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James White on the Spirit

Responding to such claims that ā€œThe pioneers dug for truth as for hidden treasure. James White, Joseph Bates, Hiram Edson, John N. Andrews, and others quarried out the building stones to make the temple…. they found the ineffable mystery of the oneness of God in the Trinity….(A.W. Spalding, ā€œCaptains of the Hostā€ pg 214, 1949)

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Examining Psalm 2

Hello brothers and sisters. I hope you had a wonderful Sabbath. Today I would like to share some thoughts on Psalm 2. I believe this chapter of Scripture is greatly misunderstood by many.

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Responding to the “three holiest being” statement.

Brother C. wrote:

ā€œModern non trinitarians often question the authenticity of the stenographical writings because of statements like this:

“You are born unto God, and you stand under the sanction and the power of the three holiest beings in heaven, who are able to keep you from falling.ā€ [End Quote]

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Believing in Jesus as the only true God.

As the agitation between SDA trintiarians and SDA non/anti-trintiarians continues the following quote has become a matter of contention: “They say, ‘I was a heathen in heathen lands. You left your friends and comfortable homes and came to teach me how to find Jesus and believe in Him as the only true God.'” {11LtMs, Ms 25, 1896, par. 34}

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Was Made

ā€œThe Eternal Father, the unchangeable one, GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, tore from his bosom HIM WHO WAS MADE IN THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, and sent him down to earth to reveal how greatly he loved mankind. {RH July 9, 1895, par. 13}

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From All Eternity

I would like to take a moment to respond to Brother V’s claim that my view is ā€œnot a Biblical teachingā€ but instead ā€œis based on traditional philosophy.ā€ I take umbrage to this claim because my view is derived from Scripture. To begin with let us note what God’s Word says about ā€œeternityā€ and man’s grasp of it…

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Without Father, Without Mother-Examining Hebrews 7

As the matter of the begotten nature of the pre-incarnate Son of God continues to be agitated within Seventh-day Adventism some have sought to prove this an impossibility by referring to a verse in Hebrews chapter 7 about an ancient king/priest named Melchizedek…

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James White, George Butler, Uriah Smith and Ellen White on the Doxology

Here recently I have been privileged to interact with a leading brother who believes in God the Father and His pre-incarnate only begotten Son. While we discussed many interesting things I noted, during our conversation, that he seemed to have a bit of disdain for the doxology. And here on facebook, just a few days ago, another brother issued this interesting response to an EGW quote that positively referenced the doxology.

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