THE GOD HEAD
THE FATHER,THE SON,THE HOLY SPIRIT
SABBATH NOVEMBER 15, 2008
VICTORYEVERLASTINGGOSPELCHURCH
TWENTYTHREE MONTHS AGO I PREACHED A SERMON TITLED WHO IS GOD. I STARTED OFF BY SAYING, 1 JOHN 4:16 SAYS, “… GOD IS LOVE …”HIS NATURE ANDHIS LAW, IS LOVE. IT EVER HAS BEEN, IT EVER WILL BE. “… THE HIGH AND LOFTY ONE THAT INHABITETH ETERNITY…” WHOSE “… WAYS ARE EVERLASTING…” CHANGETH NOT. WITH HIM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING. I BACKED THIS BY SCRIPTURE ISAIAH 57:15, HABAKUK 3:6, JAMES 1:7, AND, P.P. pg. 33.3.
SHALL WE PRAY
EVERY MANIFESTATION OF CREATIVE POWER IS AN EXPRESSION OF INFINITE LOVE. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD INVOLVES FULLNESS OF BLESSING TO ALL CREATED BEINGS.
NOW FOR ME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MENT, I HAD TO DIG DEEP. A PASTOR FRIEND OF MIND AND YOURS: TURNED ME ONTO A BOOK CALLED DEFENDING THE GODHEAD. IT WAS WRITTEN BY VANCE FERRELL.
THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THIS BOOK IS, HE USES PLENTY OF SCRIPTURE AND SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. SO THIS MEANS, I LEARNED A LOT AND YOU WILL LEARN A LOT TOO, SO PLEASE LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY.
I READ, IN HIS RESEARCH, WE NEEDTO GO FAR BACK INTO TIME. WE MUST GO PAST THE CREATION OF OUR WORLD. TO TELL THE TRUTH, WE MUST GO FARTHER BACK THAN THAT. HERE IS WHAT SOME OF US DID NOT KNOW, INCLUDING ME.
WE MUST GO EVEN FARTHER BACK. DO I HAVE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION NOW? WE MUST GO PAST THE FALL OF LUCIFER, YES, THE CREATED BEING. WE MUST GO PAST, THE CREATION OF ANGLES. YES, THEY WERE CREATED TOO. DO YOU HERE ME? WE ALSO MUST GO PAST ALL OF THE CREATED WORLDS. YES, WE MUST GO BACK------TOO THE BEGINNING.
HOLD ON CHURCH, DID YOU FORGET? HOW CAN THERE BE A BEGINNING. THERE CAN’T BE. WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE GODHEAD,THERE CAN BE NO BEGINNING. WHY?
GOD IS ETERNAL-HE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED AND IS BEYOND TIME ALTOGETHER. IN FIRST TIMOTHY 1:17 IT SAYS, HE IS THE “…KING ETERNAL…” AND CHAPTER6:16 SAYS, “…WHO ALONE HATH IMMORTALITY…”
REMEMBER, “IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH” (GEN. 1: 1). THE POINT WHEN GOD CREATED THIS OR THAT WAS ONLY ITS BEGINNING. YET THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE THAT. IN OTHER WORDS THE GODHEAD HAD TIME TOO THINK AND PLAN THINGS OUT. DID YOU HERE WHAT I JUST SAID VICTORY?
EVERTHING WAS PLANNED. TRUST ME; THE GODHEAD TOOK CAREFUL PLANNING IN EVERYTHING THEY DID. THEY DESIGNED THE GREATEST GALAXY TO THE TINIEST DIATOM. LOOK AT THE EXQUISITE DESIGN IN EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION CANNOT COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE CREATION OF THE GODHEAD. WHAT DARWIN FORGOT IN HIS THEORY OF EVOLUTION WAS, HE WAS ONE OF THE GODHEADS EXQUISITE DESIGNS.MAN WAS CREATED.
I MUST STOP HERE TO LET YOU KNOW I DID CHECK OUT SCRIPTURE AND THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY THAT MR. FERRELL QUOTED FROM. I WILL QUOTE FROM HIM ALONG WITH QUOTES FROM MY SERMON WHO IS GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT, SCRIPTURES AND THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.
1 JOHN 4:16 Says, and we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him.
“THEREARE THREE PERSONS OF THE HEAVENLY TRIO; IN THE NAME OF THESE THREE GREAT POWERS----THE FATHER,THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT---- THOSE WHO RECEIVE CHRIST BY LIVING FAITH ARE BAPTIZED, AND THESE POWERS WILL CO-OPERATE WITH THE OBEDIENT SUBJECTS OF HEAVEN IN THEIR EFFORTS TO LIVE THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.” SPECIAL TESTIMONIES, SERIES B, NO. 7, 63
WE NOW, HAVE SOME THINGS THAT MUST BE RESOLVED. THE SON IS SUBMISSIVE TO THE FATHER; YET HE IS EQUAL WITH HIM. HE COMES OBEDIENTLY FROM THE FATHER; YET HE IS FULLY GOD. DO WE UNDERSTAND THIS SO FAR? (GOOD)HE IS SAID TO BE BEGOTTEN, THE GREEK WORD PROTOTOKO’S MEANS THE FIRSTBORN OR FIRST BEGOTTEN. THE HEBREW WORD MOWLEDETH MEANS LINEAGE OR OFF SPRING YET HE HAS EXISTED FOREVER.
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD.GODTHE FATHER IS AN ETERNAL, ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING SPIRIT WHO IS EVERYWHERE-PRESENT AND WHO IS THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF THE UNIVERSE. HE HAS REVEALED HIMSELF IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST AND IN THE PAGES OF SCRIPTURE.
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 ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE. (JOHN 1: 1-3).
This title designates the divine nature of Christ. As the Word, He "was in the beginning" and "became flesh." By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.(Psalm 33:6)
"The Word was with God" and "was God," He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow. (PSALM 147:18) HE was the Creator of all things (PS 107:20; 119:89; Isaiah 40:8).
IN DESIRE OF AGES IT SAYS, “IN THE BEGINNING, GOD WAS REVEALED IN ALL THE WORKS OF CREATION. IT WAS CHRIST THAT SPREAD THE HEAVENS, AND LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH. IT WAS HIS HAND THAT HUNG THE WORLDS IN SPACE, AND FASHIONED THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD. “HIS STRENGTH SETTETH FAST THE MOUNTAINS.” “THE SEA IS HIS, AND HE MADE IT. “PSALM 65:6; 95:5. IT WAS HE THAT FILLED THE EARTH WITH BEAUTY, AND THE AIR WITH SONG. AND UPON ALL THINGS IN EARTH, AND AIR, AND SKY, HE WROTE THE MESSAGE OF THE FATHER’S LOVE.” {DA 20.1}
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SOMETIMES SENT BY THE FATHERAND AT OTHER TIMES HE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SENT BY THE SON.THEHOLY SPIRIT IS A SPIRIT OF LOVE; YET HE IS AN ACTUAL BEING. NOW LISTEN TO THIS, WE ARE TOLD TO NEVER PRAY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT YET HE IS FULLY GOD. HE IS THE NEWLY SENT COMFORTER; YET HE HAS EXISTED ETERNALLY. SO, WHO SHOULD WE PRAY TOO?
WHEN YOU PRAY, THEY THE PRAYERS GO TO CHRIST FIRST WHO THEN SENDS THEM TO HIS FATHER. THE FATHER THEN SENDS THE ANSWERS THROUGH THE ANGELS. PRAYERS GO TO CHRIST BECAUSE HE IS FULLY DIVINE.
EARNEST PRAYER ATTRACTS THE ANGELS(MH 252) ANGELS ARE APPOINTED TO BRING YOUR PRAYERS TO HEAVEN(4BC1173,TM 484) ANGELS BEAR YOUR PRAYERS TO GOD.(4BC 1184)
CHRIST IS THE MEDIUM OF PRAYER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN(8T 178) CHRIST HEARS EVERY PRAYER(WM 80) AND IS READY TO HEAR YOURS.
WE SHOULD SEEK GOD IN PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE(2SM 325-326) WE SHOULD SEEK CHRIST IN PRAYER, FOR KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH(SC 91) AND IN ORDER TO BECOME LIKE HIM (CT 402). PHYSICIANS SHOULD SEEK CHRIST IN PRAYER BEFORE SURGERY (MH 118). YOU SHOULD SEEK THE SPIRIT’SAID BY PRAYER [BUT NOT BY PRAYING TO THESPIRIT (TM 456), BY CONSTANT PRAYER (5T 243).
REMEMBER, I TOLD YOU AWHILE BACK THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD INTERLECT (1 COR. 2:10, 11) READS, “But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
I ALSO TOLD YOU THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD WILL (1 CORINTHIANS 12:11)Says,“But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.” THIS MEANS, THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES GIFTS AS HE WILLS.
THE HOLY SPIRIT ALSO HAS EMOTIONS, in (Matthew 12:31-32) itReads,“Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come.”
HOW DO WE BRING ALL THIS INTO HARMONY? WE NEED AN ANSWER. HERE’S WHAT CONFUSES THE MINDS OF PEOPLS. WE CONFUSE THE NATURE OF THE GODHEAD WITH THE WORK THEY DO. LEARNING ABOUT THE INDIVIVUAL MISSION OF EACH MEMBER TO SAVE MANKIND, WE ARE TEMPTED TO IMAGINE THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES AND WORK FOR MANKIND EXPLAIN THE NATURE AND INNER ATTRIBUTES OF EACH OF THEM. WE HAVE THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. THESE NAMES ONLY IDENTIFY THEIR WORK, AND NOT THEIR NATURE.
IN NATURE, EACH ONE IS FULLY DIVINE, FULLY GOD, SELF-EXISTENT, EQUAL IN EVERY WAY TO EACH OTHER, AND TOTALLY ETERNAL --- BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
THE GODHEAD IS ----OMNIPRESENT--- EVERYWHERE – PRESENT
THE GODHEAD IS ----OMNISCIENT------THEY KNOW ALL THINGS
THE GODHEAD IS ----OMNIPPOTENT----THEIR ALL POWERFUL
NOW WE MUST GO ALL THE WAY BACK IN TIME, CALLED DATELESS AGES. THERE IS NO ONE AROUND EXCEPT THE GODHEAD. THEY HAD NOT MADE ANY CREATURES YET. THE GODHEAD WAS IN THE THINKING STAGE AT THIS TIME. NOW THINKING FOR THEM,THEGODHEAD COMES IN AN INSTANT. I DID NOT SAY, IN A SECOND, I SAID IN AN INSTANT; REMEMBER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GODHEAD HERE.
THEY KNEW ABOUT THE REBELLION THAT WAS COMING UP.
DO REMEMBER WHAT LUCIFER SAID? I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(ISAIAH 14:13,14)
GODIS ALL KNOWING OR OMNISCIENT- HE KNOWS ALL THINGS, BOTH ACTUAL AND POSSIBLE. HE KNOWS ALL THINGS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. BECAUSE HE KNOWS ALL THINGS, THERE CAN BE NO INCREASE OR DECREASE IN HIS KNOWLEDGE. (PROVERBS 15:3) READS, “THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE IN EVERY PLACE, BEHOLDING THE EVIL (LUCIFER) AND THE GOOD.”
God had a knowledge of the events of the future, even before the creation of the world. He did not make His purposes to fit circumstances, but He allowed matters to develop and work out. He did not work to bring about a certain condition of things, but He knew that such a condition would exist.
The plan that should be carried out upon the defection of any of the high intelligences of heaven--this is the secret, the mystery which has been hid from ages. And an offering was prepared in the eternal purposes to do the very work which God has done for fallen humanity (ST March 25, 1897). This is found in the (6 Bible commentary; 1082).
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. This is from(Counsels on Health, 222).
THIS REBELLION AGAINST THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT,FROM START TO FINISH, WOULD BE THE SINGLE GREAT CRISIS OF THE AGES. ENTIRE WORLDS WOULD BE ENDANGERED. MANY ANGLES WOULD BE LOST. MANY HUMANS WOULD BE SAVED TO TAKE THEIR PLACE.
NOW THE GODHEAD IS THINKING HOW DO WE SAVE MOST OF OUR ANGLES AND MEN? WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT THE UNIVERSE AND CONVINCE THEM OF ALL OF OUR LOVE AND GOODNESS; WE MUST LET THEM NO THAT SIN WILL NOT ARISE AGAIN. THEGODHEAD HAD MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.
HERE WE ARE IN THE DISTANT PAST FAR BEYOND MEN AND ANGLES, AND THE DECISION WAS WORKED OUT ON WHAT TO DO. COULD WE HAVE EXPECTED ANYTHING LESS FROM THE GODHEAD,I THINK NOT.
THEY HAD A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN ON SAVING THE UNIVERSE. LOOK THEY DESIGNED THE TINIEST OBJECTS OF NATURE, AND MADE IT FUNCTION. THIS MEANS THEY CAN SAVE THE UNIVERSE FROM THESE REBELS. THIS WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF IN OUR WORLD, IT IS CALLED REDEMPTION.
THERE IS IN THE NATURE OF MAN, WHEN NOT UNDER THE DIRECT INFLUENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, A DISPOSITION TO ENVY, JEALOUSY, AND CRUEL DISTRUST, WHICH, IF NOT SUBDUED,WILL LEAD TO A DESIRE TO UNDERMINE AND TEAR DOWN OTHERS, WHILE SELFISH SPIRITS WILL SEEK TO BUILD THEMSELVES UP UPON THEIR RUINS.(TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH, vol. 3,343)
Let those who are oppressed under a sense of sin remember that there is hope for them. The salvation of the human race has ever been the object of the councils of heaven. The covenant of mercy was made before the foundation of the world.
It has existed from all eternity, and is called the everlasting covenant. So, surely as there never was a time when God was not, so surely there never was a moment when it was not the delight of the eternal mind to manifest His grace to humanity (ST June 12, 1901). {7BC 934.25}
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the three Holy dignitaries of heaven, have declared that they will strengthen men to overcome the powers of darkness. All the facilities of heaven are pledged to those who by their baptismal vows have entered into a covenant with God. THIS IS OUT OF (5 BIBLE COMMENTARY; 1110).
WHERE ON THIS EARTH, CAN YOU FIND LOVE LIKE THAT? THE (7 BIBLE COMMENTARIES, PAGE 934) I READ TO YOU EARLIER SHOWS THE COUNCILS OF HEAVEN WAS INTENT ON SAVING YOU.
THIS GOES AS FARBACK AS THERE EXISTENCE AS THE GODHEAD. YOU MUST REMEMBER CHURCH THE GODHEAD HAS EXISTEDFOREVER. THEY HAVE BEEN PLANING TO SAVE YOU ALL THAT TIME. THE GODHEAD LOVES YOU DEEPLY.
HOW DO YOU CONVINCE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSETHE DEITY IS PURE LOVE? THE GODHEAD KNEW AGAIN, THEY HAD TOO WORK THIS ONE OUT ALSO.
HOW CAN MASSIVE POWER AND AN IMMEASURABLE MIND SHOW FRAIL CREATURES, SUCH AS ANGLES AND PEOPLE,THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GODHEAD------THEIR INNER NATURE OF UTTER SWEETNESS, KINDINESS,AND TENDER LOVE.
WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM BUT IT IS NOTHING THE GODHEAD CAN’NT EASILY SOLVE. THE GODHEAD HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SOLVE THREE INHERENT PROBLEMS.
PROBLEM NUMBER ONE, THE GODHEAD HAD SO MUCH IMMENSE POWER,AUTHORITY AND INTELLECT. THE ANGLES,THE INHABITANTS OF THE OTHER WORLDS, AND HUMANS ON EARTH WOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME RELATING TO THEM AND LOVING THEM. (EXAMPLE)
TAKE THE LITTLE WILD ANIMALS WHICH LIVE AROUND YOUR COUNTRY HOME, THEY LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR OF YOU. RECONIZING THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE IMMENSE ABILITIES AND POWER WHICH THEY CANNOT BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND, THEY ARE APPREHENSIVE.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROBLEM THE GODHEAD HAD RECONIZED. THEY CREATED SUCH GREATLY SUBORDINATE BEINGS. THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPRESS THEIR LOVE IN GREAT DEPTH AND CONVINCE THE CREATURES OF THEIR INTENT.
PROBLEM NUMBER TWO, YOU HAD THREE IN THE GODHEAD. HOW WOULD FALLEN MAN GO ABOUT PRAYING TO THREE GODS? THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH A SPECIAL PATTERN SO HUMANS WOULD LOOK TO ONE SOVEREIGN GOD AS LORD OF ALL IN THEIR LIVES.
PROBLEM NUMBER THREE, EACH MEMBER OF THE GODHEAD NEEDED A DEFINITE NAME BY WHICH THEIR CREATURES COULD IDENTIFY AND PARTLY UNDERSTAND THEM. I’M GRATEFUL FOR THAT, I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I JUST PARTLY UNDERSTAND THE GODHEAD NOW. YET I AM WILLING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE. WHAT I DO NOT LEARN HERE AS A VISITOR, I’LL LEARN WHEN I GO HOME.
NOW REMEMBER EACH OF THE GODHEAD WAS FULLY DIVINE WITH ALL THE POWERS OF THE OTHER TWO. YET THEY HAD TO HAVE SEPARTE NAMES. THEY WERE BEING INFINITE, THEY HAD ALL POWER, AND EACH DID WORK WHICH WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPREME ONE,THE BELOVED SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
LET’S SEE HOW THESE POSITIONS AND ACTIONS SOLVE EACH OF THE THREE PROBLEMS.
ANSWER TO NUMBER ONE; IT APPEARS THAT ONE TOOK THE FORM OF AN ANGLE AND LATER BECOMING A MAN. IN DOING THIS, HE WOULD REVEAL THE LOVE OF THE GODHEAD TO THE UNIVERSE.
ANSWERTO NUMBER TWO; ONE WOULD MAINTAIN THE SUPREME POSITION AND HE WOULD BECOME THE CENTRAL ONE TO PRAY TO AND WORSHIP.
ANSWERTO NUMBER THREE; THE SPECIFIC POSITION AND WORK OF EACH WOULD PROVIDE HIM WITH A DEFINITE NAME BY WHICH HE COULD BE KNOWN.
THINK NOT THAT THIS WAS A LITTLE MATTER. THE DESTINY OF MEN----YEA, OF WORLDS----HUNG IN THE BALANCE. BEFORE THE CREATION BEGAN, A PLAN HAD TO BE DEVISED WHEREBY THE UNIVERSE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHARGES MADE IN THE COMING REBELLION WERE WRONG. ONLY A DIVISION OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, AND AN OVERMASTERING REVELATION OF THE LOVE OF THE GODHEAD, WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
GOD IS LOVE IS A TOTAL ABSOLUTE TRUTH. THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE GODHEAD WERE SO LOVING OF ONE ANOTHER,SO SELFLESS, AND SO CONCERNED FOR THE BEST WELFARE OF THE CREATURES WHICH THEY WOULD LATER CREATE THAT EACH WILLINGLY MAINTAINED A DIFFERENT POSITION, INVOLVING NOT ONLY DIFFERENT DUTIES BUT ALSO A DIFFERENT APPEARANCE.
INSPIRED STATEMENTS INDICATE THAT CHRIST DID NOT CHOOSE THE POSITION OF SONSHIP, BUT THAT HE HAD IT FROM ETERNITY. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT, FATHER RATHER THAN CHOOSING THE HEADSHIP OF THE GODHEAD, THE ONE WE CALL THE FATHER ALWAYS HAD IT.
BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SELFLESSLY DID BACK THEN,YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE LOVE OF GOD. YOU ARE ABLE TO CLOSELY RELATE TO HIM.
RECOGNIZING THIS LOVE AND ENTERING INTO THIS DEEP RELATIONSHIP OF BEING HIS LITTLE CHILD BECAUSE OF THE SELFLESS LIFE AND DEATH OF GOD’S SON, WHO BECAME MAN, YOU ARE ABLE TO BE SAVED.
YOU ARE ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE INTERACTIVE LOVE THAT THE GODHEAD HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. IN CHARACTER AND LOVE YOU PARTAKE OF DIVINITY THAT IS THE ATTRIBUTES OF CHARACTER PERFECTION THAT THEY HAVE.