All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next The Truth of the Trinity [ trinitytruth.org ] 1-13 (total 42 parts) Is the Trinity Doctrine True or False? Trinitytruth.org Introduction The word trinity is derived from the Latin word trinitas, which came from the Platonic term trias meaning three. Thus it is philosophical in origin. The word trinity was introduced by Tertullian (160-225 AD) who was a pagan turned Catholic theologian and one of the early Church fathers who wrote in the early third century to define the teaching concerning the Godhead. His conclusion was that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit were one substance, but not one in person. He also did not see the Son as being co-eternal with the Father. There are many unanswered questions about the trinity doctrine and the most obvious is where in the Bible is it explained? Scholars throughout history have acknowledged that it is not found in the Bible. Many will respond that the trinity doctrine is found in 1 John 5:7. But the italicized part of this verse that says, “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one,” does not exist in the earliest manuscripts! The Origin of the Trinity Doctrine It was about a century after Tertullian when Arianism began causing so many disputes that Constantine convened the first ecumenical Council in Church history to settle them. Arius was an elder in the Alexandrian Church in the early fourth century that taught Christ truly is the begotten Son of God and why God is called His Father to state the obvious. A real Father and Son in other words. Opposing the teachings of Arius was Athanasius, a deacon also from Alexandria. His view was an early form of Trinitarianism where the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are said to be all the same one god but distinct from each other making it impossible for them to be a real Father and Son. His view was a further but worsening change to what Tertullian believed with the Holy Spirit not yet claimed to be a literal being. That came later. Mainstream history states Arius taught Christ was created, but the Church burnt what Arius believed and some historians claim they altered records and falsely rumoured that he taught Christ was created in order to discredit him. The Catholic Church is known for creating false historical records to their interpretation of events to hide the real truth at times. Consider the following for instance. The view of Athanasius was highly influenced by Origen who was a Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism. His work was later condemned as unorthodox. Origen taught the doctrine of Purgatory, transubstantiation, transmigration and reincarnation of the soul, the Holy Spirit was a feminine force, Jesus was only a created being, there would be no physical resurrection, the creation account in Genesis is a fictitious story and is known to have publicly castrated himself based on Matthew 19. Arius on the other hand was a pupil of Lucian of Antioch. Lucian was responsible for the work that gave us what is known as the Textus Receptus which was completed by Erasmus, and is what gave us the trusted New Testament of the KJV Bible. These and other facts reveal that Athanasius was influenced by Greek philosophy and that Arius probably taught Biblical truth despite mainstream history. Some believe Constantine was the first Christian Roman Emperor, but he was actually a sun worshiper who was baptized on his deathbed. During his reign he had his eldest son and his wife murdered. His belief at best was a blend of paganism and Christianity for political purposes, and so he neither cared nor really understood this dispute, but was just eager to bring the controversy to a close and keep unity in his empire. When the bishops gathered at Nicea on May 20, 325 AD to resolve the crisis, very few shared Athanasius's view of Christ as most held a position midway between Athanasius and Arius. The religious debates lasted two months before the Council rejected the minority view of Arius, but having no alternative, Constantine approved the view of Athanasius, which was also a minority view. And so the Church was left supporting a belief held by only a minority of those attending. The Encyclopedia Britannica states: “Constantine himself presided, actively guiding the discussions, and personally proposed ... the crucial formula expressing the relation of Christ to God in the creed issued by the council ... Overawed by the emperor, the bishops, with two exceptions only, signed the creed, many of them much against their inclination.” — (1971 edition, Vol. 6, “Constantine,” p. 386) Horrific religious persecution followed the decision made by Constantine who was essentially a pagan Emperor who imposed an invented creed never preached by Jesus. Constantine exiled those who refused to accept the creed as well as the bishops who signed the creed but refused to join in condemnation of Arius. He also ordered all copies of the Thalia to be burned, which was the book in which Arius expressed his teachings. But several years later Constantine became lenient toward those he condemned and exiled at the council and allowed them to return. In AD 335, they brought accusations against Athanasius and so now Constantine had Athanasius banished! This was not about Biblical truth. As a pagan sun worshipper , Constantine also enforced the first Sunday law just four years earlier and hence played a major role in bringing two pagan traditions into the Church. It was four hundred years after the cross when they formulated this creed that never existed beforehand, and so the Apostles and the early Church could never have taught it either. See Encyclopedia Britannica and historical quotes . Many of the Bishops who formulated the doctrine of the Trinity were steeped in Greek and Platonic philosophy, which influenced their religious views. In fact the language they used in defining the trinity is taken directly from Platonic and Greek philosophy. The Platonic term trias, meaning three, was Latinized as trinitas, which gave us the English word trinity which is neither biblical nor Christian. As Bible scholars John McClintock and James Strong (wrote the famous Strong's Concordance) explain, “Towards the end of the 1st century, and during the 2nd, many learned men came over both from Judaism and paganism to Christianity. These brought with them into the Christian schools of theology their Platonic ideas and phraseology.” — (Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, 1891, Vol. 10, “Trinity,” p. 553) So the Trinity was not derived from scripture, but was conceived in philosophy. Greek philosophers were greatly influenced by Plato (427-347 BC) who was considered the greatest of all Greek philosophers. Plato was ingrained with Trinitarian thought and knew that all the ancient religions had triad deities, and so he desired to come up with a better definition to define God above all the deities of Greek mythology. Plato's definition of God was, (1) The “first God,” who was the Supreme Being in the universe; (2) the “second God,” whom Plato described as the “soul of the universe”; and (3) the “third God,” defined as the “spirit.” The Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria (15 BC-AD 50) who followed Greek philosophy was influenced by Plato's version and saw God as, (1) Father, who created all things (Philo named him “the Demiurge”), (2) Mother, who was Knowledge the Maker possessed and (3) the Beloved Son was the world. Supposedly the union of demiurge and knowledge produced man's world. This esoteric type of thinking is what led to the birth and development of the trinity. Notice how these quotes document a belief in a divine Trinity in many regions and religions of the ancient world and that the origin of the conception is entirely pagan. Egyptologist Arthur Weigall summed up the influence of ancient beliefs on the adoption of the trinity doctrine by the Catholic Church in this excerpt from his book Paganism in Our Christianity . And so the Council of Nicea did not end the controversy and the bishops went on teaching as they had before, and the Arian crisis continued for another sixty years. Athanasius was exiled no fewer than five times and it was very difficult to make his creed stick. The ongoing disputes were violent and bloody at times. Noted historian Will Durant writes, “Probably more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in these two years (342-3) than by all the persecutions of Christians by pagans in the history of Rome.” — (The Story of Civilization, Vol. 4: The Age of Faith, 1950, p. 8). So Christians fought and slaughtered one another over their differing views of God. So after Constantine's death in 337 AD, disputes continued. Constantine's son Constantius II favoured the Arians and set out to reverse the Nicene Creed. Constantius used his power to exile bishops adhering to the Nicene Creed and especially Athanasius who fled to Rome. The debates resulted in numerous councils. Among them the Council of Sardica in 343 AD, the Council of Sirmium in 358 AD and the double Council of Rimini and Seleucia in 359 AD, and no fewer than fourteen further creed formulas between 340 and 360 AD. After Constantius' death in 361 AD, his successor Julian, who was a devotee of Rome's pagan gods, declared that he would no longer favor one Church faction over another and allowed all exiled bishops to return, which resulted in further increasing dissension among Christians. Disputes eventually became over the nature of the Holy Spirit. So 44 years after Constantine's death in May 381 AD, Emperor Theodosius, baptized only a year earlier, convened the Council of Constantinople to resolve them. Theodosius favoured the Nicene Creed and so after his arrival in Constantinople he expelled the bishop Demophilus, and surrendered the Churches there to Gregory of Nazianzus who was the leader of a small Nicene community there and one of three men that became known as “the three Cappadocians.” These three men had an agenda at this council which was for the first time to push the idea of the Holy Spirit as a literal being. Gregory was recently appointed as archbishop of Constantinople, but due to illness, Nectarius, an elderly city senator had to take over the role of archbishop and presided over the council. And so Nectarius was baptized for the job and the Trinitarian view on the Holy Spirit was governed by someone with little or no knowledge of theology! What resulted became known as the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed where they now decided that the Holy Spirit was a literal being. Any who disagreed were in accordance with the edicts of the emperor and Church authorities branded heretics and dealt with accordingly. This final teaching on the nature of God is what became the trinity as it is generally understood today. It was not decided so much from Scripture but from Greek philosophy, much bloodshed and whoever held the most power. See the pagan origins of the trinity doctrine for detailed information. So in short, when Babylon was conquered, most of the Babylonian Priests took their pagan teachings to Alexandria which resulted in the school of Alexandria. The Alexandrines incorporated Greek Pagan philosophical beliefs from Plato's teachings into Christianity (Neoplatonism), and interpreted much of the Bible allegorically. Lucian rejected this system entirely and propounded a system of literal interpretation that dominated the Eastern Church for a long period. Thus Origen taught the allegorical method of explanation of Scripture that Athanasius and the three Cappadocians learned from, which was influenced by Plato and strong pagan theological speculations, which gave us the trinity doctrine. “The Alexandria catechetical school, which revered Clement of Alexandria and Origen, the greatest theologian of the Greek Church, as its heads, applied the allegorical method to the explanation of Scripture. Its thought was influenced by Plato: its strong point was [pagan] theological speculations. Athanasius and the three Cappadocians [the men whose Trinitarian views were adopted by the Catholic Church at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople] had been included among its members.” — (Hubert Jedin, Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: an Historical Outline, 1960, p. 28) What is the Trinity Doctrine? The doctrine of the trinity as taught by most Churches states that there are three co-equal (equal in every respect), co-eternal (the same age), omniscient (all knowing), omnipotent (all powerful) gods, who are not three gods, but one god. By the words of the Athanasian Creed it is, “the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three gods but one God.” The Athanasian Creed (Roman Catholic Creed) says that the one God is three divine personalities in one indivisible substance or essence. It is the one indivisible nature part which is a problem because it is maintained that this constitutes the one God being 1+1+1=One! That is, the Father is God, Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three gods but one God, and that is the Trinity! You do not have to be very smart to realise that this makes no sense at all. Therefore, those teaching this doctrine tag it with the word mystery, stating that you will never be able to understand it so just accept it. They may also say, just because it is Catholic it does not mean it is wrong. So in one way or another Satan has tricked people into believing this falsehood without checking it out for themselves. There is in fact not one Scripture in the Bible that literally states the Holy Spirit is God, not one! And you will later discover that there is also not one valid Scripture that says all three are one. Some Churches differ on some points from orthodoxy, but regarding the basic premise being the one God is three gods in one, it is exactly the same as the Athanasian Creed. This is the creed upon which the Roman Catholic faith is built. We also find that the word “Trinity” originated from Tertullian around 200 AD who did not even state the immanent trinity as known today, the 3 in 1 god came from Athanasius in 325 AD, and the idea of the Holy Spirit as a third being came from three Cappadocians in 381 AD. Hence the word “Trinity” and this doctrine cannot be found anywhere in the Scriptures. It was patched together by Catholic theologians hundreds of years after the death of the apostles and long after the completion of the Bible. Instead, Trinitarianism comes from the allegorical ideas of the Alexandrines and is a mixture of Greek and Roman philosophies that are loosely based on a handful of Bible verses snatched out of context or interpolated into the text. Thus the Trinity is a manmade doctrine that borrows heavily from paganism and Greek philosophy and was developed long after the Scriptures were completed. Therefore, this doctrine could never have come from Scripture anyway and has to be taught alongside the Bible. And so if you had never heard of it, you would never come up with it yourself from just reading the Bible alone. As a result, you will also find that eisegesis has to be used to convince others of this doctrine. It was after God confused the languages at Babel that the sun began to be worshipped in three stages as three gods. That is, the rising sun was god, the midday sun was god, the setting sun was god, and yet there were not three gods but one god! In other words, 1+1+1=One! This is the absolute origin of the three in one trinity doctrine. Knowing who we worship is the key to eternal life, so if God was truly a trinity, you can be sure there would be unmistakable Scriptures saying so, but there is none. Thus the Doctrine of the Trinity, or Tritheism is a heresy that proceeds from Romanism and tantamount to Sunday Worship. An Abomination before God. It is a doctrine that emanates straight from the dunghill of Roman decretals. It is philosophy, vain deceit and man's tradition. It denies Jesus, preaches another Jesus, another spirit and another Gospel. Colossians 2:8-10 “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:” 2 Corinthians 11:3-4, 13-14 “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” 2 Peter 2:1-2 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.” What does the Bible teach? There is no mystery with the Biblical view of the Godhead which reveals there is but one true God the Father who is a literal Father, one Lord Jesus Christ being His literal Son, and one Holy Spirit being the presence and power of God and not a separate being with a separate consciousness. As one Christian author wrote. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, not a son by creation as were the angels, nor a son by adoption as is the forgiven sinner, but a Son begotten in the express image of the Father's person that is equal in authority and divine perfection. Thus we have “God the Father,” (who is Christ's father) the “Son of God,” (who is God's Son) and the “Spirit of God,” which is His Spirit just as Scripture keeps telling us over and over again. The Bible does not say “god the son” or “god the spirit.” Below Paul lists seven distinct things showing that they are all separate and that one is not the other. Hence the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three separate and distinct entities of which one is not and cannot be the other. Parentheses are added. “There is one body, and one Spirit [Holy Spirit], even as you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord [Jesus Christ], one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 Implications of the Trinity Ever since the death of Jesus, our adversary has tried to pervert what Christ accomplished in His incarnation (meaning in our Saviour's life and death). And since Satan can do nothing about what Christ actually did achieve, he does the next best thing which is to promote the belief that the divine Son of God did not actually die at Calvary. I have heard Pastors preach that God sent Himself to die on the cross since the trinity teaches all three are the one god. But this leads to another problem because God cannot die. So it is claimed that Jesus had two natures, a divine nature and a human nature and only the human nature died. But to say that the divine Son of God could not die is as far from the teachings of the Bible as darkness is from light. So we would ask the Trinitarian to which of the two natures are we indebted to for redemption? The answer is the divine one who died and shed His blood for us. It should be obvious that if only the human nature died, our Redeemer was only human and the divine Son of God took no part in the work of redemption for He could neither suffer nor die. Satan also aims to pervert how much it cost God in sacrificing His Son. The Father supposedly never risked anything by giving up His Son, for they claim that Christ could not have possibly sinned. Therefore nothing was at stake. If only human nature suffered and died as the trinity doctrine teaches, then the divine Christ remained unscathed. And since God cannot die, Christ would never have been able to die under any circumstance. Yet Jesus said, “I am He that liveth, and was dead.” Revelation 1:18 Almost all Christians state that, “Jesus is the Son of God,” but there are different meanings attached to these words. The sad reality is that most professed Christians do not believe Jesus to be the Son of God if they subscribe to their denominational statements of belief. Jehovah's Witnesses say that Jesus is the Son of God, but when asked to explain, say that Jesus was the first angel that God created and was no different from Lucifer or the other angels. Roman Catholics say that Jesus is the Son of God, but when they are asked to explain say there is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, and yet there are not three gods but one God. Others claim Jesus is a co-eternal companion of God whom God declared to be His Son, even though He is not really His Son, while Unitarians claim Jesus did not exist before His incarnation. And yet others will tell you that Jesus became the Son of God when He was born in Bethlehem and was not the Son of God in any other sense. Every one of these explanations has the exact same serious problem which is not by chance. They all deny that Jesus is the literal Son of God in some way which is exactly what Satan wants. The trinity doctrine says there are: 3 beings who are co-eternal 3 beings who are all immortal 3 beings who are all powerful, all knowing etc. 3 beings who are worthy of worship and praise 3 beings each acting a different role So if all three members of the Godhead are co-eternal, then there was “never” a time that they did not exist, and they all must be the same infinite age. If this is true, then the titles which they possess merely reflect the roles taken to act out the plan of redemption. They cannot then be taken in a literal sense. For example, the Son of God then is not really God's Son, He is the member of the Godhead playing the role of the Son. Yet Scripture teaches us over and over again that God gave His Son, but the trinity doctrine tells us that Jesus was not really God's Son, He was the member of the Godhead playing the role of the Son. The Trinitarian typically claims that Jesus was referred to as God's Son because of His birth in Bethlehem. But the Bible states that Jesus was brought forth before all things were created. So if Jesus has “always” existed then it is impossible for Him to be the Son of God. And if Christ is not a literal Son, then God cannot be a literal Father either. And so the trinity doctrine destroys the personality of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord. And since this doctrine denies the Father and Son, which it also does by teaching the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are the same one God, then this is a denial of both the Father and the Son in more ways than one which 1 John 2:22-23 states is antichrist. Notice that John says nothing about denying the Holy Spirit. Thus more than 100 verses that state Jesus is the Son of God apparently do not really mean what they say at all. Do you know of any other doctrine that has to explain away so many clear Scriptures? If you accept the Trinity doctrine, then Jesus cannot be the Son of God. And if you do not accept Jesus as being the Son of God, then you cannot have eternal life! With these facts in mind, consider the following Scriptures very carefully and ask yourself does this affect your eternal life by denying who the Father and Son truly are. And considering the trinity doctrine is from Satan, it is not hard to see what his plan is if your eyes are wide open. “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.” 1 John 2:22-23 “And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” John 17:3 “He that believeth on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3:36 “But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name.” John 20:31 So most important of all is this doctrine can be a salvation issue which I would have never imagined until I studied this topic in depth and realized all the implications. And what about the Holy Spirit. If the trinity doctrine is wrong, then the Holy Spirit is really a creation of Satan rather than the Spirit of the Father and Son. And if this third being is a creation of Satan, who would we be giving our adoration to? Whose Spirit would we have? As the above verses state, knowing exactly who the Father and Son are is the key to eternal life. But understanding the identity of the Holy Spirit is also something you cannot afford to get wrong. One might ask why the Bible never tells us to “pray to” or “worship” the Holy Spirit if it is a third co-equal being as the trinity doctrine claims. We are told to pray “for” the Spirit, but never “to” the Spirit. Yet as the trinity doctrine takes a stronger hold on the Church, some are beginning to do just that contrary to the teachings of Scripture. And if you think that Satan is not leading Christians to pray to the Holy Spirit, then watch this 35 second YouTube video clip. Close the window to return to this page. Notice that he says “god the spirit” which is a Catholic Trinitarian phrase and hence is never found in the Bible which uses the phrase “Spirit of God” which has a totally different meaning. Who would be the four highest beings in Heaven before the fall of man (before sin) if the Holy Spirit was a third co-equal being as per the Trinity doctrine? It would be the Father, Son, Holy Spirit and Lucifer. Who is it that wants to be like the most High and be worshipped and prayed to as God? ( Isaiah 14:12-14 ) What if the Holy Spirit was not a third literal being. Who would then be the third highest being? Lucifer! So if the Holy Spirit is not a third literal being, a separate God, then who would be answering our prayers if we prayed to the “Spirit”? Who would be setting himself up as a third “God” worthy of praise and worship? Has Satan succeeded in accomplishing his goal of being included as a deity? If we now believe the Holy Spirit can be worshipped and prayed to just like the Father and the Son, who actually receives our worship? If the Holy Spirit is not a third being then whose spirit would we have according to our belief and who would we be giving our adoration to? For Adventists: Before sin — “Among the inhabitants of heaven, Satan, next to Christ, was at one time most honored of God, and highest in power and glory.” — (E.G. White, ST, July 23, 1902). The Spirit of Prophecy confirms that Satan did use to be the third highest being in Heaven. Not a third being called the Holy Spirit as the Trinity doctrine claims. Since the trinity doctrine claims Jesus is also the one God, an Adventist author from the 1800's wrote, “To believe that doctrine, when reading the scripture we must believe that God sent Himself into the world, died to reconcile the world to Himself, raised Himself from the dead, ascended to Himself in heaven, pleads before Himself in heaven to reconcile the world to Himself, and is the only mediator between man and Himself… We must believe also that in the garden God prayed to Himself, if it were possible, to let the cup pass from Himself, and a thousand other such absurdities.” — (J.N. Loughborough) Some of those other absurdities it teaches is that Jesus is the immortal God but died, is the invisible God but was seen, is the omnipotent God but was strengthened by an angel, is the omniscient God but did not know the day of his return, is as great as His Father but His Father is greater than He, is equal with the Father and yet He is the Father, is the Son but the same age as the Father, is the Son who has a Father and the God who has no Father, is the begotten Son and the unbegotten God, is very God and very man, came out from Himself, prayed to Himself, gave power to Himself, thanked Himself, bore witness of Himself, went back to Himself, sits at the right hand of Himself, is His own Father and His own Son, left Heaven and yet was there all the time. There are many things which are hard to understand in the Bible, but you can be sure that God never expects us to believe impossibilities. Over and over again you hear it said that the Gospel is so simple a child can understand it. And I agree. But how can that be the case with the teaching of the trinity? Not only do children not understand it, but our best theologians cannot even explain it. However, the thought that God sent His Son to this earth to die for you and me is easy to comprehend when we believe the simple Bible statement that Jesus is truly the Son of God! Not one of three mysterious beings making up “one God.” How can you possibly believe that Jesus is NOT the begotten Son of the eternal Father and then share John 3:16 with others in the hope of inviting them to take part in eternal salvation. Doesn't John 3:16 become a lie the moment you deny He is a Son? A metaphor did not send a metaphor to save us. A Father sent us His Son to save us. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” 2 John 1:3 “Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.” What is Satan’s Counterfeit for the Godhead? Satan is the great deceiver and his greatest tool is deception. So Satan has counterfeited all things of God to take people away from the truth and lead them into false worship thinking it is from God when it is from Satan. For example. God has true prophets while Satan has false prophets. ( 2 Peter 2:1 , Matthew 24:24 , 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ) God has true teachers while Satan has false teachers. Jesus is the light of the world and Satan appears as an angel of light. God has true apostles and Satan has false apostles. God gives the true gift of speaking in tongues which is known languages while Satan has false tongues that you do not understand and false interpretations that you have no way of verifying. God has a special day of rest and worship which is a sign that it is God we worship, and Satan instituted a counterfeit day that came from sun and Satan worship. And of course there is the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. But what is Satan's counterfeit? The next page of this site reveals that the trinity doctrine also came from sun and Satan worship and the number 666! So which is the counterfeit? The view which acknowledges there is a real Father and Son just as the Bible literally tells us over a hundred times, or the three in one God they call a mystery which says they are not a real Father and Son and are just role playing which the Bible never even hints of. How many stop to think that Satan would create a doctrine that would destroy the personality of the Father and Son? And would that doctrine make sense or be nonsense coming from our adversary? God is not the author of confusion and mystery doctrines, Satan is. And not forgetting the implications of the Holy Spirit. If you get this wrong, you could inadvertently give your adoration to Satan, or even worse, your worship to Satan! This is the worst counterfeit of all that affects the true worship of God and His Son. Is the Trinity doctrine Antichrist? The four verses below are the only Scriptures in the entire Bible which use the word antichrist. Note that those who John called antichrist were part of his Church but apostatized and went out on their own (see green highlighted text) and hence were in the world in his lifetime (see blue highlighted text). Thus these people John called antichrist used to be with him as professed Christians but began teaching something that was wrong. So what error did they teach that caused John to call them antichrist? (see yellow highlighted text) The trinity doctrine claims it was the one God playing the role of the Son who died on the cross and hence denies the literal Son of God came in the flesh and died on the cross. Denying Jesus is the Son of God also means God cannot be a Father and so it denies both the Father and Son. Note carefully 1 John 2:22-23. 1 John 2:18-19 “it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.” 1 John 2:22-23 “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same has not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son has the Father also.” 1 John 4:3 “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” 2 John 1:7 “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” At the Protestant Reformation the Papacy was first identified as the first beast of Revelation 13 and is synonymous with what John called antichrist. The Catholic Church responded with the Counter Reformation where they commissioned two Jesuits to manufacture false doctrine to take the focus off them being identified as antichrist. (See who is the antichrist and Futurism Bible Prophecy for detailed information) This is where the false idea of a one man antichrist originated which Scripture never teaches. Considering what John wrote on antichrist, it becomes obvious that the way the Papacy denies the Father and Son is by their creation of the doctrine of the trinity which has corrupted almost all of Christendom. Many believe their faith is well grounded in the doctrine of the trinity, yet this teaching is the foundational teaching of antichrist which makes it impossible to build on the true rock—Christ the Son of the living God. The Handbook for Today's Catholic, page 11 says, “The mystery of the trinity is the central doctrine of the Catholic faith.” The antichrist power has built on the premise that Jesus is not the literal Son of God, thus denying the Father and Son relationship. God's true Church will build on the foundation that Peter declared in Matthew 16:13-18 : “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God ... and upon this rock I will build my Church.” To believe the trinity teaching is actually to be walking in the footsteps of the antichrist power. And since the Trinity doctrine teaches 3 co-equal beings, then why did John fail to include denying the Holy Spirit if it were really a third co-equal being? The answer is simple. Because the Holy Spirit is not a third being but a third entity being their Holy Spirit. As John also said, “truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 For Adventists: What teaching is antichrist? “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. . . . He who denies the personality of God and of his Son Jesus Christ, is denying God and Christ.” — (E.G. White, RH, March 8, 1906, p. 9) And what doctrine denies the personality of God and His Son which is denying God and Christ? Her husband explains, “Here we might mention the Trinity, which does away [with] the personality of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ,” — (James White, RH, Dec 11, 1855, p. 85) Only two beings alone as John taught, “The Father and the Son alone are to be exalted.” — (E.G. White, YI, July 7, 1898) Why is the Trinity a Salvation Issue? Those who have not studied the doctrine of the trinity never see it as a salvation issue because they do not understand exactly what it entails and the many implications. And so most typically have no idea that this is actually the biggest and worst deception of all that is also related to the mark of the beast and the Sabbath day . Remember that the trinity doctrine teaches a 3 in 1 and 1 in 3 god. That is, 3 gods that are co-equal, co-eternal that are not 3 gods but 1 god. 1+1+1=One. Three gods that have supposedly always existed and hence have no beginning. So how can Jesus be a literal Son if He has always existed alongside the Father? And how can the Father be a Father if Jesus is not really His Son? Hence the trinity doctrine and other similar beliefs like Unitarians deny that Jesus is the literal Son of God in one way or another. If you do not confess Jesus is the Son of God then you are separated from God. “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” 1 John 4:15. And again, “Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:5 And if you deny Jesus is the Son of God and that God gave His literal Son then you make God a liar and you do not have eternal life. “He that believeth on the Son of God has the witness in himself: he that believeth not God has made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.” 1 John 5:10-12 “But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name.” John 20:31 And so Scripture tells us that it is only by acknowledging that Jesus is the Son of God that we can be saved and have access to the Father. And if you deny Jesus is the literal Son of God, then it is also impossible for God to be a literal Father. So it denies both the Father and the Son which is what John called antichrist as it opposes Christ being the true and literal Son of God. It denies that it was the literal Son of God that came in the flesh and died on the cross. The Bible reveals over and over again that they are a real Father and Son. But the trinity doctrine says no. Some today including Adventist Pastors when asked is Jesus the Son of God reply, No! They say He is just the one God playing the role of the Son. Yet nowhere is there even so much as a hint in Scripture that they are just role playing or are not really a Father and Son. God brought forth a Son whom He loves very much and Satan is working very hard to hide this fact. And if the Trinity doctrine is wrong, then the Holy Spirit is really a creation of Satan rather than the Spirit of the Father and Son. Does it matter if we give our adoration to a creation of Satan rather than the Spirit of the Father and Son? The answer is obvious. Scripture says Satan wants to be worshipped like the most high God. Has he succeeded in accomplishing his goal of being included as a deity? More and more today are praying and worshipping the Holy Spirit which the Bible never tells us to do. If the Holy Spirit is not a third being then whose spirit would we have according to our belief and who would we be giving our adoration to? And if we believe the Holy Spirit can be worshipped and prayed to just like the Father and the Son, who receives our worship? It goes to Satan! Do you think the Father and Son will mind? I would hope it requires no explanation. Revelation 13:17 states, “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Did you notice that it is three things? It is not just the mark of the beast, but also the name and the number of his name which is 666. The pagan origins of the trinity reveals that 666 comes from the trinity doctrine and sun and Satan worship! The question was asked in the Catholic Catechism, “What is Sunday...” The answer was that Sunday “is a day dedicated by the Apostles to the honor of the most holy Trinity.” — (RH, vol. 5, no. 24, p. 86) An interesting statement considering “Sunday worship” and the “Trinity doctrine” both came from sun and Satan worship in Babylon, and they were both brought into Christendom by the Catholic Church whom God calls Babylon! They are also both about who we worship which Revelation 13 and 14 reveals is exactly what the mark of the beast issue is all about. So do we worship the one true God on His Holy day or the pagan Catholic 3 in 1 god? And what about the Seal of God. Which God do we need to be sealed by? The one true God the Father or the pagan Catholic 3 in 1 god. This would certainly explain why Revelation reveals so many will still be deceived and perish in the end. For Adventists: Considering “Sunday worship” and the “Trinity doctrine” were both brought into Christendom by the beast (Papacy), then consider the following. “The third angel's message has been sent forth to the world, warning men against receiving the mark of the beast or of his image in their foreheads or in their hands. To receive this mark means to come to the same decision as the beast has done, and to advocate the same ideas, in direct opposition to the word of God.” — (E.G. White, RH, July 13, 1897) E.G. White says there is still more to be revealed. “The light that we have upon the third angel's message is the true light. The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been proclaimed to be. Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll,” — (E.G. White, 6T 17.1, 1900) Christ was the Son of God before coming to earth. “Christ was the only begotten Son of God, and Lucifer, that glorious angel, got up a warfare over the matter, until he had to be thrust down to the earth.” — (E.G. White, Ms86, Aug 21, 1910) Satan hates the Son of God and wants us to deny Him and not just for his own gratification. Once you fully understand this topic you will have no trouble seeing that the trinity doctrine is the work of Satan through the Catholic Church for the purpose of stealing your salvation. Is it any wonder Satan has so many workers trying to keep Christians trapped in this satanic doctrine. It is not only the worst possible deception, but is also his greatest end time deception related to the mark of the beast. The following is primarily for Adventists but is also suitable for others with the truth on the Sabbath. Why do most churches believe in the Trinity doctrine? It is the same reason that most Churches worship on Sunday instead of the Seventh day Sabbath. Hundreds of denominations now know that the Catholic Church changed the Sabbath to Sunday just before the dark ages, which was a 1260 year period where the Papal Church ruled as Church and State and persecuted Christians they called heretics. This included Sabbath keepers who would rather obey God than man. With the arrival of the printing press in the 15th century and the resulting explosion of Bibles it became very apparent that the Catholic Church was a power identified in Scripture. “John Wycliffe, William Tyndale (translated the Bible - Tyndale Bible), Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Cranmer; in the seventeenth century, Bunyan, the translators of the King James Bible and the men who published the Westminster and Baptist confessions of Faith; Sir Isaac Newton, John Wesley, Whitfield, Jonathan Edwards; and more recently Spurgeon, Bishop J.C. Ryle and Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones; these men among countless others, all saw the office of the Papacy as the antichrist.” — (Michael de Semlyen, All Roads Lead to Rome, Dorchestor House Publications, p. 205, 1991) This knowledge resulted in the Protestant Reformation as many realized the Catholic Church was the antichrist power. The true Sabbath was almost totally persecuted out of existence by this time and so all the new Churches that resulted from the Protestant Reformation continued keeping Sunday in ignorance and why it has such a stronghold today. But it was not just Sunday keeping that came out of the Protestant Reformation but also the Trinity doctrine. Constantine played a role in both in fact. He instituted the first Sunday law in 321 AD and the Trinity in 325 AD in the council of Nicea. Just four years apart and both from the same sun worshipping Emperor and both originated from sun worship. And hence both the Trinity doctrine and Sunday worship originated from sun and Satan worship in Babylon and were brought into Christendom by the Catholic Church whom God calls Babylon. Sun-day is Satan's counterfeit for the true Sabbath and the Trinity doctrine is Satan's counterfeit for the Godhead. “As fundamental errors, we might class with this counterfeit sabbath other errors which Protestants have brought away from the Catholic church, such as sprinkling for baptism, the trinity,” — (J.S. White, RH, September 12, 1854, p. 36) We find this question in the Catholic Catechism, “What is Sunday...” There answer is that Sunday “is a day dedicated by the Apostles to the honor of the most holy Trinity.” — (RH, vol. 5, no. 24, p. 86) Thus both these doctrines are closely related with the exact same origin. So when the Protestant Reformation began, all the new Protestant Churches continued with Sunday worship and the Trinity doctrine in ignorance, and very few have questioned either. As a result, most Churches now keep Sunday and believe in the Trinity doctrine, and anyone who tries to share either of these truths is looked upon as a heretic rather than a person who has studied and found the truth. The Adventist Church was the first mainstream Church to have the truth on both the Sabbath and the Trinity doctrine. But after all the early pioneers had died, a suspected Jesuit infiltrated the Church and slowly brought the Trinity doctrine in by searching for quotes from a so called prophet called Ellen White which could be easily misinterpreted unless you looked at what else she wrote. As a result, Adventists today think she became a Trinitarian because of her use of the phrases third person, heavenly trio and calling the Holy Spirit a person. But she was in fact referring to the Holy Spirit of Christ and not a third being. There is a growing count of over 550 Sabbath keeping denominations now but most are still trapped in Trinitarianism. Note the following two quotes from the Catholic Church who state that neither is based on the Bible. “Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday.” — (Rome's Challenge, immaculateheart.com/maryonline , Dec 2003) “Our opponents sometimes claim that no belief should be held dogmatically which is not explicitly stated in scripture ... But the Protestant Churches have themselves accepted such dogmas, as the Trinity, for which there is no such precise authority in the Gospels,” — (Assumption of Mary, Life magazine, Oct 30, 1950, p. 51) Did the Apostles believe in the Trinity? By now the answer to this question should be obvious but let's answer it anyway. The word “Trinity” originated from Tertullian who was a pagan turned Catholic theologian around 200 AD. This word can have no relationship with Scripture as it comes from the Platonic term “trias” which is philosophical in origin, and the Bible does not teach Greek philosophy. It is significant to note that Tertullian did not teach the Holy Spirit as a third being and he never taught the 3 in 1 god as the Trinity doctrine does today. So we know this doctrine developed in stages and could not have existed before 200 AD. It was about 225 years “after” the death of the Apostles that the Nicene Council (325 AD) under the pressure of Emperor Constantine ruled in favour of Athanasius. The proponents were Arius who believed the Father and Son were two distinct beings, and Athanasius who argued a 3 in 1 god. Most Arians dared not challenge Constantine by refusing to sign the creed but Arius did and was exiled. However, Constantine later changed his mind in favour of Arius and allowed him to return. But Arius was killed on the way which Scholars suspect Athanasius arranged. In any case, it was now Athanasius who was exiled. The chosen view changed back and forth for decades with the governing view being based on who was in power at the time and their preference. It was about 280 years “after” the death of the Apostles in 381 AD when the Holy Spirit was officially declared as a third being. The Trinity doctrine was now fully established as we know it today. The noted Trinitarian historian Adolph Harnack observed that up to 325 AD the majority of Christians insisted the Holy Spirit was not a third being. So neither the Apostles nor their associates who survived them, nor their descendants (the so called early Church Fathers) believed in the trinity. So the Trinity doctrine is a manmade doctrine from the Catholic Church which was formed in two parts. The first part was made up in 325 AD which states it is a 3 in 1 god. The second and final part was made up in 381 AD. This final part states that the Holy Spirit is a third being. Many people reject the 3 in 1 god part of this manmade doctrine but still accept the Holy Spirit part and yet both parts were made up by the Papacy. If you are going to be silly enough to believe in their manmade doctrine, then you either accept both parts or reject both parts. How can you be half Trinitarian and half non-Trinitarian? The battle over the different views went on for decades according to the politics of the Empire with more than a dozen councils held to try and solve the disputes. Whenever the Arians were dominant, they persecuted the Trinitarians, and when the Trinitarians were dominant, they persecuted the Arians. Blood literally flowed in the streets. By the 8th century, Arianism was almost eradicated. The Trinitarians proved to be more efficient in killing the Arians than the Arians in killing them. Had the Arians been more successful in killing, then the Trinity doctrine would probably not exist today. The final outcome was not the result of rational debate and pious scholarship, but power, politics and the shedding of blood. So did the Apostles believe in the Trinity? How could they have. It is impossible for the Apostles to have believed or written about this manmade doctrine that did not exist for more than three lifetimes “after” their death. So if you think that Scripture shows a 3 in 1 god and the Holy Spirit to be another being, think again. It is just a wrong idea you have been indoctrinated with as the Apostles could never have written about something that did not even exist in their time. You will soon see the real truth on the Holy Spirit and the deceptions exposed. The truth is much better than the lie. How Many Beings in the Godhead? There can be no doubt that there are three entities in the Godhead, but since Scripture reveals the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Father and Son, how many literal beings are there? Remember that the trinity doctrine teaches three “co-equal” beings that are supposedly three gods that are one god which does not make sense I know, but nothing from Satan does. In the following verse we find every possible being is mentioned to clarify that only the Father knows the day and the hour. If the Holy Spirit was a third being it would have also been mentioned which would be more relevant than the angels! “But of that day and that hour knows no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” Mark 13:32 How many beings is our fellowship with? “truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 — Answer:2 How many beings does one deny to be called antichrist? Why is the Holy Spirit excluded? “He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.” 1 John 2:22-23 — Answer:2 How many beings were being denied by ungodly men and is this consistent with what John said above? “For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:4 — Answer:2 How many beings does John say we need to know to have eternal life? “And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” John 17:3 — Answer:2 How many beings can see the Father including Himself? “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He [Jesus] who is from God; He has seen the Father.” John 6:46 — Answer:2 How many beings can reveal the Father and Son? “No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Luke 10:22 — Answer:2 How many beings can be hated? “He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.” John 15:23-24 — Answer:2 How many beings are involved in our mediation? The trinity doctrine makes the Holy Spirit a mediator but Scripture says no! “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5 — Answer:2 How many beings are on and by the throne all throughout Revelation? “And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” Revelation 7:10 — Answer:2 How many beings are in Heaven? “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.” Acts 7:56 — Answer:2 How many beings are we heirs with? “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” Romans 8:17 — Answer:2 How many divine beings bear witness of Christ? “I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.” John 8:18 — Answer:2 How many divine beings do we believe in? “Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.” John 14:1— Answer:2 How many beings are involved in creation? “And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:” Ephesians 3:9 — Answer:2 How many divine beings are in the kingdom of heaven? “For this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” Ephesians 5:5 — Answer:2 How many beings do we honour? “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which has sent him.” John 5:23 — Answer:2 How many beings do we serve? “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.” James 1:1 — Answer:2 How many beings does Paul send greetings from in every letter he wrote? Peter has done the same. “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 1:3, Ephesians 1:2, Philippians 1:2, Colossians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:2, 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, Philemon 1:3, 2 Peter 1:2 — Answer:2 And finally, how many beings are in the Godhead? “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” 1 Corinthians 8:6 — Answer:2 The following two verses are used by Trinitarians to try and prove that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one God. But how many beings are described in both verses? Two! According to the trinity teaching, the first verse should have said, “he who has seen me has seen the Father and the Holy Spirit.” And the second should have said, “I and my Father and the Holy Spirit are one.” But no, there are always only two beings revealed all throughout Scripture. How many beings? “Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest you then, Show us the Father?” John 14:9 — Answer:2 How many beings? “I and my Father are one.” John 10:30 — Answer:2 For Adventists: How many beings are to be exalted? “The Father and the Son alone are to be exalted.” — (E.G. White, YI, July 7, 1898) — Answer:2 How many beings know what the souls of men have cost? “God and Christ alone know what the souls of men have cost.” — (E.G. White, ST, Jan 13, 1909) — Answer:2 How many beings in the Counsels of God? “Christ the Word, the Only Begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father,—one in nature, in character, and in purpose,—the only being in all the universe that could enter into all the counsels and purposes of God.” — (E.G. White, GC, 493.1) — Answer:2 How many beings involved in the work of creation? “The Father and the Son rested after Their work of Creation.” — (E.G. White, MS 25, p. 3, 1898) — Answer:2 The answer is two every time and yet according to the trinity doctrine it should have been three “co-equal beings” and yet the Holy Spirit is excluded every time. And if the Holy Spirit was a god, then it would have been called “god the spirit,” not the “Spirit of God.” Scripture speaks only of honoring and worshiping the Father and Son. Nowhere does it even hint that we are to worship the Holy Spirit. All these verses and more reveal the Holy Spirit is not a literal being. In fact some of these Scriptures prove that it is an impossibility for the Holy Spirit to be a literal third being which is a belief that originated and was enforced by death by Emperor Theodosius 348 years after the cross. Hence the idea of the Holy Spirit as a third being could never have come from Scripture as this was a manmade idea more than 250 years “after” the Bible was written. So while there are three entities, there are only two literal beings. The Holy Spirit is the mind, power and personal presence of God. Names for the Godhead compared There are many names and phrases associated with the trinity doctrine but none are Biblical and hence none of them exist in Scripture. Below are phrases found in Scripture for the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit compared to Trinitarian phrases. The Trinitarian will argue that while the word Trinity is not in the Bible, the doctrine is. But you will soon find that there is nothing but straw man arguments, and that this doctrine is just as absent as any of these manmade Trinitarian words. One God or Three? For more than 3,000 years, Jews have repeated Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.” This sacred passage is called the Shema (pronounced shaw-mah and is named after the Hebrew for its first word) and has been held in high esteem and memorized by devout Jews for centuries. Trinitarians who believe there are 3 gods say, if the Bible says there is only one God then all three must be one, and yet others say if there is only one God, then how can God be composed of three beings? If Christians could only accept the simple words of Scripture instead of reading into it and trying to make Scripture say something it does not say. When Moses said, “The Lord our God is one,” Israel was surrounded by polytheistic nations that worshiped many gods. In Deuteronomy chapter 6, Moses exhorts Israel to hear God and to keep His Commandments. And what Commandment was the most broken in Old Testament times? Idolatry! Polytheism is seen rampant all through the Old Testament and hence God constantly rebuking Israel for idolatry. They worshipped many false Gods including the sun and the moon as male and female deities. As a result, every devout Jew recites the Shema twice every day, and still do to this very day to keep up the great ancient national protest against the polytheisms and pantheisms of the heathen world. It is the great utterance of the national faith in One Jehovah! What many fail to recognise is that to the Jews, there is only one God, and the Spirit of God is just that, not a separate being or god. The Jews were God's chosen people and God raised the Jewish nation as non-Trinitarian which has never changed. Trinitarians often try and use the language of the Jews to prove the Trinity doctrine and yet the people that this language belongs to were never Trinitarians! The Scriptures below reveal there is but one God. “Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?” Malachi 2:10 In the passage of Mark 12:28-34, “one of the scribes came” to Jesus and “asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?” (v. 28) “Jesus answered, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD: And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart...” (v. 29, 30) Note Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:4. “The scribe said unto him, Well, Master, you have said the truth: for THERE IS ONE GOD; and there is none other but he:” (v. 32) How did Jesus respond to the Scribe? Did He tell Him that he was wrong? To the contrary, “And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly (wisely), he said unto him, You are not far from the kingdom of God.” (v. 34) “Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.” Romans 3:30 “You believest that there is one God; you doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.” James 2:19. These devils are fallen angels who knew God and His Son. So they know “there is one God” and they know that Jesus is the “Son of God,” and not the one true God. “they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God?” Matthew 8:29 “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever.” 1 Timothy 1:17 Note: The following Scriptures also state that there is one God. But does the Bible include Jesus as the one God as the trinity doctrine claims, or is there one God “and” also one Lord Jesus Christ meaning they are two separate beings? “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord [Jesus], one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5 “And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” John 17:3 “For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:4 “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” 1 Corinthians 8:6 So Paul, John and Jude state that the Father is the only true God while excluding Jesus Christ revealing that He is not the Father and separate from the one true God the Father. So the only contradiction would be a belief in the trinity. Since the Trinity doctrine teaches a three in one God, then Trinitarians use the corresponding phrases “God the Father,” “God the Son” and “God the Spirit.” They call all three gods. But since the Bible says there is only one God, then Trinitarians have to say that all three are one God. If this were true, then indeed the Bible would use these phrases and call them all God. So is it true? Does the Bible say this? No! If there really were three God's then the Bible would use these phrases. But it doesn't because there isn't. The Bible means what it says and says what it means! It says there is only one God being “God the Father” and so the Father is the only one called God. The phrases “God the Son” and “God the Spirit” do not exist anywhere in Scripture, not even once! These phrases originated from the Catholic Church and were made up to match the doctrine they created. The Bible uses the phrase “Son of God” because that is who He is. And it uses “Spirit of God” or “Spirit of the Father” as that is what it is. So why are Trinitarians using made up phrases that have an entirely different meaning and hence are not found in the Bible? If you are using the Catholic phrases “God the Son” or “God the Spirit,” that never originated from Scripture, then you are following the Papal Church and antichrist, not the inspired words of God. For Adventists: “The divine nature in the person of Christ was not transformed in human nature and the human nature of the Son of man was not changed into the divine nature, but they were mysteriously blended in the Saviour of men. He was not the Father but in him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,” — (E.G. White, Lt8a, July 7, 1890) “The man Christ Jesus was not the Lord God Almighty, yet Christ and the Father are one.” — (E.G. White, Ms140, 1903) “The unity that exists between Christ and His disciples does not destroy the personality of either. They are one in purpose, in mind, in character, but not in person. It is thus that God and Christ are one.” — (E.G. White, 8T 269.4, 1904) Since the Trinity is not found in the Bible as many scholars and theologians admit, then those teaching it have to use the following steps to try and prove that it does. Firstly, it is said that the Bible says the Father is God, (True) and that Jesus is called God by His Father, (True) and that the Bible says the Holy Spirit is God, (Not True). More on this later. Secondly, it is then said that since all three are called God, (Not True) and Deuteronomy 6:4 says there is one God, “therefore” all three must be one! You will note that this is not a “Thus saith the Lord” and is the type of assumption that allows you to make Scripture say anything you desire. This is called red fire engine logic. That is, fire engines are red, my car is red, therefore my car is a fire engine! To assume something as important as who the Father and Son are like this that Scripture does not actually say is foolishness. If God wanted us to believe He was a Trinity, He would tell us in clear plain words. There is no Scripture that specifically states the Holy Spirit is God so once again this is erroneously assumed. And thirdly, while the one true God calls His Son God, Paul, John and Jude in the Scriptures given above unmistakably exclude Christ from being the one God. So we are back to there being just the one true God the Father just as Deuteronomy 6:4 states, and just as the Jewish nation believed when they wrote these words, and as they still believe today. True Christianity originated from Judaism, not Catholic paganism. You cannot argue the doctrine of the Trinity from the words of the Jews who wrote them when they never believed in it. Most of the Bible was written by the Jews who never believed or taught the Trinity doctrine and still do not today. And Jesus of course was a Jew as were His disciples. How do you teach the Trinity doctrine from the Bible when it is a non-Trinitarian book? The apostle John for instance could never have been teaching the Comforter and Spirit of truth is another being as the Jews have never taught or believed that ever. So the Bible had non-Trinitarian authors. Christians have been indoctrinated with many nice sounding erroneous ideas to make them think the doctrine is in the Bible when in fact it cannot be. We also know the Bible is a non-Trinitarian book as the word Trinity did not exist until about 200 A.D. at which point the idea of the Holy Spirit as a third being and the 3 in 1 still did not exist. The fully developed trinity doctrine did not exist until 381 A.D. So it is impossible for any of the Bible authors to have written about something that did not exist in their lifetime. In a discussion between Summerbell and Flood on Trinity, p. 38, in regards to the trinity he says, “it is certain that the Jewish church held to no such doctrine. Says Mr. Summerbell, “A friend of mine who was present in a New York synagogue, asked the Rabbi for an explanation of the word 'Elohim'. A Trinitarian clergyman who stood by, replied, 'Why, that has reference to the three persons in the Trinity,' when a Jew stepped forward and said he must not mention that word again, or they would have to compel him to leave the house; for it was not permitted to mention the name of any strange god in the synagogue.” Strange god indeed. I worship the one true God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Not some 1 in 3 god that came from sun and Satan worship! “And truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 Does Elohim prove a Trinity? Some claim that because the word most often used for God in the Hebrew Bible is Elohim (plural for El), then the one true God must be a trinity. But this is just another deception or ignorance. The fact is that the word Elohim is used for the true God, false gods, supernatural spirits (angels) and even human leaders such as kings and judges. Thus the word Elohim can and is used to refer to a single person, and when it does, linguists call it a “plural intensive” or “plural of majesty” which denotes greatness. The Hebrew people pluralized nouns when they desired to express greatness or majesty as they did with God. So when Elohim is used of the one true God, it is called a “plural of majesty” which denotes the greatness of God, not number. This was “only” done by the Hebrew people so in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible (the Septuagint, which Jesus and the apostles quoted) where Elohim refers to the true God, the word Theos is used which is not plural but singular. The same applies to the New Testament where Theos is the Greek equivalent to Elohim and once again it is not plural but singular. For example. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:4 in Mark 12:29 . The word Theos for God in this verse is singular, not plural. If Elohim was really a plurality of the one true God, then the New Testament writers would have used the plural of Theos also when referring to God. Instead they used the singular form every single time. And yet the plural form is used eight times in the New Testament referring to men or false gods. (John 10:34-35; Acts 7:40, 14:11, 19:26; 1 Corinthians 8:5; Galatians 4:8). I trust that no one will say that God is a trinity in the Hebrew language while being one God in the Greek language. Note the examples below. The Hebrew morphology codes [ncmpa] used with Elohim below are Noun Common, Masculine, Plural and Absolute, while the Greek morphology codes [N-NSM] used with Theos are Noun, Nominative, Singular and Masculine. Every occurrence of the word Theos for God is always singular in the Greek Old and New Testaments. Genesis 1:1 Hebrew — “In the beginning, God [ אלהים ĕlôhîym 430 [ncmpa] p=Plural] created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 Greek — “In the beginning, God [ θεος theos 2316 [N-NSM] s=Singular] made the heavens and the earth.” And what about Moses, was he a trinity to Pharaoh? Obviously not. “And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made you a god [Elohim] to Pharaoh.” Exodus 7:1. Here Elohim refers to one person and so it is a “Plural of Majesty” and therefore denotes greatness. So this verse simply means that God would make Moses appear great in the eyes of Pharaoh. For example. “And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.” Exodus 11:3. The word Elohim in the KJV Bible has also been translated to the words “great” and “mighty” due to its meaning. Below are some dictionary definitions from scholars concerning the usage of Elohim as a “plural intensive,” or as many prefer, “plural of majesty” (a pluralis excellentice) or “plentitude of might.” “Elohim is a plural form which is often used in Hebrew to denote plentitude of might.” — (Hertz, The Pentateuch & Haftorahs) “The form of the word, Elohim, is plural. The Hebrews pluralized nouns to express greatness or majesty.” — (Flanders, Cresson; Introduction to the Bible) “The Hebrew noun Elohim is plural but the verb is singular, a normal usage in the OT when reference is to the one true God. This use of the plural expresses intensification rather than number and has been called the plural of majesty, or of potentiality.” — (New International Version Study Bible, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1985, p. 6) “This word [elohim], which is generally viewed as the plural of eloah [Strong's #433 ], is found far more frequently in Scripture than either el or eloah for the true God. The plural ending is usually described as a plural of majesty and not intended as a true plural when used of God. This is seen in the fact that the noun elohim is consistently used with singular verb forms and with adjectives and pronouns in the singular.” — (Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, Vol. 1, 1980, p. 44) “The plural form of Elohim has given rise to much discussion. The fanciful idea that it referred to the trinity of persons in the Godhead hardly finds now a supporter among scholars. It is either what grammarians call the plural of majesty, or it denotes the fullness of divine strength, the sum of the powers displayed by God. Jehovah denotes specifically the one true God, whose people the Jews were, and who made them the guardians of his truth.” — (Smith's Bible Dictionary) So why does the fanciful idea that Elohim refers to a trinity hardly find a supporter among scholars now? Because the truth is impossible to avoid and you would only end up looking very foolish and deceived if you use this to try and prove a lie. Below is the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions for the word Elohim. When Elohim refers to one that is great, it is called plural intensive which is the singular meaning. But when the noun is actually plural, it translates to plural such as gods. And when the noun is actually singular, it translates to plural intensive - singular meaning such as God who is one but is also great. This is called “plural intensive” which is also called a “plural of majesty.” Highlighting is added. BDB Definition: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive - singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God So when you hear the argument that Elohim means God must be a trinity, then understand that there is either deliberate deception or total ignorance and such a person cannot be trusted. Sadly, Adventist Pastor Doug Batchelor used this argument to try and prove the Trinity doctrine. Watch this short video for the truth on the meaning of Elohim . As for Genesis 1:26, the pronouns are plural in the Hebrew text so it is translated, “God said, let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness.” Trinitarians claim that since Elohim is plural, and the pronouns are plural, God must be more than one. But Elohim refers to the one true God which only leaves the question of who is “us” in this verse. Scripture does not leave us guessing. Ephesians 3:9 says, “God, ... created all things by Jesus Christ:” God in this verse is obviously someone other than Jesus Christ, and Hebrews 1:2 and John 1:3 says God created all things by His Son. So who is speaking in Genesis 1:26 and who is He speaking to? God the Father said to His Son, “let US make man in OUR image.” Christ is “the express image” of the Father, so anyone created in the Father's image is also created in His Son's image. For Adventists: “The Father and the Son engaged in the mighty, wondrous work they had contemplated, of creating the world. ... And now God said to His Son, “Let us make man in our image. [Genesis 1:26 quoted]” — (E.G. White, 1SP, 24.1,2). Please watch this 12 second YouTube video clip and see who the President of the SDA Church says did the creating and ask yourself has the Church become deceived on the Godhead. Close the window to return to this page. Note that President Ted Wilson also confirms that the Adventist Church teaches the three in one god just as the Catholic Church does. Does John 1:1 say Jesus is God? John 1:1 says, “(a) In the beginning was the Word, (b) and the Word was with [the] God, (c) and the Word was God.” That this Divine Word is none other than Jesus Christ is shown by verse 14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” John 1:1a says the Word was in the beginning, but the beginning of what? It has to be the beginning of something. Was it the beginning of this world? Was it the beginning of the creation of the angels? Whichever beginning you place it at, it has to be the beginning of something. Many Trinitarians use this to say that Christ has always been, and had no beginning. But that is not what the verse says. God had no beginning! Also the Word with has to mean something. The Word was “with” God. They cannot be the same being, or one could not be with the other. As John 1:2 NIV says, “He [Jesus] was with God in the beginning.” The proper rendering of John 1:1 into English from the original Koine Greek text continues to be a source of vigorous debate among Bible translators, and especially the phrase the Word was God (c). The first verse of John's Gospel says that God's Son Christ Jesus, being referred to as the Word here, was with God in the beginning, (a+b). John 1:1b does not say that the Messiah is God but was with “the” God. It is important to note that the word “the” exists in the Greek text and was left out by translators as they probably thought it read wrong, but it is correct and has purpose. Here is the original Greek text for (1b). και and 2532 CONJ ο the 3588 T-NSM λογος Word 3056 N-NSM ην was 2258 V-IXI-3S προς with 4314 PREP τον the 3588 T-ASM θεον God 2316 N-ASM The phrase “the God” identifies the one true God the Father in this verse and so the word “the” is important. While Jesus is called God in this verse, there is a clear distinction between Him and “the” God whom He was with. The God whom Jesus was with is “the” God the Father. Jesus was not the same God He was with but rather Jesus was God in the sense of being divine just like His Father, as being the Son, He inherits the characteristics of His Father. The Father is God and so His Son is God by nature just as any human by inheritance possesses the very nature and form of humanity. One can better understand John 1:1 by using the same grammatical structure but with different subjects such as Adam and Eve for example. “In the beginning was the woman, and the woman was with [the] human, and the woman was human.” Adam is “the human” and the woman is Eve, but Eve is also human by nature but Eve is not “the human” in identity. They are two separate persons. Look at this again with this perspective in mind. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the Deity, and the Word was Deity.” The Word, the Son was with the supreme Deity the Father, and the Word was Deity in nature. But the Son was not “the” Deity, the Son was not “the” Father, yet the Son has the Father's divine nature by inheritance. The Word has the same God quality, the same divine nature and the same God-ness as His Father. Thus Jesus was with God in the beginning, but He is not “the” God the Father but God by inheritance and nature being the Son. He is God because He is the Son of God. It is that simple. In Hebrews 1:1-9 we note that the speaker is God the Father and that He is addressing His Son and calling Him God. Verse 2 says that Christ was “appointed heir” of all things. An heir of course is someone who receives an inheritance from someone. In this case Christ the Son received an inheritance from His Father. But what did He receive? His name, His authority and His power! In other words, Jesus being the one and only begotten Son of the living God received by virtue of His birth all of the attributes that His Father possessed. Verse 4 says, “Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” Verse 8 says that this more excellent name is the name “God,” which was given by the Father to His Son. “Unto the Son He [God] saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.” And so this name “He has by inheritance.” It is not a name that was bestowed but a name that was inherited from His Father. So Christ not only inherited His name but other things as well. Name means authority ( Mark 11:9 , John 5:43 ), and it also means character and nature ( Exodus 33:18-19 , Exodus 34:5-6 ). The name Adam means human for example. When people have children, they not only inherit the name of their parents but they also inherit the nature of the parents, which of course is human nature. In like manner, Jesus inherited the same name as His Father, just as a child inherits the name of the parents, and He also inherits the nature of His Father, which is His divine nature. Christ also inherits His Father's life. “For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself.” John 5:26 . And if Jesus had always existed alongside the Father as the Trinity doctrine claims, then God could not have given life to His Son as He would have always had life. But Scripture reveals this is impossible. So Christ inherited not only the name of His Father, and the nature of His Father but also the very life of the Father. In other words, Christ inherited the very same attributes and nature as His Father. That is why Christ has a more excellent name than the angels. He has the divine nature of the Father as He comes from the Father and so is equal and fully divine as the Father. Some seem to favour a belief in Trinitarianism because they feel Jesus should be exactly the same as His Father in every single way in order for Him to be called God. But do your offspring have to be exactly the same as you in age and authority etc. to be 100% human? I would hate to think that for my son to be fully human that he had to be like me in every way. Let's cover one more time why Jesus is called God by simple points since this is such a huge stumbling block for many. Are you human by nature? — Yes. Are your children human by nature? — Yes. Do your children inherit your human nature? — Yes. Do your children inherit their father's name? — Yes. Is the Father God by nature? — Yes. Is His Son God by nature? — Yes. Did Jesus inherit His Father's name? — Yes. Did Jesus inherit His Fathers God nature? — Yes Why would we expect anything else? Jesus inherited His Father's name and God nature because He is God's Son! The same applies to people. So basically, there is “one” God. Jesus is “not” the God, He is the Son of God. He carries the “name” of God by virtue of His “inheritance.” And because He is the Son of God, He is “equal” with God. For Adventists: Ellen G. White endorsed the following. Sentences have been placed on separate lines for easier reading. “This name was not given to Christ in consequence of some great achievement, but it is His by right of inheritance. Speaking of the power and greatness of Christ, the writer to the Hebrews says that He is made so much better than the angels, because “He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” Heb. 1:4. A son always rightfully takes the name of the father; and Christ, as “the only begotten Son of God,” has rightfully the same name. A son, also, is, to a greater or less degree, a reproduction of the father; he has, to some extent, the features and personal characteristics of his father; not perfectly, because there is no perfect reproduction among mankind.But there is no imperfection in God, or in any of His works; and so Christ is the “express image” of the Father's person. Heb. 1:3. As the Son of the self-existent God, he has by nature all the attributes of Deity. It is true that there are many sons of God; but Christ is the “only begotten Son of God,” and therefore the Son of God in a sense in which no other being ever was, or ever can be. The angels are sons of God, as was Adam (Job 38:7; Luke 3:38), by creation; Christians are the sons of God by adoption (Rom. 8:14,15); but Christ is the Son of God by birth. The writer to the Hebrews further shows that the position of the Son of God is not one to which Christ has been elevated, but that it is one which He has by right.” — (E.J. Waggoner, CAHR, p. 11-12) Is Jesus God? The word God is used in two different ways in Scripture. Firstly, the word “God” is used to refer to the Supreme Being of the universe who is the ultimate source of all things. Every time the Bible refers to the one true God, it is referring to this supreme being who is the one that was before all else and from whom all life ultimately came. In this sense no one else is God. But the word God is also used to refer to someone who possesses the attributes of divinity, or the characteristics of God. Many times the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the begotten Son of the one true God the Father, and being the Son, He possesses the same attributes and characteristics as His Father. It is an obvious fact that every son inherits the nature of his father. And since Christ came out of the Father, He is of the very substance of His Father and hence has the same God nature of His Father as He possesses by birth all the attributes and characteristics of His Father. In fact, Hebrews 1:3 says He is the “express image of His person.” A son also and always rightfully takes the name of the father and so Christ as the only begotten Son of God has rightfully the same name. Note that Hebrews 1:1-9 says that Jesus is an heir who has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than the angels and that name is God! So Jesus inherited His Father's name, character and divine nature in the same way a human son inherits the human nature and name of his parents. So Jesus is God because He is the Son of God. But He is not and cannot be “God the Father.” He is the “Son of God” just as the Bible so plainly states more than one hundred times. He is God's literal Son. To say that Jesus is God the Father is to say that the “Son is the Father” which means the Son is not really a Son and the Father is not really a Father. Or to put it another way, to say that Jesus is the Father because He has the same God nature as His Father is no different to saying that since my Father is Human and I am Human, therefore I must be my father! This is not good logic or theology and suddenly hundreds of Scriptures supposedly would no longer mean what they say at all. The truth is that Scripture means what it says and says what it means. God is the Father of Christ; Christ is the Son of God. The Bible never calls Jesus “God the Son” as Trinitarians do and with very good reason. It is always the “Son of God” because that is who He is. Satan's plan is for us to deny the Father and Son as this is what John called antichrist. 1 John 2:22-23 . He does not care if our belief is Trinitarian, Unitarian or other. As long as it denies Jesus is the literal Son of God which also denies God is a Father. Confessing Jesus is the Son of God is our only means to the Father and to deny this has eternal consequences. In conclusion, Jesus is not “a” God or “the” God but God only by nature through inheritance being the Son. Jesus is a divine being but He is not the supreme being. The Father is the supreme being and the source of all things and the life of the Father flows through the Son and out to all. Jesus is the channel through which all things come and why the Father has given all things into His hands. Only the Father is described as the one “of whom are all things.” He is the great Source of all. Jesus is not another source “of whom are all things.” That would make Him another God. Rather Jesus is described as the one “by whom are all things.” The Father has given Christ authority to rule over all things but this does not include the Father Himself. The Father is greater in authority and always will be. God the Father is the source of all things including His Son. Thus all things proceed from the Father; including Christ Himself, but it has pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell (Colossians 1:19). So when we say “Jesus is God,” we have to be careful to state exactly what we mean. Christ is a divine being, but not the supreme being. When we speak of the Supreme Being there is only one such person and it is not Jesus. So there is but “one” God. Jesus is “not” God, He is the Son of God. He carries the “name” of God by virtue of His “inheritance.” And because He is the Son of God, He is “equal” with God. “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” 1 Corinthians 8:6 “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:6 For Adventists: “God is the Father of Christ; Christ is the Son of God. To Christ has been given an exalted position. He has been made equal with the Father. All the counsels of God are opened to His Son.” — (E.G. White, 8T 268.3) “Only one being in the universe besides the Father bears the name of God, and that is His Son, Jesus Christ.” — (J.E. White, Coming King, p. 33) “He [Christ] was not the Father but in him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,” — (E.G. White, Lt8a, July 7, 1890) “The man Christ Jesus was not the Lord God Almighty, yet Christ and the Father are one.” — (E.G. White, Ms140, 1903) “The unity that exists between Christ and His disciples does not destroy the personality of either. They are one in purpose, in mind, in character, but not in person. It is thus that God and Christ are one.” — (E.G. White, 8T 269.4, 1904) The Bible physically separates the Father and the Son repeatedly. While Christ was on earth, He referred to, “My Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32. He always directed His prayers heavenward to the Father and stated that the Father had His own individual will, “Father, if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” Luke 22:42. “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Mark 15:34. “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” Luke 23:46. Then after He died and rose again, He ascended to “the right hand of God.” Romans 8:34. Only God knows the hour of His son's return. “But of that day and that hour knows no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” Mark 13:32. John frequently addresses the Father and Son as separate entities. “Our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3. As did Paul, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” 1 Timothy 2:5 and “there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” 1 Corinthians 8:6. And Stephen, “But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,” Acts 7:55. These and many others prove the Father has a separate presence. Not only do we have dozens of Scriptures that reveal Jesus is not the one true God and is clearly separate, how does one say Jesus is the one God when no man has seen God? “No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:12. Only Christ has seen the only true God the Father. “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He [Jesus] who is from God; He has seen the Father.” John 6:46 In fact Jesus said that He was not the Father more than 80 times. While always remaining one in purpose, Jesus and the Father are clearly separate and distinct beings. And on more than one occasion, the Father spoke to Jesus from heaven. “And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased'.” Matthew 3:17. Either Jesus and the Father are two separate individual beings or Jesus was an expert ventriloquist. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

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All trinity studies Previous Download Next Who is the Holy Spirit Who Is The Holy Spirit? Below is the truth about the Holy Spirit that God gave to our pioneers, which is a pillar of our faith. “The terms “Holy Ghost”, are a harsh and repulsive translation. It should be “Holy Spirit” (hagion pneuma) in every instance. This Spirit is the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Christ; the Spirit being the same whether it is spoken of as pertaining to God or Christ. But respecting this Spirit, the Bible uses expressions which cannot be harmonized with the idea that it is a person like the Father and the Son. Rather it is shown to be a divine influence from them both, the medium which represents their presence and by which they have knowledge and power through all the universe, when not personally present.” — (Uriah Smith, RH, Oct 28, 1890) Ellen White wrote it this way. “They were two, yet little short of being identical; two in individuality, yet ONE IN SPIRIT,” — (E.G. White, YI, Dec 16, 1897) They are ONE in Spirit because God gave HIS Spirit to HIS Son. “The Father gave HIS Spirit without measure to his Son,” — (E.G. White, RH, Nov 5, 1908) “In giving us HIS Spirit, God gives us HIMSELF,” — (E.G. White, 7T 273.1, 1902) And so the Holy Spirit is the mind, power, character and personal presence of the very life of God that the Father sends through His Son to us. Or to put it another way to make sure this is clear; the Holy Spirit is the presence and power of the Father manifested through Jesus Christ, His only begotten son. This is not a separate person of the Godhead who is being sent, it is the very life of God coming to us through His Son. And so the SPIRIT OF GOD comes to us through His only begotten Son. “The Holy Spirit, which proceeds from the only begotten Son of God,” — (E.G. White, RH, April 5, 1906) Thus the HOLY SPIRIT is also called the SPIRIT OF CHRIST. “The HOLY SPIRIT is the SPIRIT of CHRIST, which is sent to all men to give them sufficiency,” — (E.G. White, 14MR 84.3) “We want the HOLY SPIRIT, which is JESUS CHRIST. If we commune with God, we shall have strength and grace and efficiency.” — (E.G. White, Lt66, April 10, 1894) “but it is the leaven of the SPIRIT of JESUS CHRIST, which is sent down from heaven, called the HOLY GHOST, and that Spirit affects the heart and the character.” — (E.G. White, Ms36-1891) Did you ever wonder how we can have the Father and Son live in us? Because the HOLY SPIRIT is the Spirit of the FATHER AND SON. So who do we have in us when we have the HOLY SPIRIT? The FATHER AND SON! “BY THE SPIRIT the Father and the Son will come and MAKE THEIR ABODE WITH YOU. [John 14:23 quoted]” — (E.G. White, BEcho, Jan 15, 1893) This is the truth God gave His remnant Church. It is not another being which is a creation of Satan via the Catholic Church so he could achieve worship and steal souls! And so the “Holy Spirit” is the power and presence of God and of Christ which can function independently of themselves like a third (but not a literal third) and is how “They” represent “Themselves” where they are not personally present. Thus Ellen White continually identifies the “Holy Spirit” as being the “Spirit of Christ” which is also His Fathers Spirit. And so it is by the “Spirit of Christ” that we have access to the Father. “For through HIM [CHRIST] we both have access by ONE SPIRIT unto the Father.” Ephesians 2:18 As Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 Below is an overwhelming amount of evidence that proves who Ellen White was calling the Holy Spirit. _______________________________________________________ THE COMFORTER IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “This refers to the omnipresence of the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, called the COMFORTER.” — (E.G. White, 14MR 179.2) “Let them study the seventeenth of John, and learn how to pray and how to live the prayer of CHRIST. HE is THE Comforter. He will abide in their hearts, making their joy full.” — (E.G. White, RH, Jan 27, 1903) “As by faith we look to Jesus, our faith pierces the shadow, and we adore God for His wondrous love in giving JESUS THE COMFORTER.” — (E.G. White, 19MR 297.3) “CHRIST is to be known by the blessed name of COMFORTER. “The Comforter,” said Christ to His disciples, “which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you, [John 14:26 quoted]” — (E.G. White, Ms7-1902, Jan 26, 1902) “The SAVIOUR is our COMFORTER. This I have proved Him to be.” — (E.G. White, 8MR 49.3) ______________________________________________________ THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “JESUS comes to you as the SPIRIT of TRUTH; study the mind of the Spirit, consult your Lord, follow His way.” — (E.G. White, 2MR 337.1) “The SPIRIT of TRUTH is the only effectual teacher of divine truth; those who are taught of Him have entered the school of CHRIST. How must God esteem the race, that He gave His Son to die for them, and appoints HIS SPIRIT to be man's teacher and continual guide.” — (E.G. White, ST, Oct 24, 1906) “Christ was about to depart to His home in the heavenly courts. But He assured His disciples that He would send them another Comforter, who would abide with them forever. To the guidance of this Comforter all who believe in CHRIST may implicitly trust. HE is the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, but this truth the world can neither discern nor receive.” — (E.G. White, 12MR 260.1) “We cannot be with CHRIST in person, as were His first disciples, but HE has sent HIS HOLY SPIRIT to guide us into all truth, and through this power we too can bear witness for the Saviour. [John 16:13 quoted]” — (E.G. White, Ms30, June 18, 1900) _______________________________________________________ THE SPIRIT BREATHED ON THE DISCIPLES WAS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “And when He had said this, He [Christ] breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: ... Before the disciples could fulfill their official duties in connection with the church, CHRIST breathed HIS SPIRIT upon them.” — (E.G. White, DA, p. 805) “JESUS is waiting to BREATHE upon all his disciples, and give them the inspiration of HIS sanctifying SPIRIT, and transfuse the vital influence from HIMSELF to his people.” — (E.G. White, ST, Oct 3, 1892) “JESUS is seeking to impress upon them the thought that in giving HIS HOLY SPIRIT He is giving to them the glory which the Father has given him, that He and his people may be one in God.” — (E.G. White, ST, Oct 3, 1892) _______________________________________________________ THE SPIRIT GIVEN AT PENTECOST WAS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “And when He had said this, He [Christ] breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. The Holy Spirit was not yet fully manifested; for Christ had not yet been glorified. The more abundant impartation of the Spirit did not take place till after Christ's ascension. Not until this was received could the disciples fulfill the commission to preach the gospel to the world. But the Spirit was now given for a special purpose. Before the disciples could fulfill their official duties in connection with the church, CHRIST breathed HIS Spirit upon them.” — (E.G. White, DA, p. 805) “Outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost—Christ ascended on high, to take His position as our Advocate in the heavenly courts. Having reached His throne, HE SENT HIS HOLY SPIRIT, as He had promised, in response to the prayers of His disciples.” — (E.G. White, 10MR 98.1, 1899) “When the HOLY SPIRIT was poured out upon the early church, 'The whole multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul.' The SPIRIT of CHRIST made them one. This is the fruit of abiding in Christ.” — (E.G. White, GCDB, Feb 6, 1893) “The promise of the Holy Spirit is not limited to any age or to any race. CHRIST declared that the divine influence of HIS SPIRIT was to be with His followers unto the end. From the Day of PENTECOST to the present time, the Comforter has been sent to all who have yielded themselves fully to the Lord and to His service.” — (E.G. White, AA, 49.2) _______________________________________________________ THE SPIRIT THAT REPRESENTS CHRIST IS HIS OWN SPIRIT: “CHRIST came to our world, but the world could not endure His purity. He has gone to His Father, but HE has sent HIS Holy Spirit to REPRESENT HIM in the world till he shall come again.” — (E.G. White, Ms1, Jan 11, 1897) “CHRIST has left HIS Holy Spirit to be HIS REPRESENTATIVE in the world, to give celestial aid to every hungering, thirsting soul.” — (E.G. White, Lt84, Oct 22, 1895) “The Holy Spirit is the SPIRIT of CHRIST; it is HIS REPRESENTATIVE. Here is the divine agency that carries conviction to hearts. When the power of His Spirit is revealed through the servants of God, we behold divinity flashing through humanity.” — (E.G. White, 13MR 313.3, 1895) “Cumbered with humanity, CHRIST could not be in every place personally; therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should leave them, go to His father, and send the Holy Spirit to be His successor on earth. The Holy Spirit is [Christ] HIMSELF, divested of the personality of humanity, and independent thereof. HE would REPRESENT HIMSELF as present in all places by HIS Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent.” — (E.G. White, Lt119, Feb 18, 1895) _______________________________________________________ THE THIRD GREAT POWER IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “CHRIST has given HIS SPIRIT as a divine POWER.” — (E.G. White, RH, Nov 19, 1908) “They have ONE God and ONE Saviour; and ONE Spirit--the Spirit of Christ--is to bring unity into their ranks.” — (E.G. White, 9T 189.3, 1909) _______________________________________________________ THE THIRD PERSON IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “Sin could be resisted and overcome ONLY through the mighty agency of the third person [Spirit Of Christ] of the Godhead,” — (E.G. White, DA, 671.2) Who is the third person who is the “ONLY” one who can overcome sin in you? “There is no power in you apart from CHRIST, but it is your privilege to have Christ abiding in your heart by faith, and HE can OVERCOME SIN in you, when you cooperate with His efforts.” — (E.G. White, OHC, 76.5) “With HIS SPIRIT CHRIST sends a reconciling influence and a power that TAKES away SIN.” — (E.G. White, RH, May 19, 1904) “The prince of the POWER OF EVIL can ONLY be held in check by the power of God in the third person [Spirit Of Christ] of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.” — (E.G. White, Special Testimonies, Series A, No. 10, p. 37, 1897) “JESUS ALONE has power to SAVE FROM SIN, to free from the POWER OF EVIL; and to doubt him who has laid down his life for us, is to grieve and insult the Father,” — (E.G. White, RH, Feb 10, 1891) “The ONLY defense AGAINST EVIL is the indwelling of CHRIST in the heart through faith in His righteousness.” — (E.G. White, DA, 324.1) “They have ONE God and ONE Saviour; and ONE Spirit--the Spirit of Christ--is to bring unity into their ranks.” — (E.G. White, 9T 189.3, 1909) THIRD PERSON = ONE + ONE + ONE = “the Spirit of Christ.” _______________________________________________________ THE THIRD PERSON IN THE HEAVENLY TRIO IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: The Holy Spirit is the third person who is? “The HOLY SPIRIT is the SPIRIT of CHRIST, which is sent to all men to give them sufficiency,” — (E.G. White, 14MR 84.3) “We want the HOLY SPIRIT, which is JESUS CHRIST.” — (E.G. White, Lt66, April 10, 1894) “but it is the leaven of the SPIRIT of JESUS CHRIST, which is sent down from heaven, called the HOLY GHOST,” — (E.G. White, Ms36-1891) “They have ONE God and ONE Saviour; and ONE Spirit--the Spirit of Christ--is to bring unity into their ranks.” — (E.G. White, 9T 189.3, 1909) THIRD PERSON = ONE + ONE + ONE = “the Spirit of Christ.” _______________________________________________________ THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON AND IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “remember the words of CHRIST, remember that HE [CHRIST] is an unseen presence in the PERSON of the Holy Spirit,” — (E.G. White, DG 185.2, 1897) “We want the HOLY SPIRIT, which is JESUS CHRIST.” — (E.G. White, Lt66, April 10, 1894) “Lift up CHRIST in His power in the PERSON of the Holy Spirit. He is waiting for them to open the door and admit Him.” — (E.G. White, Lt59, March 29, 1899) _______________________________________________________ WHO WALKS UNSEEN THROUGH OUR HOMES AND STREETS? THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST: “We want the HOLY SPIRIT, which is JESUS CHRIST.” — (E.G. White, Lt66, April 10, 1894) So we can add to this quote CHRIST BY HIS SPIRIT. “We need to realize that the Holy Spirit, [CHRIST BY HIS SPIRIT] who is as much a person as God is a person, is WALKING THROUGH THESE GROUNDS, UNSEEN BY HUMAN EYES; ... HE HEARS EVERY WORD WE UTTER and knows every thought of the mind.” — (E.G. White, 2SAT, pp. 136, 137, 1899) QUESTION 1: Who was walking through those grounds, through our streets, and by our side and hears every word we utter? “CHRIST WALKS UNSEEN THROUGH OUR STREETS. With messages of mercy He comes to our homes.” — (E.G. White, MH, p. 107) “How few realize that JESUS, UNSEEN, IS WALKING BY THEIR SIDE! How ashamed many would be to hear His voice speaking to them, and to know that HE HEARD ALL THEIR FOOLISH, COMMON TALK!” — (E.G. White, 14MR 125.3) “Remember that JESUS IS BESIDE YOU WHEREVER YOU GO, noting your actions and LISTENING TO YOUR WORDS.” — (E.G. White, YI, Feb 4, 1897) QUESTION 2: Who is the person of the Holy Spirit who is unseen by human eyes? “The human agent, the seen instrument, is to preach the Word, and the LORD JESUS, THE UNSEEN, AGENCY, BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT is to make the Word efficacious and powerful.—Letter 105, 1900.” — (E.G. White, 2SM 18.3) “He [CHRIST] is an UNSEEN PRESENCE in the PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,” — (E.G. White, DG, 185.2, 1897) _______________________________________________________ The answer never changes. There are a few quotes from Ellen White that can be misunderstood on their own as you have just seen, which a Jesuit used to bring the Trinity doctrine into the SDA Church. But letting SOP explain SOP, there is no mistaking she was referring to the SPIRIT OF CHRIST every time. She said: The Comforter is the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, the Spirit of truth is the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, the third person is the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, the third great power is the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, the Holy Spirit given at Pentecost was the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, the Holy Spirit Jesus breathed on His disciples was HIS own SPIRIT, the Holy Spirit Christ sent to represent Himself was HIS own SPIRIT, the Heavenly trio is the Father, Son and SPIRIT OF CHRIST, and she reveals over and over again that there are only two divine beings. NOTE: God raised the Adventist Church as non-Trinitarian. The Trinity doctrine was slowly brought into the Adventist Church long AFTER the death of Ellen White and the pioneers by a suspected Jesuit who is also a known Freemason. The idea of the Holy Spirit as another being was Satan's idea so he could get worship for his creation. The real truth is that the “Holy Spirit” is the power and presence of God and of Christ which can function independently of themselves like a third (but not a literal third) and is how “They” represent “Themselves” where they are not personally present. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

All trinity studies Previous Download Next Stephen N. Haskell on the Trinity Stephen N. Haskell on the Trinity More words from one of the founding members of the Seventh day Adventist Church and the truth the Adventist Church was founded on. “The rainbow in the clouds is but a symbol of the rainbow which has encircled the throne from eternity. Back in the ages, which finite mind cannot fathom, the Father and Son were alone in the universe. Christ was the first begotten of the Father, and to Him Jehovah made known the divine plan of Creation. The plan of the creation of worlds was unfolded, together with the order of beings which should people them. Angels, as representatives of one order, would be ministers of the God of the universe. The creation of our own little world, was included in the deep-laid plans. The fall of Lucifer was foreseen; likewise the possibility of the introduction of sin, which would mar the perfection of the divine handiwork. It was then, in those early councils, that Christ's heart of love was touched; and the only begotten Son pledged His life to redeem man, should he yield and fall. Father and Son, surrounded by impenetrable glory, clasped hands. It was in appreciation of this offer, that upon Christ was bestowed creative power, and the everlasting covenant was made; and henceforth Father and Son, with one mind, worked together to complete the work of creation. Sacrifice of self for the good of others was the foundation of it all.” — (S.N. Haskell, The Story of the Seer of Patmos, pp. 93, 94, 1905) “Before the creation of our world, “there was war in heaven.” Christ and the Father covenanted together; and Lucifer, the covering cherub, grew jealous because he was not admitted into the eternal councils of the Two who sat upon the throne.” — (S.N. Haskell, The Story of the Seer of Patmos, pages 217, 1905) "Christ was the firstborn in heaven; He was likewise the firstborn of God upon earth, and heir to the Father's throne. Christ, the firstborn, though the Son of God, was clothed in humanity, and was made perfect through suffering. He took the form of man, and through eternity, He will remain a man.” — (S.N. Haskell, The Story of the Seer of Patmos, pp. 98, 99, 1905) Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

All trinity studies Previous Download Next Who was Right, the Early SDA or the Current SDA Who was right? The Early SDA Church or the Current SDA Church. The well-known Adventist Trinitarian Jerry Moon who was a co-author of the book “The Trinity” wrote, “That most of the leading SDA pioneers were non-Trinitarian in their theology has become accepted Adventist history,” He then goes on to say, “either the pioneers were wrong and the present church is right, or the pioneers were right and the present Seventh-day Adventist Church has apostatized from biblical truth.” — (Jerry Moon, The Trinity, Chapter, Trinity and antitrinitarianism in Seventh-day Adventist history, p. 190) Sadly, the latter is true. The present Seventh-day Adventist Church has apostatized from biblical truth. Ellen White wrote this at least 11 years after it was claimed she had become a Trinitarian. “And now, after half a century of clear light from the Word as to what is truth, there are arising many false theories, to unsettle minds. But the evidence given in our early experience has the same force that it had then. The truth is the same as it ever has been, and not a pin or a pillar can be moved from the structure of truth. That which was sought for out of the Word in 1844, 1845, and 1846 remains the truth today in every particular.” — (E.G. White, Letter 38, 1906) It was in this three year period that the pillars of faith were established. So more than 11 years after she supposedly became a Trinitarian, she states that the truths established in these first three years remained the same in every way still in 1906. So this is a declaration from her that the non-Trinitarian view they held in this period is still truth in every particular. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next The Differentiation between God and Jesus The Differentiation between God and Jesus • Romans 1:7: “To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” • 1 Corinthians 1:3: “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” • 2 Corinthians 1:1: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God.” • Galatians 1:1: “Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead).” • Ephesians 1:2: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” • Philippians 1:2: “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” • Colossians 1:1: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother.” • 1 Thessalonians 1:1: “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thess 3:13 is very similar: “To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints [angels]”) Allow me to add this most transparent text here: • 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10: “For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” NOTE: Paul distinguishes between “the living and true God” and “his Son”, “even Jesus”. • 2 Thessalonians 1:1: “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:” • 1 Timothy 1:1: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope.” • 2 Timothy 1:1: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus.” • Titus 1:1: “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ.” • Hebrews 1:1-3: “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his [the Father’s] glory, and the express image of his person [=Jesus is the express image of the Father].” • 1 Peter 1:3: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” • 2 Peter 1:1: “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” • Jude 1:1: “Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.” • 1 John 1:3: “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.” • 2 John 1:3: “Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.” The Book of Revelation . . . Revelation in particular distinguishes between Jesus and God: • Rev 1:1-2: “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.” • Rev 1:4-5: “Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ.” Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 下一篇 守安息日为圣 今天我们要简单地探讨安息日这个课题当中的一些要点。相信这教导对许多人来说是了如指掌的，也是多年以来最备受关注的课题，特别是安息日会复临信徒。 大多数人是因为安息日而认识了基督复临安息日会这个教派。事实上，上帝在过去兴起基督复临安息日会的主要目的之一，就是要恢复安息日的遵守。上帝已指定我们必须在这一天敬拜祂，这也是十条诫命当中的第四条。 在怀爱伦先知的著作里有一个预言清楚说到：“时候将到，安息日将会被世人轻视”。首先，让我们回到上帝的诫命，是记载在出埃及记，并详细地读完第四条诫命，然后再看看可以从中汲取什么教训。 出埃及记 20:8-11 “当记念安息日，守为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 这里说当记念安息日，并要做什么呢？守为圣日。这是第四条诫命中的核心点。我们不仅要纪念安息日，还要守这日为圣。那我们知道安息日的设立是为了纪念创世大工，纪念上帝在六日之内创造天地万物并在第七日安息了。 因此，安息日的设立是为了让我们纪念创造跟我们的创造主。但是它并没有停在那里，上帝不仅单单要我们纪念祂。这段经文接着说： 守为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 我想花一点时间来探讨这个圣洁,或神圣的概念。因为这是第四条诫命的中心点。我们不光要纪念安息日，还要守它为圣日。现在就让我们翻开圣经的最后一本书，启示录 15:3-4。 启示录 15:3-4 唱上帝仆人摩西的歌和羔羊的歌，说：“主上帝，全能者啊，你的作为大哉，奇哉！万世之王啊（“世”或作“国”），你的道途义哉，诚哉！主啊，谁敢不敬畏你，不将荣耀归与你的名呢？因为独有你是圣的，万民都要来在你面前敬拜，因你公义的作为已经显出来了。” 在这里，我们读到唯独上帝是圣洁的。问题是，诫命要我们守安息日为圣。但是这里却说独有上帝才是圣的。换句话说，上帝是唯一圣洁的一位，那祂如何命令我们守这日为圣或使我们成圣呢？ 我们必须明白的是，上帝有一位独生子，从祂怀里出来的亲生儿子，希伯来书称耶稣为上帝本体的真像。那作为上帝真实的儿子并祂本体的真像，耶稣与父一样，同是圣洁的。不然的话，祂就不是真神的真像了。 这就是圣洁的泉源结束的地方，就是唯独上帝，那万有的本源，和祂儿子耶稣在本质上是圣洁的。因此，除了他们俩以外没有人是圣洁的。除非我们与圣洁的源头结合，或领受祂们的圣洁。 让我们来探讨圣经中几个有关圣洁的情景，几个与上帝和祂的圣洁有关联的例子。我们从启示录 4：8-11 开始。 启示录 4:8-11 四活物各有六个翅膀，遍体内外都满了眼睛。他们昼夜不住地说：“圣哉，圣哉，圣哉，主上帝是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者！”每逢四活物将荣耀、尊贵、感谢归给那坐在宝座上、活到永永远远者的时候，那二十四位长老就俯伏在坐宝座的面前敬拜那活到永永远远的，又把他们的冠冕放在宝座前，说：“我们的主，我们的上帝，你是配得荣耀、尊贵、权柄的，因为你创造了万物，并且万物是因你的旨意被创造而有的。” 我们能够想象这幕场景吗？围绕着上帝宝座的所有生物都清楚理解圣洁是什么。我们都必须查考圣经以学习有关圣洁的课题，因为遵守第四条诫命是极为重要的。 在安息日休息不工作是不足够的，加上我们不但要纪念这一日，还要做到守安息日为圣。由此，今天我们每一个人都必须知道如何守安息日为圣。 我们必须明白的是，我个人对圣的定义和你对圣的定义也许会不一样，每个人或许有自己的看法和理解，所以我们必须从圣经中找出它最正确的定义。 我们先来看圣经里的一个故事，它特别为我们启示，一个人若没有跟从与圣洁攸关的指示，其所带来的后果会是怎样的，而且这后果必是非常严重的。我们来看 撒母耳记下 6:6-11 到了拿艮的禾场，因为牛失前蹄（或作“惊跳”），乌撒就伸手扶住上帝的约柜。上帝耶和华向乌撒发怒，因这错误击杀他，他就死在上帝的约柜旁。大卫因耶和华击杀（原文作“闯杀”）乌撒，心里愁烦，就称那地方为毗列斯乌撒，直到今日。那日，大卫惧怕耶和华，说：“耶和华的约柜怎可运到我这里来？”于是大卫不肯将耶和华的约柜运进大卫的城，却运到迦特人俄别以东的家中。耶和华的约柜在迦特人俄别以东家中三个月，耶和华赐福给俄别以东和他的全家。 当我们读到这个故事时，我们可能会想，等等，这是怎么回事呢，为什么会这样。这个人单纯地只想做一件好事。眼看牛失蹄了，这位男人就因为害怕约柜会倒在地上，而伸出援手去扶住它。 他是怀着善意的，他的出发点单单是想避免约柜倒在地上。到底他何错之有呢？如果我们只读完这段经文，我们可能心想我们所侍奉的上帝或许不太公平，甚至有些残忍。 为什么上帝要击杀这位好心人呢？让我们翻开民数记以找出答案。民数记 4:15 民数记 4:15 将要起营的时候，亚伦和他儿子把圣所和圣所的一切器具遮盖完了，哥辖的子孙就要来抬，只是不可摸圣物，免得他们死亡。会幕里这些物件是哥辖子孙所当抬的。 “将要起营的时候，亚伦和他儿子把圣所和圣所的一切器具遮盖完了，哥辖的子孙就要来抬”， 让我们在这里停顿一下。我们知道以色列人在旷野搭建了一个圣幕。我们也晓得这些以色列人不会长久呆在一处，他们在旷野中不断迁移。所以上帝在如何设立圣所并谁能在圣所里供职这些方面上给了他们清楚的指示，而且祂这样做是有原因的。让我们继续读完这节经文。 “只是不可摸圣物，免得他们死亡。会幕里这些物件是哥辖子孙所当抬的。” 上帝无比清楚地给了他们明确的指示，让他们知道要如何处理圣物。另外，我们从这里学到的教训就是，圣洁是比我们想象中还要大的，且更为要紧的。 话说回来，大卫在这件事情发生后心里非常矛盾和困惑。他无法理解上帝为什么要这么做。怀爱伦先知在先祖与先知这本书里 有稍微谈到大卫当时的反应。让我们来读一读，看看事情为什么会如此发生。 大卫与他的百姓会合，他们安排了这项神圣的任务，是以欢欣乐意的心情来从事的； 但由于他们没有遵照耶和华的指示而行，因此祂就不能悦纳他们的服务。非利士人不知道上帝的律例，所以当他们把约柜送回以色列之地时，虽然把它放在牛车上运走，但耶和华却认可他们如此行。可是以色列人的手中有上帝的圣旨，有关于搬运约柜之事的明确指示，所以当他们忽略了这些指示，就是侮辱了上帝。乌撒则犯了更大的擅专之罪。他曾违犯了上帝的律法，故对约柜的神圣性感觉麻木了，他身上还有未曾承认的罪，竟敢冒犯上帝的禁令，而擅自触摸那代表上帝临格的象征。上帝不能接受一部分的顺从，不容许人在遵守他诫命的事上疏忽大意。他要借着那降在乌撒身上的刑罚使全以色列人得到深刻的印象，知道严格注意上帝命令的重要性。这样，一个人的死亡可以令百姓悔改，免得上帝的刑罚降在千万人身上。（怀爱伦著，《先祖与先知》原文第705页，第3段） “大卫与他的百姓会合，他们安排了这项神圣的任务，是以欢欣乐意的心情来从事的； 但由于他们没有遵照耶和华的指示而行，因此祂就不能悦纳他们的服务。非利士人不知道上帝的律例，所以当他们把约柜送回以色列之地时，虽然把它放在牛车上运走，但耶和华却认可他们如此行。” 上帝对他们的无知睁一只眼闭一只眼。上帝根据每个人所得到的亮光来审判各人。 “可是以色列人的手中有上帝的圣旨，有关于搬运约柜之事的明确指示，所以当他们忽略了这些指示，就是侮辱了上帝。乌撒则犯了更大的擅专之罪。他曾违犯了上帝的律法，故对约柜的神圣性感觉麻木了，他身上还有未曾承认的罪，竟敢冒犯上帝的禁令，而擅自触摸那代表上帝临格的象征。上帝不能接受一部分的顺从，不容许人在遵守他诫命的事上疏忽大意。” 朋友们，是什么造成死亡呢？什么事必定会导致死亡呢？就是罪，因为经上记着说，罪的工价乃是死。 “他要借着那降在乌撒身上的刑罚使全以色列人得到深刻的印象，知道严格注意上帝命令的重要性。这样，一个人的死亡可以令百姓悔改，免得上帝的刑罚降在千万人身上。” 所以即使在这一个大卫认为不公平的举动之中，我们也看见了上帝大爱的彰显，因为这件事救了千万人免受刑罚。不过上帝并没有任意选了乌撒来罚他或牺牲他的，而是乌撒本身有罪，因此承受了罪的代价。接下来，在怀爱伦著作中的下一面，她提到了大卫，我们来看。 上帝的谴责在大卫身上已经生效。他因此空前地体会到上帝律法的神圣，以及严格顺从的必要。上帝施恩给俄别以东全家，使大卫再希望约柜会使他和他的百姓蒙福。（怀爱伦著，《先祖与先知》原文第706页，第2段） 当然这里的律法是概括性的，这包括祂所有的律法和话语。但是当我们回到第四条诫命时，显而易见的就是这与我们所谈到的都有相同的道理。这是关乎一个神圣的课题，是一个宇宙的上帝要求或指示我们守之为圣的日子。 圣经里有一个很好的故事，虽然它与安息日没有直接的关系，但是它对我们今天所要学习和理解的道理很有帮助。这故事记载在路加福音 10:38-42，在我们读的当儿，我要你们好好思考以下这个问题，安息日其实是为了什么而被设立的呢？是什么让这一日成为圣洁的呢，而我们在那日又如何成为圣洁呢？ 路加福音 10:38-42 他们走路的时候，耶稣进了一个村庄。有一个女人名叫马大，接他到自己家里。她有一个妹子名叫马利亚，在耶稣脚前坐着听他的道。马大伺候的事多，心里忙乱，就进前来说：“主啊，我的妹子留下我一个人伺候，你不在意吗？请吩咐她来帮助我。”耶稣回答说：“马大，马大！你为许多的事思虑烦扰，但是不可少的只有一件，马利亚已经选择那上好的福分，是不能夺去的。” 圣经在这儿为我们呈现了两种人。 马利亚清楚明白耶稣的身份并耶稣对她的重要性。只要有机会与耶稣同在，她就愿意把所有的一切都放下，不让其他事物来占据她的思想。她想要做的唯一事情就是花时间与耶稣共处并与祂交谈，向祂学习并享受祂的同在。 反之，我们看到她的姐姐马大依然在劳碌奔波，忙东忙西，继续忙着做她一贯所做的事情。她忙着打扫，忙着预备食物等等，希望能为她的主预备一切，使他得到最好的待遇。 尽管如此，主以为我们预备了一个特别的日子，使我们能得到所谓的充电，一个我们都应该把焦点完全放在祂身上的日子。为什么呢？因为祂赐给了我们六天的时间来忙碌，来完成自己的私事。 这就是我们每一天的生活，我们必须做工，读书，做饭，打扫家居，照顾家人等等。但是到了第七日，耶稣以一种特别的方式来到我们的生命中。我们都晓得上帝给安息日赐下了特别的祝福。而玛利亚也清楚明白了与主同在并与主联系意味着什么。我们来看历代愿望一书中的一段引言。 马大不应该缺少“一件事”，就是安详虔诚的精神，一种对关乎将来不朽之生命的知识，和灵程长进所必需的恩典更为深邃的思虑。她应该少为暂时的事操心，而多为永恒的事焦急。耶稣教导他的儿女们，务必抓紧每一个机会来获得真知识，使他们能有得救的智慧。基督的圣工固然需要审慎积极的工人；广大的工作园地，正需要像马大这样热心从事宗教活动的人；但是，他们务要先同马利亚一起坐在耶稣脚前；务要藉基督的恩典使他们的殷勤、敏捷和魄力成圣；然后他们的人生才能成为一股不可征服的向善的力量。（怀爱伦著，《历代愿望》原文第525页，第2段） 弟兄姐妹们，若要遵守一个日子为圣，我们就必须与圣洁的来源合而为一。 我们都像马利亚一样，需要坐在耶稣的脚前向他学习，选择那永远不能被夺去的上好福分。我们像马大一样也需要常常竭力多作主工。那较高超的基督徒成就，惟在乎多用双膝跪下作诚恳的祈祷。……若有一丝自私的根保留在心灵之内，当不防备之时或要发芽生长，因而有多人沾染污秽。（怀爱伦著，《使我们认识祂》原文第351页，第4段） 在以赛亚书第58章最后两节，上帝在安息日的课题上给了我们一些明确的指示和教导，并让我们晓得上帝在这一天对我们的要求是什么。 以赛亚书 58:13-14 “你若在安息日掉转（或作“谨慎”）你的脚步，在我圣日不以操作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称耶和华的圣日为可尊重的，而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话，你就以耶和华为乐。耶和华要使你乘驾地的高处，又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。”这是耶和华亲口说的。 “你若在安息日掉转你的脚步，在我圣日不以操作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称耶和华的圣日为可尊重的，而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话。” 那我们要是不说自己的私话，那我们应该说谁的话和听谁的话呢？ 自己的话吗？我们一周内的成就吗？我们生意上的成绩吗？不是的，是基督的话语才对。玛利亚就是知道基督的话语有多么的可贵。她明白这些话语是公义和圣洁的来源。让我们继续读下去。 “你就以耶和华为乐。耶和华要使你乘驾地的高处，又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。这是耶和华亲口说的。”上帝藉着安息日赐下特别的福气给那些愿意领受的人。 论到安息日，有一件我们必须注意的事，是不要论断别人，因为我们不能看透人心，也不理解别人的处境。也许他人还未得到亮光，未明白安息日的真理，或者缺乏知识，不晓得要如何守安息日。这就是为什么上帝根据个人所得的亮光来审判世人。 尽管如此，上帝给我们祂的话语，即圣经和预言之灵，是有其原因的。我们得到了这些亮光，就应该好好地去研究，明白真理并与他人分享。现在让我们翻开教会证言卷六，来看看上帝赐给怀爱伦先知的一些知识，使我们有一些概念，在安息日来临前该做什么准备，并在安息日当天有什么要特别注意的。 安息日开始 在星期五这一天，为安息日所作的一切准备都应当完成。所有的衣服都要预备妥当，一切的饭食也当作好。此外如擦鞋，沐浴等事，均应一一办妥。这是可能做到的，只要你肯定规把它做成，则自然不难办到。安息日这天并不是给人缝补衣裳，烹调食物，寻求欢乐，或从事其它俗务的。在日落之前当将一切世俗的工作放在一边，一切世俗的报章杂志，也当收藏起来。做父母的当向儿女说明其所以如此行的原因和目的，并让他们也在这准备遵照诫命守安息日的事上有份。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷六》原文第355页，第3段） 根据上帝的话语，要遵守一个日子为圣是有一些条件的。我们再来看一段引言，也是同一页的上一段。 许多人须受教知道如何整肃仪表，以参赴安息日崇拜聚会。他们来到上帝面前，不应还穿着平素的衣服。各人都当有一身特为安息日而制备的服装，作为到上帝殿中参赴聚会时穿着之用。我们固然不应效法世界的风尚，但也决不可不关心自己的仪表。我们虽应避免盛妆艳服，但仍须讲求清洁整齐，因为上帝的子民在外表和内心都当纯洁。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷六》原文第355页，第2段） 接下来，我们来翻开第360页的第1段。 当我们迫不得已而需要在安息日旅行之时，也当设法避免与那些会吸引我们去注意俗事的人同行。当保守我们的心意，专心思念上帝，与衪谈心。遇有机会，就当向人传讲真理。要时常准备，以便救济受难的人，帮助缺乏者，在这一类的事情上，上帝要我们将衪所给的智慧和知识，付诸实用。但我们却不应商谈业务，或作任何普通的、世俗的谈话。因为随时随在，上帝都要我们藉着尊敬安息日，证实我们对衪的忠诚。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言卷六》原文第360页，第1段） “当我们迫不得已而需要在安息日旅行之时，也当设法避免与那些会吸引我们去注意俗事的人同行。当保守我们的心意，专心思念上帝，与衪谈心。遇有机会，就当向人传讲真理。要时常准备，以便救济受难的人，帮助缺乏者，在这一类的事情上，上帝要我们将衪所给的智慧和知识，付诸实用。但我们却不应商谈业务，或作任何普通的、世俗的谈话。” 我们不应该做任何世俗的谈话。为什么呢？记得我们在以赛亚书上所读的吗？在上帝的安息日不可说自己的私话。 “因为随时随在，上帝都要我们藉着尊敬安息日，证实我们对衪的忠诚。” 这段话是特别写给上帝的传道人的，就是那些到各个地方去传福音的弟兄姐妹们，当然我们尽可能要避免在圣安息日旅行到别的地方去。 但是如果无可避免的话，那我们应该注意我们的心思意念和言行举止。因为上帝所看的，是我们的出发点和我们行为的动机。 很多时候，我们没有遵守安息日的行为只是一些症状，而我们没有守安息日为圣的原因，或问题的根源，是因为我们个人没有与基督建立美好的关系。 也许我们还不明白玛利亚所明白的道理。我们没有玛利亚所拥有的欲望，就是当基督在她身边的时候她所要得到的。因此，很多时候，我们不断地想把这些症状治好，但却不断失败，也许每一次都失败。 因为我们没有对症下药，或更准确地说，我们不知道这问题的根本所在。好，现在让我们再读一段引言。 “我们要命令所有人，如果可以避免的话，尽可能不要在安息日洗他们的碗碟。在上帝的圣日做任何不必要的工作会让上帝蒙羞。如果可以的话，碗碟应该留到安息日结束之后才洗，这样做不会显得不一致，反而更加妥当。” （怀爱伦著，《信函》第104号，1901年，原文第9段） 我们尽可能避免在安息日洗碗碟，除非逼不得已。我们是在家里进行家庭崇拜的，那比如说用餐时我们不够碗碟供大家使用的情况，那么先用完餐的弟兄姐妹可以先把碗碟洗干净，再把餐具传给其他人。因此，正如我刚才所说的，很多时候最重要的是我们的出发点。接下来我们看这一段： 关于上帝就祂的圣日对你的要求，你必须有更高的见解。凡在上帝已赐给你的那六天能做成的事，你都应在那六天完成。但是圣日的时间，你不应抢夺上帝一时一刻。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言—卷二》原文第701页，第3段） 安息日结束 当太阳西沉之时，要有祈祷之声和赞美的歌声表示神圣的时间的终止，邀请上帝在劳作周的种种忧虑中与我们同在。（怀爱伦著，《教会证言—卷六》原文359页，第1段） 朋友们，我们刚刚在旧约圣经中所看到的，就是上帝对于守安息日为圣这件事上所作的一些要求，而这些要求被详细地记载在这些证言中，是有它的目的的。除此之外，我们越发亲近上帝时，就会越发明白这些真理。 因为你与上帝越要好，你就会越不想在上帝的圣日中抢夺祂的一分一秒。因为我们会以耶和华为乐，我们会在这特别的日子与我们这位特别的神，并祂儿子享受在一起的美好时光。 难得我们可以在这一天完全撇下一切的工作，一切的劳苦重担，忧愁挂虑并世俗的任何事情而来到上帝的面前，全心全意地与父和子相交，享受从天而来的福份。 说到这里呢，我想分享一个对我们很重要但许多人却都忽略的道理，记载在雅各书2:8-10。 雅各书 2:8-10 经上记着说：“要爱人如己。”你们若全守这至尊的律法，才是好的；但你们若按外貌待人，便是犯罪，被律法定为犯法的。因为凡遵守全律法的，只在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。 我们必须遵守全十条律法。那让我来问你，你能够守安息日为圣却不孝敬父母吗？根据这段经文，答案很明显是不能。我们不能在守安息日或任何一条诫命的当儿又同时干犯另一条诫命。我们若是拜其他神或拜偶像的话，试问能守得安息日为圣吗？当然不能。为什么呢？因为圣经说，凡遵守全律法的，只要在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。 这就是为什么上帝末时的子民，也被称为余民或圣徒, 不仅是守安息日的，而且也是守上帝诫命和耶稣真道的，你可以在启示录14：12看到这一点。我们不可能只守一条，但在其他诫命上跌倒，却误以为自己遵守了诫命。 我们必须有基督住在我们里头，靠着祂的力量来遵守全十条诫命，并结出圣灵的果子。只有这样，我们才能有基督的品格并有能力去面对那要来临的兽印记的大艰难时期。 单单知道关于安息日是不足够的，只知道星期日和三位一体敬拜是兽的印记也是不足够的。因为当那时候来到时，我们很有可能会跌倒。唯有基督藉着祂的灵住在我们里面，为我们塑造祂的品格，我们才能遵守得住所有的诫命并忍耐到底，直等到基督复临。 朋友们，让我们继续寻求上帝的公义，并祈求祂藉着祂儿子赐给我们祂的义，也让我们能遵守祂的安息日为圣，作为一个能使我们分别为圣的印记并藉着这一日与父并祂儿子更亲近。愿我们每一位都能认识上帝，经历祂，并有坚定的信心来奔走天国的道路。愿上帝赐福每一位，阿门。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 下一篇 我们是否尊崇耶稣如同尊崇祂父一样 我们是否尊崇耶稣如同尊崇祂父一样？ 腓立比书 2:6 “他本有上帝的行像，不以自己与上帝同等为强夺的， 约翰福音 5:21-23 父怎样叫死人起来，使他们活着，子也照样随自己的意思使人活着。22 父不审判什么人，乃将审判的事全交与子，23 叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一样。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子来的父。 马太福音 11:27 一切所有的，都是我父交付我的。除了父，没有人知道子；除了子和子所愿意指示的，没有人知道父。 马太福音 28:18 “耶稣进前来，对他们说：“天上地下所有的权柄都赐给我了。” 路加福音 10:22 “一切所有的都是我父交付我的。除了父，没有人知道子是谁；除了子和子愿意指示的，没有人知道父是谁。” 约翰福音 3:35 父爱子，已将万有交在他手里。 约翰福音 16:15 “凡父所有的，都是我的，所以我说，他要将受于我的告诉你们。” 约翰福音 17:10 凡是我的都是你的，你的也是我的，并且我因他们得了荣耀。 约翰福音 13:3 耶稣知道父已将万有交在他手里，且知道自己是从上帝出来的，又要归到上帝那里去， 以弗所书1:20-23 20 就是照他在基督身上所运行的大能大力，使他从死里复活，叫他在天上坐在自己的右边， 21 远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、主治的和一切有名的，不但是今世的，连来世的也都超过了。 22 又将万有服在他的脚下，使他为教会作万有之首。 23 教会是他的身体，是那充满万有者所充满的。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

All trinity studies Previous Download Next Why is the Holy Spirit Left Out of Every Greeting Why is the Holy Spirit Left Out of Every Greeting? The Trinity doctrine teaches that the Holy Spirit is a literal being that is CO-EQUAL with the Father and Son. CO-EQUAL means equal in every single way possible. So what an inexplicable oversight for Paul if the Spirit were indeed a literal being CO-EQUAL with the Father and Son, because Paul excluded the Holy Spirit in EVERY SINGLE ONE of his greetings in EVERY SINGLE LETTER he wrote! And Peter and John did the same. “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:7 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 1:3 “Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 1:2 “Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,” Galatians 1:3 “Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:2 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:2 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Colossians 1:2 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 1:1 “Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 1:2 “Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Timothy 1:2 “Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.” 2 Timothy 1:2 “Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.” Titus 1:4 “Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philemon 1:3 “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,” 2 Peter 1:2 “Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father,” 2 John 1:3 How can the Holy Spirit be a literal co-equal being when it is consistently left out of every greeting? If the Spirit was an individual being co-equal with the Father and Son, then this consistent omission is incomprehensible. It would have been effrontery and insubordination by the apostles at the highest level. This would be like having a country with three presidents but only ever acknowledging two of them. In fact, not once is the Holy Spirit ever uplifted or praised in the Scriptures. It is always just God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. And why is that? Because “there is but ONE God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and ONE Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” 1 Corinthians 8:6. That's why! The Holy Spirit is the “Spirit of God,” not something called “god the spirit” which is a phrase that does not exist in the Bible and came from the Catholic Church to match the Trinity doctrine they created over 200 years AFTER the Bible was written. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 下一篇 有关安息日的二十三个真相 在基督教界里，其中一个最大的争议是攸关安息日的课题。大家都在争论不休，各说纷纭。那么到底安息日是星期六还是星期日？它是否被改变了？如果是的话，那又是怎样发生的呢？安息日是不是单单给犹太人的？新约圣经的基督徒必须遵守安息日吗？今天我们就来找出这些问题和许许多多其他问题的答案，从圣经里找出关于安息日的真理，以解开大多数基督徒对安息日所持有的迷思和误解。 1. 守安息日是顺从上帝的第四条诫命 根据圣经的证据，遵守安息日是上帝十条诫命的一部分，更准确地说，是第四条诫命。 出埃及记 20：8-11 “当记念安息日，守为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。” 2. 符合圣经的安息日是星期六 我们在上一期的视频中也探讨过了5个证明安息日是星期六的证据和理由。错过的朋友可以回顾一下‘圣经里的安息日是哪一天’这视频。 简单来说，安息日是从星期五日落到星期六日落，因为圣经表明一日是从日落或晚上开始，直到第二天的日落结束的。我们可以到圣经里的第一本书去追溯su4这个概念的起源。 创世纪 1：5 “有晚上，有早晨，这是头一日。” 创世纪 1：8 “有晚上，有早晨，是第二日。” 把一日的开始和结束定在午夜12点是人为的杰作，其实是罗马人设立的，而现今世界各国都采用了这种计时系统。 第四条诫命清楚地说明安息日是第七日。那么耶稣既然是在第一日也就是星期日复活的，那么第七日的安息日就必然是星期六了。 马可福音 16：9 在七日的第一日清早，耶稣复活了，就先向抹大拉的马利亚显现，耶稣从她身上曾赶出七个鬼。 另外，犹太人千百年来持续遵守星期六为第七日的安息日，从旧约时代就一直延续到今日，从未改变过。 3. 安息日不仅是为犹太人设立的 许多基督徒宣称，安息日是给犹太人设立的，与我们基督徒有何相干。这简直是大错特错。圣经从未说明安息日是单单给犹太人的。世上最先遵守安息日的人就是亚当夏娃，而他们并不是犹太人。 创世纪 2：1-3 天地万物都造齐了。到第七日，上帝造物的工已经完毕，就在第七日歇了他一切的工，安息了。上帝赐福给第七日，定为圣日，因为在这日上帝歇了他一切创造的工，就安息了。 安息日早在犹太人存在之前老早就已经设立了。事实上，安息日是在六日的创造之工完毕之后，在第七日就设立了。再加上第四条诫命说第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这个圣日是属于耶和华上帝的，是祂的安息日，而不是属于犹太民族的安息日。 以赛亚书 56：6-7 “还有那些与耶和华联合的外邦人，要侍奉他，要爱耶和华的名，要作他的仆人，就是凡守安息日不干犯，又持守他（原文作“我”）约的人。我必领他们到我的圣山，使他们在祷告我的殿中喜乐。他们的燔祭和平安祭，在我坛上必蒙悦纳，因我的殿必称为万民祷告的殿。” 这里所说的再清楚不过了吧，上帝在旧约时代交给犹太人的任务，包括了把福音传给外邦人，使他们也能够信奉真理并遵守安息日。另外，圣经也说： 马可福音 2：27 “安息日是为人设立的” 这里的人是指世人，所有的人，不分种族。安息日是为全人类设立的，而不仅是为了犹太人。 4. 上帝嘱咐我们“当记念”安息日 在十条诫命里头，第四条诫命是唯一一条上帝命令我们当记念的诫命。就像上帝早已知道世人会忘记似的。可悲的是，现今大部分世人都已经把安息日忘得一干二净了。大多数教会和牧师还告诉信徒们干脆把安息日给忘了吧，因为那是旧约的一部分，或说那只是给犹太人设立的，又或者说旧的安息日已经换成新的星期日了。 他们预备了数不清的理由或借口，为的是要导使信徒们把第四条诫命，即第七日的安息日给忘掉。 但这些都是与上帝的指示互相对立的，都不符合上帝的话语。上帝说的是：“当记念”。 5. 安息日是不能改变的 许多基督教派都相信安息日是因耶稣复活而从一周的第七日修改为一周的第一日，即星期六换成了星期日。这都是人所造出来的谎言，而不是上帝的旨意。圣经从来不曾告诉我们说，由于耶稣在第一日复活，因此从那天起安息日就正式修改为第一日了。他们的这项教导是完全没有圣经根据的。 反之，圣经清楚地告诉我们，上帝的律法或命令是永不改变的。例如，上帝在诗篇里说了这么一句话。 诗篇 89：34 我必不背弃我的约，也不改变我口中所出的。 有什么话是从上帝口中所出的呢？就是十条诫命。上帝在向摩西宣告十条诫命之前，出埃及记 20：1这么说： 出埃及记 20：1 上帝吩咐这一切的话： 因此，第四条诫命的安息日是永不改变的，因为上帝说，祂不会改变祂口中所出的话，而十条诫命正是祂亲口宣告的。另一个铁证是耶稣在马太福音5：17-19所说的这段话。 马太福音 5：17-19 “莫想我来要废掉律法和先知；我来不是要废掉，乃是要成全。我实在告诉你们，就是到天地都废去了，律法的一点一画也不能废去，都要成全。所以，无论何人废掉这诫命中最小的一条，又教训人这样作，他在天国要称为最小的；但无论何人遵行这诫命，又教训人遵行，他在天国要称为大的。 这太棒了，就是说到天地都废去了，律法的一点一画也不能废去，都要成全。耶稣表明自己来的目的，不是要废掉律法。有人可能会说，耶稣成全了律法，所以我们就不需要再遵守律法了。这是错误的解经法。在这里，耶稣以成全一词来与废掉一词形成对比。废掉表示不需要再遵守了，那么成全的意思肯定不相同，因为成全是与废掉的结局相反的。其实，成全的意思是落实和实践，使律法成为完全，使祂成为我们遵守律法的榜样。 6. 耶稣自己守了安息日 路加福音 4：16 耶稣来到拿撒勒，就是他长大的地方。在安息日，照他平常的规矩进了会堂，站起来要念圣经。 耶稣素来都遵守上帝的诫命，从未违背任何一条律法，包括第四条的安息日诫命。祂每逢安息日都会到会堂去敬拜祂父上帝。 作为相信基督的基督徒，我们是不是应该跟从基督的榜样呢？ 7. 耶稣的死证明上帝的诫命是不能废除的 其中一个能证明安息日，或整套十条诫命不能被废除的最强有力的证据，就是耶稣在十架上的牺牲。耶稣为我们而死，因为世人都违背了上帝的律法，圣经说违背律法就是罪，而罗马书告诉我们，罪的工价乃是死。 约翰一书 3：4 凡犯罪的，就是违背律法；违背律法，就是罪。 罗马书 6：23 “因为罪的工价乃是死” 我们无法靠着自己去尝还这重大的罪债以满足律法的要求，唯有痛苦地等待死亡并失去永生的结局。由于上帝爱世人，祂赐下了祂独生儿子来为我们牺牲，为我们偿还罪债。朋友们，想一想，如果上帝能改变祂的律法，甚至把祂律法废除的话，那么祂肯定会这样做，以免无辜地牺牲祂宝贵的儿子，不是吗？祂大可以废除律法，使我们免于因违背律法所带来的刑罚，如果真能这样做的话，上帝的儿子就不必下来代替我们而死了。因此，耶稣在十字架上的牺牲明显地证明了上帝的律法确实是无法改变的。 大多数的基督徒都误用了耶稣的死来证明律法已经废除，但是真理却恰恰相反。主耶稣的死反而进一步证明了律法是不能废去的。再加上刚才我们已经看了耶稣亲口所说的话，澄清祂下来不是要废掉律法，还说就算天地都废去了，律法的一点一划也不能废去。 8. 上帝赐福与安息日，定为圣日 安息日不能改变的另一个原因是上帝以一个不能撤回的祝福来赐福予这一日。上帝对这一极其特别的日子做了三件事，就是祂在这一日安息了、便赐福于这一日，并把它定为圣日。你知不知道上帝所赐下的祝福是无法撤消或逆转的吗？当摩押王巴勒鼓动先知巴兰去咒诅以色列民的时候，巴兰在民数记 23：20是这样说的： 民数记 23：20 我奉命祝福，上帝也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。 上帝所赐的福是无法反转的。不管有多少人再怎么强词夺理地说安息日已经被废除了，但第七日的安息日依然是上帝所赐福的，而且永远都是，因为祂未曾从这一日撤回这项祝福，以后也不会这么做。 更何况上帝没有赐福于另一日，或在另一日安息，把那日定为圣日。所以说，将另一日成为新的安息日这种教导是极其荒谬，擅自妄为且没有任何凭据的。倘若上帝有意设立另一日为安息日的话，比方说第一日星期日，那么祂就必须重新创造天地万物，然后在第一日安息，再赐福于第一日，把它定为圣日，否则的话，第一日星期日永远都不会成为神圣安息日的。 可是如果上帝在第一日就安息了，那么这就意味着创造大工根本还没有开始，祂就安息了，可是没有动工，何来安息呢？而且也不会存在七日的一周循环了。这是完全说不过去的。 再说，上帝不仅仅是赐福与这一日，还把它定为圣日，即是把这一日分别为圣。把这一日定为圣日也意味着上帝以自身的临格和同在赐福与这一日。 出埃及记 3：2-5 “耶和华的使者从荆棘里火焰中向摩西显现。摩西观看，不料，荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。摩西说：“我要过去看这大异象，这荆棘为何没有烧坏呢？”耶和华上帝见他过去要看，就从荆棘里呼叫说：“摩西！摩西！”他说：“我在这里。”上帝说：“不要近前来，当把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你所站之地是圣地。” 当上帝临格在火焰当中的时候，荆棘地就成为了圣地，圣洁的土地，所以上帝吩咐摩西把鞋子脱下，以示尊重。由此可见，安息日是圣洁而神圣的，表示上帝以一种特殊的方式来赐福这一日，即是祂的临格和同在，而我们可以在安息日凭着信心来到上帝的面前，蒙受祂的祝福。 9. 安息日使我们与上帝更加亲近 事实上，安息日这特别的日子能让我们与上帝建立更密切的关系。再加上不光是安息日这一日被上帝分别为圣，连守安息日的举动也对我们成圣的过程大有帮助。 以西结书 20：12 又将我的安息日赐给他们，好在我与他们中间为证据，使他们知道我耶和华是叫他们成为圣的。 安息日是个证据，显明上帝是那叫我们成圣的一位。叫我们成圣的意思是使我们在品格上越来越像上帝。这就是上帝在我们每个人身上的旨意。 利未记 20：26 你们要归我为圣，因为我耶和华是圣的，并叫你们与万民有分别，使你们作我的民。 安息日怎么能帮助我们塑su造更圣洁，更像上帝的品格呢？这一天能让我们把所有属世的事物放下，专心地寻求上帝、与祂相处、敬拜祂、研读祂的话语、并且经历祂的同在。我们藉着仰望祂，就会改变成祂的形象。这也必能坚固我们与上帝并祂儿子之间的关系。 守安息日在我们与上帝亲近并建立关系这件事上是有必要的。就好比任何情侣或夫妻之间的感情。两人若要更加了解，要有更好的感情，那么花时间相处是必要的过程。这就是为什么上帝设立了每周特定的一日，好让我们能与祂建立美好的关系，也让我们能与其他信徒们联络彼此之间的感情。这一日是上帝所拣选的，因为祂是智慧的上帝，祂的安排是最好的。再加上祂知道要是让我们自己来选择日子的话，肯定会出现混乱和纷争的局面，而大多数人也必定会忽略我们对上帝所当尽的本分。 安息日固然重要，但是我们也不能忘记每天的灵修，安息日不能取代每日的灵修，而是把它提升，加强。 10. 撒但竭尽所能地攻击和破坏安息日 撒但除了费尽心思地去破坏我们每天的灵修之外，还特别渴望破坏上帝所设立的圣安息日，因为他知道这样做必影响我们与上帝之间的关系，并且进一步把我们引向灭亡之路。撒但对上帝和祂的安息日极其憎恨，我们从他创造了这么多破坏上帝的身份并破坏祂的圣日的谬论，就可以看出这一点。 事实上，撒但每时每刻都在全心全意地破坏上帝最初在伊甸园所设立的两个制度。一个是一男一女的婚姻制度，另一个就是第七日的安息日制度。狡猾的魔鬼以同性婚姻和一夫多妻制破坏上帝所设立的美好婚姻制度，并以不同的日子来取代安息日，特别是星期日，所谓的伪安息日。之后我们会更深入地探讨这一点。 11. 星期日不是新的安息日 刚才我们也稍微谈过，耶稣的复活并没有把星期日变成新的安息日。许多人宣称星期日已经成为了新的安息日，我们应该在那一日聚会和崇拜，因为耶稣在那日复活。但是这是圣经从未教导过的。你翻完整本圣经，从第一页到最后一页，肯定找不出任何证据来支持这一点。今天我就要向守星期日的基督徒发出一项挑战，要求你找出一节经文，以证明新的安息日因耶稣在星期日复活而从星期六修改为星期日了。但是我可以向你保证，这所谓的证据是不存在的。 除此之外，上帝根本没有必要把星期日变为安息日来纪念耶稣的复活，因为安息日实际上是纪念创造的，而上帝也已经给了我们另外几种仪式来纪念耶稣的复活。其中之一就是洗礼，洗礼的其中一个用意就是纪念耶稣的死、埋葬和复活。 罗马书 6： 3：4 岂不知我们许多人受浸归入耶稣基督，是受浸归入他的死吗？所以，我们借着浸礼归入死，和他一同埋葬，原是叫我们一举一动有新生的样式，像基督借着父的荣耀从死里复活一样。 另一个纪念耶稣的死和复活的仪式就是圣餐礼。 哥林多前书 11：23-26 我曾传给你们的，原是从主领受的，就是主耶稣被卖的那一夜，拿起饼来，祝谢了，就掰开，说：拿着吃，这是我的身体，为你们掰开的，你们如此行，为的是记念我。晚饭后，他也照样拿起杯来，说：这杯是用我的血所立的新约，你们每逢喝的时候，要如此行，为的是记念我。你们每逢吃这饼，喝这杯，是表明主的死，直等到他来。 因此，我们每逢吃这饼喝这杯，就是纪念耶稣的死和祂的复活，祂为我们所作的伟大牺牲。这些都是圣经所给我们的例子和榜样。我再次强调，圣经从未说过安息日因耶稣的复活而变成了另一天，这是与上帝的话语互相矛盾的。倘若有这么重要的改变，圣经怎么可能一言不发，完全保持缄默呢？ 12. 新约使徒时代的基督徒都守安息日 耶稣的门徒在星期五安葬了耶稣的遗体之后，那时已经是靠近黄昏了。圣经说： 路加福音 23：56 “她们就回去，预备了香料香膏。她们在安息日，便遵着诫命安息了。” 假如耶稣所立的新约废除了安息日的话，那么耶稣的门徒为什么还在安息日遵着诫命而安息呢？如果安息日已经被修改或废除了的话，那么这个时间点应该是圣经作者宣布这一点的黄金时机啊。圣经作者可以说，门徒在第七日继续从事各种事务，因为安息日已经被修改或废除了。但是圣经作者并没有这么说，反而显明了他们仍继续遵守安息日。 就连耶稣本身在死后也都依旧遵守安息日，一直到星期日才复活，耶稣在安息日一整天都呆在坟墓里安息，这并不是什么巧合，而是一个见证，他为我们显明遵守安息日的重要性。另外，使徒行传也告诉我们说，使徒保罗按例在安息日向犹太人和外邦人宣讲真理。 使徒行传 13：42 他们出会堂的时候，众人请他们到下安息日再讲这话给他们听。 使徒行传 13：44 到下安息日，合城的人几乎都来聚集，要听上帝的道。 我可以理解，保罗为什么在每个安息日继续在会堂里向犹太人传福音，因为犹太人依然遵守安息日，甚至到今天依然如此。但是如果安息日的确已经被修改或废除的话，那么保罗就没有理由在安息日持续与他们聚会了。他可以轻易邀请外邦人，在每个星期日都回来与他聚会。使徒约翰也一样遵守了安息日。 启示录 1：10 当主日，我被圣灵感动，听见在我后面有大声音如吹号，说： 主日就是安息日，一周的第七日，即是星期六，而不是如大部分基督徒所宣称的主日为一周的第一日，即是星期日。 以赛亚书 58：13，14 “你若在安息日掉转（或作“谨慎”）你的脚步，在我圣日不以操作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称耶和华的圣日为可尊重的，而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话，你就以耶和华为乐。耶和华要使你乘驾地的高处，又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。”这是耶和华亲口说的。” 耶和华上帝称安息日为祂的圣日，而耶稣是安息日的主，因此主日相等于安息日，而不能说安息日是一日，主日是另一日。可见这是多么大的误解啊。接着，希伯来书也告诉我们： 【钦定本】希伯来书 4：4，9 论到第七日，有一处说：到第七日上帝就歇了他一切的工。... 因此，必有一个安息为上帝的子民存留。 这里说的安息是指安息日，说明安息日必为上帝的子民存留。这对相信圣经的信徒们而言，安息日从未被修改，更未曾被废除。 13. 耶稣要我们守安息日 耶稣亲口暗示门徒将在以后的日子里继续持守安息日。祂在警告门徒关于即将来临的灾难，并命令他们在耶路撒冷城被围困之时必须赶紧撤离到山上去的时候说了以下这句话。 马太福音 24：20 你们应当祈求，叫你们逃走的时候，不遇见冬天或是安息日。 耶稣所预言的围城事件发生在公元70年，即是耶稣复活升天了四十年之后才发生的。假如安息日已经不重要了，或已经被废除了，那么为什么耶稣还叫他们祈求在逃难之时不遇见安息日呢？明显的答案就是，安息日依然是那么重要。这神圣美好的一天，本是让我们安息并思念属天的和关于上帝的事的一天，但是如果要我们用这一天的宝贵时间来逃难的话，那就违反安息的意义了。 顺便提一提，在公元70年耶路撒冷被罗马军队围攻的时候，有超过一百万名犹太人被杀害，而被掳掠的也有数十万之多。但是奇妙的是，没有一位基督徒失去性命的，因为他们遵从主耶稣的话语而行，因此顺利逃过了一劫。 耶稣不仅仅叫他的门徒遵守安息日，祂更是在启示录中命令末时耶稣复临之前的子民也一样遵守安息日。在第一天使的信息中，我们看到： 启示录 14：6-7 “我又看见另有一位天使飞在空中，有永远的福音要传给住在地上的人，就是各国、各族、各方、各民。他大声说：‘应当敬畏上帝，将荣耀归给他，因他施行审判的时候已经到了，应当敬拜那创造天、地、海和众水泉源的。’” 这里说的最后一句，应当敬拜那创造天、地、海和众水泉源的，是与第四条诫命中的内容非常相似的，那里说：耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物。既然守安息日也证明了我们是敬拜创造主的，那么三天使信息的一部分也呼吁我们遵守安息日，在这一天敬拜上帝。 但是我要澄清一点，第一天使的信息不仅仅是叫人离开虚假的安息日而遵守真安息日，更叫我们离弃假神，回归独一真神父上帝，敬畏祂，并承认祂的主权。而敬拜上帝的一部分，便是在正确的日子来敬拜祂。很多人误以为第一天使的信息仅仅是与敬拜的日子相关，但是更重要的是，这日子指出了哪一位才是真神。待会儿我们会更深入地探讨这一点。话说回来，耶稣在三天使信息的结尾处再次给我们揭晓了一项关于守诫命的真相。 启示录 14：12 圣徒的忍耐就在此，他们是守上帝诫命和耶稣真道的。 由此可见，末时的圣徒，就是那些忍耐到底而胜过兽和兽像的，他们是守上帝诫命和耶稣真道的。既然守安息日是上帝诫命的一部分，那么不守安息日的人便不能成为圣徒的一部分了。 14. 我们将来在新天新地也要遵守安息日 以赛亚书 66：22，23 耶和华说：“我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存，你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。 我们在新天新地也必遵守安息日，那如果我们要进入新天新地的话，那么我们现在就要开始守安息日了。那些不愿记念安息日的人，可以说是不想过新天新地的生活了。大家可能会想，既然旧约时代的信徒们都守了安息日，而以后信徒们在新天新地也必守安息日，那么现代的基督徒为什么大部分都不守安息日呢？我也时常思考这个问题。答案很简单，他们已经被仇敌给迷惑了。正如我们之前所谈过的，撒但朝思暮想着如何去破坏上帝的安息日和其他九条诫命，因为他知道违背律法就是罪，而罪的工价乃是死。圣经甚至说，我们要是违背律法中的一条，那么我们便与犯了众条没有任何区别了。 雅各书 2：10 因为凡遵守全律法的，只在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。 撒但比我们任何人都要熟悉圣经，他也清楚知道他自己的结局已近在眉睫，因此他现在的终极目标，就是要尽可能把上帝所有的子民引向灭亡之路，让我们陪同他一起葬身火湖。 15. 不守安息日会把我们引向灭亡 圣经固然说，我们不能单靠行为得救，单靠遵守律法也不能使我们赚取救恩。 以弗所书 2：8，9 你们得救是本乎恩，也因着信；这并不是出于自己，乃是上帝所赐的；也不是出于行为，免得有人自夸。 但是很多基督徒似乎无法理解的是，虽然我们不靠行为得救，但是我们会因行为而灭亡。圣经说罪的工价乃是死。因此，一个人若承认了耶稣为他生命的主，却依然活在罪恶和叛逆的生活中，持续违背上帝的话语，那么这人必定走向灭亡。 人走向灭亡不仅仅是与他们的行为有关，因为实际上他们是拒绝了耶稣。接受耶稣等同于接受祂的主权过于我们自己的主权，且让祂进来在我们生活中掌权。顺服祂及跟从祂的话语而行，就能显出这一点来。但是有意违背祂话语的人，是在公然拒绝耶稣的主权，拒绝让祂成为他们的主。而这最终只能使一个人走向灭亡的可悲结局。 话说回来，我们多次提到，圣经说违背律法就是罪，而罪的工价乃是死。那么违反安息日就是违背律法而犯罪，而犯罪之人，结局就是失去永生而灭亡。同一个概念也能应用在其他九条诫命上。有多少人相信一个人可以持续杀人、犯奸淫、拜偶像或其他假神而还可以进入天国的呢？肯定没有人会这么认为对吧！？为什么呢？因为这些行为都违背了上帝的十条诫命或律法。 但是有个非常奇怪的现象，每当我们谈到守安息日，即是十条诫命的第四条时，就似乎变成例外了。许多人都认为我们可以随意尽情地违反安息日，而依然还可以进入天国。为什么有这种矛盾呢？我觉得这种现象是极其不可思议的。 试想象一下，当我们分享有关上帝律法的课题时，比方说，谈到除了上帝以外我们不可有别的神时，绝大部分的基督徒就会同声说阿们，你说的没错。或者说到我们要孝敬父母时，大家都会说，对对对，确实没错。再说到我们不可作假见证陷害人时，大家就高唱哈利路亚，那是真理。 但是一转眼，当我们说当记念安息日，守为圣日时，奇怪的现象就开始发生了，大家就会马上转口说，哦！这十条诫命已经废除了，我们现在已经活在新约恩典时代了，因此不需要守安息日了。为什么那么不一致呢？为什么持双重标准呢？希望大家好好思考这一点。 话说回来，我们若明知故犯而不断违背律法又不悔改的话，是有可能进不了天国的。我们在生活中所犯的罪，都必须奉耶稣的名祷告，向父上帝认罪，祈求赦免，并且为罪懊悔。不然的话，这些罪在审判中就不被耶稣的血所洁净和涂抹了。这样的话，我们依然必须为这些罪承受后果和付上代价，就是被扔进火湖里。 16. 圣经预言了安息日将被人修改 圣经早就预言，但以理书第7章中的小角--敌基督势力--会尝试修改上帝的律法。 但以理书 7：25 “他必向至高者说夸大的话，必折磨至高者的圣民，必想改变节期和律法。...” 这里所指的无疑是罗马天主教。这个制度向至高者说夸大的话，圣经里的上帝原是独一真神，但他们却把上帝变成三一真神。圣经说上帝是一位，他们却说上帝是三位一体。不但如此，天主教还宣称教皇是与上帝同等的。他们多次公开承认教皇是上帝在地上的代理人，甚至说教皇相等于上帝本身。 他们也曾经折磨至高者的圣民，即是在中世纪的黑暗时期，任何不向教皇制度的势力低头和顺服的，都被逼迫、折磨和处死。无数的改革派信徒都被他们残忍地杀害，甚至当众被绑在木头上，被活活烧死。 论到那小角必想改变节期和律法这一点呢，上帝的律法中只有一条是与节期有关的，就是第四条诫命的安息日。天主教多次承认他们以教会的权柄更改了上帝的安息日。 “上帝的教会认为把安息日的庆典和遵守移到星期日是合适的。” 《特利腾大公会议之要理问答》第402页，1937年修订版（首版1566年） 事实上，他们还胆敢地修改了诫命中的好几条，安息日就是其中一条。天主教要理也多番承认了这一事实。你要是拿天主教版本的十条诫命和改革派圣经的十条诫命作一比较的话，你必然会发现他们已经把第四条诫命的安息日修改和缩写成主日，以隐瞒圣经教导的第七日之安息日，即是星期六。他们所谓的主日其实是星期日，这根本不是上帝的指示，这一日更不是主的日子。 如果你觉得这还不够离谱的话，请注意看第二条诫命，上帝明明禁止我们雕刻和跪拜偶像这条诫命已完全被删除了。原因很明显，为了方便天主教徒来敬拜耶稣、马利亚和所谓圣徒们的雕像，还有各种各样的圣物偶像。 接着，他们还把第十条诫命一分为二，以弥补他们十条诫命的短缺，因为删除了第二条诫命后他们就只剩下九条了。 因此，那些随从星期日敬拜的基督徒其实是在向敌基督者罗马天主教势力低头，顺服于他们的权柄之下了。 17. 安息日包含了上帝的印记 也许很多人都听过兽的印记，但是你知道上帝也有祂的印记吗？圣经称它为永生上帝的印。 启示录 7:2-4 我又看见另有一位天使，从日出之地上来，拿着永生上帝的印。他就向那得着权柄能伤害地和海的四位天使大声喊着说：“地与海并树木，你们不可伤害，等我们印了我们上帝众仆人的额。”我听见以色列人各支派中受印的数目有十四万四千。 论到上帝末时的圣徒，有十四万四千人，他们的额头上要受上帝的印。启示录在另一处这样形容圣徒额上的印记。 【钦定本】启示录 14：1 我又观看，见羔羊站在锡安山，同他又有十四万四千人，都有他父的名写在他们的额上。 上帝的印记实际上就是祂的名。众圣徒认识真神，相信祂，并且有祂的品格烙lao印在他们心上。因此，有真神父上帝的名印在他们的额上。那么这又与安息日有什么关系呢？安息日把我们引向创造主，使我们敬拜真神。 以西结书 20：20 且以我的安息日为圣。这日在我与你们中间为证据，使你们知道我是耶和华你们的上帝。 安息日是我们与上帝之间的证据，证明我们认识耶和华上帝，而是属于上帝的。上帝的印具体来说，不仅仅是安息日这么简单，还包含上帝的名，而第四条诫命所指的安息日恰恰就包含了上帝的名在内，因为真神和属于祂的日子是息息相关的。 一位统治者的印章，或王的盖章，通常包含了三个元素，即是他的名、他的称号、和他的管辖范围。 比方说，当耶稣被安放在墓穴里之后，罗马兵丁在堵住入口处的石版上盖上了罗马政府的印章。上面无疑写着本丢彼拉多，犹太巡抚的字样。 如果我告诉你这印章的三个元素也都出现在第四条诫命中，你会觉得惊奇吗？上帝在宣告祂的安息圣日的时候，诫命中也包含了祂的名，叫耶和华；祂的称号，叫创造主，因为祂创造了万物；祂的管辖范围，是天、地、海和其中的万物。 出埃及记 20：11 因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 因此，守安息日的诫命包含了上帝的印记在内，并且还为我们指出了真神是谁。相反的，兽的印记则是假神和虚伪的安息日。说白一点，就是三位一体神和星期日敬拜。这是兽和兽像主要推广的谬论，并且时候将到，他们要执行星期日法令，强迫世人在星期日必须敬拜三位一体神。 神和神的日子是分不开的。末时的议题将会是上帝的印记和兽的印记之间展开的斗争，即是真神和真安息日对垒假神和伪安息日。许多安息日会信徒只专注在敬拜的日子，却忽略了重点，就是所敬拜的神。事实上，我们有可能在正确的安息日上敬拜了虚假的神，请大家谨记这一点。 在此我必须澄清一下，三位一体神和星期日敬拜，在此时此刻还不是兽的印记。必须等到兽颁布了星期日法令之后，人们才会被迫做出决定性的选择，要么接受上帝的印记，要么接受兽的印记。两者只能二选一，没有第三条路可走。若想要知道更多关于星期日法令的话，大家可以观赏我曾经上传过的视频，名为星期日法令。 因此，我们若想得到上帝的印记而不想得到兽的印记的话，我们现在就必须开始守安息日和敬拜真神了。再加上刚才我们已经看过的，那些胜过兽的圣徒们都是遵守上帝诫命的。 18. 安息日是上帝至高权柄的证据 以西结书 20：20 且以我的安息日为圣。这日在我与你们中间为证据，使你们知道我是耶和华你们的上帝。 当我们遵守安息日时，我们事实上是在用行动来证明我们衷心顺服和相信上帝为宇宙万物的创造主，并归服于祂至高的权柄之下，因为安息日把我们引向创造主耶和华父上帝。那么那些选择不遵守安息日，反而遵守星期日为主日的人又怎么样呢？ 坦白说，那些不愿遵守上帝安息日的人，实际上是在公然拒绝上帝的权柄和命令。那些选择守星期日的，则是归服于那把安息日从第七日改为第一日的，这不是上帝所为，而是罗马天主教的所为。他们甚至还批评和讽刺改革教派，因为改革教派自称遵从圣经所有的话语，但反过来他们却追随了天主教的教义和传统。 “改正教徒……接受星期日替代星期六以此作为公共礼拜的日子，他们乃是在效学天主教……但是改正教徒的思想似乎并没有意识到……藉着遵守星期日，他们乃是在接受那教会发言人——教皇——的权威。”——(《我们的星期日来宾》1950年2月5日 19. 我们没有权利擅自挑选一日作为安息日 我们刚刚谈到守安息日的人是顺从上帝权柄的，而守星期日的人则是顺从天主教教皇的权柄的，那么那些宣称我们有自由权可以随意挑选一周里的任何一日为安息日的又怎么样呢？ 这并非一个普遍的现象，但是我也听过有些人真的是这样相信的。他们推理说，既然安息日是为人类而设立的，那么我们自然有权利可以自由选择我们心目中认为最合适的日子作为安息日。只要是一周内的其中一天，不管是哪一天都没关系。只要守得真心，上帝就会悦纳。那么这种说法到底符合圣经吗？我来打个比方，你自然会看清楚答案的。 起初，上帝告诉亚当夏娃，园中的果子他们都可以随意吃，唯独是分别善恶树上的果子是禁果，他们万万不可吃。如果他们俩心想，只要我们不吃任何一棵树上的果子，不管是哪一棵树都好，都没关系的。既然果子都是为人类而设立的，那么我们自然有权利选择任何一棵树上的果子作为禁果。若他们真是这么做的话，你认为这种做法符合上帝的旨意吗？可想而知，当然不行啊，上帝说哪一棵就是哪一棵，根本轮不到他们为上帝做主。 再说了，我们在行为上顺从上帝的话语，表示我们对祂顺服和充满信心。再想想看乃缦的故事。他全身长满了大麻风，上帝却吩咐先知以利沙叫乃缦到约旦河中去沐浴七回，他就必康复。原本他不愿意服从，他还说了以下这句话。 列王记下 5：12 大马士革的河亚罢拿和法珥法，岂不比以色列的一切水更好吗？我在那里沐浴不得洁净吗？”于是气忿忿地转身去了。 最后他还是选择顺从上帝而得了医治。朋友们，想想看，如若他随从自己的意思，说哪一条河都可以，没关系，只要选择其中一条，或自己认为最合适的一条，那么你认为他会得到医治吗？我相信没有人会认为上帝无论如何都会医治他吧！还有一个非常合适的例子，是该隐和亚伯献祭的故事，大家可以自行研究。总而言之，我们不应自作主张而忽视上帝清楚的吩咐和指示，因为上帝才是全知的，祂拥有最高的智慧和最美好的旨意，是超乎我们所能理解的。 话说回来，如果你选择了一个自己喜欢的日子作为安息日的话，你便是悖逆了上帝，不听从祂的指示了，你是以自己的权柄来取代上帝的权柄了，你事实上是在敬拜你自己。这就是为什么圣经说： 耶利米书 17：9 人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢？ 箴言 14：11 有一条路人以为正，至终成为死亡之路。 【钦定本】诗篇 118：8 信靠耶和华，强过信任人。 20. 守安息日不是律法主义 真相就是，遵守上帝的诫命不是律法主义，不是靠行为得救。坦白说，如果每当我听见有人声称守安息日是靠行为得救的一种方法或是律法主义时，我就会得到十令吉的话，那么我肯定早就财务自由或发达成为富豪了。 讽刺的是，这场争议一般都是来自各个守星期日的基督教派。他们常说，守安息日是靠行为得救，但同时他们自己却守星期日为安息日，但又不认为这有什么矛盾，也不认为守星期日是靠行为得救。这是为什么呢？请问谁能告诉我？ 事实上，当一个人选择顺从上帝，随从祂的旨意行，并不代表这个人是靠着行为得救，或想要赚取救恩。这一切都在乎你的动机和出发点。如果你是因爱上帝，感激祂赐下独生子来拯救世人，而愿意回应他的爱并作祂所喜悦的事的话，这怎么可能是靠行为得救呢？这正是耶稣自己在约翰福音 14：15中所吩咐我们做的。 约翰福音 14：15 你们若爱我，就必遵守我的命令。 另外，约翰一书也记载说： 约翰一书 5：3 我们遵守上帝的诫命，这就是爱他了，并且他的诫命不是难守的。 再说，我们守安息日的意义就是休息一天，不做任何工，所以若坚持说在安息日休息是靠行为得救的话，这根本是说不通的。事实上，守安息日乃是表明我们对上帝创世之工的完毕和整个救赎的计划充满信心。我们再来看一段经文。 希伯来书 4：10 因为那进入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如上帝歇了他的工一样。 21. 新约并没有把安息日废掉 绝大多数的基督徒都对新约持有好些误解。他们误以为新约废掉了安息日，甚至把全部十条诫命都废除了。但这实在太离谱了。 希伯来书 10：16，17 “主说：‘那些日子以后，我与他们所立的约乃是这样，我要将我的律法写在他们心上，又要放在他们的里面’；以后就说：‘我不再记念他们的罪愆和他们的过犯。’” 注意，这里完全没有任何暗示说律法已经废除而不必遵守了，反而主要将祂的律法写在我们心上，又要放在我们里面。这意味着我们会爱上帝的律法，时刻记在心里，不断思想，并且尽心尽力地去顺从，选择依靠上帝的力量来遵守这律法。注意罗马书是怎么说守律法的人的。 罗马书2：14，15 没有律法的外邦人若顺着本性行律法上的事，他们虽然没有律法，自己就是自己的律法。这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。 这表明当某人按着律法上的指示而行时，上帝的律法就已经刻在他们心里了，因为一个人要是喜爱上帝的律法，他就必自然按着律法的指示和要求而行。这是显而易见的。因此，我们怎么可能用耶稣把律法刻在我们心里这个事来证明祂已经把律法废除了呢？这根本就是自相矛盾。再加上要是耶稣把一样东西放在我们心里的话，那就表明这样东西是无比贵重的，是我们不可忘记，必须切记的。 22. 大部分基督徒对安息日持有误解 其中一个导致许多基督徒对安息日持有越来越多误解的原因，就是他们对某些经文的误解，因为他们听信了那些带有成见或企图的神学家和传道人对这些经文的注释。这些是违反上帝的一群人，而且事实上是撒但在背后启发他们曲解和滥用这些经文来支持他们在攻击上帝律法上的论点。我们现在就来探讨其中几个因素。时间关系，我们将不看所有被滥用于攻击安息日的经文，但我们会概括几个较普遍的。 歌罗西书 2：16，17 所以不拘在饮食上，或节期、月朔、安息日，都不可让人论断你们。这些原是后事的影儿，那形体却是基督。 因为这节，他们就说，这显示我们不应该论断那些选择不遵守安息日的人，又说安息日是后事的影儿，都是指向基督的，因此基督来了以后就不必再守了。但是这节真的是论到上帝在第四条诫命中吩咐我们遵守的第七日安息日吗？ 肯定不是的，其实他是论到每年的安息日，这是仪文律法的一部分，是犹太人年度节期的一部分。你要是不知道的话，圣经提到了几种安息日，一种是每周的第七日的安息日，即是十诫的其中一条。另一种是年度安息日，即是犹太人仪文律法的一部分，那么这个部分都已经废除了。 关于犹太人的这些节期和年度安息日，大家可以参阅利未记第23章。其中一个例子是犹太人的新年。 利未记 23：23-25 耶和华对摩西说：“你晓谕以色列人说：七月初一，你们要守为圣安息日，要吹角作纪念，当有圣会，什么劳碌的工都不可作。要将火祭献给耶和华。 那么我们要怎么知道歌罗西书那几节确实是论到犹太人节期中的安息日呢？很简单，第17节称它们为后事的影儿，我们必须明白影儿是什么，就是指向将来的弥赛亚或救世主的预表。第七日的安息日肯定不是影儿，因为这是上帝在最初的时候，在人类还没有犯罪之前就赐给亚当夏娃的。而那时他们根本就不需要一位救主。 所有指向耶稣的影儿都是在人类犯罪之后才赐给世人的，以让他们得盼望，仰望那将来要拯救他们的救主。比方说，人类犯罪之后，上帝就指示他们要把羊羔献上，以便预表耶稣为那无罪的羔羊，为世人牺牲的一位。另一节被曲解的经文是 罗马书 14：5，6 有人看这日比那日强，有人看日日都是一样，只是各人心里要意见坚定。守日的人是为主守的；吃的人是为主吃的，因他感谢上帝；不吃的人是为主不吃的，也感谢上帝。 看了这段经文，有人就会说，你守哪一日都没关系，只要守一日就可以了。但是我们注意到，安息日一词根本没有出现在这一节里。这里所论到的日子更可能是禁食的日子或犹太人的节期。 保罗这封信是写给一班信心还不怎么达标的罗马信徒的，再加上他们还要应对那些要求基督徒必须遵守摩西的律法而受割礼的犹太人。保罗也许想告诉他们说，犹太人的这些节期都是预表基督的影儿，且都已经废除了，因此在这方面，不存在这一日比那一日更重要的说法。 另外一点就是，犹太人有他们禁食的日子，一周两日。他们视某些日子比较神圣，所以就会在那些日子禁食。因此，保罗基于这一点才告诉他们说，这样的观念是错误的。反安息日的人喜欢用的另一段经文是使徒行传 15：19，20。 使徒行传 15：19，20 所以据我的意见，不可难为那归服上帝的外邦人，只要写信吩咐他们禁戒偶像的污秽和奸淫，并勒死的牲畜和血。 有些人甚至还大胆地说，皈依上帝的外邦人不需要遵守任何律法，他们只需注意以上这几个事项就可以了，那就是禁戒拜偶像、奸淫、食用勒死的牲畜、和吃血。如果事情真是这样的话，那就与许许多多的经文产生矛盾了。比如说启示录 22：14。 启示录 22：14 那些遵行他诫命的有福了，他们有权去到生命树那里，也能从门进城。 因此，使徒行传 15：19，20其实是特别应对或概括这些议题的，就是关于禁戒拜偶像的污秽和奸淫，并食用勒死的牲畜和血。这里没有提到律法和安息日，并不代表这些都被废除了，因为圣经其他部分都已经清楚概括了关于安息日和律法的事项。比如说哥林多前书6：9，10。 哥林多前书6：9，10 你们岂不知不义的人不能承受上帝的国吗？不要自欺，无论是淫乱的、拜偶像的、奸淫的、作娈童的、亲男色的、偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂的、勒索的，都不能承受上帝的国。 保罗在这里谈到了十条诫命中的至少五条。这就清楚地显明上帝依然要我们遵守祂的诫命，当然这也包括了安息日在内。 有些人又强词夺理地说，每一天都应该成为我们的安息日，这只是真理的一半。我们的确要在每一天，藉着查经、祷告和唱诗来敬拜上帝。但是如果我们守每一天为安息日的话，我们肯定会失去工作，甚至根本没钱养活自己，因为第四条诫命吩咐我们在安息日安息，无论何工都不可作。 因此，只要我们运用一点逻辑思考的话，这个论点就站不住脚了。可见撒但的谎言何等经不起推敲，这就是为什么我们必须清楚地明白真理，才能看穿谬论。 23. 每一个时代都有守安息日的信徒 你知不知道，守安息日的信徒不是近期才出现的，而是一直都存在着的。很多人误以为自从基督复临安息日会创立以来才有人开始遵守第七日为安息日的。这是一个完全错误的观念。历史证明，打从使徒时代开始一直到今天，世界上都有着许许多多坚守安息日的信徒。 事实上，世界历史的第一个人亚当就已经开始守安息日了。这根本不是什么新鲜的教导，而是上帝最初的旨意。因此，上帝的信徒从世界的起初一直到世界的末了，都忠心地遵守着上帝的安息日和其他九条诫命。 朋友们，安息日和上帝的身份在末时将会成为最大的争议和议题。整个善恶之争都围绕着上帝的身份和上帝的圣日。这也离不开上帝的印记和兽的印记这个议题。简单来说，末时的人类只能分成两派，一边厢是敬拜独一真神父上帝并遵守祂安息日的义人，另一边厢则是敬拜三位一体假神并遵守伪安息日或星期日的恶人。 我再强调，安息日从来没有被废除或修改，我们也没有权利选择自己喜欢的日子作为安息日。虽然许多人费尽心思想要证明这些论点，以破坏上帝的安息圣日，但是这一切都是徒劳无功的，因为他们没有圣经的支持和认证。上帝藉着祂儿子和众先知一次又一次，不断重复同样的真理，就是上帝要我们对祂保持忠心，服从祂的诫命，直到世界的末了，始终不掉转脚步。 总结来说，今天我们从圣经里得知守安息日，一周的第七日即星期六，是顺从上帝的第四条诫命。安息日不仅是为犹太人设立的，而是为全人类而设立的，但是唯有忠于上帝的子民才会愿意遵祂话语而行。 上帝嘱咐我们“当记念”安息日，纪念上帝为我们的创造主，纪念祂为我们独一的真神，并且藉着这一日与上帝更加亲近。 安息日是不可改变的，因为它是上帝亲自设立的，祂也赐福与这一日，定为圣日。耶稣自己守了安息日，不管是活在世上的时候，或是死了之后。 新约时代的基督徒也都遵守安息日。另外，耶稣的死证明上帝的诫命是不可废除的，不然的话，耶稣就不必为我们而死，以偿还罪债了。 撒但不断竭尽所能地去攻击和破坏安息日，为的是以自己的日子取代上帝的日子，他要我们忘记上帝的命令，甚至忘记创造主本身。最后，星期日不是新的安息日，耶稣的复活并没有把星期日转变为安息日而消灭了原有的安息日，这也是撒但的谎言，以迷惑世人，把我们引向灭亡。 总而言之，上帝所设立的安息日必永远站立。愿每一位都能看清安息日的真理并揭穿撒但普世的谎言，让我们回到上帝所命定的日子，听从祂的话，跟从祂的旨意而行，做祂眼中看为正的事。 愿我们今天就做出明智的选择，站在上帝和祂儿子正义的一边，而逃避即将来临的兽印记，并违背上帝的可怕后果。愿我们培养爱上帝的心，选择顺服祂的话语和旨意，因为上帝先爱我们，为我们舍弃了自己至亲至爱的儿子，来拯救我们脱离罪恶的刑罚，让我们借着他得着永生的盼望。愿天父赐福与每一位，阿们。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

返回研究目录 上一篇 下载中文 Read in English 下一篇 破解十五个拒绝安息日的理由(上) 这篇文章旨在分析一些拒绝安息日的传道人和教会领导们所普遍给出的理由或借口，以揭穿他们推翻安息日真理的企图。我们将从圣经找出证据来证明他们的理论尽都是谬论，并且提出合理的论点来反驳这些假道理。我所列出的论点有15个点之多，我们将逐一探讨。 1. 我们应该守星期日来纪念耶稣复活吗？ 2. 日历是否改变了安息日? 3. 我们怎么知道安息日落在哪一天？ 4. 我们可以自选任何一天当它作安息日吗？ 5. 主日是哪一天？ 6. 安息日专属于犹太人吗？ 7. 安息日是为人类设立的！ 8. 十诫已经废除了吗？ 9. 耶稣是我们的安息日吗？ 10. 安息日已经废除了吗？ 11. 我们不在律法之下，而是在恩典之下？ 12. 耶稣是否违犯了安息日？ 13. 安息日是在新约之下吗？ 14. 大多数人怎么可能对安息日有所误解？ 15. 圣经是否说安息日已经改为星期日？ 我们必须记住，不管一个理由有多么的堂皇或广泛流行，只要它经不起圣经的考验，它就是一个有心人编出来的歪理，归根结底也都是撒但所启发的。所以一切理论都必须建立在圣经的基础上。 1. 我们应该守星期日来纪念耶稣复活吗？ 第一点，我们应该守星期日来纪念耶稣复活吗？这是守星期日的信徒经常提出的理由，以支持他们遵守星期日的宗教习俗。这听起来非常合理，耶稣既然在星期日复活，祂的复活又那么重要，那么我们遵守祂复活的日子为安息圣日又有何不妥呢？ 非常不妥！不错，耶稣确实是在那星期的第一日复活的。祂的复活确实是人类历史上最重要的事件。但是圣经完全没有给一丁点暗示，宣告第七日安息日已经因耶稣的复活而转移到了第一日。圣经也从未命令我们遵守第一日为圣日。 安息日在历史上为罗马天主教所修改，是为了纪念他们的太阳神，所以他们选择在太阳神的崇拜日来做礼拜，这也与耶稣的复活毫无关系，也不是上帝所悦纳的，因它完全违背圣经的原则。人总是喜欢为了适应自己的传统来改变上帝的律法。正如耶稣所说的一样： 马可福音 7：9 又说：“你们诚然是废弃上帝的诫命，要守自己的遗传。 他们说耶稣的复活很重要，因此必须在这个日子敬拜他。其实这并不是一个很好的论点，因为圣经还有提到其他一样重要的日子，比如说耶稣的死。祂在一个星期五为我们而死。那是历史上最重要的死亡事件，也是最有意义的。它标志着我们的救赎已经得到保障，耶稣成功为我们偿还了罪债，以至我们不必受第二次的死。 祂为我们受苦受难，受尽凌辱，背负全人类的罪，然后在十字架上壮烈牺牲。那么说，我们岂不应该把安息日定在星期五吗？难道我们只纪念耶稣的复活，却忘了纪念祂的死吗？ 所以啊，我们不能按照自己的逻辑来设定哪一天为安息日，因为上帝早已命定了，而且祂从未提过这一天会有任何变动。如果有的话，圣经一定会提出很多证据的。显然这是人们凭空想出来的歪理。 论到耶稣的死和复活，我们也必须纪念，但不能把这两件事变成纪念创造的安息日。使徒保罗吩咐我们说： 哥林多前书 11：26 你们每逢吃这饼，喝这杯，是表明主的死，直等到他来。 我们举行圣餐礼，是为了纪念耶稣的死，当然也一道纪念耶稣的复活。另外保罗说，洗礼是纪念耶稣复活的一种仪式，而我们每一天也都必须重生，显出新生的样式。 罗马书 6：4 所以我们藉着洗礼归入死，和他一同埋葬，原是叫我们一举一动有新生的样式，像基督藉着父的荣耀从死里复活一样。 所以圣餐礼和洗礼的目的是纪念耶稣的死和祂的复活。这才是圣经所命定的。我们不能随意把安息日从第七日改成第一日。 有些星期日教会的信徒会说：可是门徒明明在耶稣复活那日一起聚会啊，他们难道不是守安息日，以庆祝耶稣的复活吗？所以门徒也是守星期日的啊。 这种说法实际上是基于一个非常大的误解。圣经从未记载过门徒改守星期日为安息日而停守原来的第七日为安息日。事实上，圣经告诉我们，门徒当时还不相信耶稣已经复活，那么试问他们怎么会在当天守安息日并庆祝祂的复活呢？ 马可福音 16：12-14 12 这事以后，门徒中间有两个人往乡下去。走路的时候，耶稣变了形像，向他们显现。13 他们就去告诉其余的门徒，其余的门徒也是不信。 14 后来，十一个门徒坐席的时候，耶稣向他们显现，责备他们不信，心里刚硬，因为他们不信那些在他复活以后看见他的人。 明显的是，门徒还不信他们的主已经从死里复活了，因此他们的聚会不可能是欢喜快乐地庆祝基督复活。约翰为我们揭晓了他们聚会的原因。 约翰福音 20：19 那日（就是七日的第一日）晚上，门徒所在的地方，因怕犹太人，门都关了。耶稣来站在当中，对他们说：“愿你们平安！” 他们聚会的原因，是因为害怕犹太人。他们怕自己的主死了之后，下一个就轮到他们了。他们惧怕遭犹太人下毒手，于是他们聚集在一块儿保护自己、商量对策、并互相鼓励。此时耶稣就出现在他们当中，说：“愿你们平安！” 因为他们心中没有平安。 简单来说，这次的聚会根本不能证明什么。再加上我们看到了新约圣经全书都一再证明门徒和早期教会信徒都依然遵守着安息日，所以宣称门徒守的安息日已经改成星期日这种说法是站不住脚的。 也请不要再说安息日已经因耶稣的复活从第七日改成了第一日，因为这种假道理没有任何圣经经文的支持。 2. 日历是否改变了安息日? 我们要探讨的第二点是，日历是否影响或改变了安息日？有人这么说，是因为我们今天所用的日历并不是当代犹太人所用的日历。 大家不用担心。事实就是，虽然日历改变了，但不会影响或混淆每周七日周期的循环。我们可以百分百肯定地说，我们今天所遵守的第七日安息日与耶稣当时所遵守的安息日是同一日。 1582年的日历更改是教皇贵勾利十三世所做的 ，但这一更改并没有干扰每周的周期。他于 1582 年在日历上做了一个微小的改变，所以我们现在所用的公历是以他命名的，就是贵勾利日历。 教皇贵勾利十三世对日历做了什么改变呢？1582年之前，儒略历实际上是由尤利乌斯·凯撒在公元前46年左右制定的，并以他命名。 但是儒略历将一年的时间长度设定为 365 又1/4 天。这是不正确的，因为一年实际上比 365 又1/4 天少了 11 分钟。这 11 分钟累积起来，到了 1582 年，日历的日期已经与太阳系脱离了 10 天。 教皇贵勾利尝试通过将这十天从日历中删除来解决这个问题。 1582 年 10 月 4 日是星期四，那么第二天，星期五，应该是 10 月 5 日，但贵勾利把它改为 10 月 15 日，正好向前跨越了十天，以使日历与天体恢复和谐。 一周七日的周期是否混乱了呢？并没有，星期五仍然紧随着星期四，星期六仍然在星期五之后等等。同样的，第七天仍然存在，所以每周七日的周期并没有受到干扰。 当我们在星期六遵守第七日安息日时，我们就是遵守耶稣所遵守的同一日，正如路加福音 4：16 所告诉我们的那样，耶稣每周都遵守了安息日，那是他素常的规矩。 路加福音 4：16 耶稣来到拿撒勒，就是他长大的地方。在安息日，照他平常的规矩进了会堂，站起来要念圣经。 有意思的是，美国海军天文台也报告称，每周周期的连续性从未发生过任何变动。另外我们只要看看犹太人就知道了。他们从古至今从未停止过遵守安息日的规矩，而他们在今时今日还依然在遵守星期六为安息日。 所以我们不用再找借口说，因着日历的改变，安息日也随之消失在其中了。然后说我们无法知道哪一日是原来的第七日了。这些都是借口罢了。上帝肯定会保留每一周的一致性和完整性，让每个时代的忠心子民都能纪念和遵守每周的第七日为安息日。 3. 我们怎么知道安息日是哪一天呢？ 那么我们接下来要继续探讨的是，我们怎么知道安息日落在哪一天？我们有没有什么铁证可以证明安息日确实落在今天的星期六呢？ 那些经常宣称我们不能正确地知道安息日是哪一天的人都是在说谎，都在用谬论来安慰那些不服从第四条诫命的人。那么我们有什么证据来反驳他们呢？除了说全能的上帝不会让祂的安息日失传之外，我们还有五个证据，足以证明我们今天依然能够遵守正确的安息日。 第一，现代词典给我们证明星期六是第七日，也是安息日。 你要是到在线英文词典dictionary.com搜寻Saturday的话，你就会看到星期六的定义是：一周的第七日。同样的，你要是搜寻Sunday的话呢，它就会告诉你星期日的定义是：一周的第一日。那么你要是上任何汉语词典的软件或网站去搜寻安息日，那里都会这样说： 《圣经》记载，上帝在六日内创造天地万物，第七日完工休息。犹太教尊这日为圣日，名叫安息日（即星期五日落到星期六日落的一昼夜时间）。这一天礼拜上帝，不做工作。基督教以星期日为安息日，又称主日。 英文词典也一样，都说：每周的第七日，星期六，是犹太人和一些基督徒休息和进行宗教活动的日子。在这里他们还引用了出埃及记20：8-11，即第四条诫命。 但是安息日的第二个定义是：每周的第一日，星期日，大多数基督徒守这一日，以纪念基督的复活。我们刚刚也谈过，这根本不是出自上帝圣言的。圣经从未教导我们这样做！ 况且，圣经也不曾说过，一周的第一日已经因耶稣的复活而变成了新的安息日。这种说法根本就没有任何圣经依据，因为它不是出自圣经的，而是源自天主教的传统。 第二，耶稣的复活证明了安息日是星期六。 奇妙的是，耶稣的复活不但没有证明安息日已经更改，相反的，耶稣的复活恰恰给我们证明了安息日就是星期六，而且耶稣也为我们树立了榜样，即便在他死后也依然遵守了安息日。 圣经说，基督是在星期五预备日死的，然后是在星期日，一周的第一日，复活的。几乎所有的教会都通过遵守耶稣的受难日和复活节的星期日来承认这一事实。我们来看一个圣经证据： 路加福音 23：52-54 52 这人去见彼拉多，求耶稣的身体；53 就取下来用细麻布裹好，安放在石头凿成的坟墓里，那里头从来没有葬过人。54 那日是预备日，安息日也快到了。 这明显证明耶稣是在安息日的前一日死的。那一日称为预备日，因为那是给我们为安息日做好准备的日子。我们再往下看，第55和第56节。 路加福音 23：55-56 55 那些从加利利和耶稣同来的妇女跟在后面，看见了坟墓和他的身体怎样安放。56 她们就回去，预备了香料香膏。她们在安息日，便遵着诫命安息了。 请注意这些妇女在安息日，遵着诫命安息了。而这些事实是路加在耶稣死了几十年之后才写的，这也证明安息日从未改变。诫命说，第七日是安息日，因此我们知道安息日是今天的星期六。再来注意下一节怎么说。 路加福音 24：1-3 1 七日的头一日，黎明的时候，那些妇女带着所预备的香料来到坟墓前，2 看见石头已经从坟墓滚开了。3 她们就进去，只是不见主耶稣的身体。 圣经非常清楚地形容了这三天。耶稣是在星期五也就是预备日被钉死。祂在星期六也就是安息日在坟墓里安息。然后祂在星期日，也就是一周的第一日复活起来的。 只要你知道并相信耶稣在哪一天受难和复活，就不难知道安息日是哪一天了，因为圣经清楚地说，安息日就是第七日，也就是星期六，是耶稣受难和复活之间的那一日。 这其实一点也不复杂，问题是我们愿不愿意放下自己的偏见，单纯地接受圣经真理？ 第三，星期六这个名词在上百种语言中都一致性地称之为安息日。 你知不知道第七日星期六，在世界各地上百种语言中的专用名词意思相等于安息日，词根也都源自安息日的希伯来文Shabbat和希腊文Sabbaton？ 比如说意大利语，星期六一词称为 Sabbato，西班牙语则是 Sabado，葡萄牙语也是 Sabbado，俄语是 Subbota ，波兰语是 Sobota。所有这些名词在不同语言中却都含有完全相同的意思，那就是“安息日”或“休息日”。 这只是许许多多例子中的几个罢了。这证明了什么？这证明在这 100 种起源于创世记 11 章的巴别塔的语言之前的时代，星期六就已经被公认为安息日了，而且还被纳入那一天的专用名词中。 除了那些以异教名称来命名一周之间的日子的语言之外，第七日在世界各地仍然被称为安息日，正如主在创世时所命的名称那样。 创世纪 2：3 上帝赐福给第七日，定为圣日，因为在这日上帝歇了他一切创造的工，就安息了。 第四，天主教把安息日从星期六转移到星期日去。 罗马天主教曾多次公开承认是他们把圣经的安息日从第七日转移到第一日星期日的。我们在上一期的研究《安息日的真理》中也看过好几段天主教亲口承认自己改变安息日的事实。大家可以回顾一下。现在我们就来看其中一个例子，取自《皈依者的天主教要理问答》一书中的一段。 “问：安息日是哪一天？ “答：星期六是安息日。 “问：为什么我们遵守星期日而不是星期六？ “答：我们遵守星期日而不是星期六，是因为天主教会在老底嘉会议（公元 364 年）中将安息日的神圣庄严从星期六转移到了星期日。” ——彼得葛依尔曼（Peter Geiermann），《皈依者的天主教要理问答》，第50页，第3 版，1957年 天主教宣称他们有凌驾于圣经之上的权柄，因此有权力把安息日从星期六转移到星期日。正如但以理书所预言的那样，这个敌基督的制度将要改变上帝的节期和律法，也就是安息日。 但以理书 7：25 他必向至高者说夸大的话，必折磨至高者的圣民，必想改变节期和律法。圣民必交付他手一载、二载、半载。 她想改变上帝的律法，并以为自己已经改了，但事实上没有任何人或教会有权柄改变上帝的律法，就算是天主教也没有这种权力。上帝的律法是神圣而永不改变的，祂也从不曾赐给任何人权柄来改变祂的诫命。 总而言之，天主教企图对上帝的安息日所做的更改，就足以证明真正的安息日就是星期六，而不是天主教和大多数的基督教派所一致拥护的星期日。 所以凡是遵守星期日的人不是敬畏上帝，或遵行祂的旨意，而是表现出他对天主教教皇的忠心和服从，以及承认天主教至上的权威，甚至超越于圣经之上。 我想再一次提醒大家必须做正确的选择，必须站在正确的一方，否则后果自负。 第五，犹太人素来遵守星期六为安息日。 我们来到了第五个证明安息日是星期六的最有力证据之一，就是犹太人素来遵守星期六为安息日。 犹太人从亚伯拉罕的时代起就开始遵守着第七日，直到今天仍然在遵守这个规矩。一整个民族，数以百万计的人一直在仔细地守住时间，周复一周，年复一年，不管有日历或没有日历都好，数千年以来皆是如此。他们会忘记或遗忘这重要的日子吗？那是不可能的！ 唯一能让他们把这日子忘掉或叫他们算错日子的方法，就是同时让整个国家的人民多睡一天，再加上自那天以后没有人告诉他们所发生的事，否则的话，这是不可能发生的。 以七天为一个周期来测量时间是没有科学或天文学依据的，因为这不是人类所制定的，而是上帝所亲自命定的。一个星期七天的周期起源于创世的故事中，显明这是上帝完美的计划，并且它还被神迹般地保存了下来，主要是为了一个原因，就是安息圣日为人类指向那位独一真神的创造主。这是祂对世界和人类生命的主权的标志，是创造和救赎的证据。 难道这不是上帝要我们永远遵守安息日的原因吗？正如我们之前所看过的一样，先知以赛亚向我们说明，安息日必永远长存，而我们在以后的新天新地里也必遵守安息日。 以赛亚书 66：22-23 22 耶和华说：“我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存，你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。23 每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。 安息日对上帝忠心的子民是如此的珍贵，以至于他们会一直遵守下去，直到他们进入新天新地还要继续遵守。并且正是因为如此，他们才得以进入新天新地。 4. 我们可以当任何一天作安息日吗？ 第四点，我们可以自行决定当任何一天作安息日吗？这个拒绝守第七日安息日的借口我听过太多太多次了。所以我们今天就来深入探讨一下这种说法是否正确，是否有任何圣经的依据支持它。 其实啊，撒但也通过这个论点来预备世人接受最后的伪安息日，因为相信这种论点的人不愿意顺从上帝的诫命而遵守第七日的安息日，所以当撒但的爪牙推出星期日法令时，他们就会很轻易地接受并与世界联合来对抗上帝了。 我们必须知道，上帝用自己的指头把十诫写在石版上，祂写下了历代不变的伟大律法。每一句话都严肃而意味深长。没有一句话是模棱两可或隐秘的。 基督徒或非基督徒，受过教育或未受过教育的人，都可以毫无疑问地理解十诫简单明了的话语。那么上帝所要表达的是不是祂所写下来的呢？那当然啊！ 上帝所说所写的确实就是祂要我们明白的道理。没有人以律法太复杂以致无人能明白为理由来拒绝遵守十条诫命。再说，上帝已毫不含糊地命令人遵守第七日，而不是七日中的其中任何一日。 上帝没有说：“当纪念一日为安息日，至于是哪一日呢，你们随意挑选一日吧！” 绝对没有这样的事，虽然很多人希望上帝这样说。 有人则说他们在一周中的每一日都遵守安息日，认为上帝所造的日子没有贵贱之分，每一日都是一样的，天天都可以是安息日。这是上帝要我们遵守的吗？祂曾说过每一日都是安息日而没有特别受赐福和分别为圣的日子吗？圣经说： 出埃及记 20：8-11 8 当记念安息日，守为圣日。9 六日要劳碌作你一切的工，10 但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，11 因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 这才是圣经的教导。认为每一天都是安息日其实是一个为了逃避遵守第七日安息日而编造出来的借口。想想看，上帝说，六日你要劳碌做工，第七日是你当守的安息日。我们能不能对上帝说：“上帝啊，你错了，第七日不是你的安息日，我们可以随意遵守任何一日甚至是每一日。” 你这样嘲弄上帝和祂的诫命岂不是很危险吗？上帝渴望我们每一天都敬拜祂、侍奉祂、赞美祂、向祂祷告、为了荣耀祂而做每一件事，这是没错的。但是，上帝把第七日分别开来，作为我们崇拜祂和纪念祂的神圣日子，是与其他六日大不相同的。在这圣日当中我们何工都不可做。 请大家思考一下，如果你每天都遵守安息日的话，那就表示你每一天都不做工，每一日都在安息。这样你不叫圣洁，而叫懒惰。故此，每一日是安息日的论点根本是站不住脚的。 十诫中的大部分诫命都是以“不可”做为开始的。但在律法的中心是第四条诫命，这一条特别的诫命是以“当纪念”为开始的。 上帝吩咐并提醒祂的子民，让他们时刻记念一个早已存在但却被人遗忘的日子。注意创世记如何形容安息日的起源。 创世纪 2：1-3 1 天地万物都造齐了。2 到第七日，上帝造物的工已经完毕，就在第七日歇了他一切的工，安息了。3 上帝赐福给第七日，定为圣日，因为在这日上帝歇了他一切创造的工，就安息了。 上帝赐福给哪一日并且定为圣日呢？第七日。如何守这一日为圣呢？就是在这一天安息。那么我们可以守其余的六日为圣日吗？不可以，因为上帝没有吩咐我们在首六日安息。祂吩咐我们六日要劳碌作我们一切的工。 在利未记第10章中，亚伦的儿子拿答和亚比户，理应从祭坛带来圣火，但正如经上记着说，他们居然擅自带来了凡火。 圣火和凡火看起来一样吗？一样。他们在化学性质上是否一样呢？一样。但是上帝能否接受凡火来取代祂所命定的圣火呢？不能。 利未记 10：2 就有火从耶和华面前出来，把他们烧灭，他们就死在耶和华面前。 可见上帝完全不能接受它。那么同样的，当我们献上世俗的一天来取代祂神圣的一天时，上帝会有什么感受呢？ 更何况，如果我们献上的是崇拜三位一体太阳神的日子来取代真神的安息日的话，上帝会开心吗？此外，上帝特别的祝福只限于这特别且神圣的一天。上帝为何将这一天定为圣日呢？ 这是因为上帝是圣洁的。这一日是与上帝亲近的圣洁时光。朋友，上帝用自己的指头把诫命写在石版上，这表示十条诫命是极为重要的，以至上帝必须亲自动手写下它。石版则代表律法是坚固、永恒、不可挪移、不可动摇和永不改变的。 上帝在西奈山上还有给摩西其他的吩咐和其他的律法，但他们都不是刻在石版上的，而且那些都是后世的影儿，是指向基督的，且都被钉在十字架上了。十条诫命是唯一刻在石版上，是唯一永远长存的律法。 上帝为什么要赐福与第七日呢？那是因为祂在六日之内创造了天地万物，而第七天乃是地球的生日，是对伟大的创世大工的纪念日。这一天也是对我们是否爱上帝和顺服祂之考验，同时也是庆祝创造的一天。这一天也提醒我们，将来上帝会重新创造新天新地。 纪念创造的安息日可以更改吗？绝对不可以。这是永不更改的事实，就好比一个国家的独立日是不可随意改变的，或者一个人的生日也是不容更改的。你可以选择早几天或迟几天才来纪念或庆祝，但这并不能把你的生日改变成那一日，它依然会是那固定的日子。 安息日也是一样的道理，你自行在另一天守安息日并不会把那一天变成安息日，上帝所定下的安息日只能是第七日，这是永不更改的。 上帝曾经赐给人类自己挑选其中一日为安息日的权利吗？没有。相反的，上帝藉着祂的话语一再地向我们显明，祂所奠定的安息日是坚如磐石的，是不容篡改的。 有人说任何一天都可以随意选择作为安息日，都可以把它定为圣日，这些人实际上高举自己高于上帝，因为他们不愿意随从上帝的诫命，只随从自己的意思而行。 现在我们来谈谈吗哪的故事，好让大家更明白这个道理。 出埃及记 16：4-5 4 耶和华对摩西说：“我要将粮食从天降给你们。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的份，我好试验他们遵不遵我的法度。 5 到第六天他们要把所收进来的预备好了，比每天所收的多一倍。” 大家可以自行看完整章的上下文。我只想带出一个重点。以色列人在旷野漂流的40年来，上帝给他们施行了三个神迹。 第一，每天都有吗哪从天降下，除了第七日安息日没有之外。 第二，吗哪留着过夜到早晨必定变质发臭，除了第七日安息日之外（第六日留着过夜，到安息日早晨依然甜美新鲜）。 第三，第六日预备日有双倍的吗哪降下，使额外的吗哪能留到安息日食用，这样上帝的子民就不必在安息日出去捡吗哪，而得以遵守第七日安息日了。 出埃及记 16：29 你们看！耶和华既将安息日赐给你们，所以第六天他赐给你们两天的食物，第七天各人要住在自己的地方，不许什么人出去。” 当时也有一些以色列人与今天一般的基督徒有着相同的想法。他们认为七日之内任何一天都可以作安息日，不一定要守上帝的第七日。结果如何呢？ 出埃及记 16：27-28 27 第七天百姓中有人出去收，什么也找不着。28 耶和华对摩西说：“你们不肯守我的诫命和律法，要到几时呢？ 这些在第七日劳碌的人违犯了上帝的诫命，他们遵从自己的私欲，没有在预备日多捡一份，结果安息日就得挨饿了，因此他们错过了上帝所赐的福气和神迹。 许多基督徒都是为了方便自己而选择比较容易遵守的日子，这样他们也就违犯了上帝的命令，以自己的日子来取代上帝神圣的日子。 时至今日上帝是否对那些不守祂诫命的人有一样的看法呢？当然是啊！过去，今日、未来，上帝永远都是一样的，祂永不会改变。不遵守安息日依然是违犯了十条诫命的律法。看看雅各如何解释说： 雅各书 2：10-11 10 因为凡遵守全律法的，只在一条上跌倒，他就是犯了众条。11 原来那说不可奸淫的，也说不可杀人。你就是不奸淫，却杀人，仍是成了犯律法的。 5. 主日是哪一天？ 我们所要探讨的下一个问题是，主日到底是哪一日，它和安息日又有什么区别呢？ 首先，我们必须知道，整本圣经只有一次使用“主日”一词，就是在启示录 1：10。 启示录 1：10 当主日，我被圣灵感动，听见在我后面有大声音如吹号。。。 我们知道主确实有一个特别的日子。这一节没有清楚道出这特别的日子是哪一日。但是圣经在这个问题上给我们提供了许多的证据，使我们可以轻松解开谜团。 肯定的是，整本圣经没有一节经文将第一日称为“主日”。我们不能把自己的偏见读入圣经，曲解圣经的真理。反之，圣经确实明确地指出，主日就是指安息日。 一周内唯一蒙主赐福或称为圣日的日子是第七日安息日。况且圣经说，耶稣是安息日的主，所以主的日子明显就是安息日。 马太福音 12：8 因为人子是安息日的主。 马可福音 2：28 所以人子也是安息日的主。 顺便一提，耶稣没有说，“人子是安息日”，或说，人子是“主安息日”，而是说，“人子是安息日的主”。大家必须搞清楚这一点，因为许多拒绝安息日的人说，耶稣就是我们的安息日，我们有祂就等于守了安息日。这简直就是歪理。我们将在下一次的分享更深入探讨这种论点。 话说回来，主耶稣和父上帝从起初就一起创造了天地万物并设立了安息日，上帝藉着祂儿子立定了一切所有，又将万物都交在祂儿子的手中，所以耶稣自然就成为了安息日的主。 启示录记载约翰在主日看见异象，那么可想而知，他是在安息日看见异象的，而不是今天的人所声称的星期日或主日。大家切记，真正的主日只有安息日，其他所谓的主日都是伪造的。 请注意早期教会的历史学家卢修斯所写的以下一段话。 “公元 325 年，罗马主教西尔维斯特（公元 314-337 年）正式更改了第一日的名称，称其为主日。” (卢修斯著，《教会历史》 第739页) 下面我们再来看出自天主教的一段引言。 “圣约翰谈到主日（启 1：10），但他没有告诉我们那是一周中的哪一天，更不用说告诉我们哪一天将取代诫命中规定的安息日。 圣路加谈到门徒在一周的第一天聚在一起擘饼。 使徒行传 20：7。 圣保罗（哥林多前书 16：2）吩咐哥林多信徒应在一周的第一天储备好他们指定给犹大地忠实信徒的慈善义款：但双方都没有告诉我们，从今以后，一周的第一日将成为敬拜日和基督徒的安息日； 因此，对于这个古老的习俗，我们真正拥有的最好权威就是教会的见证。 因此，那些假装以宗教的理由遵守星期日的人，却不注重同一教会权威所规定的其他节日，这就说明他们这一行为更多地是出于幽默，而不是出于宗教，因为星期日和节假日都建立在同一个基础上，即（罗马天主）教会的宗教仪式。” ——《天主教徒指导》，第 17 版，第 272-273页。 这样看来，今日所谓的星期日为主日，不是出自圣经的，而是罗马天主教根据自己的传统和权柄命定的日子。他们这种作法绝对没有经过上帝的允许和批准。圣经的主日，即主耶稣的日子，就是第七日安息日，即星期六。守星期日从来都不是圣经的教导。 6. 安息日专属于犹太人吗？ 下来，我们要探讨安息日是不是专属于犹太人的圣日？拒绝安息日的人有一个很普遍的借口或论点，就是声称安息日仅仅是为犹太人设立的，而与基督徒完全扯不上关系。 当然，这也是极为荒谬的说法，是对圣经缺乏理解所作出的结论。可悲的是，这种错谬的论调已经变得如此普遍，以至于许多基督徒已将其称为“犹太人的安息日”。 但是我们在圣经中找不到这样的表达方式或词汇。安息日被称为“耶和华的安息日”，是属于真神上帝的，而不属于犹太人的。 出埃及记 20：10 但第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作， 英王钦定本的直接翻译是这样读的：”但第七日是耶和华你上帝的安息日”。圣经从不曾说过安息日只是为犹太人设立的，也不曾称安息日为犹太人的安息日。 我们来注意一下耶稣亲口说的一句话，就一目了然了。 马可福音 2：27 又对他们说：“安息日是为人设立的，人不是为安息日设立的。 安息日是为谁设立的呢？犹太人吗？不是的。耶稣说是为人，即为全人类设立的。只要你是人，你就理应遵守安息日，因为人类是上帝所创造的。 说到这段经文呢，人们又自作聪明想出了一个道理来，就是说，既然安息日是为人设立的，那么人自然有权利选择不遵守这一日。 事实上，全部十条诫命都是为人设立的，那么难道我们就可以自由违犯这些诫命了吗？那当然不可以。 人类是在第六日受造的，我们有第七日的唯一原因是因为上帝为了给人类提供安息的时间而添加了它。它是为人类设立的。自大的法利赛人认为安息日是为他们设立的，所以耶稣纠正了他们说，安息日是给所有人设立的，是给所有人的祝福，但他们却随意把它变成了充满律法主义各种规则的日子。 还有另一个用以反驳这论点的更强证据就是，亚当夏娃是在上帝设立安息日时唯一存在世上的人类。说白一点，当时并没有犹太人。犹太人是在设立安息日之后的两千多年以后才有的。 所以安息日绝对不可能是单为犹太人设立的。这种论点是完全站不住脚的。安息日是在创世时就已经设立的，为的是纪念上帝的创造大工，所以这是给全人类遵守的，而不可能只给犹太人遵守。 除了安息日之外，上帝在创世时还设立了另一个制度，就是婚姻制度。女人是为男人创造的，正如安息日是为人创造的一样。没有人会相信婚姻只是为犹太人设立的吧？ 有意思的是，这两个上帝所设立的最原始、最圣洁、最完美的制度，都是为人而设立的，都是有特别的祝福在里头的，都是使人与创造主联合的，而且也都是最受撒但攻击的。 撒但成功地在许多国家摧毁了一男一女的婚姻制度和第七日安息日制度。我们身为上帝最后一代的子民，必须恢复和宣传安息日的真理，恢复最原始最纯真的敬拜之日，叫人撇弃撒旦的伪安息日，即那敬拜太阳神的星期日。 论到第四条诫命不是单为犹太人设立的，其实全部十条诫命都不是单为犹太人设立的。大家明白了这一点就不再被迷惑了。请问不可拜其他神，不可雕刻并敬拜偶像，不可杀人，不可奸淫，当孝敬父母等等，只适用于犹太人吗？ 难道非犹太人就可以杀人放火，奸淫掳掠，跪拜其他神吗？相信大家都看到了吧。所以第四条诫命的安息日也和其他九条一样，是上帝赐给全人类的道德准绳。 除此之外，凡得救进入新天新地的所有圣徒还要继续遵守安息日，所以显然安息日不是单为犹太人设立的。 以赛亚书 66：22-23 22 耶和华说：“我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存，你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。23 每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。 凡有血气的，换句话说，所有人都要到上帝面前去纪念和敬拜祂。另外，接受救恩的外邦人也都遵守安息日。 【钦定本】使徒行传 13：42-43 42 犹太人出会堂的时候，外邦人恳求他们到下安息日再传讲这话给他们听。 43 散会以后，有许多犹太人和敬虔进犹太教的人跟从了保罗和巴拿巴。二人对他们讲道，劝他们务要一直在上帝的恩典中。 路加是一名外邦人而不是犹太人，然而他也遵守了安息日。 使徒行传 16：13 当安息日，我们出城门，到了河边，知道那里有一个祷告的地方，我们就坐下对那聚会的妇女讲道。 路加和保罗都清楚地了解安息日的真理，他们也遵守这一天为圣。所以清楚的是，安息日不仅是为犹太人设立的，而是为所有上帝的信徒，凡愿意顺从他旨意的人设立的。其实安息日是为全人类设立的，但是多少人遗忘了他们的创造主，并拒绝了祂的律法呢？ 7. 安息日是为人设立的！ 第七点，安息日是为人设立的。在上一期我们已经探讨过了安息日是否单为犹太人设立的。今天我们将进一步探讨类似的论点，以奠定一个事实，那就是安息日是为人设立的。 我们先来回顾一下再清楚不过的一段经文，这是耶稣亲口说的。 马可福音 2：27 又对他们说：“安息日是为人设立的，人不是为安息日设立的。 我再次强调，安息日不光是为犹太人设立的，而是为人，就是为全人类设立的。这不是什么难懂的道理。我们就来看一段圣经注释，看他如何对安息日为人设立这段经文作解释。 “安息日是为人设立的。 安息日的安息，也就是说，七日之一日的安息时间是为人类设立的，而不仅仅是为犹太人设立的。 这意味着它要成为一个普世的制度； 人类的利益需要这个制度，它不是一项武断的规定，而是为人类的福利所提供的明智又仁慈的规定。 经验表明，人们虔诚遵守安息日的地方，也是他们最快乐、最道德、最繁荣、和最健康的地方。”——B. W. Johnson 约翰逊著，《人民的新约》（1891 年） 我们必须谨记，安息日与创造是联系在一起的，而上帝创造了整个世界和我们人类的始祖。祂不光创造犹太人，所以安息日单给犹太人设立的借口实在荒唐。 上帝在六日之内创造天地万物，把第七日定为安息日赐给人类，使人的肉体得到休息，并在心灵上纪念祂特别的日子，直到今天，从未改变，也没有人能改变它。 骄傲自恃的法利赛人自以为安息日是为他们设立的，所以耶稣纠正了他们，说，安息日是给所有人设立的，它是给所有人的祝福，而不是像他们所设定的那样，变成一个充满律法主义和各种规则的日子。 他们甚至指控耶稣和门徒在安息日掐麦穗来吃而违犯了安息日，因此耶稣特别指出，安息日是一个赐福与人的日子而不是加给人重担的日子。 耶稣在马可福音 2：27的话并沒有取消第四条诫命的神圣条款。 在安息日掐麦穗来充饥是出于维持生命所需的一项举动，这样并没有违犯第四条诫命。耶稣在安息日治病、行神迹、供给人们的需要等等，都是没有错的。 我们不能在耶稣身上寻找错处，否则那是错误地指控祂不遵守安息日，以作为借口让自己不需要遵守安息日。事实上，耶稣并没有违犯安息日，只是现代那些拒绝律法的基督徒曲解了耶稣和门徒的行为，以他们的榜样来当作拒绝安息日的理由。 大家必须记住，耶稣就上帝的律法说过一句非常重要的话。 马太福音 5：17-18 17 莫想我来要废掉律法和先知；我来不是要废掉，乃是要成全。18 我实在告诉你们，就是到天地都废去了，律法的一点一画也不能废去，都要成全。 以赛亚也有一句非常棒的话。 以赛亚书 42：21 耶和华因自己公义的缘故，喜欢使律法为大、为尊。 耶稣要叫律法成为完全，把律法放大，父上帝也一样喜欢使律法为大、为尊。天父和祂儿子从未说过律法能改变，也没有允许任何人去擅自决定上帝的律法是否有效、信徒们是否需要遵守等等。 律法从来没有改变过，也永远不会改变，更不会变得松懈，或降低其标准。祂曾经亲口明说： 出埃及记 20：8-10 “当纪念安息日，守为圣日。... 第七日是向耶和华你上帝当守的安息日。” 记住，这是所有人应当向耶和华守的安息日，而不光是给犹太人遵守的。安息日没有为特定的一群人设立，而是为全人类设立的。 8. 十诫已被废除了吗？ 我们所要探讨的下一个问题是，十诫已被废除了吗？让我感到伤心的是，人们在没有任何圣经证据的支持下，普遍教导说十诫已经在十字架上被废除了，因此世人从那时起不必再遵守十诫。 这种信念的支持者从来都不会停下来思考并意识到，如果没有律法的存在，那就不会有人犯罪，正如保罗在罗马书4：15所指出的那样。 罗马书 4：15 因为律法是惹动忿怒的（或作“叫人受刑的”），哪里没有律法，那里就没有过犯。 如果耶稣的死真的废除了律法的话，这就意味着自从基督死后就再也没有人犯罪了。没有罪人的话，也就不需要救主了。所以怎么说不过去。唉！多么可悲的说法呀！ 上帝的律法原是给人类的一份厚礼，但却惨遭人类拒绝和唾弃。律法尽管是多么的美好和光荣，但世人却对它充满敌意。 罗马书 8：7 原来体贴肉体的，就是与上帝为仇，因为不服上帝的律法，也是不能服。 人们自私地要求获得遵守律法所带来的一切祝福，但却叛逆地憎恶上帝所要求我们走的道路。 请注意上帝的道德律法，即十条诫命，是如何反映上帝最完美和圣洁的品格的。宣布上帝的律法已经作废的做法是对上帝、对祂圣洁的品格、对祂的爱和祂的作为的最大侮辱和攻击。 现在我们来探讨一下以下的列表，对照一下上帝的律法和祂的品格，看看圣经如何采用相同的形容词来形容两者。 上帝的律法等于上帝的品格 罗马书 16：26 - 上帝是永恒的 诗篇 111：7-8 - 律法是永恒的 路加福音 18：19 - 上帝是良善的 罗马书 7：12 - 律法是良善的 约翰福音 4：24 - 上帝是属灵的 罗马书 7：14 - 律法是属灵的 约翰一书 3：3 - 上帝是洁净的 诗篇 19：8 - 律法是纯洁的 诗篇 145：17;申命记 32：4 - 上帝是公义的 诗篇 119：172;罗马书 7：12 - 律法是公义的 约翰一书 4：8 - 上帝就是爱 罗马书 13：10 - 律法就是爱 马太福音 5：48 - 上帝是完全的 诗篇 19：7 - 律法是完备的 申命记 32：4 - 上帝是诚实无伪的 诗篇 119：142 - 律法是真实的 约翰一书 1：5 - 上帝是光 箴言 6：23 - 律法是光 以赛亚书 5：16 - 上帝是圣洁的 罗马书 7：12 - 律法是圣洁的 上帝领以色列民脫離埃及的奴役之后，在荣耀的威严中将十诫交给摩西。这套神圣的律法是由上帝所宣告，由祂指头所写的。十诫刻在石版上，象征它的永恒性。 与此同时，另一套暂时适用于这批无知的以色列民的仪文律法也交给了他们遵守。这套仪文律法是为了规范犹太人的圣所仪式而设计的，它是与那被钉在十字架上的宗教制度有关。 出埃及记、利未记、民数记、和申命记的大部分内容都详细描述了这套仪文律法。 这套律法很容易在圣经中找到。它论到割礼、祭祀、祭物、洁净、节期、圣日、以及与希伯来圣所供职相关的其他仪式。我们让圣经自我解释并阐明这两套律法之间的区别。下面我们来看上帝的道德律法和摩西的仪文律法。 道德律法（十条诫命） 仪文律法 （暂时性的犹太律法） 1 上帝亲口所说。出埃及记 20：1-22 摩西所说。出埃及记 24：3 2 上帝指头所写。出埃及记 31：18 出埃及记 32：16 摩西所写。出埃及记 24：4 申命记 31：9 3 刻在石版上。出埃及记 31：18； 出埃及记 32：16 写在书上。出埃及记 24：3, 7 申命记 31：24 4 由其作者，即上帝把它交给摩西。 出埃及记 31：18 由其作者，即摩西把它交给利未人。申命记 31：25-26 5 摩西把十诫存放在“约柜”中。申命记 10：5 由利未人存放在约柜旁。申命记 31：26 6 关于道德的戒律。 出埃及记 20：3-17。 关于礼仪事务。（看出埃及记、利未记、民数记和申命记） 7 显出罪来。罗马书 7：7 提供赎罪祭。（看利未记） 8 违背律法就是罪。约翰一书 3：4 违背它不算有罪，已被“废除”。以弗所书 2：15。（没有律法，就没有过犯。罗马书 4：15） 9 应“遵守全律法”。雅各书 2：10 使徒没有叫人“遵守仪文律法”。使徒行传 15：24 10 我们“将按这律法受审判”。 雅各书 2：12 不是按照它来受审判。歌罗西书 2：16。（另请参阅加拉太书中的律法是什么） 11 遵守道德律法的基督徒“在他所行的事上必然得福”。雅各书 1：25 遵守仪文律法的基督徒不会蒙福。（例如，看加拉太书 5：1-6） 12 “那全备、使人自由之律法”。雅各书 1：25（参阅雅各书 2：12） 遵守这律法的人不得自由。加拉太书 5：1, 3 13 保罗说：“我喜欢上帝的律法。” 罗马书 7：22（参阅第 7 节） 保罗称这律法为奴仆的轭。加拉太书 5：1；4：3, 9（看使徒行传 15：10） 14 因信基督而坚固律法。 罗马书 3：31 被基督废除。以弗所书 2：15 15 耶和华要“使律法为大、为尊”。以赛亚书 42：21 基督涂抹了在律例上所写攻击我们有碍于我们的字据，把它撤去，钉在十字架上。歌罗西书 2：14 诚实查考上帝之道的人，必定能清楚地看出十诫的有效性及其对所有人的约束力。相反的，摩西的仪文律法并不再有效，它对信基督的人也不再有约束力，因为这套律法在基督里废除了。 仪文律法和献祭的制度等都是后事的影儿，都指向基督的第一次降临。古时候圣殿里所流的羔羊的血所代表的，就是上帝的羔羊耶稣基督，祂要为世人流血舍命。 这就是为什么在耶稣被钉死的那一刻，圣所的幔子从上到下裂为两半，象征自古以来的献祭制度从此将永远作废。 对比之下，那套刻在石版上的十条诫命是永远长存的。它不属于仪文律法的一部分，更不是后事的影儿。它反映的是上帝的品格和道德标准。 许多人都混淆了道德律法和仪文律法，把两者混为一谈，因此而误以为十诫也在十字架上废除了。 其实想知道耶稣是否废掉上帝的律法，是非常简单的事。我们不必做任何猜测，就直接让耶稣亲自来告诉我们就行了。 马太福音 5:17-18 17 莫想我来要废掉律法和先知；我来不是要废掉，乃是要成全。18 我实在告诉你们，就是到天地都废去了，律法的一点一画也不能废去，都要成全。 耶稣说得再清楚不过了。问题是，我们是否愿意相信祂的话呢？还是坚持破坏祂的诫命？ 耶稣根本就没有任何改变或废除律法的意图。事实上，祂还屡次谴责那些教导人违背律法的人，并赞扬那些教导人遵守律法的人。 有人经常狡辩说，成全律法表示律法已经结束或作废了，所以我们就不需要再遵守律法了。然而，我们有压倒性的铁证来证明这是胡说八道。比如说，这段经文中所包含的矛盾就会超乎我们手指所能数算的了。 如果成全律法等于结束律法，那换句话说，律法被废掉了。但是请注意，耶稣在这里说得很白，祂来不是要废掉律法。祂把成全一词与废掉一词做了一个对比。 废掉表示不需要再遵守了，那么成全的意思肯定是相反的。成全的意思实际上是落实或实践，使律法成为完全，使律法为大，为尊。我们不应该对这个概念感到陌生，因为以赛亚书预言了上帝将使律法为大，为尊。祂要如何做到这事呢？就是藉着差祂儿子弥赛亚降临世间。 以赛亚书 42：21 耶和华因自己公义的缘故，喜欢使律法（或作“训诲”）为大、为尊。 此外，如果成全一词表示废除或结束的话，那么你来告诉我，经文所提到的事，是否都要结束。我们来看看几段经文，当中也用了与马太福音5：17-18中的成全一词相同的希腊单词（plēroō）。 马太福音 3：15 耶稣回答说：“你暂且许我，因为我们理当这样尽（plēroō）诸般的义（或作“礼”）。”于是约翰许了他。 约翰福音 17：13 在我往你那里去，我还在世上说这话，是叫他们心里充满（plēroō）我的喜乐。 帖撒罗尼迦后书 1：11 因此，我们常为你们祷告，愿我们的上帝看你们配得过所蒙的召，又用大能成就（plēroō）你们一切所羡慕的良善和一切因信心所作的工夫。 腓立比书 2：2 你们就要意念相同，爱心相同，有一样的心思，有一样的意念，使我的喜乐可以满足（plēroō）。 约翰福音 17：12 我与他们同在的时候，因你所赐给我的名保守了他们，我也护卫了他们；其中除了那灭亡之子，没有一个灭亡的，好叫经上的话得应验（plēroō）。 歌罗西书 1：25 我照上帝为你们所赐我的职分作了教会的执事，要把上帝的道理传得全备（plēroō）。 哥林多后书 10：6 并且我已经预备好了，等你们十分（plēroō）顺服的时候，要责罚那一切不顺服的人。 大家自己思考一下，成全一词在圣经里有没有向人们说的那样，表示废除。我们来看一看成全的原文含义和用法。 泰意尔对 G4137 的定义： 1) 填满，盛满，即盛到满为止。 2）使圆满，即完整。 2a) 盛到顶部：以致对于最高容量没有缺乏，盛满到边缘。 2b) 完善：一个数字。 2b1) 使每一个细节都变得完整，使完美。 2b2) 进行到底，完成，执行（某项工作）。 2c) 使生效，使实现，实现。 2c1) 关于职责事项：实施，执行。 2c2) 关于谈语、应许、预言，使之应验、批准、完成。 2c3) 成全，即使上帝的旨意（如律法所规定的）获得应有的遵守，并使上帝的应许（通过先知所给予的）得以落实。 在泰意尔词典中，与马太福音 5:17 中“成全”一词的用法最相近的就是2c3部分的解释。这就说明耶稣不是为了废掉律法而来。反之，祂完全遵守和活出了律法，并将其放大，使之成为完全。 朋友们，如果耶稣是来废掉律法使人不必遵守的话，祂想必会直接告诉我们说：“我来就是要废掉律法。” 显然，声称上帝十条诫命的律法已被废除这种说法绝对是来自撒但的谎言，企图使人违背上帝的律法。 9. 耶稣是我们的安息日吗？ 我们今天所要探讨的最后一点是，耶稣是不是我们安息日的安息，因此使安息日这一天无效了呢？ 这论点其实非常荒唐，但是可惜还是有很多人以它为借口来拒绝安息日的真理。首先，我们来细心思考一下，圣经清楚地说明安息日是一个日子，是一周的第七日，从星期五日落到星期六日落为止。 我们在这一天纪念上帝的创造，并且无论何工都不可作。圣经没有说安息日是一位人物，更没有说耶稣就是我们的安息日，这不符合圣经，也不符合逻辑。 没错，耶稣曾经说过以下这段话： 马太福音 11：28 凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。 但是，祂没有说安息日这一天因此而被废除了，你们从此不必再守了。反之，祂一再教导人遵守诫命，而且连祂自己也遵守了安息日。 而且这里提到的安息所指的是属灵和心灵的安息。耶稣并不是要给我们肉体上的安息，因为上帝早已赐下一日，作为全人休息的日子。 当论到耶路撒冷城在公元70年要遭受毁灭的预言时，耶稣还加了一句话，为我们显明安息日的持续有效性和重要性。 马太福音 24：20 你们应当祈求，叫你们逃走的时候，不遇见冬天或是安息日。 耶稣这话是论到将来在他死后差不多四十年之后所要发生的事，然而祂却提醒门徒要祈求在他们逃难的时候不要遇见安息日，否则就会破坏安息日的神圣意义和美好时光。 如果我们只需要在耶稣里安息而不需要遵守安息日的话，那么耶稣为什么还要担心门徒以后会在安息日逃难呢？ 显然耶稣与门徒都依然非常注重安息日。再说，我们在新天新地也依然要遵守安息日。 以赛亚书 66：22-23 22 耶和华说：“我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存，你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。23 每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。 所以不存在有耶稣作为我们的安息，我们就不需要遵守安息日这种乖谬的说法。这是完全没有圣经根据的，只是一些人为了逃避安息日所编造出来的一个既方便又好听的借口而已。 记住，我们主耶稣和祂的父亲我们的父上帝是永不改变的。祂们的话语和律法也永远立定。 希伯来书 13：8 耶稣基督昨日今日一直到永远，是一样的。 玛拉基书 3：6 因我耶和华是不改变的... 诗篇111：7-8 7 他手所行的，是诚实公平，他的训词都是确实的，8 是永永远远坚定的，是按诚实正直设立的。 路加福音 16：17 天地废去较比律法的一点一画落空还容易。 上一篇 返回研究目录 下一篇 到最頂

All trinity studies Previous Download 看中文 Next Who Raised Jesus from the Dead Question: Who raised Jesus from the dead since He said "I lay down my life, that I might take it again" in John 10:17? Did He resurrect Himself, did a "Father, Son, and Spirit" resurrect Him, or was it His Father (YHWH) that resurrected Jesus from the grave? Answer: It was the God and Father of Jesus who resurrected Him! Here are 23 verses that show this... 1. Galatians 1:1 ... God, the Father, who raised him [Jesus Christ] from the dead 2. Ephesians 1:17, 19, 20 ...God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory... (19) And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (20) Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, 3. 2 Corinthians 4:14 He [the Father] which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus 4. Romans 6:4 ... Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father... 5. Acts 2:22, 24 ...Jesus of Nazareth... Whom God has raised up having loosed the pains of death 6. Acts 2:32 This Jesus has God raised up 7. Acts 3:15 ... the Prince of life whom God has raised from the dead 8. Acts 3:26 God (the Father), having raised up his Son Jesus… 9. Acts 4:10 ... Jesus Christ…whom God raised from the dead… 10. Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus… 11. 1 Peter 1:21 God, that raised him [Christ] from the dead 12. Colossians 2:12 God, who has raised him [Christ] from the dead... 13. Acts 10:40 Him [Christ] God raised up the third day 14. Acts 13:30, 34 God raised him [Jesus] from the dead…He raised Him up from the dead 15. Acts 13:37 but He, whom God raised again, saw no corruption 16. Romans 8:11 Him [God] that raised up Jesus from the dead 17. Acts 17:30, 31 God... hath raised him from the dead 18. Romans 4:24 ... if we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 19. 1 Corinthians 15:15 we have testified of God that HE raised up Christ: 20. 1 Thessalonians 1:9,10 (9)... the living and true God; (10) And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, 21. 1 Corinthians 6:14 God has both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by His own power 22. 2 Corinthians 13:4 ... though he was crucified... yet he lives by the power of God. 23. Romans 10:9 ... if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God (YHWH) hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Belief in the Father (YHWH) raising Jesus is critical to our salvation. Previous All trinity studies Next Back to top