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The Trinity
| Bro Gordon Ochieng (Madiany, Kenya)
“T
he Father is God, the Son is God, and
the Holy Ghost is God, and yet they are
not three God’s, but one God” (so says the
false Athanasian Creed).
This creed was drawn up by Athanasius, Bishop
of Alexandria, in the 4th century. The creed
was acknowledged in France in 670 AD and
received in Spain and Germany about the
same period. It was received in Rome in 930
AD and was known in parts of
Italy in 930 AD. The doctrine
of a Triune God - a three part
God, is nowhere supported in
the pages of the Holy Bible.
When we get hold of the
Scriptures and consult its
pages, we find nothing what-
ever of this mysteriousness
talked about by theologians in the revelation
given to us concerning the great, glorious and
terrible God. There are none of these peculiar
definitions, none of this church and chapel
arithmetic, none of such puzzling and
confounding statements which people now
profess to believe but do not profess in the
least to understand. There is nothing revealed
concerning a Triune deity, nothing about three
co-equal personalities who are not three but
one; nothing concerning three co-eternal
beings, one of which is said to have been
‘begotten before the worlds’ by the Father
alone. The Bible is not a book of nonsense, of
confusion, but of wisdom. It is not a book to
confuse the intellect of man but to give light
and knowledge and understanding.
The truth I believe is that there is but one God
and that He is One (Mark 12:28-29; Isaiah
44:6,8). Here God declares that beside Him,
in conjunction with Him, there is no God; none
with equal glory, none with co-equal majesty
(Isaiah 46:9).
God’s word, His plan, brought
all things into existence
animate and inanimate. By
His power alone are all things
sustained. He is that God of
whom Paul spoke at Athens
(Acts 17:24,28). We can read
more of Paul’s testimony in
1Corinthians 11:3; 3:21-23; 8:4,9; 15:24;
1Timothy 2:5. One God and Father of all
(Ephesians 4:4). The epistles always make a
clear distinction between God and Christ.
God is the God and Father of Jesus
(2Corinthians 1:2,3). Would that be correct if
Jesus were an equality with Him? Yet even
Jesus himself recognised his Father, as he told
Mary Magdalene after his resurrection (John
20:17). He used similar language after his
ascension to John in Patmos (Revelation 3:12).
These passages and many more prove that
there is but one God, the Father.
... none of such puzzling
and confounding
statements which people
now profess to believe
but do not profess in the
least to understand
Baptism (1 Corinthians 10:1-11)
| Bro Gaius Egwu (Ohafia, Nigeria)
P
aul makes a solemn warning to the compla-
cent Christians by referring to the history
of the children of Israel. The Israelites experi-
enced redemption when delivered from Egypt,
baptism when passing through the sea and
God’s continual provision and protection as
they journeyed through the wilderness. Yet
they returned to forbidden ways so that nearly
all of them perished in the wilderness. These
things happened to them as examples and
were written down as warnings for us. So, if
you think you are standing firm, be careful
that you do not fall. Let us heed the warning
and live Christian lives, or we will deprive
ourselves of the rich blessing of eternal life.
It was a unique experience for the children of
Israel to pass through the Red Sea on dry land,
with the water piled up on both sides, and the
cloud above them; they are described as
having been baptised into Moses in the cloud
and in the sea. As they came up out of the Red