| Show s 7 5 DIviNG Ef G I ON 0 or GO GOrm GOD rm PUTS R N WR FOR LIGHT lI m 7 1 Billy Dilly Sunday Does Challenged Y Ho He Deny That Thai Jesus Is IsY I Ithe the tiie Son of God r Darkness Masquerades Masquerade as a. Light Light Fool Foolish ish Words Mislead the Ignorant Christians Often Babes Babe In Christ Few Have Have Their Senses Senes Exercised by byJ J Reason of Use Use Bible Bible Study N Newt t More Needed Than Now What Now What Say the Scriptures Not What Say tho the Preachers Evangelists Evangelista and Cree Creeds f z New York Mar j i. 7 the k New ew York City r e m p 1 a e today r r y r Pastor a tor Russell Hassell took for Ms Ills text g John I saw g j and bare record w a- a that this la is the Son of God He declared that s about threeS threeS' three- three S' S fourths of t f all the PASTOR RUSSELL preachers are his Ma enemies Because the they H resist the force of his Ms BIble BIble Bible Bi BI- ble teachings teaching they misrepresent them and vilify his reputation that thus they may hinder good people from tram s hearing hear l g and from reading By their fruits je ye e shall shah know them said sald the Master Muster and evidently e many clergy- clergy men m must st be seriously seriously wrong wrong wrong- of heart else they would not bear these un- un scriptural fruits unmanly fruits unmanly fruits fruits- vi works 01 Ls of the flesh and of the Devil 1 21 r 1 John 3 38 But nut the Uie Pastor would not slack his hla cro ts to make cake known the true character char aster acer of the God of the Bible so In contrast bt with ith the Satanic god of the creeds Thousands of letters from all Ii parts of the world orld tell him of new life s new HOT jo joy In the Lord through his efforts eft ef- ef t x forts and he be is encouraged to go onward on on- ward wrid wl in the narrow way which the Master and the Apostles trod He would not render personal abuse in retaliation re re- To do so so would be contrary t to the Word and Spirit of the Lord nut Cut the creeds and false doctrines he would continue to smash with all the power granted him that thus hunger- hunger in fug thirsting souls might be delivered kt from error into the Joyous liberty of m the children of God Denying tho the Son of God Billy Sunday has Joined other evangelists evant evan evan- t and preachers In the slanderous v misstatements that Pastor Russell denies denies denies de de- nies that Jesus Is the Son of ot God By such false statements said the Pastor they seek to prevent people from coming to hear me and from reading my Bible expositions Yet how foolish It Is for tor them to make such deliberate misstatements misstatements misstate misstate- t ments for eventually their falsehoods will be found out People leople who learn of the gross misrepresentation realize that only desperation attempting to support a weak cause could lead men professing to be ministers of the Truth to thus do it violence Really It Is I 1 who believe that Jesus JesusY Y Is the Son of God while the great majority majority ma ma- f of preachers and evangelists do donot dox donot x not clearly so teach They confuse their argument and bewilder their 1 hearers bearers by telling In one breath that Jesus is the Son of God and In the c next breath that He Is His own Father According to them He Is Jehovah God who sent His Son Into the world t to die and He Is the Son who sent Himself as God When lIe He prayed to toa a the Father It was a mockery for He was the Father one Father one In person When he said The Father is greater than I He misrepresented the facts acta c according to these preachers evangelists even evan g and creed He spoke o atthe of at the Cup which the Father had poured for Him and said He lie could do nothing of Himself and that He would retura return to the Father He prayed My fy Godl God My God Why hast bast Thou forsaken Me Ie anc and said to Mary I X have haTe not yet ascended to My Father and your yoUl Father to My God and your God But wiser-than-the-Bible wiser teachers teach teach- 4 these a r ers contradict Him and feel like say say- t Ing lag Jesus must have been a Millennial Millen Millen- nial vial Dawner But we know better I Such teachers make void the Word of God through their traditions In claiming that Jesus Jesua is Jehovah God they really deny that He Is the Son of ot God for common sense tells everybody that a son receives his life lite from tram the fah fa fa- h ther This Is exactly what the tho Bible I tells us respecting Jesus Jesu ti 1 Truthful Criticisms Criticism Invited I 1 Invite truthful criticisms of my tt teachings but my opponents know t that to treat me fairly Justly would be te to turn all thinking people to my I Bide the side the Bible side the side the reasonable side For thirty years they ignored my presentations lest people should find out but as my sermons now reach millions they are alarmed for tor the for the safe sate safety safety ty of their musty creeds and resort to rank falsehoods misrepresentations anc and andI i I slanders the slanders the weapons of moral cowards cow- cow i lards ards who realize their own weakness If It they would charge me with disbelieving lieving the doctrine Ct 1 of the Trinity J Ic f t f. f rr 1 I one I would cheerfully cheer that three tineo ones me Inc one fully full admit it and n point them to the fact that the thc word Trinity is not found In the Bible and that the thought of a trinity is 19 not there except in in one passage passage passage pas pas- sage which all scholars of ot all denominations denominations denom denom- admit Is a n forgery of the Seventh Sev Seve Seventh nth Century Century l 1 John 57 7 8 See Revised Revised Revised Re Re- Version Father Jeso Jeo Je- Je I believe cin In the Heavenly so ao o 1 a n tou sou i 1 in lU stun SUll our Lord Jesus Jesus Jesus' Christ who left the Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly enly nature took the human nature died for our sIns and was afterward highly exalted to the Divine Ine nature I believe in the Holy Spirit the Spirit of the Truth the Spirit of ot God the Spirit of Christ My crime is la that I do donot donot donot not believe t that a the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit are one In person e equal ual in power and glory t neither one existing before the others neither one the he Son and neither one the Father really The Bible says nothing of ot this kind and I am glad that my bead head Is ts not so Illogical as to lead me to deny the Bible and common sense for the sake sike of being In harmony with creeds creeda made In the Dark Ages Aie Who A Art Thou Lord LordI J uel u The Bible makes no mystery of who Jesus Fesus Is and we we would not have been tn fn n confusion had we relied solely upon the testimony of Jesus the Apostles and the Prophets Our misleading came during the twelve hundred years when the Bible was Ignored because It t was believed belle that the living bishops were Apostolic and had the plenary powers of the original Apostles This serious error Jesus empl emphatically warned warned warned warn warn- ed against In advance RevelatIon Revelation 22 The Bible tells of Jesus Jesus' present glorious glorious glorIous glo glo- rious station far above aboTe a angels ls partaker partaker par taker aker of the Divine nature But But many Ignore this and claim th that t Jesus is a aman aman aman man In Heaven completely out ont of ot touch with His surroundings for a aman aman man according to the Bible Is a Ha lit lit- lit tIe the lower than angels whereas the Apostle declares that Jesus at His res resurrection was exalted far above an an- gels This glorious One although of a different nat nature re Is the same same One who while on earth was the Man Christ Jesus a man of sorrows sorrow and acquaInted acquainted acquainted ac ac- ac- ac with grief St. St Paul Panl tells us how Jesus left the Heavenly glory how He humbled Himself to take a bondman's form to form to take the same nature nature na na- na ture as humanity which had come Into bondage to sin The Bible explains how Jesus could be of our race and yet be holy harmless harmless harm harm- less undefiled undefined separate from sinners It tells tells' us plainly that Jesus h had bad d a hu human human hUe hu- hUeman man mother but that His lit life came not from a human father and that therefore He was perfect and able to tobe tobe be the of the race by giving to God sacrificially a full fall correspond corresponding ing price for tor Adam whose life Ute was forfeited because of ot sin Thus the BIble Bible Bible Bi BI- ble explains that Jesus Jeans death Is sum sufficient dent elent for Adams Adam's sin and the sins of the whole world for tor the world was not condemned Individually but merely merely mere mere- mere mere-I ly tv partook of ot Adams Adam's condemnation to I death Whoever thinks of ot Jesus as b being the Father and also the Holy Spirit Spirit all ah ahone one In person person must must be confronted with nonsensical errors such as these How now did the Universe manage to progress during the period leading lending up to Jesus' Jesus birth and on to manhood How did the affairs of the Universe prosper during during dur duro ing Jesus' Jesus ministry when He was fully engaged with earthly affairs to the extent ex ex- extent tent of weariness How did the Universe Universe Uni Uni- verse get along when Jesus died and amI until He lie arose from death death Some even en go to this absurd length to wit that Jesus raised Himself from i death whereas the Apostle declares positively that the Father raised Him from Crom the dead on the third day H How w refreshing It Is to get out of the fog tog Into the clear statements of Gods God's Word which declare 1 To us there I is one God GOO the Father 2 and one Lord Jesus l 1 1 Corinthians 80 86 6 Beginning of Gods God's Creation It seems astounding if It my opponents have ha never read the plain Bible statements statements statements state state- ments that our glorious Redeemer was waa the First-born First of all creation Colos- Colos the beginning of the creation creation crea crea crea- tion of God Revelation elatIon If It they have ha read these simple plain B BIble Bible Bi BI- ble statements why do they prefer the confusing views of the Dark Ages respecting a Trinity of three throe persons yet one person Some say one ne God GodIn In to three persons persona others say three Gods GodsIn In one person Both propositions are arc alike unscriptural and absurd Jesus Himself In His last Message to His Church declared I I am the Alpha Alpha Al Al- pha and the Omega the tho beginning and the ending the first and the last Re Revelation Rev elation 18 13 11 Thus He lIe clearly differentiates dlf dif dif- between Himself and the Father for tor the Father had no beginning begin begin- begin begin- ning From nIng From everlasting to everlasting Thou art God Do our opponents claim that Jesus Is God We agree most heartily provided provid provid- ed the word God Is understood In the sense In which the Bible us uses s It Throughout the Old Testament the word for God Is mighty mighty one It is applied to Jehovah the Almighty One It Is also applied to angels and to men whom He sent as His ills m messen gers According to this view our Lord Jesus Christ Is isa a God The Tho Bible clear clearly ly indicates that He Is above all tl other oth oth- other ther th- th er gods except Jehovah J In harmony with this we read respecting respecting respecting re re- re- re Messiah J and His Kingdom Thy throne 0 O God Is forever and ever eTer The Apostle applies these words to Jes Jesus Jes' but d does lI not cot say proves proves that Jesus was His ills oWn ow own Father nor does he ign Ignore re the Almighty Almighty Almighty Al Al- mighty God of whom are all nIl things On the contrary the context tells us explicitly that the Father who was was' above all as a reward exalted ex ex- alted d His Son to this glorious Kingship King King- ship and declaring that even the angels of Heaven should worship Him Hebrews Hebrews 11 0 One very simple statement conru confuses el els reads I 1 and My s some m e needlessly It Father are arc one It does oes not say one pet person o It refers to the oneness of spirit or harmony between tho the Father and the Son and this oneness Is explained explained explained ex ex- by our Lord assuring us that He came not to do His Ills own will but the will of the Father Since He accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac the Fathers Father's will In every everything thin ne tie ana me tae earner W wee lO always one m in purpose Jesus prayed for tor the Church saying aying I 1 pray for them that Thou hast given Me that they all may be one in inUs inUs Us tie even as Thou Father and I 1 are one John 24 2024 Surely no one would claim that Jesus expected His Church to become one person And itis itis it itis is equally absurd to think that He and the Father are one person Because Jesus was thus the Fathers Father's Representative In the only sense sens that men could see the Invisible Jehovah He answered Philip on one OIle occasion lie He that hath bath seen Me hath seen tho Fa Fa- ther Thus the Presidents President's secretary would say to a caller I r represent the President In the Beginning Was the Logos As Matthews Matthew's and Lukes Luke's Gospels make very pl plain how hoW holy the the glorious S Son n not of ot God was made flesh yet not a partaker partaker partaker par par- taker of human sIn so soSt St Johns John's Gospel Gospel Gospel Gos Gos- pel provides us with information still further back pointing out and explaining explain explain- ing clearly the glorious 1 nature nature nature na na- na- na ture of ot the Son of God The translation translation translation tion how however ever Is slightly defective and hides from the English reader the full import of the opening verses which Ilter literally lly translated read In the beginning was as the Logos and the Logos was with the God and the tho Logos was a god The same was wa In Inthe inthe inthe the beginning with the God By Him were were all things ml made de and TV without Him Hun was not thing made And the Logos was made flesh and dwelt among us us and we beheld Ills His glory the glory I of an Only Begotten of the Father full of grace and truth John 3 il 14 The The beautiful simplicity of this account account account ac ac- ac- ac acI I count Is wonderful The fhe beginning it mentions was not tint that t of Jehovah's existence which the Bible declares was without beginning The word refers to tho the beginning of creation and Immediately Immediately immediately Im Im- im- im mediately Introduces us to the great Logos the Beginning of ot the creation of God Revelation While the name Logos may be not improperly translated Word It has a much fuller significance namely representative messenger mouth mouthpiece Jehovah's entire Message has been and will wm be given to angels and mid tomen tomen to tomen men through the great Logos Logos- He was the Alpha the first the Father created none before Him H He is the Omega the last the Father has directly created cre created cre- cre re- re none since Him This explains simply satisfactorily that all subsequent subsequent subsequent quent creations while executed by Jehovah's Je Jo- hovah's borah's Pow Power r were worked out by His Irla great Son the Logos By Him were ere were all things made that were made When the time came for tor the outworkIng outworking outworking out out- working of ot the great Divine Plan for human salvation and Incidentally the tho showing howIng forth of G Gods God's ds d's Justice Wisdom Wisdom Wisdom Wis Wis- dom Love and Power the offer properly properly prop prop- erly came first to the Logos The proposition to be mans man's Redeemer carrIed carried car car- ried with it a great blessing as ns StPaul St St. StPaul Paul explains Hebrews H brews Colos- Colos This exaltation to Gods God's right debt hand band far above all tures was an advance ance step Although originally higher than than |
