| Show REPLY 0 OF F chatterbox 11 ile he proves a plurality of gods I 1 from the bible 1 editor E aitor enquires Enquire i I 1 the battle battla is ia on le let it continue until I 1 the via victory korv is ia won either eitnier for the mor mons or for bible student it II the I 1 mormon r side ide of the question viz belief in a P plurality of gods cannot be sue tata ined by the bible let the doctrine fall fulir as that alone enters the held field of controversy the tha reply to my first reply by bible student in your issue of dinst contains a number of passages to show that there is one god only meaning 0 oy this that the doctrine of 31 a plurality of la is calap falsa does our friend mean by this to rule jesus christ out of the godhead and to reject the holy ghost as one of 0 the three person azes of the trinity it if so go the tha doctrine of christian forth faith i in god the father god the bon and god the holy ia 18 all in vain I 1 claim and will here hare prove that twist there are three distinct personages in the godhead the father son and holy ghost these are called one godfrod rod God from their perfect unity in all things or their having one ona mind they are as 03 the personages of every earthly father and son jasas in his prayer to tho the father I 1 said neither pray I 1 for cheso eions lone but bat for all those who believe on me through their word that they also may mav be one as ae thou thon father art in me I 1 christ the father and the ciplis were to be lone oua but this thia could not possibly mesa that they were to form one person it would be preposterous post erous to suppose a blending of all these persons into one person be ye therefore perfect even as yourY conr father ather in heaven is ia perfect refers to the unity or oneness which must mn t exist before the disciples sciples ai are one ona with jesus as aa he ha is one ona ath with the father john reads reada aud and now 0 father glorify thou me with the glory I 1 had with thee before the world was wag this proves that christ was a personage of glory dwelling with the father before the world was wag again phil 22 8 let this mind be in you which was waa also in ia christ jesus who being in the tha form ef god thought it not robbery to be ba equal with god query waa chraft in the tha form of GA G A and the ekbal of godif god it not this pa seacie is ia a myth col ia 17 who is the image of the invisible god the first born of every creature for by br HIM hii were all created that era are in heaven and that are in earth visible sad and invisible whether they thet be thrones and dominions principalities or powers all things were created ba him and tor for him and he is before all things and by him all things consist note mote how bow t this Is agrees with gen 11 I 1 in the beginning god created the heavens and ana the earth arain again hah 12 hath tu these last days shoken unto us as or by his fits son by whom also he ha made the tha worlds epli ceph foi in him dwelt all the tha falness of the godhead bodily again Agai nJohn kaohn 1 18 3 all things were wera made by him and without him was not made that was made vp versa 10 reads he was in the world and the world was wag made by him from those passages pape ages we learn that J jesus jeans christ was waa god equally with the father that lie he made the worlds to make it doubly plain that the fatness otibe of the godhead dwelt in him sow for the proof that jesus and the father were distinct I 1 personages aj clearly as 68 that any earthly f father ather and son are dis dia irom each other in person the father called out oat ot of heaven r saying aaning this ibis is my Ie beloved loved sou son beava Je Bis to the father how haw preposterous berous that no he should shonia pray to himself jesus jeans says the father sent him into the world I 1 could fill pages to prove the Reo prate idt p ity of the father and son now for proof that the holy ghost is in a separate personage from the father and son buethe comforter which is the holy ghost shall ahall teach you yoa all thinas I 1 have said unto you yoa john 1436 1426 when the spirit ot ol truth troth to la cime he wilt will guide you into all truth troth but bat when the corn borter whom 1 Je jebas aus will send unto you yoa fri fram the father even the spirit ol of trilb treib john 15 6 again thou i sendo at forth thy spirit they are created lra from those ases it is ia clear that the father son fend and holy ghost although one in a spirit are separate per son eo agea the father sent bent the conn forter upon jesus jeans the father was speaking from heaven thelson tha son was on 01 earth and the holy ghost came down from leaven heaven and rested upon him in ia the form of a dove these three gods goda are one god in the sense of unity the doctrine doctrin ol 01 the trinity in ia taught by christians so much for three gods goda sald and yet one god again if a mau man speak against the father and son he shall be forgiven fore ived but bet it he be speak against the holy gli ghost 0 t he ha ahall not be forgiven 11 what non sense sensa would be were wera they one and the 06 rame eama person perrion in the passages on the holy choat the pronoun he beta is oy ny jesus in referring to the third personage of c the trinity who is a personage of spirit while the father and son are personages oi of ta tabernacle bernac e now kaw for or proof of the doctrine of plurality of gods in gei geL eral erZI bible Si aden 1 we found 98 passages in the gible biblo in which the idols of the heathen are called callad gods because the worshipped wor shipped them he f further aher u save 11 we found 9 22 92 2 passages in the bible bibla that declare there is ia only one god he does not nor can he show any relevancy between the following pa passages and those referring re to idol sods gods psalms psalms 82 1 god in the congregations ot of the mighty he judieh among ibe be gods goda 1 again ask could gol goi judge among idols again who is the blessed and only potentate the king kine of kinza and L ard rd of lords query could he tw be the lord of idols again exo ESQ 1511 15 11 who is ia like unto onto thee 0 lord among the T I 1 was waa this comparison made between god and idols blasphemy indeed would this be dent 1017 the lord your goi god Is a god of goda god josh joah 2222 the lord god of gods 1 I 1 obron chron 1626 great is ia the lord to be feared above all gods For fo great is our god above all gods kealm among Ai noaK the gods there is none like unto thee 0 lord 1362 3 0 give ints to the god at gods what to abe god of idols this adoration must mast bo be paid to idols if bible student be correct before the gods will wid I 1 sing eing praise unto thee arau J dan 2 none can sh shew ow i it bafo before re the king except the gods av I 1 could idols idola show shew it what fol ayi ly W 47 your boar god is a god of gods and ana it a lord of rings kings 48 in whom is ia the spirit of tha Holy Gods refers refer ring to daniel query daaiel b have ave the spirit of idols 1 as 6 and shall speak marvelous mar velona things against the god of gods john the rt son boeth nothing except what ho beeth the rathe do ial frim lm I 1 who is the king of kioes kings ibid lord or of lords lorda ajohn 32 when he shall appear wo we shall be tike like him rev to him that over cometh will I 1 giant to sit on my throne th rone ps with lum him ha having ving 1 hia fathers name on their foreheads fore beada beads 17 1714 for he is lord of lords and king kine of ol Kinze 11 1 I saw thrones and they that bat upon them he that shall inherit all things here fiero ate are thirty five fiva passages a round around bakers bakera dozen more than bible bibla student quoted in his bia futile attempt to prove only one personage in the god head bead my respondent does not at tempt to refute a single argument of mine but bat only quotes this tima chatterbox comes to the tha front with bis tall fall name 0 chaat bairt ts na D evala |
