Did Ellen White teach that the Fatherhood and Sonship of the 1st and 2nd Persons of the Godhead are roles that were entered upon at some distant point in eternity? Did she teach that before this decision was made that the 3 Persons were ambiguous and that any One of Them could have been the Other?
“One God” according to Seventh-day Adventists The Seventh-day Adventist 28 Fundamental Beliefs No. 2 states, “There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity
John 6:57 “As the living Father hath sent me, and I LIVE BY THE FATHER: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. I have heard some non-Trinitarians tell me that John 6:57 is referring to how Christ’s life is always dependent on the Father whether we are talking about his pre-incarnate life or His incarnate life. But is this true?
If the Holy Spirit is really a co-equal, co-eternal personal “being” just like the Father and the Son as Trinitarians claim, then you need to reconcile why the mention of the Holy Spirit “Being” is conspicuously omitted in all of these following statements. If you’re honest with yourself, please check out these statements and consider whether you have a balanced view with respect to your theology that can fit these statements:
Did Christ’s really die? Was it only his human nature that died but divinity did not die? Who raised Christ from the dead? Did Christ raise Himself or did God the Father raise Him? This study will attempt to answer some of the confusions surrounding the Christ’s death and His resurrection based on the evidence from the Bible and the writing of Ellen White.
In John 16, we are told that the Spirit of Truth will come and that he will guide us into all truth. But who or what is this Spirit? Most Christians believe that the Spirit of Truth is another way of identifying the Holy Spirit whom Christ has sent to be our Comforter and our guide. But did you know that the Spirit of Truth is actually the Spirit of Christ? Let’s take a look, shall we?
The Adventist history bears out that our pioneers were “non-Trinitarians”, but often, most SDA historians characterize our pioneers as either Arians or semi-Arians.
Were they Arians/semi-Arians? Or did they actually have the correct understanding of the True God of the Bible and His Son?
Many Christians, including the majority of Seventh-day Adventists, believe that Jesus is equal with God the Father in the absolute sense and that He holds this position inherently by the virtue of being one of the Persons of the Trinity from all eternity as the Second Person of the Godhead. But is this true? Let’s examine further as to which position Jesus holds in relation to His Father.
This article examines the statement from The Desire of Ages page 669: “THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CHRIST’S REPRESENTATIVE, but divested of the personality of humanity, and independent thereof. Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally….” The original manuscript source for this particular statement was taken from the letter Ellen White wrote to Edson White and his wife, dated Feb 18, 1895.
In this part one of two-part study, article explores the first use of the term ‘Trinity” both in Greek (τριάς) and Latin (trinitas). This first part explores the view of Theophilus of Antioch, while the second part (coming soon) will explore the view of Tertullian of Carthage.
