Which Person of the Godhead Sired
Mary?
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Dear Reader, Early this A.M., February 18, 2008, I was
given further answers to questions I have been praying about on the Godhead
by the angel of the Lord. This document is a record of those answers which
include new evidence that builds on the old I have been shown in times past. The primary aspect of this vision
clusters around the Biblical fact as to which member of the Godhead sired
Mary resulting in her birth of Jesus, the Son of God. Here is what the Bible
says on that fact: Mat
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary
was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child
of the Holy Ghost. Mat
1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to
take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of
the Holy Ghost. Luk 1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth
heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: ·
There
can be no doubt of the fact that it was the person of the Holy Ghost who sired the Son of Man into
the Womb of Mary. This is why Ellen White said that the Comforter was the
Saviour and the soul of His Life. ·
There
is no mention of the Holy “Ghost” in all of Scripture, until Matthew 1:18.
The Holy “Ghost” of the past life of Christ sired His soul into the womb of
Mary. Where was that Holy “Ghost” while Jesus was a babe in Mary’s Womb? The
Holy Spirit “Ghost” divested Himself of the humanity of Christ and remained a
person distinct from Christ’s humanity: “Cumbered with humanity Christ could not be in every place
personally, therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should
leave them to go to His Father and send the Holy Spirit to be His successor
on earth. The Holy Spirit is Himself
divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof. He would
represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit.” E.G. White,
(Manuscript Releases Volume 14 (No’s 1081-1135) MR No.1084. ·
The
Holy Spirit “Ghost” “soul of Christ’s life, divested Himself of the
personality of humanity and became independent thereof. This occurred at the
Incarnation of the Son of Man into Mary’s womb. ·
It
was at this Incarnation that the Holy Spirit became a third person to the
Godhead, even though that Holy Spirit had existed as the ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT
of both God the Father and the Son from eternity. ·
The
Holy Spirit is the “soul of Christ’s life,” yet it became divested from the
life of His humanity to become a separate and distinct third person. ·
The
Holy “Ghost” Spirit of the Son of God was mysteriously blended with humanity
at His Incarnation into the womb of Mary: "Was the human nature of the Son of Mary changed into the
divine nature of the Son of God? No; the two natures were mysteriously
blended in one person--the Man Christ Jesus." E.G. White, letter 280,
1904). SDA Bible Commentary, vol.
5, p. 917, col. 2. ·
The
soul of the life of Christ, the Holy “Ghost” Spirit, the sire of Mary, was
mysteriously blended in one person—the Man Christ Jesus, while at the same
time the Holy Ghost Spirit was divested of His humanity to become a third
distinct person. This is the mystery part. The Son of Man was FULLY DIVINE
AND FULLY GOD—NO SPLITTING
OF THE DIVINE TO BECOME HALF GOD AND HALF HUMAN. Yet, the Holy Spirit “ghost”
of the Son of Man divested Himself of
the personality of Christ and became a third person. ·
Since
the “Holy Ghost” Spirit of the Son of God sired Mary, the Son of Man was
FULLY DIVINE as well as FULLY HUMAN. ·
God
is a Spirit—a Holy Spirit. Jhn 4:24 God [is] a Spirit:
and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth. ·
There
is ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT: Hbr 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot
to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? "Christ
declared that after his ascension, he would send to his church, as
his crowning gift, the
Comforter, who was to take his place. This Comforter is the Holy Spirit,--the soul of his life,
the efficacy of his church, the light and life of the world. With his Spirit
Christ sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin. In the gift
of the Spirit [HIS LIFE--THE SOUL OF
HIS LIFE], Jesus gave to man the highest good that heaven could bestow.... The Spirit
was given as a regenerating agency, and without this the sacrifice of Christ
would have been of no avail.... It is by the
Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a
partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit as a divine power
to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress
his own character upon the church." E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles, May 19, 1904, vol. 5, p. 42. ·
The
Comforter is the Holy Spirit. ·
The
Comforter was to take Christ’s place. ·
The
Holy Spirit is the soul of Christ’s life. ·
The
soul of Christ’s life, His Holy Spirit, not the cross, is His crowning
gift. ·
The soul
of Christ’s life, His Holy Spirit, not the cross, is the highest good
that heaven could bestow. ·
The
soul of His life, His Holy Spirit, was given as a regenerating agency and
without this cure for sin, the sacrifice on the
cross would have been of no avail. ·
The
heart is made pure by the soul of His life, His Holy Spirit. ·
It
is by the soul of His life, His Holy Spirit, that we
partake of His Divine Nature. ·
Christ
has given the soul of His life, His Holy Spirit, as a divine power to
overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress his
own character upon the church. July 16,
1892: The Saviour is our Comforter.
This I have proved Him to be. {8MR 49.3} Chap. 33 - "Search the Scriptures" [THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE YOUTH'S
INSTRUCTOR, OCT. 13, 1898.] It
is of the highest importance that every human being endowed with reasoning
powers should understand his relation to God. In our schools the work of
redemption is not carefully studied. Many of the students have no real conception
of what the plan of salvation means. God's word is pledged in our behalf. He
who is touched with the feeling of our infirmities invites us: "Come
unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek
and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is
easy, and my burden is light" (Matt. 11:28-30). {1SM 242.1} Students,
you are safe only as, in perfect submission and obedience, you connect
yourselves with Christ. The yoke is easy, for Christ carries the weight.
As you lift the burden of the cross, it will become light; and that cross is
to you a pledge of eternal life. It is the privilege of each to follow gladly
after Christ, exclaiming at every step, "Thy gentleness hath made me
great" (2 Sam. 22:36). But if we would travel heavenward, we must take
the Word of The apostle Paul says: "Let this
mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of
God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man {as the representative
of the human race}, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and
given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow" (Phil. 2:5-10). {1SM 243.1} The humiliation of the man Christ
Jesus is incomprehensible to the human mind; but His divinity and His
existence before the world was formed can never be doubted by those who
believe the Word of God. The apostle Paul speaks of our Mediator, the
only-begotten Son of God, who in a state of glory was in the form of God, the
Commander of all the heavenly hosts, and who, when He clothed His divinity
with humanity, took upon Him the form of a servant. Isaiah declares:
"Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be
no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to
establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever" (Isa. 9:6, 7). {1SM 243.2} In consenting to become man, Christ
manifested a humility that is the marvel of the heavenly intelligences. The
act of consenting to be a man would be no humiliation were it not for the
fact of Christ's exalted pre-existence. We must open our understanding to
realize that Christ laid aside His royal robe, His kingly crown, His
high command, and clothed His divinity with humanity, that He might meet man
where he was, and bring to the human family moral power to become the sons
and daughters The
humanity of the Son of God is everything to us. It is the golden chain
that binds our souls to Christ, and through Christ
to God. This is to be our study. Christ was a real man; He gave proof of His
humility in becoming a man. Yet He was God in the flesh. When we approach
this subject, we would do well to heed the words spoken by Christ to Moses at
the burning bush, "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy
ground" (Ex. 3:5). We should come to this study with the humility of a
learner, with a contrite heart. And the study of the incarnation of Christ
is a fruitful field, which will repay the searcher who digs deep for hidden
truth. {1SM 244.1} The Scriptures Our Guide The Bible is our guide in the safe paths
that lead to eternal life. God has inspired men to write that which will
present the truth to us, which will attract, and which, if practiced, will
enable the receiver to obtain moral power to rank among the most highly
educated minds. The minds of all who make the Word of God their study will
enlarge. Far more than any other study, this is of a nature to increase the
powers of comprehension, and endow every faculty with new vigor.
It brings the mind in contact with broad, ennobling principles of truth. It
brings us into close connection with all heaven, imparting wisdom, and
knowledge, and understanding. {1SM 244.2} In dealing with commonplace productions,
and feeding on the writings of uninspired men, the mind becomes
dwarfed and cheapened. It is not brought into contact with deep, broad
principles of eternal truth. The understanding unconsciously adapts itself to
the comprehension of the things with which it is familiar; and in the
consideration of these things the understanding is weakened, its powers
contracted. {1SM 244.3} God designs that the Scriptures, the
source of science that is above all human theory, shall be searched. He Just What Man Needs God has not made the reception of the
gospel to depend upon human reasoning. The gospel is adapted for spiritual
food, to satisfy man's spiritual appetite. In every case it is just what man
needs. Those who have felt it necessary to have the students in our
schools study many authors are themselves the most ignorant on the great
themes of the Bible. The teachers themselves need to take up the Book of
all books, and learn from the Scriptures that the gospel has power to prove
its own divinity to the humble, contrite mind. {1SM 245.1} The gospel is the power of God and the
wisdom of God. The character of Christ on earth revealed divinity, and the
gospel which He has given is to be the study of His human heritage in all their
educational departments, until teachers, children, and youth shall discern in
the only true and living God the object of their faith and love and
adoration. The Word is to be respected and obeyed. That Book
which contains the record of Christ's life, His work, His doctrines, His
sufferings, and final triumphs, is to be the source of our strength. We are granted the privileges of school
life in this world that we may obtain a fitness for the higher life--the
highest grade in the highest school, where, under God, our studies will
continue through the ceaseless ages of eternity. {1SM 245.2} Chap. 34 - The Word Made Flesh [THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE REVIEW AND
HERALD, APRIL 5, 1906.] "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made
that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the
light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not." "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 1:1-5, 14). {1SM 246.1} This chapter delineates the character
and importance of the work of Christ. As one who understands his subject,
John ascribes all power to Christ, and speaks of His greatness and majesty.
He flashes forth divine rays of precious truth, as light from the sun. He
presents Christ as the only Mediator between God and humanity. {1SM
246.2} The doctrine of the incarnation of
Christ in human flesh is a mystery, "even the mystery which hath been
hid from ages and from generations" (Col. 1:26). It is the great and
profound mystery of godliness. "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us" (John 1:14). Christ took upon Himself human nature, a nature
inferior to His heavenly nature. Nothing so shows the wonderful
condescension of God as this. He "so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son" (John 3:16). John presents this wonderful subject
with such simplicity that all may grasp the ideas set forth, and be enlightened. {1SM 246.3} Christ did not make believe take human
nature; He did verily take it. He did in reality possess human nature.
"As the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself
likewise took part of the same" (Heb. 2: 14). He was the son of Mary; He
was of the seed of David according to human descent. He is declared to be a
man, even the Man Christ Jesus. "This man," writes Paul, "was
counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house"
(Heb. 3:3). {1SM 247.1} Christ's Pre-existence But while God's Word speaks of the
humanity of Christ when upon this earth, it also speaks decidedly regarding
His pre-existence. The Word existed as a divine being, even as the eternal
Son of God, in union and oneness with His Father. From everlasting He was the
Mediator of the covenant, the one in whom all nations of the earth, both Jews
and Gentiles, if they accepted Him, were to be blessed. "The Word was
with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). Before men or angels were
created, the Word was with God, and was God. {1SM 247.2} The world was made by Him, "and
without him was not any thing made that was
made" (John 1:3). If Christ made all things, He existed before all
things. The words spoken in regard to this are so decisive that no one need
be left in doubt. Christ was God essentially, and in the highest sense. He
was with God from all eternity, God over all, blessed forevermore. {1SM 247.3} The Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of
God, existed from eternity, a distinct person, yet one with the Father. He
was the surpassing glory of heaven. He was the commander of the heavenly
intelligences, and the adoring homage of the angels was received by Him as
His right. This was no robbery of God. "The Lord possessed me in the
beginning of his way," He declares, "before his works of old. I was
set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When
there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains
abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was
I brought forth: while as yet he had not made the earth, nor
the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he
prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the
depth" (Prov. 8:22-27). {1SM 247.4} There are light and glory in the truth
that Christ was one with the Father before the foundation of the world was
laid. This is the light shining in a dark place, making it resplendent with
divine, original glory. This truth, infinitely mysterious in itself, explains
other mysterious and otherwise unexplainable truths, while it is enshrined in
light, unapproachable and incomprehensible. {1SM 248.1} "Before the mountains were brought
forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the
world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God" (Ps. 90:2).
"The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat
in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up" (Matt. 4:16). Here
the pre-existence of Christ and the purpose of His manifestation to our world
are presented as living beams of light from the eternal throne. "Now
gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he
hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of "We preach Christ crucified,"
declared Paul, "unto the Jews a stumblingblock,
and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews
and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God" (1 Cor.
1:23, 24). {1SM 248.3} A Mystery
That God should thus be manifest in the flesh is indeed a mystery; and
without the help of the Holy Spirit we cannot hope to comprehend this
subject. The most humbling lesson that man has to learn is the
nothingness of human wisdom, and the folly of trying, by his own unaided
efforts, to find out God. He may exert his intellectual powers to the
utmost, he may have what the world calls a superior education, yet he may
still be ignorant in God's eyes. The ancient philosophers boasted of their
wisdom; but how did it weigh in the scale with God? Solomon had great
learning; but his wisdom was foolishness; for he did not know how to stand
in moral independence, free from sin, in the strength of a character molded after the divine similitude. Solomon has told
us the result of his research, his painstaking efforts, his
persevering inquiry. He pronounces his wisdom altogether vanity. {1SM 249.1} By wisdom the world knew not God. Their
estimation of the divine character, their imperfect knowledge of His
attributes, did not enlarge and expand their mental conception. Their minds
were not ennobled in conformity to the divine will, but they plunged into the
grossest idolatry. "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into
an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted
beasts, and creeping things" (Rom. 1:22, 23). This is the worth of all
requirements and knowledge apart from Christ. {1SM 249.2} "I am the way, the truth, and the
life," Christ declares: "no man cometh unto the Father, but by
me" (John 14:6). Christ is invested with power to give life to all
creatures. "As the living Father hath sent me," He says, "and
I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he
shall live by me." "It is the spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak
unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6:57, 63). Christ is
not here referring to His doctrine, but to His person, the divinity of His
character. "Verily, verily, I say unto you," He says again,
"The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of
the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given
him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man"
(John 5:25-27). {1SM 249.3} The
Significance of Christ's Birth God and Christ knew from the beginning,
of the apostasy of Satan and of the fall of Adam through the deceptive power
of the apostate. The plan of salvation was designed to redeem the fallen
race, to give them another trial. Christ was appointed to the office of
Mediator from the creation of God, set up from everlasting to be our
substitute and surety. Before the world was made, it was arranged that the
divinity of Christ should be enshrouded in humanity. "A body,"
said Christ, "hast thou prepared me" (Heb. 10:5). But He did not
come in human form until the fullness of time had expired. Then He came to
our world, a babe in No one born into the world, not even the
most gifted of God's children, has ever been accorded such demonstration of
joy as greeted the Babe born in By His obedience to all the commandments
of God, Christ wrought out a redemption for men. This was not done by going out
of Himself to another, but by taking humanity into Himself. Thus Christ gave
to humanity an existence out of Himself. To bring humanity into Christ, to
bring the fallen race into oneness with divinity, is the work of redemption.
Christ took human nature that men might be one with Him as He is one with the
Father, that God may love man as He loves His only-begotten Son, that men may
be partakers of the divine nature, and be complete in Him. {1SM 250.3} Ron’s Commentary: When the Son’s Holy Ghost Spirit sired Mary’s womb, he
certainly did not go out of Himself to another! By knowing who sired Mary, we
know that the Holy Spirit indeed did not go outside of Himself (the soul of
Christ’s life), because it was He (Christ) who gave to humanity an existence OUT OF HIMSELF. The Son of God took humanity into
Himself—into His Holy Spirit essence—substance that He possessed before His
Incarnation. He did not split into two different persons for He was fully
divine and fully human, not half divine and half human. He took humanity into the soul
of His life, His Holy Ghost Spirit, by siring Mary with that Holy Ghost
Spirit. Thus, by His Holy Ghost Spirit, Christ extends to us His
Divine Nature and the mind of Christ, for the highest, crowning purpose of
the Incarnation was “...to bring humanity into Christ, to bring the fallen
race into oneness with divinity, is the work of redemption.” Christ
took human nature that men might be one with Him as He is one with the
Father, that God may love man as He loves His only-begotten Son, that men may
be partakers of the divine nature, and be complete in Him. {1SM 250.3} “Cumbered with humanity Christ could not be in every place
personally, therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should
leave them to go to His Father and send the Holy Spirit to be His successor
on earth. The Holy Spirit is Himself
divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof. He would
represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit.” E.G. White,
(Manuscript Releases Volume 14 (No’s 1081-1135) MR No.1084. ·
The
Holy Spirit “Ghost” “soul of Christ’s life, divested Himself of the
personality of humanity and became independent thereof. This occurred at the
Incarnation of the Son of Man into Mary’s womb. ·
It
was at this Incarnation that the Holy Spirit became a third person to the
Godhead, even though that Holy Spirit had existed as the ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT
of both God the Father and the Son from eternity. ·
The
Holy Spirit is the “soul of Christ’s life,” yet it became divested from the
life of His humanity to become a separate and distinct third person. ·
The
Holy “Ghost” Spirit of the Son of God was mysteriously blended with humanity
at His Incarnation into the womb of Mary: "Was the human nature of the Son of Mary changed into the divine
nature of the Son of God? No; the two natures were mysteriously blended in one person--the
Man Christ Jesus." E.G. White, letter 280, 1904). SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 917, col. 2. How that
blending took place even though the soul of the life of the Son’s Holy Spirit
was divested of Christ’s humanity is the mystery part that no man
understands. The mystery is that even though the Holy Spirit was divested of
Christ’s humanity, yet it was His Holy “Ghost” Spirit that sired Mary, thus
blending Himself with humanity as fully Divine and fully human, all the while
the original ONE ETERNAL Holy Spirit of which He and the Father consists, was
divested of His humanity to remain a separate and distinct person. This is
the only way the Holy Spirit, the Comforter could be the soul of Christ’s
life: "Christ
declared that after his ascension, he would send to his church, as
his crowning gift, the
Comforter, who was to take his place. This Comforter is the Holy Spirit,--the soul of his life,
the efficacy of his church, the light and life of the world. With his Spirit
Christ sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin. In the gift
of the Spirit [HIS LIFE--THE SOUL OF
HIS LIFE], Jesus gave to man the highest good that heaven could bestow.... The Spirit
was given as a regenerating agency, and without this the sacrifice of Christ
would have been of no avail.... It is by the
Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a
partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit as a divine power
to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress
his own character upon the church." E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles, May 19, 1904, vol. 5, p. 42. 27
Fundamentals Contradicts EGW: "The work of the Holy
Spirit does not add anything to the adequacy of the sacrifice that Jesus
Christ made at the cross."
SDA's Believe, 27 Fundamentals,
pp. 24, 25. "The
Spirit was given as a regenerating agency, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would have
been of no avail." E.G. White, Review and Herald, May 19, 1904, vol. 5, p. 42. The
presentation in this document is the only way the Holy Spirit ONLY can be the
Comforter and be Christ as well-- and the ONLY person who can hold in check
iniquity, and still be the Son Jesus whom God says He raised for that purpose. Act 3:26 Unto you first
God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away
every one of you from his iniquities. "The
Power of God in the Third Person.--The prince of the power of evil can only be held in check
by the power of God in the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.-- Special
Testimonies, Series A, No. 10, p. 37. (1897). “Who but the
Holy Spirit can work with human minds to transform character by
withdrawing the affections from those things which are temporal, perishable,
and imbues the soul with earnest desire by presenting the immortal
inheritance, the eternal substance which is imperishable, and recreates, refines, and sanctifies the human
agents that they may become members of the royal family, children of the
heavenly King.” Ellen White, Ms. 1, 1892. July 16,
1892: The Saviour is our Comforter.
This I have proved Him to be. {8MR 49.3} “The Holy
Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ's name. He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct personality. We
may have the Holy Spirit if we ask for it and make it [a] habit to turn to
and trust in God rather than in any finite human agent who may make mistakes.”
{20MR 324.2} It is not essential for you to know and
be able to define just what the Holy Spirit is. Christ tells us that the Holy Spirit is the Comforter, and the
Comforter is the Holy Ghost, "the Spirit of truth, which the
Father shall send in My name." "I will pray the Father, and He
shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him, for He dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you" [John 14:16, 17]. This refers to the omnipresence of the Spirit of Christ, called
the Comforter. Again Jesus says, "I have yet many things to say
unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth
is come, He will guide you into all truth" [John 16:12, 13]. {14MR
179.2} "The
Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of
Christ. It imbues the receiver
with the attributes of Christ. Only those who are thus taught of God, those who possess the inward working of
the Spirit, and in whose life the Christ-life is manifested, are to stand
as representative men, to minister in behalf of the church." Desire of Ages, 805. "The apostle would call our attention from ourselves to the
Author of our salvation. He presents before us His two natures, divine and
human. . . . He voluntarily assumed human nature. It was His own act, and by
His own consent. He clothed His divinity with humanity. He was all the while
as God, but He did not appear as God. He veiled the demonstrations of Deity
which had commanded the homage, and called forth the admiration of the
universe of God. He was God while upon earth, but He divested
Himself of the form of God, and in its stead took the form and
fashion of a man. He walked the earth as a man. For our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich. He
laid aside His glory and His majesty. He was God, but the glories of the form
of God He for awhile relinquished. . . . He bore the sins of the world, and
endured the penalty which rolled like a mountain upon His divine soul. He
yielded up His life a sacrifice, that man should not
eternally die. He died, not through being compelled to die, but by His own
free will." E.G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 7a, p. 446. We learned that the form of God is a Spirit and that there is one
eternal spirit. Consider the above statement while deciphering the one below: “Cumbered
with humanity Christ could not be in every place personally, therefore it was
altogether for their advantage that He should leave them to go to His Father
and send the Holy Spirit to be His successor on earth. The Holy Spirit is Himself divested
of the personality of humanity and independent thereof. He would represent
Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit.” E.G. White, (Manuscript Releases Volume 14 (No’s 1081-1135) MR No.1084. Remember that
the Holy Spirit is the soul of the life of Christ. God bless, Ron P.S. In order
for Christ to be self-existent, He would have had to Sire Mary’s Womb by His
own Holy Ghost Spirit: "Life, Original, Unborrowed,
Underived.--Jesus declared, "I am the
resurrection, and the life." In Christ is life, original, unborrowed, underived.
"He that hath the Son hath life." The divinity of Christ is the
believer's assurance of eternal life."--The Desire of Ages, p. 530
(1898) {Ev 616.2} Christ is the
pre-existent, self-existent Son of God.... In speaking
of his pre-existence, Christ carries the mind back through dateless ages. He
assures us that there never was a time when He was not in close
fellowship with the eternal God. He to whose voice the Jews were then
listening had been with God as one brought up with Him.--Signs of the
Times, Aug. 29, 1900. {Ev 615.2} |