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Rome church insisted on the pagan
Easter, observed on a Sunday.
About the same time another con–
troversy was raging, between a Dr.
Arius, of Alexandria, a Christian
leader who died A.o. 336, and a
Roman bishop, over calling God a
"Trinity." Dr. Arius stoutly opposed
the "Trinity" doctrine, and had
many followers .
In A.o. 325, the Emperor Constan–
tine called the Nicene Council to
settle these controversies. Constan–
tine was not then yet a "Christian,"
but as political ruler he assumed
control. The Council approved both
the Easter doctrine and the Trinity.
Constantine, then civil ruler, made it
a LA
w.
But he was not able to make
it TRUTH!
Satan has deceived the entire
world in regard to the very na ture of
WHO and WHATGod is-as well as of
Christ and the Holy Spirit. Also of
the GovERNMENT OF Goo, based on
the spiritual LA
w
OF Goo. And
further, of WHAT and WHY man is,
what salvation is, how it is received,
what is the true Gospel, what and
why the Church is and what of the
future!
What ls God Like?
The word
trinity
is not used any–
where in the Bible. 1 am going to
make completely clear, as we pro–
ceed, God has not limited Himself to
a "Trinity." The surprising truth,
once understood, is the most wonder–
ful revelation the human mind could
receive or contain!
The very first idea or teaching
about Goa being a Trinity began in
the latter half of the second cen–
tury-a hundred years after most of
the New Testament had been writ–
ten . The counterfeit Christianity
spawned by Simon the Sorcerer was
promoting it vigorously along with
the pagan Easter. But the true
Church of God vigorously resisted it.
The controversy became so violent it
threatened the peace of the world.
The then pagan Emperor Constan–
tine called the Nicene Council to
settle it. The Roman suppÓrters
greatly outnumbered the persecuted
Church of God.
You will find a prophecy of these
two churches in the book of Revela–
tion. In the 12th chapter is the proph–
ecy of the true Church ofGod, greatly
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persecuted. Jesus called it "the
little
flock." In the 17th chapter you wíll
find the prophecy of the counterfeit
church-a very great church, named
by God "Mystery, Babylon the great,
the mother of harlots" (verse 5). She
was lined up with and sat astride the
political governments. The whole
world wíll gasp in WONDER (verse 8)
when this religio-political medieval
"Holy Roman Empire'·' is brought
back to life! It is now in the preliminary
stages of forming, starting from the
Common Market!
There is only one small passage in
the King James translation of the
Bible that is generally used by "Trin–
ity" adherents to support the "Trini–
ty" doctrine. That is
1
John 5:7. In
this one translation it is worded: "For
there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one." Those words were added by
editors of the Latín Vulgate transla–
tion probably in the early 4th cen–
tury. They do not appear in
any
of
the older Greek manuscripts nor in
any of the other English translations.
They were added to the Latín Vul–
gate during the heat of the contro–
versy between Rome and Dr. Arius
and God's people.
Bible commentaries explain that
these words were never written in the
apostle John's manuscript or any
existing early copies of it. The apostle
John nowhere in bis three epistles or
the Revelation calls Christ the Word.
He speaks of "the Father and the
Son" (1 John 1:3), but never "the
Father and the Word," except in this
uninspired verse of 1 John 5:7.
There was a real reason why the
archdeceiver Satan .wanted that spu–
rious verse added in the Latín Vul–
gate. The "Trinity" doctrine com–
pletely does away with the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. His Gospel is the MES–
SAGE He brought mankind from God
the Father, the good news of the
coming KrNGDOM OF Goo! That is
the ONE thing above all Satan wants
to defeat. This will become plain as
we proceed.
One world-famous evangelist says:
"When 1 first began to study the
Bible years ago, the doctrine of the
Trinity was one of the most complex
problems 1 had to encounter.
J
have
never fully resolved it, for it contains
an aspect of mystery. Though 1 do
not totally understand it to this day,
1
accept
it
as a revelation of God....
To explain and illustrate the Trinity
is one of the most difficult assign–
ments toa Christian."
Much is !nade of the fact that in a
number of places in modern transla–
tions the masculine pronoun
he
is
used in connection with the Holy
Spirit. But not always- sometimes
the Holy Spirit is referred to as
it .
For example, in the passage de–
scribing the first coming of the Holy
Spirit for the founding of the Church
of God on that memorable day of
Pentecost.
The Holy Spirit carne from heav–
en, auoibly, sounding like a mighty
wind, "and
it
[the Holy Spirit] filled
all the house where they were sit–
ting." Next, the Holy Spirit
ap–
peared-w
AS VISIBLY SEEN- mani–
fested-"And there appeared unto
them cloven tongues like as of tire,
and
it
[the Holy Spirit in the form of
divided tongues] sat upon each of
them" (Acts 2:2-3). In verse 18,
Peter is quotíng from the prophet
Joel: "1 will
pour out
. . .
of my Spir–
it. ..." The Holy Spirit, like water or
a fluid can be "POURED OUT." Can
you pour out a person from one into
another- as from God into those
assembled there?
Again in Acts 10:45, " . . . on the
Gentiles also was
poured out
the gift
of the Holy [Spirit]."
Finally, in briefest summary: God is
a FAMILY composed at present of the
TWO Persons of John 1:1-4, but with
many thousands, already
begotten
by
God's Spirit, soon to be born into that
Divine Family at Christ's return to
earth. Jesus Christ, by His resur–
rection, was BORN a divine Son of God
(Romans 1:4)- thefirst so born into
the God Family (Romans 8:29).
Both God and Christ are com–
posed of Spirit, formed and shaped as
a human person, but with eyes like
flames of fire and faces bright as the
sun full strength!
God is Creator of all that exists.
Both God and "The Word" (who
became Christ) have existed eternal–
ly and before all else. From them
emanates the Spirit of God, by which
God is omnipresent and omniscient.
God the Father is the divine Father
of the God Family, into which truly
converted Christians shall be born.
But now, WHAT OF MAN?
O
The PLAIN TRUTH