Directly associated with the understanding on water baptism is the truth about the Godhead. The churches "traditionally" believe in three separate or distinct persons in one God. This was arrived at due to the scriptural mentioning and deity of the Father, Son and Holy, Spirit. The result of the fourth century meeting of the Nicene Council was to place them under the Trinitarian definition.
Like the false so-called "baptismal formula, this "new" concept swept the expanse of the Christian Church and through the centuries has become so embedded in Christian thought that to question its validity is immediate heresy.
The church lost the revelation that the one God, Jehovah, expressed Himself in the Old Testament as the Father, manifested Himself in the Gospels in the Son, Jesus, and revealed Himself in the Book of Acts as the Holy Spirit. In reality, it is three dispensations of the same God. God above us, God with us, God in us. NOT three persons, but one glorious personage, finally and wonderfully unveiled.
(Hebrews 1 :3)
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They didn't believe in three Gods in the beginning of the church. You can't find that sort of belief amongst the apostles. It was after the apostolic age that this theory came in and really became an issue and cardinal doctrine at the Nicene Council. The doctrine of the Godhead caused a two-way split at Nicea. And from that split there came two extremes. One actually went into polytheism, believing in three Gods, and the others went into Unitarianism. Of course, that was a little while in coming about, but it did, and we have it right today. But the revelation through John by the spirit to the churches was, 'I am the Lord Jesus Christ, and I am ALL of It. There isn't any other God.' And He put His seal on the Revelation.
Consider this: Who was the Father of Jesus? Matthew 1:18 says, 'She was found with child of the Holy Ghost.' But Jesus Himself, claimed that God was His Father. God the Father and God the Holy Ghost, as we often express these terms, make the Father and the Spirit ONE. Indeed they are, or else Jesus had two Fathers. But notice that Jesus said that He and His Father were one - not two. That makes ONE God.
Since this is historically and Scripturally true, people wonder where the three came from. It became a foundational doctrine at the Nicene Council in AD 325. This trinity (an absolutely unscriptural word) was based upon the many gods of Rome. The Romans had many gods to whom they prayed. They also prayed to ancestors as mediators. It was just a step to give new names to old gods, so we have saints to make it more Biblical. Thus, instead of Jupiter, Venus, Mars, etc., we have Paul, Peter, Fatima, Christopher etc., etc. They could not make their pagan religion work out with just one god, so they split Him up into three, and they made intercessors of the saints as they had made intercessors of their ancestors.
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What Is The Holy Ghost?
Jeffersonville, IN
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Hardly for a meeting... This meeting is to be a little different
meeting than what we usually have here. Mostly every time when we come
together here, it's a meeting to--for the healing of the sick and for
the--a physical needs. It's the... The emphasis is put upon that. But
tonight we have started this revival for the healing of the soul,
the--the spirit of the man. However, the Lord willing, Sunday morning, at Sunday school, Sunday
morning, we are going to have a prayer for the sick and a regular line
of healing for Sunday morning, the Lord willing. And these week nights
we are greatly pressed to speak on the eternal things for the--the
soul.
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Now, we know that when a--a body is healed, that makes us all happy,
because we know that it definitely shows that our God heals the sick.
But that sick person, if they live long enough, will perhaps be sick
again, maybe with the same disease that they were healed of. And that
doesn't take away healing. The doctor will give medicine for pneumonia,
and maybe two days later they'll die with pneumonia after he's
pronounced them well. It reoccurs again. But when that soul is healed,
you have then in you Eternal Life.
And I believe that we are so close to the coming of the Lord Jesus,
that it behooves us to do all that we possibly can to bring every soul
to the Kingdom and to bring the Kingdom to the people, that we might be
healed of our Spirit. I believe that the Body of Jesus is the sickest
body that I know of; that is, the--the Body, spiritual Body of Christ
on earth is very sick.
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What Was The Holy Ghost Given For?
Jeffersonville, IN
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I see Brother Neville believes in laying on of hands. I see I got a
couple of questions. Now, I'll get these tomorrow night, 'cause I don't
have time to look through them tonight for you, perhaps on last night's
message. Now, if anyone has a question on any of the messages, just lay
them up one night, and I can pick them up the next night.
Now, tomorrow night I would like to find, or have, rather, some
ministers if possible; if not, some good, solid men or women that we
could call on in the time of need, that in the event... Tomorrow night
we start after the message to laying on hands and--for the Holy Spirit.
And then, they'll be a... You have your privilege of staying right here
if you wish to all through the holidays if it takes that long to die.
And then--then, if not, if you desire to go to your own home, why, we
would be glad if you get in a place where you... Just don't know where
to go... We want to get some ministers, their numbers if they're
visitors, their numbers where they're staying, that where we could get
ahold of them right away, and get one in one home, one in another, and
one in another, that they could give you instructions, you who are
going to seek for this great blessing that we're talking about, the
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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