Speaking of “God in personality”, I think its important to qualify the word, “personality”. The word “personality” has a range of meaning. In contemporary English “personality” primarily refers to the
It is believed by many that the Holy Spirit is a separate distinct, personal being other than God the Father and the Son, rather than it being the Spirit of God or the Spirit of Christ; meaning their own Spirit.
The reason being, they claim that Scriptures refer to the Holy Spirit as “He” and is said to be displaying all the attributes of a person and is seemingly doing things that a real person would do.
Within our Trinitarian Adventist believers, there seems to be some confusion when it comes to distinguishing the personality of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Many obfuscates the
Following article is a compilation of Spirit of Prophecy in an attempt to better understand and to draw some pertinent correlations between Christ’s divine nature and the Spirit of Christ
READERS BE AWARE I came across a post on the “Official Advent Defense League Training and Discussion Group” from Facebook, misattributing Ellen White as being the author of a couple
Responding to correspondence between William Fagal (Associate Director Ellen G. White Estate) and an anonymous correspondent, taken from the Ellen White Estate’s website, pertaining to the pronouns Ellen White used for the Holy Spirit.
By Paul Chung
According to Seventh-day Adventist Fundamental Beliefs #2, it is stated, “God [according to its belief is made up of 3 divine beings-Father, Son and the Holy Spirit] is immortal, all-powerful, All-KNOWING, above all, and ever present..”
By Paul Chung
Charles Longacre presents a unique idea about how Christ eternal existence may be compatible with his begetting.
Originally published on end-times-prophecy.org adopted and edited by As It Reads
We all know that Sunday laws are on the statute books of America, and many Seventh-day Adventists are waiting for the Sunday law to be enforced in fulfillment of the mark of the beast in Revelation 13. But what the majority of Seventh-day Adventists don’t realize, is that attached to the Sunday law bills was another ‘religious’ law concerning the Trinity.
Too many miss Christ’s real presence in the Old Testament narrative. Or many are unclear as to how to properly distinguish the theophanies, whether they are of the Father or the Son. Thus, the focus of this article is to provide some clarity on the matter.
By Paul Chung
One of the main criticisms from the modern trinitarian Adventists of the pioneers’ non-trinitarian position is the idea that, if Jesus is the literal pre-incarnate begotten Son then, it denigrates the divinity of Christ and that to be literally begotten would effectively make Christ a created being. Based on some of the data, it appears that the church back then faced similar objections.
By the Rev. Samuel T. Spear D. D.
The following article, The Bible Doctrine of the Trinity (aka “The Subordination of Christ”), was written by a Presbyterian minister named the Rev. Samuel Thayer Spear D.D. (1812-1891). It was first published in ‘The New York Independent’ in 1889, then 3 years later in 1892, it was adopted by the Seventh-day Adventist church and was included in the church “Bible Students Library.”
”The Bible is not given to us in grand superhuman language. Jesus, in order to reach man where he is, took humanity. The Bible must be given in the language of men. Everything that is human is imperfect. DIFFERENT MEANINGS ARE EXPRESSED BY THE SAME WORD; THERE IS NOT ONE WORD FOR EACH DISTINCT IDEA. The Bible was given for practical purposes.” — Ellen White, Ms24-1886.6
By Paul Chung
I have been thinking about the Second Commandment and how the graven image and the worshipping of an idol may be analogous to worshiping Jesus, Who is the express image of God the Father…
Many Trinitarian Adventists have quoted various statements taken out of context from what Ellen White had written in order to discredit the non-trinitarian views of the Holy Spirit and to dissuade any inquiry into the subject matter. Among the various statements that are often quoted are taken from a letter Ellen White had written to Brother Chapman from Petoskey, Michigan, on June 11, 1891 and is generally referred to as the “Chapman Letter.”
