Resolving
the Apparent Contradictions Between Ellen White and the Bible on the Godhead
Click to go to our Home PageDear Reader, My presentation on the Godhead solves the following
"apparent" contradictions between God and Ellen White. Problem #1: And Jesus said He would give us the Comforter. What
is the Comforter? It is the Holy Spirit of God. What is the Holy Spirit?
It is the representative of Jesus Christ, it is our Advocate that stands by our side
and places our petitions before the Father all fragrant with His merits. There He accepts the petition of the humblest saint.
He doesn't ask you how much money you have, or how heavy you are loaded with
property, but the very humblest saint that brings his petition to God, and
[his] thank offering is made fragrant with the riches of His grace, and the
Father accepts it as your offering, and the blessing comes to you, grace for
grace. {RC 285.4} 1. The entire plan of Redemption is taught in the Sanctuary
Service and that plan involves Christ alone. Everything in the Sanctuary
points to Christ. We do not find Christ doing His work only up to a point and
then being replaced or supplemented by someone else—a Third Distinct Person
of the Godhead that is not intrinsically related to Christ’s
pre-Incarnation Being. It is Christ who is seen
represented as our sacrifice, our priest
(mediator--Advocate) and ultimately our High Priest Judge. 2. Ellen White says that the Holy Spirit is our
Advocate (Mediator) 3. In the Sanctuary Service. Christ was
everything--High Priest (advocate--Mediator), Offering--Sacrificial
Lamb 4. The Bible says that there is ONE MEDIATOR. That
Mediator is our Advocate. 5. 1Ti 2:5 For
[there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6. 1Jo 2:1 My
little children, these things write I unto you, that
ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate (one) with
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 7. Major Problem if one does not accept my presentation
of the Godhead: that the Holy Spirit is the pre-Incarnated life of the Son of
God, then Ellen White contradicts the Bible when she says that the Advocate
is the Holy Spirit and the Bible says it is Christ. Problem #2: "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). 1.
Ellen White
says that evil (iniquity) can be held in check ONLY by the third person—Holy
Spirit. 2.
God says that
He raised His Son Jesus to bless us in turning away our iniquities: 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. 4.
The only way to
resolve this “apparent” contradiction is to conclude that the Holy Spirit is
the life that WAS Christ’s life before His Incarnation. 5.
The Trinity
Doctrine totally denies the greatest good, crowning sacrifice of Christ
before the cross: His Divine Nature Holy Spirit as a regeneration agency for
us. "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. "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. Problem #3 Jesus said in John 14
that He would send ANOTHER COMFORTER, the Holy Spirit. Jhn 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Ellen White said that the Saviour
(Christ) is our Comforter. July 16, 1892: The Saviour is our Comforter. This I
have proved Him to be. {8MR
49.3} Using this Bible tool: http://www.bju.edu/bible/bible.php?b=gen&c=1&v=0&d=1&w=0 Look up the word
comforter in John 14:16. You will get the following definition: Number 3875
Transliteration: parakletos
{par-ak'-lay-tos} Word Origin: a root word TDNT: 5:800,782 Part of Speech: noun masculine Usage in the KJV: comforter 4, advocate 1 Definition: 1.
summoned, called to one's side, esp. called to
one's aid 1.
one who pleads another's cause before a judge,
a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant, an advocate 2.
one who pleads another's cause with one, an intercessor 1.
of Christ in his exaltation at God's right
hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins 3.
in the widest sense, a helper, succourer, aider, assistant 1.
of
the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after
his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge
of the gospel truth, and give them divine strength needed to enable them to
undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament "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 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. “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. “What gift could Christ
bestow rich enough to signalize and grace His ascension to the mediatorial throne? It must be worthy of His
greatness and His royalty. He determined to give His representative, the
Third Person of the Godhead. This gift could not be excelled. 6 BC, 1053. |