-30,  Ephesians 1v4,5,11,  2nd 

    Timothy 1v9,   Revelation 17v8).          The   principle  is   in   Romans  4v17-

    "God,  who  quickeneth  the dead, and  calleth those things which   BE     NOT

    AS  THOUGH  THEY  WERE".  Cp Isaiah  46v9,10, Rev.13v8, Heb.4v3.

 

    John 6v33,38,51-  "For  the  bread  of  God  is he which cometh down

    from heaven..For  I  came down from heaven..I  am  the living   bread

    which came down from heaven".   EXPLANATION.    When we exam-

    ine  the  record  from   Exodus  16v11-15,       we read of the  "manna..on the

    ground..the  bread  which  the  LORD  hath  given you  to eat".        The spirit

    power  of   God created  the  bread  UPON  THE  EARTH.   Similarly, the

    spirit  power  of  God  created  Jesus in a virgin  UPON THE EARTH-    cp

    Luke 1v35; Galatians 4v4.  Jesus'  words  were   THE  WORDS OF GOD

    (as with angels & prophets,  cp Acts 7v30,31, Hebrews 1v1,2).     See John

    3v34;  8v28,47; 12v49; 14v10,24.  Cp  Genesis 11v5-    "the LORD came

    down",  Genesis  18v20,21;19v1-   "..the LORD said..I will go down  now...

    And  there came two angels". Cp Exodus 23v20-22-      "I send an Angel..my

    name is in him..obey HIS VOICE..do all that I SPEAK"-

                                                                           cp Matthew 1v23, Luke 1v68.

    God has visited, & spoken by His spirit in His angels, prophets & Son.

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