The
Omega Being Taught by Sessler, Petula and
Most Independent
Ministries
“Be not deceived;
many will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines
of devils. We have now before us the alpha of this danger. The omega will be of
a most startling nature.”--Letter 263, 1904, p. 4. (To Our Leading Physicians,
July 24, 1904.) {7MR 188.2}
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On
May fourth, Steve N. Received the following reply from Robert Sessler
regarding his belief on the Godhead, which Ellen White defined as a pillar,
landmark doctrine of the church. It is interesting to note that Mr. Sessler
took five months to respond to Steve. My response will follow that of Mr.
Sessler. ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve To: AdventistHotIssues@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:19 PM Subject: [AdventistHotIssues] Robert Sessler on
the Godhead....RESPONSE!!!!!! Dear
Forum, On
December 30 last year I emailed Robert Sessler to gain an insight into his
view of the Godhead and as I was studying the Incarnation I asked Elder Bob
to comment on Brother Ron’s interpretation and his view of it!!!!!!! 4
months later….I have received a reply?!! I have sat on this a few days as I
want to make a technical reply on Sabbath with all relevant texts but here is
Elder Bob’s reply, uncut. I’d be interested in any suggestions for the
content of the RESPONSE I will be writing this Sabbath. :-) Steve. Dear
brother Steve,
1 John 3:1.
Thank you for your e-mail and questions, and sorry for taking so long to get
back to you.
The easiest way to prove that the Holy Spirit was not split out from Christ
when He became human is to show that the Holy Spirit existed prior to the
incarnation. Genesis 1:2, 6:3; Nehemiah 9:20; Job 26:13; Psalms
104:30 clearly show this to be true. Besides, it was the Father
and the Holy Spirit that sent Jesus down to the earth connected with the plan
of our salvation (Isaiah 48:16), and thus the Holy Spirit was a separate
Being from Jesus before Jesus was born a human!
If you would like to study out more on this or similar topic regarding the
Godhead, please visit our site at www.LightMinistries.com/SDA
If I can be of any further service, please let me know.
May God bless you with His Spirit and truth,
James 1:5,
elder robert Ron’s
response: In
the alpha of apostasy, the teachings of John Harvey Kellogg removed the
Sanctuary and the Atonement sacrifice of Jesus in the heavenly Sanctuary.
Ellen White prophesied that the omega would be far more comprehensive in
doing the same thing. Notice: “Be not deceived; many will depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. We have now before us the alpha of
this danger. The omega will be of a most startling nature.”--Letter 263,
1904, p. 4. (To Our Leading Physicians, July 24, 1904.) {7MR 188.2} The alpha of apostasy had the effect of sweeping away the entire
Christian economy by denying the divestation sacrifice that occurred in the
heavenly Sanctuary at the Incarnation of the Son of God. The Trinity Doctrine
totally denies this “divestation” act by teaching that the Holy Spirit always
existed from eternity as a third person. That teaching, the central doctrine
of Rome, no less, via its Trinity Doctrine, is repeated by any teaching that
denies the divestation that Ellen White said took place at the Incarnation. Robert Sessler, Nicolas Petula, and all others associated with
Sessler’s ministry, have made this antichrist denial of the divestation of
the Son of God, by teaching that no such thing occurred. This denies the highest
good, crowning sacrificial gift that heaven can bestow—the Sanctuary
Atonement and the ensuing gift of the divested Holy Spirit soul of the life
of Christ for the distinct purpose of restoring man to the image of God and
empowering him to overcome sin. In the alpha of apostasy, this error effectually removed the
Sanctuary and the Atonement and swept away the entire Christian economy. So
this is no minor difference to be viewed lightly and of little consequence. \ Godhead as a
pillar doctrine -- Personality of God and of Christ
Landmarks: "Those who seek to remove the old landmarks are not holding fast they are not remembering
how they have received and heard. Those who try to bring in theories that
would remove the pillars of our
faith concerning the
sanctuary or concerning the personality of God or of Christ, are working as
blind men. They are seeking to bring in uncertainties and to set the
people of God adrift without an anchor." {MR760 9.5} "The
spiritualistic theories regarding the personality of God [the Godhead],
followed to their logical conclusion, sweep away the whole Christian economy.
They estimate as nothing the light that Christ came from heaven to give John
to give to His people. They teach that the scenes just before us are not of
sufficient importance to be given special attention. They make of no effect
the truth of heavenly origin, and rob the people of God of their past
experience, giving them instead a false science." E.G. White, Selected
Messages, Bk.1, p. 204. The
Trinity Doctrine is a spiritualistic theory of man. Sessler’s
teaching on the Godhead is a spiritualistic theory of man which contradicts
Scripture and Ellen White on the Godhead. Both sweep away
the entire Christian economy by doing away with the Heavenly Sanctuary/Atonement
sacrifice. "You are not definitely clear on the personality of God, which
is everything to us as a people. You have virtually destroyed the Lord God
Himself." EGW letter 300 1903. · It
is no minor apostasy to remove an old landmark pillar doctrine of our faith
concerning the sanctuary or concerning the personality of God or of Christ. · Such
men who do this are working as blind men no matter what they say of other
apostasies of the church. They are committing the worst apostasy imaginable
because their apostasy touches the “highest good, crowing gift that heaven
can bestow.” Notice: "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, Jesus gave to man the highest good that heaven could
bestow.... The Spirit
was given as a regenerating agency, and without this [the gift
of His Holy Spirit life and soul for regeneration [the sacrifice of
Christ on the cross] 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 Clear
Divestation Which Sessler and Company Deny Robert Sessler and followers declare contrary to Ellen White: “The
easiest way to prove that the Holy Spirit was not split out from Christ when
He became human is to show that the Holy Spirit existed prior to the
incarnation.” Ron responds: · Ellen White clearly says that the Holy
Spirit soul of the life of Christ was divested from the personality of the
Son’s human personality and became independent thereof. How much clearer
could it be said? And Robert Sessler contradicts those very words. · Of course the Holy Spirit (Divine Nature)
of the Son of God always existed from eternity. Of course it was present at
creation, Genesis 1:1, 2. But it was divested from the personality of Christ
at His Incarnation to become a third person. · Sessler uses the word “split out from
Christ when he became human…” He says no such thing occurred. Ellen White
said that “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 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. The Definition
of Divest di·vest
–verb (used with object) 1. to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves. 2. to strip or deprive (someone or something), especially of property or rights; dispossess. 3. to rid of or free from: He divested himself of all responsibility for the decision. EXPAND 4. Law .
to take away or alienate (property, rights, etc.). 5. Commerce .
a. to sell off: to divest holdings. b. to rid of through sale: The corporation divested itself of its subsidiaries. COLLAPSE
Origin:
un·di·vest·ed, adjective —Synonyms Dictionary.com
Unabridged | Link To divested Christ
was actually divested, stripped, of his Divine Nature Holy Spirit personality
and His humanity became independent of that personality FOREVER. What
about the glories he for awhile relinquished? The glories have to do with
great honor, praise and distinction that the Son had in heaven before the Incarnation.
These would be restored, but Jesus remains combined with humanity FOREVER
says the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition The use of glory to the Lord in Luke 2:9 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. Number
1391 Transliteration: doxa
{dox'-ah} Word
Origin: from the
base of 1380 TDNT: 2:233,178 Part of
Speech: noun
feminine Usage in
the KJV: glory
145, glorious 10, honour 6, praise 4, dignity 2, worship 1 Definition: opinion,
judgment, view opinion,
estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone in the
NT always a good opinion concerning one, resulting in praise, honour, and
glory splendour,
brightness of the
moon, sun, stars magnificence,
excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace majesty a thing
belonging to God the
kingly majesty which belongs to Him as supreme ruler, majesty in the sense of
the absolute perfection of the deity Christ
Combined With Humanity Forever Christ as a man forever – “Hebrews 7:24 But this
[man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.” “Christ ascended
to heaven, bearing a sanctified, holy humanity. He took this humanity with
Him into the heavenly courts, and through the eternal ages He will bear
it, as the One who has redeemed every human being in the city of God.”--The
Review and Herald, March 9, 1905. {7ABC 488.1} “In stooping to take upon Himself humanity, Christ revealed a
character the opposite of the character of Satan. . . . In
taking our nature, the Saviour has bound Himself to humanity by a tie that is
never to be broken. Through the eternal ages He is linked with
us. "God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son."
John 3:16. He gave Him not only to bear our sins, and to die as our sacrifice
He gave Him to the fallen race. To assure us of His immutable counsel of peace,
God gave His only-begotten Son to become one of the human family, forever to
retain His human nature. This is the pledge that God will fulfill His word.
"Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon His shoulder." God has adopted human nature in the person
of His Son, and has carried the same into the highest heaven.”--Ibid., p. 25.
{7ABC 456.4} Sessler’s Cop
Out Sessler uses Ellen White’s statements wherein she says we should not
speculate on the Godhead issue. But if it is a pillar, landmark doctrine, we
certainly should know what she says about it and what the Bible teaches us. What About All
Three Persons Pledging Themselves to Work out the Plan of Redemption? Pledged
themselves -- ALL THREE: "The Godhead was stirred with pity for the
race, and the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit gave Themselves to the
working out of the plan of redemption. In order to fully carry out this plan,
it was decided that Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, should give Himself
an offering for sin. What line can measure the depth of this love? God would
make it impossible for man to say that He could have done more. With Christ
He gave all the resources of heaven, that nothing might be wanting in the
plan for man's uplifting. Here is love--the contemplation of which should
fill the soul with inexpressible gratitude! Oh, what love, what matchless
love! The contemplation of this love will cleanse the soul from all
selfishness. It will lead the disciple to deny self, take up the cross, and
follow the Redeemer." E.G. White, Councils on Health, pp. 222,
223. Question:
When Jesus gave Himself for the redemption of man from the foundation of the
world, were all three persons, the Father, the Holy Spirit and the Son of God
present when the Son voluntarily pledged Himself as man’s redemption by offering
Himself in atonement for our sin? Yes they were because that is exactly when
Jesus was slain from the foundation of the earth. Revelation
13:8 "He
(Christ) suffered the death which was ours, that we might receive the life
which WAS His." Desire of Ages, p. 25 1 Cor. 11:24-265, cf. John
6:53, 54, Titus 3:5, 6. One Spirit 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? Jhn
4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that
worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth. “They have one God and one
Saviour; and one Spirit—the Spirit of Christ” (9T p. 289) “Now the Lord is the Spirit;
and where the Spirit of the Lord is; there is Liberty.” (2 Cor. 3:17) “For as the Father hath life
in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.” John 5:26. "He (Christ) suffered the death which was ours, that we might
receive the life which WAS His." Desire of
Ages, p. 25 1 Cor. 11:24-265, cf. John 6:53, 54, Titus 3:5, 6. One Spirit 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?
Jhn 4:24 God [is] a Spirit:
and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth. “They have
one God and one Saviour; and one Spirit—the Spirit of Christ” (9T p. 289) “Now the
Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is; there is Liberty.”
(2 Cor. 3:17) “For as the
Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in
himself.” John 5:26. The Testator’s Covenant Hbr 9:16 For
where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. Hbr 9:17 For a
testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at
all while the testator liveth. The
Testator had to die forever in some way because otherwise it is of no strength at all
while the testator liveth. He died to His past pre-Incarnation Divine Nature Holy Spirit FOREVER,
giving it to us as the highest good, crowning gift heaven can bestow. "The darkness
rolled away from the Saviour and from the Cross. Christ bowed His head and
died. In His Incarnation He had reached the prescribed limit as a sacrifice,
but not as a redeemer." E.G. White
Manuscript Releases Volume Twelve, p. 409. What was the prescribed limit
as a sacrifice? That the Testator die to something not for three days and
nights, but forever—which is commensurate with our wages of sin—eternal death
for unrepented of sin. That was the only prescribed
limit fulfilled BEFORE the cross, where the price was paid for our redemption
by His taking of our sins upon Himself. Take away any of the above
facts of the Heavenly Sanctuary Incarnation Atonement, and the Sanctuary and
Atonement are rendered as GONE. That is what the Alpha of Apostasy achieved
in effect, and that is what the omega achieves: Sanctuary
Gone Atonement Gone -- "In a representation which passed before me, I
saw a certain work being done by medical missionary workers. Our ministering
brethren were looking on, watching what was being done, but they did not seem
to understand. The foundation of our faith, which was established by so much
prayer, such earnest searching of the Scriptures, was being taken down,
pillar by pillar. Our faith was to have nothing to rest upon--the sanctuary
was gone, the atonement was gone." E.G. White, The Upward
Look, 152. The Entire Christian Economy
is Swept Away Is this
a minor difference over a minor doctrine? Nay friend, not when the entire
Christian economy is swept away by the error accompanying this apostasy. Is
the following act any more acceptable in the omega than it was in the alpha?
Do away with the prescribed limit of a sacrifice [the divestment of the
personality of Christ’s former Holy Spirit from His humanity--forever] and you do away with the
Sanctuary and Atonement.
In
the Alpha the ministering brethren like Sessler and Petula, did not seem to
understand how Kellogg’s error did away with the Sanctuary and the Atonement.
In the omega, Sessler and Petula as well as the SDA ministers, do not see how
their Trinity Doctrine does away with the Heavenly Sanctuary Atonement
sacrifice. The Trinity Doctrine does it by saying the Holy Spirit always
existed as a third person and was not therefore divested from Christ’s
personality at His Incarnation as the prescribed limit of a forever
sacrifice. Sessler and Petula are saying the very same thing. The
omega of apostasy is the thing that works antiChrist to “the highest good,
crowing gift that heaven can bestow,” the gift of the Holy Spirit, the soul
of the life of Christ. Can you know see why Ezekiel 22:24 says that the Holy
Spirit will not rained upon the church in the day of indignation—the end-time?
Can you not see how the Holy Spirit will not accompany Sessler’s and any
independent ministry if they make the same mistake by adopting a teaching on
the Godhead that results in the same aggravated, antichrist apostasy, by
saying Christ was not divested, stripped, split off from anything at His
Incarnation? This is more serious than words can covey. The
worst apostasy of the professing SDA church is the 1980 adoption of Rome’s
Central Doctrine, the Trinity Doctrine, for all of the above reasons, and
Sessler and company are teaching a version of the Godhead that results in the
same denial—the formation of a third person as the result of the Son
divesting His Divine Nature Holy Spirit personality from His humanity at His
Incarnation and giving it to man as the highest good, crowning gift heaven
can bestow so as to be regenerated back into the nature of God and for empowerment
in overcoming sin. 2
Peter 1:4 “They must have His grace, the Spirit of Christ, to help their
infirmities, or they cannot form a Christian character. Jesus loves to have
us come to Him, just as we are—sinful, helpless, dependent.”
Faith and Works, p. 38. “Christ gives them the breath
of His own Spirit, the life of His own Life.” Desire of Ages, p. 827, par. 3. 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. It is some irony that Let
there be Light Ministries, led by Robert Sessler, is guilty of teaching the
most serious antichrist omega apostasy. But as prophesied by Ellen White,
some abhor one abomination only to embrace another, and in this case it involves
THE WORST. If you think this is minor and of little consequence, then go back
to the apostate church as fast as you can for Ezekiel 9 slaughter of men,
maidens and little children, because like the ministering brethren in the
Alpha, you don’t have the spiritual discernment to see how the
Sanctuary/Atonement is GONE and the entire Christian economy is swept away by
such error on the Godhead. If you are a supporting member
of Sessler, Petula or their associate ministries,
you are corporately responsible for their most serious of all errors. —rwb |
