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If you think the 4th commandment, is the one you don't break, do you break the 1st, 2nd and 3rd? Are you sure? This will probably be the most shocking webpage you've read, ever! Satan has tried to obliterate the Ten Commandments. He has focused on the first 4, that have to do with worshiping GOD the most. I am sure he has not been lax on the other six that have to do with our relationship with other people either....but the first four are what I have been studying about recently.... Here is what I've learned: Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before ME. 4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; What is the first commandment? Mark 12:29 says, "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is ONE Lord:" There is not a greater commandment than this one. The third angel’s message says that the saints “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” We break not only the first commandment, but according to James 2:10 the whole Decalogue, worshiping a false god. John 4:22 says, "Ye worship ye know not what:". Dear Seeker of Truth! Dear Seventh Day Adventist seeker of Truth! I would ask three things of you before you begin to read this page: Please dart a quick prayer heavenward and ask GOD to enlighten your mind as you read. Ask GOD to show you truth from error, so we can put away our cherished traditions, to wake up out of our foolish Laodicean state and stop being blinded by Satan, the god of this world. What STOPS Us from BELIEVING & OBEYING TRUTH? The Bible is very plain about this. Please turn in your Bibles to John 5:44 (KJV) which says, "HOW CAN YE BELIEVE, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God ONLY?" Or in other words, "How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet we should seek to obtain ONLY praise from GOD and not from people?" It could be that we worry what others will think of us if we obey GOD ALONE. So we seek to be accepted by others, rather than to seek and be concerned only if we are accepted by GOD. Claim this verse: Jeremiah 33:3 "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." In this time of peril we can stand only as we have the truth and the power of God. Men can know the truth only by being themselves partakers of the divine nature. We have need now for more than human wisdom in reading and searching the Scriptures, and, if we come to God's Word with humble hearts, He will raise up a standard for us against the lawless elements. This may be the most shocking and life altering website you have read, ever. The things I am about to share with you, certainly shocked me and have changed my life forever by GOD's grace. It has shocked me WIDE AWAKE, out of the sleeping foolish virgin and Laodicean state of blindly following men/pastors, into getting on my knees, fasting and praying and looking to GOD ALONE for answers in the Bible and SOP...books & papers written by James & Ellen White & other early SDA pioneers. Study to show thyself approved! I want to sound in the ears of these sleepy, half-paralyzed souls the words spoken to Nicodemus, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" [John 3:5]. There is need to seek God with all the heart. Elevate the standard. Satan’s Gradual Change of the First, Second & Third Commandments I have always considered myself a lifelong SDA, raised from the cradle. However, I was completely UNAWARE, because of my lack of study, of what has happened in my dear church. The God that early SDA's worshiped in 1844-1915, and for some longer, has been CHANGED, not altered, but completely CHANGED, from the GOD the pioneers of the SDA worshiped to the Trinity of gods, officially in 1980 at the General Conference Session under Neal Wilson's leadership. This Trinity of gods was "smuggled" in over the time, from a time after Ellen White died until it's official doctrine adoption in 1980. Ellen White warns of this here: “I am charged to tell our people, that do not realize, that the devil has device after device, and he carries them out in ways that they do not expect. Satan’s agencies will invent ways to make sinners out of saints. I tell you now, that WHEN I AM LAID TO REST, GREAT CHANGES WILL TAKE PLACE. I do not know when I shall be taken; and I desire to warn all against the devices of the devil. I want the people to know that I warned them fully before my death.” - Manuscript 1, February 24, 1915 To her son, Elder W. C. White, she said: "I will tell you now that when I am laid to rest, great changes will take place. I do not know when I shall be taken, and I desire to warn against all the devices of the devil. I want the people to know that I warned them fully." - Sent out by W. C. White, February 24, 1915. http://www.imssdarm-bg.org/content/view/178/66/"a website identified as lightministries.com claims to have the publishing rights of a book by the title “Last Day Events from the Letter and Manuscripts of E.G. White” Other Copyright © 1988,1991,1997 held by "Let There Be Light" Ministries (rs) PO Box 328 Rogue River, OR 97537 First Printing--October, 1988 Second Edition--January, 1991 Third Edition--March, 1997 Included is a scan of the cover: Other statements regarding the unchanging nature of her “views” throughout her lifetime, which resulted in the same message from beginning to end. “I understood that some were anxious to know if Mrs. White still held the same views that she did years ago when they had heard her speak in the sanitarium grove, in the Tabernacle, and at the camp-meetings held in the suburbs of Battle Creek. I assured them that the message she bears today is the same that she has borne during the sixty years of her public ministry. She has the same service to do for the Master that was laid upon her in her girlhood. She receives lessons from the same Instructor. The directions given her are, "Make known to others what I have revealed to you. Write out the messages that I give you, that the people may have them." This is what she has endeavored to do.” {E. G. White, Review and Herald, July 26, 1906 par. 20} An excellent example of speaking in the third person—herself! “The Word of the Lord has guided our steps since the passing of the time in 1844. We have searched the Scriptures; we have built solidly; and we have not had to tear up our foundations and put in new timbers.” {E. G. White, Manuscript Releases Volume 1, p. 54} 1907 “The evidence given in our early experience has the same force that it had then. The truth is the same as it ever has been, and not a pin or a pillar can be moved from the structure of truth. That which was sought for out of the Word in 1844, 1845, and 1846 remains the truth in every particular.” {E. G. White, Manuscript Releases Volume 1, p. 52} 1906 Like me, until I started seriously studying, most professing SDA's don't even begin to understand the what and where the Trinity came from, they just parrot their leadership, even though some may in their heart believe the right way, they are worshiping they know not what when they worship the Trinity of gods which are specified as "God the Father", "God the Son" & "God the Holy Spirit", equal in ALL perfections, all are immortal...the trinity teaches that all 3 of their gods are immortal...think about that for a minute and the ramifications that puts on the whole plan of salvation! What does immortal mean? That you cannot die. If the Trinity "God the Son" cannot die? Who died to save us from our sins? Belief in the trinity, praying to and worshiping their 3 gods, is no different than worshiping Baal or any other pagan gods. In fact the Trinity is of Pagan origin. It is but a Persian doctrine remodeled. It is modern Intellectual Spiritualism. Satan over the years has grown more subtle in his trickery. Now we worship a philosophical idol, against which we have been warned by Paul in the Bible NOT to do. The Platonizing Fathers were the Greek Philosophers that became Christian but continued to follow the teachings of Plato. These Philosophers mixed Christians Ideas with Pagan Greek Philosophy to formulate the concept of a three person Godhead. The apostle Paul warned the Greek Colossian city, "Beware lest any man cheat you through philosophy and vain deceit. .(Colossians 2:8)" What kind of philosophy was Paul warning about? Since Paul was addressing a Greek city, he must have been warning about the entrance of Greek Philosophical Thought. The Platonic Fathers also known as Greek Apologists were the first to introduce Pagan Trinitarian Thought into Christianity. "In rejecting the truth, men reject its Author. In trampling upon the law of God, they deny the authority of the Law-giver. IT IS AS EASY TO MAKE AN IDOL OF FALSE DOCTRINES AND THEORIES AS TO FASHION AN IDOL OF WOOD OR STONE. By misrepresenting the attributes of God, Satan leads men to conceive of Him in a false character. WITH MANY, A PHILOSOPHICAL IDOL IS ENTHRONED IN THE PLACE OF JEHOVAH; while the living God, as He is revealed in His word, in Christ, and in the works of creation, is worshiped by but FEW. Thousands deify nature while they deny the God of nature. Though in a different form, idolatry exists in the Christian world today as verily as it existed among ancient Israel in the days of Elijah. The god of many professedly wise men, of philosophers, poets, politicians, journalists—the god of polished fashionable circles, of many colleges and universities, even of some theological institutions—is little better than Baal, the sun-god of Phoenicia." GC: Chap.36 Belief in the Trinity gods 1+1+1=1, is bad math, and breaks the commandments of GOD. God hath said, "Thou shalt have no other Gods Before ME", not US! Mark 12:29 says, "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is ONE Lord:" There is not a greater commandment than this one. The third angel’s message says that the saints “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” We break not only the first commandment, but according to James 2:10 the whole Decalogue, worshiping a false god. John 4:22 says, "Ye worship ye know not what:". When the law of God is made void, the church will be sifted by fiery trials, and a larger proportion that we now anticipate will give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. Instead of being strengthened when brought into strait places, many prove that they are not living branches of the True Vine, they bear no fruit, and the husbandman taketh them away. But when the iniquitous powers work to make void the law of God, what will be the effect upon the truly obedient and righteous? Will they be carried away by the strong current of evil? Because so many range themselves under the banner of the prince of darkness, will God's commandment-keeping people swerve from their allegiance? Never! No one who is abiding in Christ will fail or fall. His followers will not bow in obedience to any earthly potentate. While the contempt placed upon God's commandments causes many to suppress the truth and show less reverence for it, the disrespect shown to the law of Jehovah causes the faithful ones with greater earnestness to hold aloft its distinguishing truths.... How could this happen? The "reason" the GOD early pioneer SDA's worshiped was changed, is because the modern SDA church today did not want to be labeled a "cult" a ‘sect' or a "peculiar people" and desired to be like the rest of the churches around them. "Those who are uniting with the world, are receiving the worldly mold, and preparing for the mark of the beast." {CET 191.1} "It is a backsliding church that lessens the distance between itself and the Papacy." ST vol 3, 99. The leaders of the SDA conference seek ecumenical approval, instead of standing for the truth. They are not willing to be labeled "peculiar" by the world, but rather seek to fit in with Babylon. In the end they will be rejected by God. Just as Sunday worship was started by the Roman Catholic church, so was Trinity worship. The following prediction of Ellen White has been fulfilled: “The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would result! The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization would be established. Books of a new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced. (Selected Messages bk.1, p. 204) Ellen White’s overriding support was indeed for the Seventh-day Adventist church, and not a new movement, new organization, that would tear down the foundation that pioneer Adventists had built up for many decades. Ellen White warned that it would be impossible to reform the new movement and that it would permit nothing to stand in its way. She prophesied that the omega of apostasy of the new movement would wax stronger until Jesus comes: Wax stronger-- "One thing it is certain is soon to be realized, the GREAT APOSTASY, which is DEVELOPING and INCREASING and waxing STRONGER, and WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL THE LORD SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT. We are to hold fast the FIRST principles of our denominated faith, and go forward from strength to increased faith. Ever we are to keep the faith that has been substantiated by the Holy Spirit of God from the earlier events of our experience until the present time. We need now larger breadth, and deeper, more earnest, unwavering faith in the LEADINGS of the Holy Spirit. If we needed the manifest proof of the Holy Spirit's power to confirm truth in the beginning, after the passing of the time, we need to-day all the evidence in the confirmation of the truth, when souls are departing from the faith and giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. There must not be any languishing of soul now." (E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B, No. Does "the GREAT APOSTASY, which is DEVELOPING and INCREASING and waxing stronger, and WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO until the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout." sound as if the SDA church is going to REFORM? Those who keep God's commandments, those who live not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, compose the church of the living God. Those who choose to follow antichrist are subjects of the great apostate. Ranged under the banner of Satan, they break God's law, and lead others to break it.... Satan is averting minds with unimportant questions, in order that they shall not with clear and distinct vision see matters of vast importance. The enemy is planning to ensnare the world. A special issue of the Adventist Review devoted to the “27 Fundamentals” yields the following declaration concerning the doctrine of the Trinity. "While no single scriptural passage states formally the doctrine of the Trinity, it is assumed as a fact by Bible writers and mentioned several times. Only by faith can we accept the existence of the Trinity." (Adventist Review, Vol. To the Surprise of some modern Adventists today, the pioneers of the SDA Church, including our prophetess Ellen White, rejected the pagan philosophical idol consisting of the Trinity of gods, and upheld a more Biblical view of the Godhead. They taught that Christ was the literal Son of GOD, that by some Divine Act Christ was brought forth from the Father before creation. The pioneers taught that the "Holy" Spirit or God's divine mind or active force or his energy proceeded from the Father, through the Son, making them both every-where present. James White found the Trinity doctrine to be unscriptural and was a blatant anti-Trinitarian: James White writes, "The “mystery of iniquity” began to work in the church in Paul’s day. It finally crowded out the simplicity of the gospel, and corrupted the doctrine of Christ, and the church went into the wilderness. Martin Luther, and other reformers, arose in the strength of God, and with the Word and Spirit, made mighty strides in the Reformation. The greatest fault we can find in the Reformation is, the Reformers stopped reforming. Had they gone on, and onward, till they had left the LAST VESTIGE OF PAPACY BEHIND, such as natural immortality, sprinkling, THE TRINITY, and Sunday-keeping, the church would now be free from her UNSCRIPTURAL ERRORS. (James White, February 7, 1856, Review & Herald, vol. 7, no. 19, page 148, par. James White was editor of the Review and Herald in 1861. In November of that year, he published J. N. Loughborough’s answer to the question, "What serious objection is there to the doctrine of the trinity?" Loughborough replied: There are many objections which we might urge, but on account of our limited space we shall reduce them to the following: 1. It is contrary to common sense. It is contrary to Scripture. It’s origin is Pagan and fabulous. Review and Herald, XVIII (November 5, 1861), 184 How dare we as "people of the book" presume to worship a Trinity of gods that isn't even SCRIPTURAL? We have wandered after other gods, JUST LIKE the children of Israel did in days of old. Ellen White writes this about the Trinity doctrine: "Babylon has been fostering poisonous doctrines, the wine of error. This wine of error is made up of false doctrines, such as the natural immortality of the soul, the eternal torment of the wicked, THE DENIAL OF THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST PRIOR TO HIS BIRTH IN BETHLEHEM (Notice this is talking about the Trinity doctrine, because the Trinity belief denies Jesus the true literal Son of GOD existed before his birth in Bethlehem.), and advocating and exalting the first day of the week above God's holy and sanctified day. THESE AND KINDRED ERRORS are presented to the world by the various churches, and thus the Scriptures are fulfilled that say, `For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.' It is a wrath which is created by false doctrines, and when kings and presidents drink this wine of the wrath of her fornication, they are stirred with anger against those who will not come into harmony with the false and satanic heresies which exalt the false Sabbath, and lead men to trample underfoot God's memorial." Uriah Smith in the following article sets forth the early Adventist’s belief about Christ up to 1898: URIAH SMITH: "God alone is without beginning. At the earliest epoch when a beginning could be,--a period so remote that to finite minds it is essentially eternity,--appeared the Word… This uncreated Word was the Being, who, in the fullness of time was made flesh, and dwelt among us. His beginning was not like that of any other being in the universe. Thus it appears that by some divine impulse or process, not creation, known only to Omniscience, and possibly only to Omnipotence, the Son of God appeared." Uriah Smith, Looking Unto Jesus, (Battle Creek, Mich.: Review and Herald Publishing Company, 1898), p. 10. Speaking of this time period [1844-1903] Ellen White wrote: "The leading points of our faith as we hold them today were firmly established. Point after point was clearly defined, and all the brethren came into harmony. The whole company of believers were UNITED IN THE TRUTH. There were those who came in with strange doctrines, but we were never afraid to meet them. Our experience was wonderfully established by the revelation of the Holy (Ellen G. White, The Early Years Volume 1 - For the "true" Adventist this puts them in quite a position. Here Ellen White and the Pioneers of the SDA Church deny the modern SDA’s Tritheistic teachings, and on top of that Ellen White tells us this group of Pioneers were UNITED IN TRUTH. If the pioneer’s version of the Godhead is truth, then the modern SDA Church is in deep Apostasy. If the Pioneer’s teaching was WRONG, then Ellen White is a false prophet, and the current SDA Church is a Church born from Apostasy, that upholds a false prophet! The only truthful conclusion is such: Ellen White was for the first fifty years (1844-1895) decidedly non-Trinitarian, especially with her clear statements that Christ is not the Lord God Almighty and tons of other statements. If one truly understands the Trinity, there is NO WAY anyone would say that Ellen White was a Trinitarian, they would scream she was a blasphemous, heretical, anti-Trinitarian writer. Thus, if the trinity is true, then Ellen White was a false prophet. If the pioneers were Arians, then there is no link between the Modern Church and the one that came out of the great disappointment (1844) and this is readily admitted by the Conference. Thus if the trinity is true then the SDA church is not the remnant, and if the trinity is not truth, then the SDA Church of today is Babylon by their own standards. OH Dear reader, will you not escape from the vat of confusion? Will you not learn to trust in the Word, the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy alone? THE PIONEERS WOULD NOT JOIN THE MODERN SDA CHURCH IF THEY WERE ALIVE TODAY Did you know that the SDA Church now admits that the Adventist Pioneers would NOT be able to join the church today? Here is a quote from Ministry Magazine: “Most of the founders of Seventh-day Adventism would NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN THE CHURCH TODAY if they had to subscribe to the denomination’s Fundamental Beliefs. More specifically, most would not be able to agree to belief number 2, which deals with the doctrine of the Trinity. For Joseph Bates the Trinity was an unscriptural doctrine, for James White it was that “old Trinitarian absurdity,” and for M. E. Cornell it was a fruit of the great apostasy, along with such false doctrines as Sunday keeping and the immortality of the soul.” (Ministry, October 1993, p. 10) The Nicene Creed formulated in 325 AD, which is the basis for the modern Trinity and the central doctrine of the Catholic church states: I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; God of God, 1 Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made. Who, for us all for our salvation, came down from Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father; 2 who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy universal 3 and apostolic Church. 4 I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. Today's Modern Seventh Day Adventist 1980 Official Doctrine #2. Trinity states: There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present. He is infinite and beyond human comprehension, yet known through His self-revelation. He is forever worthy of worship, adoration, and service by the whole creation. (Deut. Written in 1906 by Ellen White: "The evidence given in our early experience has the same force that it had then. The truth is the same as it ever has been, and not a pin or a pillar can be moved from the structure of truth. That which was sought for out of the Word in 1844, 1845, and 1846 remains the truth in EVERY PARTICULAR." Letter 38, 1906 Ellen White. This would include the TRUTH about GOD. Fundamental Principle #1-The foundation of our faith which included a correct understanding of God That there is one God, a personal spiritual being, the creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, and mercy; unchangeable, and everywhere present by his representative, the Holy Spirit. Quoting from 1 Corinthians 8:6 which tells us there is “One God the father”. This is a much different statement then the new 1980 belief accepted and promoted by General Conference Adventists that there is One God, an “impersonal office of three persons”. James White who helped collaborate this original statement of “fundamental principles of faith” in 1872 said: The inexplicable Trinity that makes the Godhead three in one and one in three, is bad enough; but that ultra Unitarianism that makes Christ inferior to the Father is worse. Did God say to an inferior, “Let us make man in our image?” (James White, November 29, 1877, Review & Herald) Our pioneers did not believe God was a three in one, one in three God. They believed he was a personal spiritual being. Does the General Conference body of believers believe that the foundation of our faith included a correct understanding of who God is? The general conference tells us that they do NOT believe that the foundation included a correct understanding of who he is. “Most of the founders of Seventh-day Adventism would not be able to join the church today if they had to subscribe to the denomination’s Fundamental Beliefs. More specifically, most would not be able to agree to belief number 2, which deals with the doctrine of the trinity.” Ministry, October 1993, p. 10. “Adventist beliefs have changed over the years under the impact of ‘present truth.’ Most startling is the teaching regarding Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord… the Trinitarian understanding of God, now part of our fundamental beliefs, was not generally held by the early Adventists. Even today a few do not subscribe to it.” (Adventist Review, Jan. 6, 1994 p.10) So it is pretty clear that the General Conference in establishing their new creed have rejected the inspired counsel that says that our foundation was solidly established and included a correct understanding of who God is and definitely does not believe that the foundation established in 1844, 1845, and 1846 remains the truth in every particular. “The mystery (see Rev. 17:5) of the Trinity is the central doctrine of the catholic church. Upon it are based all the teachings of the church” [Handbook for Todays Catholic Page 11. Think about that! The Trinity is the CENTRAL DOCTRINE of the Catholic church and ALL their OTHER doctrines are based upon the TRINITY! In God there are three persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, equal in all perfections." The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p 31 by Peter Geiermann, C.SS. R., Imprimatur - September 16, 1957. FOR centuries millions of people have believed the doctrine of the trinity, which teaches that “in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these Three Persons being truly distinct one from another. Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: ‘The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods, but one God.’” (The Catholic Encyclopedia) Do you believe this doctrine? Why? Many persons think the trinity is a Christian teaching based on God’s Word, the Bible. However, early Roman Catholic writers did not hesitate to admit that the trinity could not be proved by Scripture alone. Cardinal Hosius is quoted as having said: “We believe the doctrine of a triune God, because we have received it by tradition, though not mentioned at all in Scripture.” (Conf. Cathol. Fidei, Chap. XXVI) Other persons are just as frank about declaring the trinity to be of pagan origin. Arthur Weigall, in his book The Paganism in Our Christianity, states: “Jesus Christ never mentioned such a phenomenon, and nowhere in the New Testament does the word ‘Trinity’ appear.” He says the idea of a coequal trinity “was only adopted by the [Roman Catholic] Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord; and the origin of the conception is entirely pagan.” This doctrine of the trinity was brought into the church about the same time with image worship, and keeping the day of the sun, and is but Persian doctrine remodeled. It occupied about three hundred years from its introduction to bring the doctrine to what it is now. It was commenced about 325 A. D., and was not completed till 681. See Milman’s Gibbon’s Rome, vol. It was adopted in Spain in 589, in England in 596, in Africa in 534. - Gib. vol. Milner, vol. (To be continued.) (J. N. Loughborough, November 5, 1861, Review & Herald, vol. 18, page 184, par. Implications Concerning the Three Angels’ Messages The first angel’s message carries “the EVERLASTING GOSPEL.” False concepts of God and Christ do not constitute the “everlasting gospel.” If the Modern from 1980 on of professed Seventh day Adventists tritheistic doctrine of the Trinity is true, then the Advent pioneers presented what Paul called “another gospel” (Galatians 1:6) and must surely be disqualified as the remnant. The remnant must preach “the everlasting gospel”, not “another gospel.” The second angel’s message states that “Babylon is fallen.” As noted earlier, if the pioneers understood God incorrectly, then they were deluded, and a part of Babylon. If they were correct, then the Modern SDA Church is Babylon. If the Pioneers were wrong, then they were Babylon, and the Modern Church is exalting a false movement and a false prophet! The third angel’s message says that the saints “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” We break not only the first commandment, but according to James 2:10 the whole Decalogue, worshiping a false god. If the Adventists pioneers were wrong about the Godhead, then they were breaking the Commandment, and could not proclaim the message. If they were right, then the modern Church is WRONG and cannot proclaim the message. Either way, the Modern SDA Church cannot be the Remnant, since she was either born in Apostasy or has since went into Apostasy. "Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto Him WITHOUT the camp, bearing His reproach." Hebrews "The first, second, and third angel's messages are to be repeated. The call is to be GIVEN TO THE CHURCH: 'Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird....come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.'" Review and Herald, October 31, 1899 (vol 4, p 109, col WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES? light will shine, and all who are honest will leave the fallen churches, and take their stand with the remnant” -Early Writings: page 261 "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Psalms 11:3. "As a people we are to stand firm on the platform of eternal truth that has withstood test and trial. We are to hold to the sure pillars of our faith. The principles of truth that God has revealed to us are our only true foundation. They have made us what we are. The lapse of time has not lessened their value." Counsels to Writers and Editors, p 52. "Men will arise with interpretations of scripture which are to them truth, but which are not truth. The truth for this time, God has given us as a foundation for our faith. He Himself has taught us what is truth. One will arise, and still another, with new light which contradicts the light God has given under the demonstration of His Holy Spirit... We are not to receive the words of those who come with a message that contradicts the special points of our faith." Counsels to Writers and Editors, p 32. Letter When the truth we now cherish was first seen to be Bible truth how very strange was the opposition we had to meet in presenting it to the people for the first time. But how earnest and sincere were the truth loving, truth obeying ones. We were indeed a peculiar people. We were few in numbers, without wealth, without worldly wisdom, or worldly honors; and yet we believed God, and were strong and successful, a terror to evil doers. Our love for one another was firm, it was not easily shaken. The people of God manifested in our midst, and the sick were healed, and there was much calm, sweet, holy joy. But while the light continued to increase, the advancement of the church has not been proportionate to the light. The fine gold has gradually become dim, and deadness and formality have come in to cripple the energies of the church. Their abundant privileges and opportunities have not led His people onward and upward to purity and holiness. A faithful improvement of the talents entrusted to them by God would have increased those talents greatly. Where much is given, much will be required. Those only who faithfully accept and appreciate the light God has given us, and who will take a high noble stand in self denial and self sacrifice will be channels of light to the world. Those who do not advance will retrograde, on the very borders of the heavenly Canaan. You can now make two choices. #1 Choice: Follow: Acts 2:38, Isaiah 26:20 & Revelation 18:4. You can love the Truth, and go back to the old historical paths of the pioneer SDA beliefs that Keep the Commandments of GOD and has the Testimony of Jesus. Jesus testified that he was the SON OF GOD, which is something Modern Adventism denies! "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." Ephesians #2 Choice: Stick with the proverbial ship who has now REJECTED GOD and worships Satan and has Satan himself at its helm. You are now warned! To be warned is to be forearmed. You can ignore the Truth, and continue believing the MODERN 1980 SDA doctrines whose leaderships feet have left the upward path in Ellen White's vision. They have stumbled off of the path and fallen into the darkness below and have rejected the truth that united our pioneers. The MODERN SDA church is no longer God’s “Remnant” church. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. "Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord." “My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds (church leaders) have caused them to go astray...they have forgotten their resting place (in God alone).... Remove out of the midst of Babylon... Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity.... My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.” Jeremiah “In amazement they hear the testimony that Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from Heaven." (Ellen G. White, in Spirit of Prophecy, vol 4, p 424 or Great Controversy, p 606-607). “Adventist Sunday church... Deeply committed members of the 600-member Mountain View church (in Las Vegas, Nevada) launched their (‘52-week’ ‘Sunday morning worship service’) experiment on Easter weekend... Each Sunday (throughout an entire year) (SDA pastor Tim) Dunfield presents a clearly Adventist message... They hope that this model can be replicated (by SDA churches) in other cities across this country.” (Pacific Union Recorder, February, 2000, p 34-35). “Dear Mrs Thatcher.... Our feeling as a church is that it would be better for one day each week to be retained as a day of rest and worship rather than no day at all. We would therefore respectfully request you and your colleagues in government to reconsider the proposals (to repeal the Sunday Trading laws already in existence and being enforced) contained in the Sunday Trading Bill.” John Arthur, Vice-President of the British Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to Mrs Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of England, March 27, 1986). "At the local conference level the Seventh-day Adventist church has a representative form of government, above that level the polity of the Seventh-day Adventist is hierarchical: authority flows downward and members in local congregations have virtually no voice....the Seventh-day Adventist church is a closed, self-operating, and self-perpetuating system, similar to the Roman Catholic church, in which those in authority are not responsible to lower echelons. Above the local conference level, those in authority are not elected by, representative of, or administratively accountable to, local congregations or the membership at large." (Raymond F. Cottrell, former Associate Editor of the Adventist Review and the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, in Spectrum (Journal of Association of Adventist Forums), vol 14, #4, March, 1984, p 42). I consider myself, now, to be a historical Seventh-Day Adventist doing my best to honor GOD alone. believe that the Bible & James & Ellen White to be inspired by the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, Noah, Moses. I believe in the same GOD as Ellen & James White and the other pioneers who setup the very foundations of the "chosen" historic SDA church (1844-1915 timeframe). Most people in the SDA church do not realize that Ellen White said this of her husband James White: "He [GOD] has ALSO given my husband GREAT light upon Bible subjects, not for himself alone, but for others." “He (James White) received a commendation that few others have attained. God has permitted the precious light of truth to shine upon His word and illuminate the mind of my husband. He may reflect the rays of light from the presence of Jesus upon others by his preaching and writing.”{E. White, Testimonies for the Church Volume 3, p. 502} "The past fifty years have not dimmed one jot or principle of our faith as we received the great and wonderful evidences that were made certain to us in 1844, after the passing of the time. The languishing souls are to be confirmed and quickened according to His Word. Not a word is changed or denied. That which the Holy Spirit testified to as truth after the passing of the time, in our great disappointment, is the SOLID FOUNDATION OF TRUTH. [The] pillars of truth were revealed, and we accepted the foundation principles that have made us what we are--Seventh-day Adventists, keeping the commandments of God and having the faith of Jesus. (The Upward Look, page 352, paragraph 4 Chapter Title: God's Word is True). "Many of our people do not realize how firmly the foundation of our faith has been laid. My husband, Elder Joseph Bates, Father Pierce, Elder {Hiram} Edson, and others who were KEEN, NOBLE, AND TRUE, were among those who, after the passing of the time in 1844, searched for the truth as for hidden treasure… When they came to the point in their study where they said, "WE can do nothing more," the Spirit of the Lord would come upon me, I would be taken off in vision, and a clear explanation of the passages, WE had been studying would be given me, with instruction as to how WE were to labor and teach effectively. Thus light was given that helped US to understand the scriptures in regard to Christ, His mission, and His priesthood. LINE OF TRUTH EXTENDING FROM THAT TIME (1844) TO THE TIME WHEN WE SHALL ENTER THE CITY OF GOD, WAS MADE PLAIN TO ME, and I gave to others the instruction that the Lord had given me. What influence is it that would lead men at this stage of our history to work in an underhand, powerful way to tear down the foundation of our faith–the foundation that was laid at the beginning of our work by prayerful study of the Word and revelation? Upon this foundation we have been building for the past fifty years. (Selected "A LINE OF TRUTH EXTENDING FROM THAT TIME (1844) TO THE TIME WHEN WE SHALL ENTER THE CITY OF GOD, WAS MADE PLAIN TO ME" does not mean we can CHANGE Gods after our prophet dies and expect to make it to into the city of GOD!!!?? Now in 1904 Ms. White points Kellogg to her husband's understanding of “who God is” and tells him also of the other pioneers of the faith. But she is also pointing YOU “brother, sister” to “who God is”. She is pointing to the time after 1844. What foundation is Kellogg being pointed too? The faith delivered to the saints. James White in 1846: “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for THE faith which was once delivered unto the saints…” (Jude 3, 4) … The exhortation to contend for the faith delivered to the saints, is to us alone. And it is very important for us to know what for and how to contend. In the 4th verse he gives us the reason why we should contend for THE faith, a particular faith; “for there are certain men,” or a certain class who deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.… The way spiritualizers have disposed of or denied the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ is first using the old unscriptural Trinitarian creed, viz., that Jesus Christ is the eternal God, though they have not one passage to support it, while we have plain scripture testimony in abundance that he is the Son of the eternal God.” (James White, January 24, 1846, The Day Star) Scriptures declare “one God the father, and one Lord Jesus Christ” [1 Cor 8:6]. Ms. White is pointing Kellogg to what her husband and the pioneers believed. “The inexplicable Trinity that makes the Godhead three in one and one in three, is bad enough; but that ultra Unitarianism that makes Christ inferior to the Father is worse. Did God say to an inferior, “Let us make man in our image?” “(James White, November 29, 1877, Review & Herald) inexplicable = Unable to be explained or accounted for James White was a blatant non-Trinitarian. Ellen White never once rebuked him. She was never told to stand up against James or any of the other leading brethren who were all non-Trinitarian. If you’re a Trinitarian, do you not find this strange? Ellen White said all the pioneers were in HARMONY and UNITED in TRUTH! That would include her too as being anti-Trinitarian! The reason I am quoting the above quotes is so you can notice, that Ellen White said the truth that the pioneers had, would go from that time in 1844 till we get to Heaven and enter the city of GOD. “Those who seek to remove the old landmarks are NOT holding fast; they are not remembering how they have received and heard. Those who try to bring in theories that would remove the pillars of our faith concerning the sanctuary or concerning the personality of God or of Christ, are working as BLIND MEN. They are seeking to bring in uncertainties and to set the people of God adrift without an anchor.” harbor are we headed to now? "However kindly or beautiful or apparently profound his sermons or articles may be, when a man has arrived at the place where he teaches the heathen Catholic doctrine of the Trinity, and denies that the Son of God died for us, is he a true Seventh-day Adventist? Is he even a TRUE preacher of the Gospel? And when many regard him as a great teacher and accept his unscriptural theories, absolutely contrary to the Spirit of Prophecy, it is time that the watchmen should sound a note of warning.…" [Portions of a letter written by J. S. Washburn in 1939. This letter was liked by a conference president so much that he distributed it to 32 of his ministers.] James White said of the Trinity: "Here we might mention the Trinity, which does away the personality of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ, and of sprinkling or pouring instead of being “buried with Christ in baptism,” “planted in the likeness of his death:” but we pass from these fables to notice one that is held sacred by nearly all professed Christians, both Catholic and Protestant. It is, The change of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment from the seventh to the first day of the week." (James White, December 11, 1855, Review & Herald, vol. 7, no. 11, page 85, par. What serious objection is there to the doctrine of the trinity? The Trinity has many errors in it. #1, it is unscriptural. It denies Jesus as the divine Son of GOD died for us. #3, it denies that GOD is the Father of Jesus. New light only serves to enhance & strengthen old light, it does NOT contradict old light. New light does not change/contradict old light. Ellen White warned this would happen here: “The Omega will be of a most startling nature.” (Series B, no. 2, page 16) “The omega will follow, and will be received by those who are not willing to heed the warning God has given.” “I KNEW that the omega would follow in a little while; and I trembled for our people.” (Series B, no. 2, pp. 50, 53) "Be not deceived; MANY will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. We have now before us the alpha of this danger. The omega will be of a most startling nature." (Selected Messages bk.1, p. 197 1904) The departing of the faith on this subject would not just involve a few people but actually it would deceive “many”. The Omega will follow. This is something that she saw coming. That she said would come “in a little while”. Something that wasn’t a maybe, but a certainty. And those who did not heed the warnings given would accept “Many will depart from the faith”. “I have been instructed to warn our people; for many are in danger of receiving theories and sophistries that undermine the foundation pillars of the faith.” {Selected Messages bk. 1 p.196 1904} Yes, Ellen White warned us it would happen, and because we are asleep and not studying for ourselves, it has been smuggled in under our very noses by our leadership over the years until it was made official in 1980 by Neal Wilson at the General Conference Session! With most of the laity none the wiser, because we are the foolish virgins who are asleep and Laodicean! It's high time to wake up! Jesus is about to come, and I for sure don't want to be left outside the door like the foolish Laodicean virgins who left outside knocking to get in and are denied entrance by Jesus Himself. "Take heed lest these warnings be lightly regarded, and you go far into the paths of worldliness in dress, worldliness of practices, and at last find that the door is shut, and you are outside, a foolish virgin." "As world church president, Neal Wilson was responsible for... the adoption of a revised statement of the church’s “Fundamental Beliefs” by delegates to the denomination’s world session in 1980,... WORLD CHURCH LEADER: Pastor Neal C. Wilson, a former president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the father of current G.C. president Pastor Ted N.C. Wilson, passed to his rest on December 14, 2010 at an assisted living facility in Dayton, Maryland. He was 90 years old." "There is ANOTHER universal and TRULY CATHOLIC ORGANIZATION, the SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ." Neal Wilson. Adventist Review, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” The General Conference leadership were "pursuing a similar course to that of the Roman Catholics" (Manuscript Releases, vol -- The GC was being made "like Rome, the great head of the work" (Manuscript Release #133, p 27--Letter 71, April 8, 1894). -- And they were already "following in the track of Romanism" (Testimonies to Ministers, p 362). "The Seventh-day Adventist Church is essentially a hierarchical system..." Record, June 23, 1990, p 2. "The session [55th General Conference Session in 1990] has demonstrated the hierarchial nature of the church's administrative structure." Record, August 4, 1990, "Others have so identified structure with policy and the official hierarchy of the church that change is often viewed as unfaithfulness." Adventist Review, Special Edition, October, 1994, p 51. structure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is essentially hierarchical... The pyramid of church organization maintains equilibrium and sustains growth as it reflects the people who comprise it." Record, June 23, 1990, p 4-5. "The Seventh-day Adventist Church follows a model of organizational order in the church which is modified from the orders of Roman Catholicism, but it retains the same notions of clerical order which separates the members of the Church into two classes--clergy and laity." Messenger, December, 1993, p 2. "Although it is true that there was a period in the life of the Seventh-day Adventist Church when the denomination took a distinctly anti-Roman Catholic viewpoint, and the term 'hierarchy' was used in a pejorative sense to refer to the papal form of church governance, that attitude on the church's part was nothing more than a manifestation of widespread anti-popery among conservative Protestant denominations in the early part of this century and the latter part of the last, and which has now been consigned to the historical trash heap so far as the Seventh-day Adventist Church is concerned." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs Pacific Press Publishing Association and General Conference of SDA, Civil Case #74-2025 CBR (1975), Reply Brief for Defendants, p 4. "Church documents that prescribe the church's structure and governance confirm that all parts of the church are parts of a single entity. Next to the Roman Catholic church, the Adventist church is the most centralized of all the major Christian denominations in this country." Derrick Proctor vs General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist, case #81 C 4938, Findings of Fact, Section B, Church Objectives and Structures, p 22. "As is the mother, so is her daughter." Ezekiel 16:44. "That night I dreamed that I was in Battle Creek looking out from the side glass at the door and saw a company marching up to the house, two and two. They looked stern and determined. I knew them well and turned to open the parlor door to receive them, but thought I would look again. The scene was changed. The company now presented the appearance of a Catholic procession. One bore in his hand a cross, another a reed. And as they approached, the one carrying a reed made a circle around the house, saying three times: 'This house is proscribed. The goods must be confiscated. They have spoken against our holy order.' Terror seized me, and I ran through the house, out of the north door, and found myself in the midst of a company, some of whom I knew, but I dared not speak a word to them for fear of being betrayed. I tried to seek a retired spot where I might weep and pray without meeting eager, inquisitive eyes wherever I turned. I repeated frequently: 'If I could only understand this! If they will tell me what I have said or what I have done!' "I wept and prayed much as I saw our goods confiscated. I tried to read sympathy or pity for me in the looks of those around me, and marked the countenances of several whom I thought would speak to me and comfort me if they did not fear that they would be observed by others. I made one attempt to escape from the crowd, but seeing that I was watched, I concealed my intentions." Testimonies, "The General Conference, then is the Seventh-day Adventist church....the embodiment of the remnant church as a Christian denomination, in a unified worldwide organization, to which all baptized Seventh-day Adventists owe spiritual allegiance." EEOC vs PPPA, Civil Case #74-2025 CBR, p 17, Opening Brief. "Why is there so dim a perception of the true spiritual condition of the church? Has not blindness fallen upon the watchmen standing on the walls of Zion?... Who can truthfully say, 'Our gold is tried in the fire; our garments are unspotted by the world'? I saw our Instructor pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He (Christ) said to me: 'Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of character? 'How is the faithful city become an harlot! My Father's house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed!'" Testimonies, vol 8, p 248-250 (April 21, “On many occasions the Holy Spirit did work; but those who resisted the Spirit of God at Minneapolis were waiting for a chance to travel over the same ground again, because their spirit was the same.... But all the universe of heaven witnessed the disgraceful treatment of Jesus Christ, represented by the Holy Spirit. Had Christ been before them, they would have treated him in a manner similar to that in which the Jews treated Christ.... “The Lord is coming; but those who venture to resist the light that God gave in rich measure at Minneapolis, who have not humbled their hearts before God, will follow on in the path of resistance, saying, ‘Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice?’” Series A, #6, p 20, 26. "What a wonderful work could have been done for the vast company gathered in Battle Creek at the general conference of 1901, if the leaders of our work had taken themselves in hand. But the work that all heaven was waiting to do as soon as men prepared the way was not done; for the leaders closed and bolted the door against the Spirit's entrance.... The doors were barred against the Heavenly Current that would have swept away all They built themselves up in wrong doing, and said to the Spirit of God, 'Go thy way for this time; when I have a more convenient season, I will call for thee.'" Battle Creek Letters, p 55-56 (Letter 123, "...what did the brethren in that fearful position in which they stood, reject at Minneapolis? They rejected the latter rain, the loud cry of the third angel's message.... Spirit of the Lord was there to tell them that they were doing it, was it not? But when they were rejecting the loud cry, the teaching righteousness; and then the Spirit of the Lord, by His prophet, stood there and told us what they were doing, what then? Then they simply set this prophet aside with all the rest." General Conference Bulletin, p 183. "Christ calls for unity. But He does not call for us to unify on wrong practices. The God of heaven draws a sharp contrast between pure, elevating, ennobling truth and false, misleading doctrines. He calls sin and impenitence by the right name. He does not gloss over wrongdoing with a coat of untempered mortar. I urge our brethren to unify upon a true, scriptural basis."--Manuscript 10, 1905. “Some will tend to resist this doctrine (the trinity) because it is not found expressly stated in the scriptures.” Adventist Review Aug 20 1993 P-8 Notice how Ellen White's word's are fulfilled below in "Most Startling"? “Adventist beliefs have changed over the years under the impact of "present truth." Most startling is the teaching regarding Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Many of the pioneers, including James White, J. N. Andrews, Uriah Smith, and J. Waggoner, held to an Arian or semi-Arian view—that is, the Son at some point in time before the Creation of our world was generated by the Father…. Likewise, the Trinitarian understanding of God, now part of our fundamental beliefs, was not generally held by the early Adventists. Even today a FEW do not subscribe to it”. (Adventist Review, January 6, 1994, pp. 10, 11) Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and FEW there be that find it. "Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." How many people today believe in the Trinity? Millions upon Millions of people. How many believe like the pioneers of the SDA church? VERY FEW! “The mystery of the Trinity is the central doctrine of the catholic church. Upon it are based ALL the teachings of the church.” [Handbook for Today's Catholic Page 11] Yes you read it right. The central doctrine of the Catholic church has found its way into God's remnant church. “Let the brightest example the world has yet seen be your example, rather than the greatest and most learned men of the age, who know not God, nor Jesus Christ whom he has sent. The Father and the Son ALONE are to be exalted.” (Ellen White, The Youth’s Instructor, July 7, 1898) The Trinity belief exalts a "God the Holy Spirit". "We are God's commandment-keeping people. For the past fifty years every phase of heresy has been brought to bear upon us, to becloud our minds regarding the teaching of the Word--especially concerning the ministration of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, and the message of Heaven for these last days, as given by the angels of the fourteenth chapter of Revelation. Messages of every order and kind have been urged upon Seventh-day Adventists, to take the place of the truth which, point by point, has been sought out by prayerful study, and testified to by the miracle-working power of the Lord. But the waymarks which have made us what we are, are to be preserved, and they will be preserved, as God has signified through His Word and the testimony of His Spirit. He calls upon us to hold firmly, with the grip of faith, to the fundamental principles that are BASED UPON UNQUESTIONABLE AUTHORITY." "The church is in the Laodicean state. The presence of Christ is NOT in her midst." EGW-Notebook Leaflets, p 99 "There was a coming out, a decided separation from the wicked, an escape for life. So it was in the days of Noah; so with Lot; so with the disciples prior to the destruction of Jerusalem; and SO IT WILL BE IN THE LAST DAYS. Again the voice of God is heard in a message of warning, bidding His people separate themselves from the prevailing iniquity." Patriarchs and Prophets, p 166. "I know from the light that God has given me that there should be a revival of the messages that have been given in the past, because men will seek to bring in new theories, and will try to prove that these theories are scriptural, whereas they are error, which, if allowed a place, will undermine faith in the truth. We are not to accept these suppositions and pass them along as truth. No, no; we must not move from the platform of truth on which we have been established." {UL 199 Ellen White} "The Lord has declared that the history of the past shall be rehearsed as we enter upon the closing work. Every truth that He has given for these last days is to be proclaimed to the world. Every pillar that He has established is to be strengthened. We cannot now step off the foundation that God has established. There is need now to rehearse the experience of the men who acted a part in the establishment of our work at the beginning." 1905 Ellen White "Not one pin is to be removed from that which the Lord has established. The enemy will bring in false theories… there will be a departing from the faith. WHERE SHALL WE FIND SAFETY UNLESS IT BE IN THE TRUTHS THAT THE LORD HAS BEEN GIVING FOR THE LAST FIFTY YEARS?" {Ellen White RH, May 25, 1905 par. “When men come in who would move one pin or pillar from the foundation which God has established by His Holy Spirit, let the aged men who were pioneers in our work speak plainly, and let those who are dead speak also, by the reprinting of their articles in our periodicals. Gather up the rays of divine light that God has given as He has led His people on step by step in the way of truth. THIS TRUTH WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME AND TRIAL.” Ms 62, 1905, p. 6 {A Warning against False Theories, May 24, 1905.} {Ellen White, 1905, Manuscript Releases Volume One, page 55} Our Lord not does change nor did He change the Message please note the following quotes: • Those who stand as teachers and leaders in our institutions are to be sound in the faith and in the principles of the third angel's message. God wants His people to know that we have the message as He gave it to us in 1843 and 1844. We knew then what the message meant, and we call upon our people today to obey the word, "Bind up the law among My disciples." In this world there are but two classes,--the obedient and the disobedient. To which class do we belong? (GCB April 1st 1903) • The warning has come: Nothing is to be allowed to come in that will disturb the foundation of the faith upon which we have been building ever since the message came in I was in this message, and ever since I have been standing before the world, true to the light that God has given us. We do not propose to take our feet off the platform on which they were placed as day by day we sought the Lord with earnest prayer, seeking for light. Do you think that I could give up the light that God has given me? It is to be as the Rock of Ages. (GCB April 6th 1903) • We have, as had John, a message to bear of the things which we have seen and heard. God is not giving us a new message. We are to proclaim the message that in 1843 and 1844 brought us out of the other churches. We need the Holy Spirit to kindle in our hearts the zeal and earnestness that were then seen among God's people. I thank the Lord that there are still living a few who can remember those days, and who know whereof they speak. (RH Jan 19th 1905) • The truths that we received in 1841, '42, '43, and '44 are now to be studied and proclaimed. The messages of the first, second, and third angels will in the future be proclaimed with a loud voice. They will be given with earnest determination and in the power of the Spirit. • All the messages given from 1840-1844 are to be made forcible NOW, for there are many people who have lost their bearings. The messages are to go to all the churches. • God bids us give our time and strength to the work of preaching to the people the messages that stirred men and women in 1843 and 1844. The following is the Statement of faith that was published in 1874, this statement was not changed until 1931, sixteen years after the death of Ellen White. That there is one God, a personal, spiritual Being, the Creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and eternal; infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, truth, and mercy; unchangeable, and everywhere present by His representative, the Holy Spirit. That there is one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, the One by whom God created all things, and by whom they do consist...."- Signs of the Times, June 4, 1874 The early Adventists were in doctrinal agreement concerning the Trinity for over fifty years. They unanimously rejected that doctrine. Ellen White wrote, "The leading points of our faith as we hold them today [1903] were firmly established. Point after point was clearly defined, and all the brethren came into harmony. The whole company of believers were UNITED in the truth. The Early Years, p. 145) "There were those who came in with strange doctrines, but we were never afraid to meet them. Our experience was wonderfully established by the revelation of the Holy Spirit."—MS 135, 1903." The pillars of our faith that were sustained by the pioneers over the 50 years before 1905 are now accounted as error. Books of a new order have been written. A new organization established. And it is definitely a system of intellectual philosophy to believe that 1 equals 3 or 3 equals 1. Because it isn’t common sense. The foundation is built on sand as you can see, and the true God is removed and another stands in his place. They cannot have his spirit because they don’t know what it is. So their dependence is on human power alone. And they don’t like to talk about this doctrine because Satan has sought to destroy any chance at a true understanding of him which would give us “all things that pertain unto life and godliness”. This is eternal life to know God and his son. "Of those who are constantly working to undermine faith in the message God is sending to His people, I am instructed to say, `Come out from among them, and be ye separate' [2 Corinthians 6:17]. Come into light, brethren, and lead others to the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Those who in faith accept the leadings of the Spirit of God will see where their dangers lie, and will make decided moves in the right direction." Review and Herald, The “mystery of iniquity” began to work in the church in Paul’s day. It finally crowded out the simplicity of the gospel, and corrupted the doctrine of Christ, and the church went into the wilderness. Martin Luther, and other reformers, arose in the strength of God, and with the Word and Spirit, made mighty strides in the Reformation. The greatest fault we can find in the Reformation is, the Reformers stopped reforming. Had they gone on, and onward, till they had left the last vestige of Papacy behind, such as natural immortality, sprinkling, the trinity, and Sunday-keeping, the church would now be free from her unscriptural errors.(James White, February 7, 1856, Review & Herald, vol. 19, page 148, par. "But to hold the doctrine of the trinity is not so much an evidence of evil intention as of intoxication from that wine of which all the nations have drunk. The fact that this was one of the leading doctrines, if not the very chief, upon which the bishop of Rome was exalted to the popedom, does not say much in its favor. This should cause men to investigate it for themselves; " R. F. Cottrell, Review & Herald, July 6, 1869, 'The Trinity' One of the things that is early engraved in the mind of every Seventh Day Adventist, is the thought that Laodicea is God's church of the last days. As soon as a person joins the Seventh Day Adventist church, he is made to understand that the Seventh Day Adventist church is represented by the seventh of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation chapters 2 and 3, the Laodicean Church. It is not difficult to support this claim, because there are many statements in the writings of Ellen White, which state that the church is in a Laodicean condition, and in which the Seventh Day Adventist church is identified as Laodicea. “The state of the church represented by the foolish virgins is also spoken of as the Laodicean state.” (EGW Review and Herald, August, 1890) "Take heed lest these warnings be lightly regarded, and you go far into the paths of worldliness in dress, worldliness of practices, and at last find that the door is shut, and you are outside, a foolish virgin." The question is this; do the foolish virgins ever get into the kingdom? Never ever! The wise get in but not the foolish! The class represented by the foolish who took no oil with them, only thought he was coming, and some of them feared that it might be so but still loved this world too well to give it up, that they might obtain true faith. “Those who claim to believe the truth do not possess that power that God would bestow upon them if they really believed, and WERE STRIVING FOR CONFORMITY to His image. The church is in the Laodicean state. The PRESENCE of God is NOT in her midst.” (EGW Notebook Leaflets, page 99 MS 166 1898) Strive means to make great efforts to achieve or obtain something. Wait a second. The presence of God is not in her midst? "To the END OF TIME, the PRESENCE of the Spirit is to abide with the TRUE church." Acts of the Apostles, p. 55 But the presence of God according to the above quote will never leave the true church? If the Conference is Laodicea and the presence of God is not in Laodicea then we can conclude that the conference is not Gods “true church”. So where then can we find the “PRESENCE of God”? “God has a church. It is not the great cathedral, neither is it the national establishment, neither is it the various denominations; it is THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matt. Where Christ is even among the humble FEW, this is Christ’s church, for the PRESENCE of the High and Holy One who inhabiteth eternity can alone constitute a church” (The Upward Look, p. 315). So the presence of God dwells in his true church and his presence alone can constitute a church. Get the oil for your lamp. Did you know that the General Conference of Adventists admits they are Laodicea? “Today we hesitate to claim we’re the remnant; but as for Laodicea, that’s us! Us alone!... No other Christian group vies with us for the dubious privilege of being identified with it....claiming exclusive rights to Laodicea is not politically incorrect. So, unchallenged, we’ve become anchored in the view that Seventh-day Adventists are the sole group envisioned in the apocalyptic concept of that term.” Adventist Review, August 28, 2008, p 5. So the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists are pretty sure of who they are. They are Laodicea. And they are unchallenged about this. But what does the Spirit of Prophecy say in regards to the Laodicean Church? Sister White says they are the foolish virgins who don't buy oil. Oil = The oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Striving to be Perfect or sin-free = Overcomers = 144,000 = Philadelphia = Remnant Church Triumphant=Saints! Sin-free! To Learn more about this Laodicean and foolish virgin topic please visit my website at www.EndTimeWarning.com under shareable downloads and download the Philadelphia vs Laodicean study. “But while God's Word speaks of the humanity of Christ when upon this earth, it also speaks decidedly regarding his pre-existence. The Word existed as a divine being, even as the eternal Son of God, in union and oneness with his Father.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 5th April 1906, ‘The Word made flesh’) This is very important. Note we are told that the Word pre-existed (meaning prior to Him coming to earth) “even as the eternal Son of God”. This servant of the Lord added “Before men or angels were created, the Word was with God, and was God”. (Ibid) In ‘The Review and Herald’ in 1907 are found these words “The Son of the infinite God came to this earth, and honored it with his presence. He emptied himself of his glory, and clothed his divinity with humanity, that humanity might touch humanity, and reveal to fallen man the perfect love of God.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 6th June 1907, ‘No other Gods before me’) There can be no doubt that this is referring to Christ as a Son - in His pre-existence. This is only the same as was written 16 years earlier – which was “It was necessary that the Son of the infinite God should come to be the light of the world, to be the fountain of healing mercy to a lost race.” (Ellen White, Review and Herald, 20th January 1891, ‘Co-operation with Christ’) In the Bible Echo in 1899 was published a letter sent by Ellen White from Australia. In it she wrote “Was not Christ the greatest teacher the world ever knew? Was He not the Son of the infinite God? and yet He said, "I do nothing of Myself."" (Ellen G. White, The Bible Echo, 18th September 1899, ‘Letter from Sister White’) There are many quotes from the pen of Ellen White that tell us exactly the same thing – that Christ was the son of ‘the infinite’, meaning a son PRIOR TO THE INCARNATION – but they are far too many to list all of them here. Here though are just some of them. “The Son of the infinite God clothed his divinity with humanity, and submitted to the death of the cross, that he might become a stepping-stone by which humanity might meet with divinity.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 16th January 1894, ‘Students required to be workers with God’) "God has a church upon the earth who are His chosen people, who keep His commandments. He is leading, not stray offshoots, not one here and one there, but a people. The truth is a sanctifying power; but the church militant is not the church triumphant. There are tares among the wheat. “Wilt thou then that we ... gather them up?” was the question of the servant; but the master answered, “Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.” The gospel net draws not only good fish but bad ones as well, and the Lord only knows who are His. It is our individual duty to walk humbly with God. We are not to seek any strange, new message. (like the Trinity) We are not to think that the chosen ones of God who are trying to walk in the light compose Babylon. (those who are keeping God's commandments and have the faith of Jesus) The fallen denominational churches are Babylon. Babylon has been fostering poisonous doctrines, the wine of error. This wine of error is made up of false doctrines, such as the natural immortality of the soul, the eternal torment of the wicked, the denial of the pre-existence of Christ prior to His birth in Bethlehem, and advocating and exalting the first day of the week above God’s holy and sanctified day. These and kindred errors are presented to the world by the various churches, and thus the Scriptures are fulfilled that say, “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” Testimony Treasures Volume 2, Page 362 “Although the only begotten Son of the infinite God humbled himself and took upon him humanity, his faith wavered not; but under the trial and test, he was equal to the proving of temptation on behalf of humanity.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 24th April 1894, ‘Victory in temptation through Christ’) “The Son of the infinite God, the Lord of life and glory, descended in humiliation to the life of the lowliest, that no one might feel himself excluded from his presence.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 22nd December 1891, ‘No caste in Christ’) “The Son of the infinite God was the author of our salvation. He covenanted from the first to be man's substitute, and he became man that he might take upon himself the wrath which sin had provoked.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 21st November 1912, ‘Peril of neglecting salvation’) "While human beings were instituting schemes and methods to destroy him, the Son of the infinite God came to our world to give an example of the great work to be done to redeem and save man.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 21st June 1898, ‘To every man his work’) “That the Son of the infinite God should bind himself so closely with man was condescension and mercy so wonderful that its mysteries could scarcely be understood.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 30th May 1899, ‘God’s purpose in the gift of His Son’) “The Son of the infinite God tasted death for every man. He left the royal courts, and clothed His divinity with humanity.” (Ellen G. White, Signs of the Times, 3rd February 1898, ‘Knowing Christ’) “Christ Himself, the Son of the infinite God, clothed His divinity with humanity, and came to this world to show human beings what they may become by obeying the principles of heaven.” (Ellen G. White, Special Testimonies, Series B No. 7, page 10 ‘A warning and an appeal’ 1906) “When in the fullness of time the Son of the infinite God came forth from the bosom of the Father to this world, He came in the garb of humanity, clothing His divinity with humanity.” (Ellen G. White, Signs of the Times, 17th May 1905, ‘A teacher sent from God’) “The One appointed in the counsels of heaven came to the earth as an instructor. He was no less a being than the Creator of the world, the Son of the Infinite God.” (Ellen G. White, Special Testimonies on Education 1897, page 173, ‘The divine teacher’) “After Adam had sinned, the only means of salvation for the human race was for the Son of the infinite God to give his life that they might have another trial of obedience. What love the Father manifested in behalf of man, erring and disobedient though he was! He "so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 15th December 1896, ‘The importance of obedience’) “The price of man's ransom could be paid only by One equal with God, the spotless Son of the infinite Father.” (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, 20th October 1896, ‘Laboring in the Spirit of Christ’) Many more quotes such as these could be found. This is the church I belong to by the grace of GOD: Hebrews 12:23 (KJV) "To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect," 1 Timothy 3:15 (KJV) "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." Romans 16:16 (KJV) "Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you." Belief in God is simple. Satan is the author of confusion. know this is a lot to digest, especially if you have never even had any idea that the church we grew up in, the church we love, changed God's on us, and we are none the wiser! Pray about this, and STUDY! Get down on your knees and fast and pray like your very lives depended on it...because it does! Some may say that this topic of the Godhead is far too much to grasp so they do not bother to make a study of it – but take a look at this counsel “The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. If occupied with commonplace matters only, to the exclusion of grand and lofty themes, it will become dwarfed and enfeebled. If never required to grapple with difficult problems or to put to the stretch to comprehend important truths, it will, after a time, almost lose the power of growth." (Ellen G. White, Testimonies Volume 5, page 24, 'Our college') Surely the latter is something to fear. This is why, as well as the simple things of the gospel, we need to study the deeper things of God. This will strengthen our mind and help us to grow spiritually. Satan takes advantage of our lack of study. He is always ready to deceive the unwary. Deception and destruction is his aim. The deeper our understanding of the revealed Word of God, the safer we will be. We were also told in 1890 (again note the title of the article) “God has given us reasoning faculties, and he wants us to use them.” (Ellen G. White, Review & Herald, 10th June 1890, ‘Conditions for Obtaining Eternal Riches’) Take note of these words “When the shaking comes, by the introduction of false theories, these surface readers, anchored nowhere, are like shifting sand. They slide into any position to suit the tenor of their feelings of bitterness.” (Ellen White, Manuscript 889, Letter to W. C. White, May 5th 1897) Please visit www.EndTimeWarning.com for more in depth studies on all of these subjects. May the living GOD of heaven, James & Ellen White, Noah, Daniel, Moses, Abraham, Isaac & Jacob guide you into all truth as you sincerely seek Him. In hope, I am, Cindy Haynes P.S. I have another study on "What should we do today?" If you are interested, let me know and I will mail it to you. If you have questions, please call, email or write me, I will try to dig the gems of truth from the Bible and SOP and we can reason together about them. My email is cindykay4@gmail.com and my phone is 573-996-3600. PPS. If you want to really get some strange answers, you start asking your pastors about the Trinity doctrine. It will just amaze you what comes out of their mouths. You will be labeled a heretic, just as the Waldensian's and Huguenot's were, if you believe in the same GOD as Adam & Eve, Noah, Daniel, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, James and Ellen White and the early pioneers of the SDA church....guaranteed! Please, please, please, pray, fast and study for yourself! If you are eager to learn more right now, check out this page for more about the SDA Trinity of gods: http://www.maranathamedia.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1145:dishing-up-a-plate-of-qtrinitarian-helperq&catid=108:exposing-ancient-thought-in-modern-dress&Itemid=115 Also, this page really lays out the truth RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE ALONE about the TRUTH ABOUT GOD... The Truth About God In an attempt to study a subject like this one there are two basic facts we need to bear in mind. The first is that the Bible, the Holy Scriptures, are the words of God, and are referred to more specifically as, "The written word." The second fact is that Jesus is also called "The Word" (John. 1:1,2,14) and He is referred to more specifically as "The Living Word." With these two basic facts in mind. Let us look at the deeper aspects of what God has revealed to us about Himself in His own inspired word (2 Tim. In Mark 12:28 the Bible tells of a scribe who came to Jesus with a question. His question was simply this: "Which is the greatest commandment of all?" Jesus responded to his question by quoting Deuteronomy 6:4. In verse 29 Jesus answered him this way: ‘The first of all the commandments is, hear O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord." Having heard this answer, the scribe said to Jesus, "Well Master Thou hast said the truth, for there is one God and there is none other but He." Jesus said of His Heavenly Father that He was ‘ONE’ singular, and the scribe said He was absolutely correct. In His last prayer recorded by John in the 17th chapter of the book of John, Jesus made the same declaration, listen to what He said in verse 3:- "And this is Life eternal that they might know Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent." Jesus did not refer to Himself as God, did He? Jesus called HIS Heavenly Father the ONLY true God, didn’t He? And Jesus made a distinction between Himself and the only true God, didn’t He? Sure He did! In Matt 19:16,17 there was a rich young ruler who wanted to know what to do to get eternal life so he came to Jesus and he did not call Him by His earthly name. Let’s see how he greeted Jesus, and how Jesus responded. "And behold one came and said unto him, Good Master..." What did he call Jesus? Sure! "GOOD MASTER." And what was Jesus’ response? He (Jesus) said unto him, "why callest Thou me good? There is none good but One that is God!" This question may really sound strange but let’s answer it anyway. If a couple means two how many does ONE mean? You are probably thinking how strange that question is. One is one, and it cannot be anymore. Right? Some time ago back in the Old Testament the children of Israel were held as slaves in Egypt for about four hundred years. They were living right in the heart of pagan sun worship, and this corrupted their true concept of God. After delivering them from the Egyptian bondage God had to deal with one of the most insidious falsehoods ever fostered on mankind. So from the top of Mount Sinai He thundered down this command in Loud and clear tones. "Thou shalt have no other Gods before ME." What was the very Last word in that statement! Sure it is "ME" – singular. Read it carefully and make sure it does not say "US" plural. It is a known fact that the Egyptians were pagan sun worshippers and under the leadership of Nimrod the grandson of Noah they built a city called Babylon (Babel). Nimrod got the people to love him and eventually to worship him as god. His wife Semiramis and her son Tammuz were also worshipped. They were worshipped together as the ‘Heavenly Trio.’ So God had an important message for His people. As they stood at the foot of the mount He told them they had one God and one God only. Before his death. Moses gathered all the people together and like a father speaking to his children, Moses told them that there was only one way that they could have a long, happy and prosperous life. In Deuteronomy 6:4,5 he says this, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy might." Moses wanted the people to understand that our heavenly Father is to get the major portion of our love and affections in order that we may be happy and prosperous. Thus a full understanding of who God is, is very important. Remember the scribe in Mark 12? When Jesus heard his testimony about God, He said to him "Thou art not far from the Kingdom of God." (vs 34) – Likewise in His last prayer in John 17:3, the Lord tells us that eternal life hangs upon our concept of God and our acceptance of Him. In other words it is more than a matter of simply losing your life, here and now. It is a matter of either living eternally or not ever existing again, Paul understood the truth of scripture that there is only one God, so in writing to the Corinthians, he said this: "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things and we in Him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him" In his letter to Timothy Paul says this: "Now unto the King eternal , immortal invisible, the only wise God, be glory and honour forever and ever amen." (1 Tim 1:17) He also stated in 1 Tim. "For them is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." In writing to the Christians at Ephesus Paul told them the same truth about the Father. In Ephesians 4:4–6 he says this: "There is one body and one spirit even as you are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, ONE GOD and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all." Do you know why we have been looking at these Biblical statements? In order for you to grasp the tremendous significance of this widely accepted falsehood, that there are three Gods in one and one God in three. Can you see that it is a concrete fact that our heavenly Father is the foremost being in the entire universe? He is the one supreme Being and from Him comes all life and force. The Bible tells us that God the Father is the only true God... period! What about Jesus, Who is He? Let us see the answer God has already given us in one New Testament statement. You will find it in Matt. "And Jesus when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water and lo the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon Him and a voice from heaven saying this is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." Who did God say Jesus was! Sure, His Son, right? God’s word has a lot to say about Christ’s true relationship to God. Probably one of the most familiar and most quoted verses in the Bible is John 3:16. Before you start to quote it look at it again and particularly one crucial phrase we usually skim over: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only BEGOTTEN SON. In the original language from which the Bible was translated, the word translated as only begotten also means "only offspring" or "only." Thus Jesus was the only offspring or seed of God! In the 5th Chapter of John. Jesus says this of Himself in vs. 36: "1 have greater witness than that of John (the baptist) for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me." He made the same claim He made in vs. 30, which is, "the Father hath sent me." In the 14th chapter of John. Jesus spake of His departure from this world and His return again. Look at what He says in vs 28: "ye have heard how I said to you, l go away and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I go unto the Father: For My Father is greater than I." Add to that what He said in John 14:10: "I speak not of Myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me. He doeth the work." Did you grasp those amazing claims Jesus just made? He said that He spoke only the things His heavenly Father taught Him. Another time He said He could do nothing of Himself. But the most amazing thing He said was that the Father was dwelling in Him while He was here on earth! GOD’S SPIRIT WAS IN HIM!!! In the divine program and government of God there is an unmistakable chain of command. Unquestionably, God our heavenly Father reigns supreme, and our Lord Jesus Christ stands next to Him. Jesus said, "For my Father is greater than I." There are two superimportant passages we must Examine before we go any further, because they show clearly when Jesus was brought forth and when He was crowned as equal to God. The first passage is found in the New Testament in Heb. See if you can picture this overwhelming scene. "God who at sundry (various) times and in divers (different) manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, By whom also He made the worlds (Look at this next statement); who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person (He looked just like His Father), and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they (God gave His Son an inheritance isn’t that great! Lets see What that inheritance was). For unto which of the angels said He at any time, thou art my son, this DAY have I BEGOTTEN thee?" Just think beloved that there was a certain specific day when God brought forth His Son .... Way, way back (even though it is impossible to think back that far into the past) God brought forth His Son! There was a time when Christ was not in existence! Way back at sometime far beyond our comprehension and imagination Christ Jesus issued forth from God the Father. Amazing isn’t it, Continuing with the questions. This question was asked in vs. 6. "And again I will be to Him a Father and He shall be to Me a Son. And again when he bringeth in the FIRST BEGOTTEN into the world He saith and let all the angels of God worship Him." At a specific point in time, God the Father brought His Son Christ Jesus right beside Him and told all the angels that now Christ was to be worshipped like Himself. This is proclaiming Christ as Divine and worthy of praise and adoration. Therefore there was a point and time when Christ was set up as equal divinity. Vs. 8 makes this clear: "But unto His Son He saith Thy throne 0 God is forever and ever." It will last forever. Isn’t it amazing how we read something in scripture that was always there and when the truth of it reaches you, it seems new? There is an astonishing Old Testament passage that is almost a perfect parallel to what we just read in Heb. 1, only this passage goes on to tell us when these thing happened to Christ Jesus. That passage is found in Prov. Here is what it says, "The Lord (God the Father) possessed me in the beginning of His way before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was" When did the Father set His Son before the angels of heaven and all the unfallen Universe and tell them that He was now to be worshipped like He Himself was? Sure! Before the earth was created. Let’s continue and we will see this clearly. "When there was no depths (of the sea) I was brought forth: when there was no fountains (rivers and lakes) abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, was I brought forth." That is quite clear isn’t it? It was before the creation of the earth. As we read on it becomes more evident that it was before planet earth and our solar system were created. "While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest parts of the dust of the world, when He prepared the heavens (surrounding our planet) I was there. When He set a compass upon the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep; when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His commandment; when We appointed the foundations of the earth: then I was by Him, (watch this) as one brought up with Him and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him." (Prov. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ declares that He existed before He came to this earth. We know that, because He said so several times in the New Testament. But in this passage He takes us back to the time He was BEGOTTEN. Look again at what He said: "Then I was by Him as one brought up with Him and I was daily His delight rejoicing always before Him." God’s word establishes the fact that there is only one supreme being. One God over and above all. It clearly tells us that God brought forth a Son and He came into being through His Father’s omnipotent miraculous powers. Therefore the Son has not been in existence as long as His Father, because naturally the Father is always older than His Son. THE MISSING THIRD PERSON To come to a full understanding of this tremendous truth, that God is inspiring humans to re-discover in these closing days of time, Let’s look first at a strange and puzzling revelation. In Matt 25:31 Jesus says: "When the Son of man shall come in all His glory and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory." Add to that text Rev 3:21 which says, "To Him that overcometh will 1 grant to sit with Me in My throne even as I also overcame and am set down with My Father in His throne" So far you have seen that God has a throne and His Son has a throne. NO ONE ELSE!! There are two reminders of this fact in the last book of the Bible, Revelation. In chapter 21:22, 23 we read: "And 1 saw no temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb (Jesus Christ) are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun neither of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof." There was no temple, sun or moon, because God and His Son were there! Of course you will realize that the term Lamb is a symbolic term for Jesus who was slain as a lamb for you and me. In Rev. 22:1,3 John says: "And he showed me a pure river of water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it." This is so strange at first because there is nowhere in the entire Bible that tells of any one else having a throne in heaven but God and His Son!! Then it is even more strange when you cannot find any dignitaries on the new earth except God, His Son, the faithful angels and the redeemed. There is someone missing, Isn’t there? I mean if the doctrine of the Trinity is correct, then there must be another throne for the third God or even if He doesn’t have a throne He should even be mentioned as being in heaven or on the new earth!! According to the scripture Satan has always wanted to be leader in heaven and in all the universe. God quoted Lucifer’s evil ambitions in Isaiah 14:14, "1 will be Like the Most High." And one of the most dangerous blasphemous Lies ever to be fostered on the unsuspecting people of planet earth is the one designed to place Satan in that position where he fulfills his obsessions to be like God! Let me explain: When the Roman Catholic church made real compromises with the pagan Romans, in order to get them to become Christians they allowed those sun worshippers to became members and still cling to their beliefs. Gradually the church changed many of its own beliefs and modified them so the pagan worshippers would be more comfortable. One of the most drastic alterations of true Christianity was the acceptance of the pagan concept of three Gods in one and one God in three persons. The sun worshippers had Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz, as a pagan Trinity, so it was easy for them to accept, God the Father, God the Son, and (Watch this) God the Holy Spirit!!! Satan had a trinity and now the Catholic Church has a trinity which she has established in every denomination and religious body. Nowhere in scripture will you find it even hinting that there are three separate distinct Gods. The Bible does not suggest that there were three individuals involved in the creation of the world! John 1:10 and Heb. 1:2 and many other passages makes it clear that there were two and just two: God the Father and Jesus Christ His Son. If that sounds really wayout, then let’s consider the facts. The book is St. John and the place is chapter 14. May I say this is one of the most reassuring statements Jesus made to us before He left earth to go back to heaven. In this passage Jesus said some things that the vast majority of Christians have missed for centuries! John 14:16 reads this way, "And I will pray the Father and He will give you another Comforter that He may abide with you forever." Who did Jesus say will live with us forever? Was it the Comforter, or was it Christ, the Comforter, lets see the answer. "Even the Spirit of Truth: whom the world cannot receive because it seeth Him not neither knoweth Him. But ye know him, for (or because) He dwelleth with you (present) and shall be in you (future)." Wait a minute! Did you see that friend? Who did the disciples know then? Pentecost had not yet come. Who was dwelling with them? Wasn’t it Jesus? Sure it was! Now if that is not clear enough, look at verse 18: "I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you." Man that’s strong!!! Now you see, don’t you? Jesus said He would be the Comforter. Thus the Comforter would simply be the INVISIBLE CHRIST that would be in them. The reason why the Bible speaks of Jesus and the Holy Ghost as one, and the same, is because they are really the same. Here is further proof. In Hebrews 3:7-11, you will find the same author talking about the Holy Ghost leading the children of Israel through the wilderness. Yet you know that it was Jesus Christ. Paul goes on to quote Jesus and contributes it to the Holy Spirit. In Romans 8:9 Paul brings out a stunning truth. Here it is: "But ye art not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the SPIRIT OF GOD dwell in you. Now if any man have not the SPIRIT OF CHRIST he is none of His." God’s word said that the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ are the same. Because of this fact an amazing explanation explodes before us. The reason why we find the term "Holy Spirit" is simply because God and Christ Jesus are Holy. It is their Spirit, so you have the term "Holy Spirit". Remember John 20:22? Jesus came to His disciples and did something. Let us see what He did: "And when He (Jesus) had said this. He breathed on them (the disciples) and said receive ye the Holy Ghost." They did receive Christ’s Spirit, didn’t they! David asked the Lord a question and went on to answer. In Psalm 139:7-10 you’ll find this recorded: "Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?" David said the Lord’s Spirit is the same as His presence. "If I ascend up into heaven thou art there; If I make my bed in hell behold thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me." Therefore the Spirit of God is His real, tangible, personal presence. In Jeremiah 23:23,24 God says He can be right here with us in a personal way and be in heaven, all at the same time. "Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? Saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? Saith the Lord." Therefore, God can pour out His Spirit on any believer anywhere in the entire universe. His Spirit guides, impresses and convicts human beings just as strongly as if He were present physically and visibly. All through the scriptures we read of the Spirit of God and of the Spirit of Christ. If the Holy Spirit was a real tangible God as the Father and His Son, why do we not read of the Spirit of the Spirit? Think about that!!! Therefore the disciples could not realize the presence of the Holy Spirit as long as Jesus was with them. But when He went away, the Spirit came. This made Jesus present with everyone everywhere. Jesus could now be with one individual in one city, and with another believer in another city in another country all at the same time. Let me put it another way. Christ Jesus is our personal Saviour. Where ever we may be He will go with us. He is also the Comforter He promised to send to us from the Father. Only it is another form of Himself. Satan through the Catholic Church has sold to the world a counterfeit sanctuary service; a counterfeit salvation and a counterfeit holy day of rest and worship. DON’T LET HIM SELL YOU A COUNTERFEIT COMFORTER !!! And don’t sell yourself out to him through the false doctrine of the TRINITY. THE GODHEAD By now you probably have seen enough Bible facts to have a solid foundation of faith, and you probably have also come to the realization that there is absolutely no such doctrine as the "TRINITY" in the Bible. So then you are now ready to discover the truth about a widely used term "THE GODHEAD." In the entire Bible you’ll find this word mentioned just three times. Let’s look at all three briefly. The first is Acts 17:29. "For as much then as we are the offspring of God we ought not to think that the GODHEAD is like unto gold, or silver, or stone graven by art and man’s device." The second is Romans 1:20. "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even His eternal power and GODHEAD." The third is Col. 2:9. "For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the GODHEAD bodily." Now please answer this question. Were those passages talking about three Gods in one and one God in three? Before you answer, examine this fact: In each one of those passages where the word GODHEAD is found, it comes from the Greek root word THEOS. And THEOS simply means Divinity, Divine, Divine Nature, or Deity. From this word THEOS, we get the word theology which means the study of Divinity. When you examine those three verses you find that they are all talking about God, the Father, the Supreme Deity. And the plain simple truth is that the Father is the GODHEAD. That’s what Paul says in 1 Cor. "But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ and the head of the woman is the man, and (Watch this) the HEAD OF CHRIST IS GOD." Therefore God the Father is the Godhead. His Divinity dwells in Christ. Thus the plan of salvation can be summed up in two scripture passages. The first is 2 Cor. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself." The second Col. 1:27 Christ in you the hope of glory." Beloved you are faced with a decision of eternal consequences. Will you obey the word of God or the word of man? Surely you will accept the word of God and reject this false satan-inspired, man-made Trinity doctrine. WONT YOU? http://restorationministry.com/tracts/the_truth_about_god.htm Letter 98, June 19, 1901, (see also 7ABC 406; CDF 272-73, 352) We need to be wide awake, that we may distinguish between the true and the false. Movements will be made by religious organizations which, though apparently designed to benefit the world, are not in accordance with God's mind. In these movements we are to take NO PART. Many will give them their SYMPATHY, thereby becoming entangled.... Many will agree to half-concealed plans and will find themselves working on the enemy's side. The Lord desires His servants to be wise in regard to the working of the enemy, to know when to speak and when to keep silent.... In all that we do or say we are to be guided by the inspired Record. "Thus saith the Lord" is to be our rule of action. That which God forbids we are NOT to endorse. The instruction of His word is to be brought into every transaction of life.... The Lord desires those who take part in His work to be men of spiritual understanding, sensible men, who will follow his way and make known His will. Their voices are to be heard amid the din and confusion of unconsecration. Those in the synagogue of Satan will profess to be converted and, unless God's servants have keen eyesight, they will not discern the working of the power of darkness.
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Moje Životno Iskustvo Dec 17, 2014 No Comments Bilo je to pre nekih 23 ili 24 godine. Jedan Jehovista je kod nas redovno dolazio sa namerom da nas odvede u svom pravcu. Iako nije shvatao dubinu istine, bio je zaista dobro potkovan, prilično je poznavao Bibliju, ali je nažalost, bio jako ubeđen u lažne nauke u koje Jehovisti veruju. Sećam se jedne prilike kada sam želela da mu dokažem iz Biblije da je Isus Bog. Sećam se da sam otvorila stih iz Mateja 28,19: “Idite dakle i naučite sve narode krsteći ih u ime Oca i Sina i Svetoga Duha”, i stih iz 1.Jovanove 5,7: “Jer je troje što svedoči na Nebu: Otac, Reč i Sveti Duh; i ovo je troje jedno.“ Kada sam ovaj stih pročitala, taj čovek mi je dao primedbu da taj stih ne postoji u originalu, i da je dodat kasnije. Kako o tome nisam imala nikakva saznanja, rekla sam da ću se raspitati da li je u pravu ili ne. Pitala sam više propovednika i dobila odgovor da taj stih zaista ne postoji u originalu, i da je bolje da ga ne koristim kao bilo kakav dokaz. Tada se jedan deo mog verskog ubeđenja srušio, odnosno, ja sam taj stih iz 1.Jovanove 5,7. zajedno sa stihom iz Mateja 28,19. ne sećam se zašto oba stiha zajedno, ali sam ta dva stiha stavila u mom umu u jednu fijoku koju sam čvrsto zatvorila. Nisam želela da razmišljam o tome, jer nigde nisam nalazila nikakvo razjašnjenje. Ta dva stiha su jedini stihovi u Bibliji gde su tri lica Božanstva napisana zajedno, a to nije u originalu tako?!?!?!? Niko nije znao da mi da objašnjenje, i ja sam to pitanje zaključala u sebi, i na neki način i zaboravila na to. Ove godine sam primila link za jednu propoved čije gledanje sam htela da prekinem nakon 19 minuta. Ipak, hvala dragom Bogu, vođena sam mišlju da ipak treba da je čujem do kraja. Propoved traje 1 sat i 20 minuta, a meni je trebalo 3 sata. Stalno sam vraćala da još jednom pročitam titl, nisam mogla da verujem sve ono o čemu se ovde govorilo!!! Tu sam shvatila istinu i jednostavnost Biblije, i dobila neverovatan mir! Biblija mi je postala toliko jednostavna i jasna! Tih dana sam imala naročitu radost koju ne mogu opisati! Toliko mi je Bog postao blizak, toliko pun ljubavi, toliko pun dobrote! To iskustveno poznavanje Boga ne mogu zameniti ničim! Moj krštenički stih je iz 56. Psalma 10.11. a ja sam dodala tu i 12. stih, a sada dodajem i 13. stih: Psalam 56,10-13: “Bogom se hvalim za Reč Njegovu, Gospodom se hvalim za Reč Njegovu! U Boga se uzdam, ne bojim se; šta će mi učiniti čovek? Tebi sam se Bože zavetovala, Tebe ću hvaliti; jer si izbavio dušu moju od smrti, noge moje od spoticanja, da bih hodila pred licem Božjim u svetlosti živih.” Ove reči su za mene postale žive! Desetak dana kasnije, na našoj maloj grupi, sestra koja je vodila proučavanje, čitala je tekst o Svetom Duhu. Ja sam u sebi vodila borbu, da li da kažem bilo šta, ili da ćutim? Molila sam se u sebi Bogu da mi pomogne, da ne govorim ja, nego da govori moj Isus preko mene, ako uopšte treba bilo šta da kažem. U tom momentu je jedna druga sestra iz grupe počela da govori upravo to što sam ja želela reći. A onda sam ja počela da govorim, i sama iznenađena onim što pričam: ispričala sam šta se dogodilo pre više od 20 godina kada sam htela posvedočiti jehovisti koji je dolazio kod nas, da je Isus Bog! Odjednom dok sam govorila, shvatila sam zašto mi je Biblija sada jasna, a do sada sam imala upitnike na mnogo mesta u Bibliji. Govorila sam da u Bibliji ne postoji Trojstvo! U Bibliji nema Boga Svetog Duha, nego Božjeg Duha ili Hristovog Duha, ili Duha Istine (a Isus je put, istina i život), ili samo jednostavno Sveti Duh, a u Bibliji nije zapisano ništa konkretno o Njemu dalje, prema tome, nema potrebe ništa nagađati po tom pitanju! Svetog Duha treba da prihvatimo tako jednostavno kako nam je otkriveno u Božjoj Reči, nije nam dato da mi bilo šta dalje definišemo. Jedini Biblijski stih odakle možemo izvući da postoji Trojstvo je upravo taj iz 1.Jovanove 5,7. a on nije tako napisan u originalu. Čak i da je upravo ovako u originalu, i onda 1.Jovanova 5,7. nije dokaz nikakvog Trojstva! Takođe, ni stih u Mateju 28,19. ne dokazuje Trojstvo! Sada kada čitam celo 5. poglavlje iz 1.Jovanove, iz konteksta se ne može zaključiti da postoji Trojstvo, nego se vidi nešto sasvim drugo. Ako pažljivo čitamo, vidimo da se radi o tome da troje svedoče nešto i da su jedno u tom svedočanstvu. A šta oni to svedoče? To piše odmah u prvom stihu, a i nadalje u tom poglavlju. A prvi stih je zaista divan i zamivljiv: “Koji god veruje da je Isus Hristos, od Boga je rođen; i koji god ljubi Onog koji je rodio, ljubi i Onog koji je rođen od Njega.” (1.Jovanova 5,1) Ne sećam se kad je to bilo, ali je bilo tokom ovog proleća ili leta, kada smo imali Biblijsku pouku o Svetom Duhu. Te subote je ovde u Novom Sadu pouku imao sa katedre jedan propovednik. Prilično je naglašavao Trojstvo i govorio o Svetom Duhu kao o trećem licu Božanstva. Jedan stariji brat je u dva maha pokušao nešto da kaže, međutim, propovednik ga je oba puta oštro prekinuo, tako da taj stariji brat nije uspeo da kaže to što je želeo. Kad je završen drugi deo bogosluženja, sretnem tog starijeg brata dole u holu. Pitam ga šta je to želeo reći onda kad je tako grubo prekinut, a on kaže: hteo sam reći da nije u redu da kažemo da je Prvo, Drugo i Treće lice Božanstva, kad su oni Trojstvo, znači, svi su jednaki! Bila sam jako iznenađena kako taj stariji čovek dobro razmišlja! Mislim da je to bilo u maju kada smo jednog dana moja svekrva i ja bile same kod kuće i zajedno smo ručale. Ni sama ne znam otkud mi to, ali sam joj postavila pitanje: “Kada ste vi kao porodica došli u crkvu?” Odgovorila je da je to bilo 1936. godine. Dakle, ona je imala 4 godine, jer je 1932. godište, i to je bilo pre Drugog svetskog rata. Onda sam postavila pitanje: “Da li se sećate, onda kad ste došli u crkvu, da li su vas učili da postoji Trojstvo, ili su vas učili da postoji Bog Otac i Njegov Sin Isus?” Rekla sam joj da na ovo pitanje ne treba da odgovori sada, nego neka razmisli, pa kad se bude setila, onda nek mi kaže. Tako smo ručale i ćutale nekoliko minuta. Odjednom, ona je počela da govori: “Ma kakvo Trojstvo! Trojstvo ne postoji! To je nama donosio deda Steva (njen stric) posle rata nekakve traktate o Trojstvu, a u to vreme nije niko ništa smeo da kaže! Ma kakvi, nikad ja nisam verovala u Trojstvo!” Prosto sam bila šokirana onim što je ona tada izrekla! Negde u avgustu je kod mene u poseti bila jedna starija žena koja je pre 47 godina učinila zavet sa Gospodom. Dok smo bile zajedno, uzela sam Bibliju i čitala tekstove, jer tako najviše volim da radim, jer je Biblija Božja Reč, i ako neko veruje, onda je Biblija ta koja treba da bude temelj svakoj veri i Božja Reč temelj svakog razgovora! Tako sam čitala tekst (verujem da me je Bog u tome vodio) iz Mateja 3,16.17: “I krstivši se Isus iziđe odmah iz vode; i gle, otvoriše Mu se Nebesa, i vide Duha Božjeg gde silazi kao golub i dođe na Njega. I gle, glas s Neba koji govori: Ovo je Sin moj ljubazni koji je po mojoj volji!” Odjednom sam shvatila: od ovog teksta ništa više ne treba da bi se videlo da u Bibliji ne postoji nikakvo Trojstvo. Duh Božji je sišao kao golub, i nije golub progovorio, nego se čuo glas sa Neba koji je rekao da je to ljubazni (drugi prevod kaže – ljubljeni) Sin koji je “po MOJOJ volji”. “MOJOJ” je jednina! Ako je Trojstvo, ovo je veoma velika uvreda za Boga Svetog Duha, jer Otac svojata Sina. Ako je Trojstvo, ova rečenica bi trebala da glasi: “Ovo je Sin naš ljubazni koji je po našoj volji!”, i tu rečenicu je trebao izreći taj golub koji je kao predstavnik Trojstva sišao na Isusa, zar ne? Smatram da je samo ovaj tekst iz Biblije sasvim dovoljan da onaj koji razmišlja, shvati istinu! Iz knjige “Naš brižni Otac” od Elen White (knjiga za jutrenje za 2014. godinu koja vrvi od dokaza da je Biblija jasna da postoji Bog Otac, Njegov Sin Isus, i Njihov Sveti Duh, a ne Trojstvo) od 15.septembra pod naslovom “Istina će pobediti”, piše sledeće: “Da ne živimo u lukavstvu, niti da izvrćemo reč Božju, nego javljanjem istine da se pokažemo svakoj savesti čovečjoj pred Bogom.” 2.Korinćanima 4,2. Ne sme da bude podrivanja temeljnih istina koje je Gospod potvrdio mnogim čudesnim dokazima. Treba da se začuje glas jasnog potvrđivanja istine, u suprotnosti sa sumnjama i zabludama koje potiču od neprijatelja istine. Zbivaće se značajne promene nabolje i u tim prilikama će delovanje načela božanske istine pokazati rast u blagodati, zato što su božanska sredstva delotvorna da prosvetle i posvete ljudsko razumevanje. Hristova istina, kao što ju je proglasio dok je bio obavijen sjajnim oblakom (pronašla sam koja je to Hristova istina, i to je zapisano u Mateju 17,5: “…Ovo je Sin moj ljubazni koji je po mojoj volji, Njega poslušajte!”), ostaje nepobitna i verodostojna činjenica i u ovom našem vremenu, i isto tako sigurno će obnoviti um primaoca kao što je obnavljala umove u prošlosti. (Ovo je moje lično iskustvo, da mi je Bog obnovio um, da mi je dao neiskazanu radost poznavanja Njegove ljubavi!) Hristos je izjavio: “Ako ne slušaju Mojsija i proroka, da ko i iz mrtvih ustane neće verovati.” (Luka 16,31) Kao narod, širenjem čistog Jevanđelja moramo pripremiti put Gospodnji i to pod nadmoćnim vođstvom Svetoga Duha. Tok žive vode treba da se produbi i proširi. U svim poljima, i bliskim i dalekim, ljudi će biti pozvani od pluga i sa uobičajenih zanimanja, u kojima je um u velikoj meri okrenut sticanju dohotka, i biće obrazovanjem povezani sa ljudima koji su stekli iskustvo – ljudima koji razumeju istinu. (ovde se ne radi o ljudima koji su završili visoka obrazovanja, nego o ljudima koji će biti naučeni od onih koji su stekli živo iskustvo sa Bogom i jasno razumeju istinu) Putem najčudesnijeg Božjeg delovanja planine teškoća će biti uklonjene i bačene u more. Oni koji propovedaju istinu nastojaće da je prikažu dobro uređenim životom i pobožnim razgovorima. I dok to čine, postaće silni u zastupanju istine, dajući joj i siguran životni prilog da potiče od Boga. Potrebno je da se začuje poziv: “Sine, idi danas i radi u vinogradu mojemu!”. Kada bude poslušan ovaj poziv, poruka koja tako mnogo znači stanovnicima Zemlje će se dobro čuti i razumeti. Ljudi će znati šta je istina. Posao će napredovati sve dalje i dalje. Kroz sudove i blagoslove biće uočeno i prepoznato jasno raspoznatljivo delovanje Proviđenja. Istina će odneti pobedu. Iz iste knjige, od 10.oktobra, jutarnji stih je iz Jeremije 33,3: “Zovi me, i odazvaću ti se, i kazaću ti velike i tajne stvari za koje ne znaš.” Kada sam pročitala jutrenje tog dana, shvatila sam da je meni Bog odgovorio na način na koji nisam ni pomislila da će mi odgovoriti! Ja sam se ranije više puta molila nad ovim stihom kao obećanjem od Boga, tražeći da mi pokaže koji je Njegov plan za moj život, šta je Njegova volja za mene, a On mi je odgovorio tako što mi se otkrio, što mi je otkrio istinu o Sebi! Evo, samo nekoliko rečenica iz tog teksta za jutrenje: “Ne uzimamo uvek u obzir da posvećenje, koje tako žarko želimo i za koga se tako ozbiljno molimo, dolazi posredstvom istine i providnošću Božjom, na način na koji to najmanje očekujemo. Bog je suviše mudar da bi pogrešio i suviše pažljiv prema našem dobru da bi nam omogućio da biramo sami za sebe! Božji planovi su uvek najbolji….. Kako su neprocenjivo dragoceni Božji darovi – vrline Njegovog Duha – a mi ne bismo smeli da ustuknemo pred mučnim procesom probe, koliko god da je on bolan i ponižavajući za nas. Kako bi lak bio put ka Nebu kad ne bi bilo samoodricanja ili krsta! Kako bi samo svetovni ljudi žurili tim putem i bezbrojni licemeri putovali njime! Zahvalite Bogu za krst, za samoodricanje! Sramota i stid koje je naš Spasitelj pretrpeo zbog nas nisu suviše ponižavajući za one koji su spaseni otkupljenjem Njegove krvi. Nebo će zaista biti jeftino!” Sada sam shvatila šta je u stvari Bog želeo da kaže u stihovima iz 6.poglavlja Osije: “Tada ćemo poznati Gospoda i sve ćemo Ga više poznavati; (do sada sam uvek razumevala ovaj deo rečenice da ćemo Boga poznavati sve više na Nebu, i uopšte ne mogu da shvatim kako nisam videla nastavak ovog istog stiha, koji jasno govori da je to sada, pre Hristovog Drugog dolaska!) jer Mu je izlazak uređen kao zora, i doći će nam kao dažd, kao pozni dažd koji natapa zemlju. (3.stih) (ovde je toliko jasno da bez istinskog poznavanja Boga ne možemo primiti pozni dažd, odnosno, upravo je poznavanje Boga, i sve više poznavanje Boga taj pozni dažd!) …. Jer je meni milost mila, a ne žrtva, i poznavanje Boga većma nego žrtva paljenica. (6.stih)” A u 4.poglavlju Osije, u 6.stihu kaže: “Izgibe moj narod, jer je bez znanja; kad si ti odbacio znanje, i ja ću tebe odbaciti da mi ne vršiš službe svešteničke; kad si zaboravio Boga svog, i ja ću zaboraviti sinove tvoje.” O tome da ne verujem u Trojstvo sada znaju mnogi, i začuđujuće je kako mi je rekao propovednik naše crkve da mi ne treba da čitamo doslovno stihove kao što su: “Jer Bogu tako omile svet da je i Sina svog Jedinorodnog dao….” Jovan 3,16. i tom slične stihove gde se govori o JEDINORODNOM SINU, jer su to “antropomorfizmi” (ne znam da li sam ovu reč dobro zapamtila) nego to treba da shvatimo figurativno!!! Strašno! Pa to sam zaista doživela kao bogohuljenje! Bog nam se u Svojoj Reči tako divno, jednostavno i jasno otkrio da je On Otac pun ljubavi koji je dao na žrtvu svog Jedinorodnog Sina, i On je u svojoj ljubavi dao tako jednostavno napisanu Reč koju treba da čitamo tako kako piše, i da niti oduzimamo, niti dodajemo tome! Mi ne možemo razumeti kako je Isus rođen od Boga, ali je činjenica da JESTE rođen, i da je jedinorodni, jer to tako piše! Kada je Isus bio na našoj grešnoj Zemlji, kada je bio kušan, odgovarao je kušaču sa: “tako piše”, odnosno, “pisano je” ili “stoji napisano”! Ako ja čitam Bibliju i to je za mene samo figurativno napisano, onda kada dođe kušač i podmetne mi lažnu nauku o tome ko je Bog, kako ću moći da mu odgovorim sa: “tako piše”?!? Kako mogu da čitam figurativno tako jasne stihove kao što je i taj u Jovan 3,16.18; zatim, Jovan 17,3: “A ovo je život večni da poznaju Tebe jedinog istinitog Boga, i koga si poslao Isusa Hrista!” Ako je poznavanje Boga većma Bogu mila od žrtve, kao što je napisano u Osiji 6,6. i ako je Bog = Trojstvo, zašto ovde nije navedeno da “poznaju Tebe Oca, i koga si poslao Isusa Hrista i Svetoga Duha – Utešitelja”?!? Zašto onda na toliko mnogo mesta u Bibliji piše za Oca i Sina, a nema prisutnog tog “trećeg Boga Svetog Duha”? Ako je Bogu toliko važno da Ga poznajemo, i ako nam se On otkriva preko Svoje Reči, kako to da nigde nije zapisano u Bibliji da je Bog Trojstvo??? Opet citat iz knjige “Naš brižni Otac” od Elen White, 28.oktobar: “Moramo se podići na viši nivo u pogledu vere. Imamo je suviše malo. Reč Božja je naša saglasnost za napredovanje. Moramo je uzeti jednostavno verujući svakoj njenoj reči: Sa ovom sigurnošću možemo polagati pravo na velike pojedinosti, a prema našoj veri će nam i biti. … Ako ponizimo svoja srca pred Bogom, ako želimo da ostanemo u Hristu, imaćemo uzvišenije, svetije iskustvo.” Opet moram reći da sam to lično doživela i doživljavam svaki dan, jer je za mene sada Božja Reč – ŽIVA REČ!!! To nije samo tekst na papiru, već je to život, energija od Boga, to se ne može opisati, jer je to nešto što samo možemo iskusiti ako zaista tražimo Boga ponizno svim srcem, dušom i mislima svojim! U evanđelju po Jovanu 8,32 piše: „I poznaćete istinu, i istina će vas izbaviti.“ Ovde u 8. poglavlju evanđelja po Jovanu, Isus govori o sebi i o svom Ocu, pre nego je izrekao ovo što piše u 32. stihu. Da je Trojstvo istina, zar ne bi bilo izuzetno važno da je Isus ovde govorio i o Svetom Duhu? Ima još jedan momenat koji mi je potpuno otvorio oči da nema u Bibliji Trojstva: kada čitamo Otkrivenje, ili Danila, gde god se pominju prestoli, tamo nigde nema tog “trećeg Boga”! Čak šta više, u Otkrivenju 22,1. konkretno piše: “I pokaza mi čistu reku vode života, bistru kao kristal, koja izlažaše od prestola Božjeg i Jagnjetovog.” Ako je Trojstvo, pa gde je na prestolu treći – Bog Sveti Duh? Zanimljiv mi je i stih ih Otkrivenja 11,15: “I sedmi anđeo zatrubi i postaše veliki glasovi na nebesima govoreći: Posta carstvo sveta Gospoda našeg i Hrista Njegovog, i carovaće va vek veka.” Ako je Trojstvo, gde je tu Sveti Duh da caruje zajedno sa Gospodom našim i zašto je samo Hrist Njegov, zašto ovde ne kaže i za Njegovog Svetog Duha? Ima jedna zanimljivost koja mi je pala na pamet dok sam razgovarala sa našim propovednikom: često nailazimo u Bibliji na izraz: Božji Sin, i Božji Duh. Ako je Trojstvo, kako u Bibliji ne postoji Božji Otac? To je tako logično, jer su svi u Trojstvu jedno, onda treba da imaju i isti naziv “Božji” sva trojica – i Otac, i Sin i Sveti Duh. Prihvatanjem Trojstva moramo prihvatiti i to da je Bog Otac dao svog kolegu Boga Sina na žrtvu, jer to da je Bog Otac, da je Isus Njegov Jedinorodni Sin – pa to su samo ‘antropomorfizmi’… To je potpuno suprotno onom što je u Bibliji napisano! Sve u Bibliji se vrti oko toga da je Bog Otac dao svog Jedinorodnog Sina! Čak je slika onoga šta će Bog učiniti za čoveka – događaj kada Avram prinosi svog sina Isaka na žrtvu! Nikako nije ni izbliza veličina žrtve i ljubavi Božje jasna kada prihvatamo Trojstvo! Nažalost, prihvatanjem Trojstva gubimo mnogo od silne ljubavi Božje! Gubimo iskustvo lične silne ljubavi Božje prema nama jadnim ljudima! Nije ni približno kada neko da svog kolegu na žrtvu, od toga da neko da svog jedinog sina, onog koga najviše voli! Bog je za nas, za mene grešnu, dao Svog Jedinorodnog Sina, Onog koga je najviše voleo u celom Svemiru!!! Zanimljivo je i to što sam došla do zaključka da nigde u Bibliji ne možemo naći da je Isus bio nadahnut Svetim Duhom dok je bio na ovoj Zemlji. Čitamo da se molio po celu noć svom Ocu i tražio Očevu volju, da čini dela svoga Oca! Jovan 8,28-II: “… i da ništa sam od sebe ne činim; nego kako me nauči Otac moj, onako govorim.” Ja zaista slavim mog divnog Nebeskog Oca jer mi se otkriva sve više i sve Ga više poznajem iz Njegove Reči! Čitajući iz Isaije 40.poglavlja naišla sam u 13.stihu na reči: “duh Gospodnji”, a ispod stiha je citat – Rimljanima 11,34. Kada sam uporedila, primetila sam da apostol Pavle u Rimljanima 11,34.35. citira Isaiju 40,13. i to može biti ključ za lakše shvatanje Svetog Duha: Isaija 40,13: “Ko je upravljao duh Gospodnji? Ili mu bio savetnik i naučio ga? Rimljanima 11,34.35.I deo: “Jer ko pozna Misao Gospodnju? Ili ko mu bi savetnik? Izuzetno sam radosna što je Bog dao toliko jasno Sveto Pismo, taj svoj Testament po kom mogu biti Njegovo dete i naslednik Večnog carstva! Moj život je dobio duboki smisao postojanja u toj neizmernoj ljubavi i dobroti mog Nebeskog Oca, koji je dao za mene grešnu ono što Mu je bilo najdraže u celom Svemiru: svog Jedinorodnog Sina, kao i u tom ogromnom riziku koji je Njegov Sin Isus iz ljubavi prema meni grešnoj prihvatio, da umre za mene kao Sin čovečji na ovoj Zemlji! Nije mi potrebno da poznajem reči i pravila aramejskog i grčkog jezika da bih primila poruku koju mi je moj Nebeski Otac poslao! Matej 11,25-27: „U to vreme odgovori Isus i reče: Hvalim Te, Oče, Gospode Neba i Zemlje, što si ovo sakrio od premudrih i razumnih, a kazao si prostima. Da, Oče, jer je tako bila volja Tvoja. Sve je meni predao Otac moj, i niko ne zna Sina do Otac; niti Oca ko zna do Sin i ako kome Sin hoće kazati.“ Na nama je da donesemo odluku da li hoćemo da budemo „premudri i razumni“, ili ćemo biti prosti, jednostavni, krotki pred Bogom, da bi nam On mogao Sebe otkriti, i da bi nam On mogao dati istinsku mudrost i razum! Moja je želja da nas zaista Istina izbavi (Jovan 8,32)! Želim da završim ovo moje svedočanstvo kako me je Bog do sada vodio u jednostavnom upoznavanju ko je On, stihovima iz 69. Psalma: “Bože! Ti znaš je li u meni bezumlje, i krivice moje nisu sakrivene od Tebe! Nemoj da se postide u meni koji se uzdaju u Tebe, Gospode, Gospode nad Vojskama! Nemoj da se posrame u meni koji traže Tebe, Bože Izrailjev!” Psalam 69,5.6. “Silo moja! Tebi ću pevati, jer si Ti Bog čuvar moj, Bog koji me miluje!” Psalam 59,17. Đurđica Bačkalić, Novi Sad, 2014