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reddogs

3rd January 2008, 09:54 AM

There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present. He is infinite and beyond human comprehension, yet known through His self-revelation. He is forever worthy of worship, adoration, and service by the whole creation.

Deuteronomy 6:4 (http://www.bible11.com/KJV_Deuteronomy_6) - Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD
Matthew 28:19 (http://www.bible11.com/KJV_Matthew_28) - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
2 Corinthians 13:14 (http://www.bible11.com/KJV_2_Corinthians_13) - The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Ephesians 4:4-6 (http://www.bible11.com/KJV_Ephesians_4) -
4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 Peter 1:2 (http://www.bible11.com/KJV_1_Peter_1) - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 Timothy 1:17 (http://www.bible11.com/KJV_1_Timothy_1) - Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 14:7 (http://www.bible11.com/KJV_Revelation_14) - Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

reddogs

3rd January 2008, 09:55 AM

Ellen G. White wrote:The Pre-existent, Self-existent Son of God.--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.

He was equal with God, infinite and omnipotent. . . . He is the eternal, self-existent Son.--Manuscript 101, 1897.

From Everlasting.--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." Before men or angels were created, the Word was with God, and was God.--Review and Herald, April 5, 1906.

Christ shows them that, although they might reckon His life to be less than fifty years, yet His divine life could not be reckoned by human computation. The existence of Christ before His incarnation is not measured by figures.--Signs of the Times, May 3, 1899.

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)

When they came to Sinai, He took occasion to refresh their minds in regard to His requirements. Christ and the Father, standing side by side upon the mount, with solemn majesty proclaimed the Ten Commandments.--Historical Sketches, p. 231. (1866)

God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit--arming them [the disciples] with more than mortal energy, . . . would advance with them to the work and convince the world of sin.--Manuscript 145, 1901.

We need to realize that the Holy Spirit, who is as much a person as God is a person, is walking through these grounds.--Manuscript 66, 1899. (From a talk to the students at the Avondale School.)

The Holy Spirit is a person, for He beareth witness with our spirits that we are the children of God. When this witness is borne, it carries with it its own evidence. At such times we believe and are sure that we are the children of God. . . . The Holy Spirit has a personality, else He could not bear witness to our spirits and with our spirits that we are the children of God. He must also be a divine person, else He could not search out the secrets which lie hidden in the mind 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."--Manuscript 20, 1906.

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)

We are to co-operate with the three highest powers in heaven,--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, --and these powers will work through us, making us workers together with God.--Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p. 51. (1905)

Special Testimonies to SDA's
“There are Three Living Persons of the heavenly TRIO.In the name of these Three Powers--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost --those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized, and these powers will cooperate with the obedient subjects of heaven in their efforts to live the new life of Christ.”

Desire Of Ages 671
“In describing to His disciples the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus sought to inspire them with the joy and hope that inspired His own heart. Sin could be resisted and overcome through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead.”

Southern Watchman 28/11/1905
“He determined to give His representative (The Divine Spirit) the Third Person of the Godhead”

Review And Herald 19/05/1904
“Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead (The Spirit), who would come in no modified energy, but in the fullness of Divine power.”

Review And Herald 19/11/1908
“Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead (The Holy Spirit), who would come in no modified energy, but in the fullness of Divine power.”

Signs Times 1/12/1989
“He determined to give His representative, the Third Person of The Godhead.”

Signs Times 19/06/1901
“Then cooperate with the Three Great Powers of Heaven who are working in your behalf.”

Signs Times 12/02/1902
“As you openly renounce sin and Satan, the Three Great Powers of Heaven pledged themselves to help you to overcome.”

Signs Times 11/03/1903
“The Three Great Powers of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”

Signs Times 10/05/1905
“Keep yourselves where the Three Great Powers of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can be your efficiency.”

Signs Times 16/08/1905
“The Three Highest Powers in the Universe, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can be your efficiency.”
“The Three Great Powers of Heaven pledge themselves to furnish the Christian with all the assurance he requires.”

Signs Times 10/05/1910
“They are to keep themselves where the Three Great Powers of Heaven,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can be their efficiency.”

Note Book Leaflets
“We will avail ourselves of the help of the Three Great Powers of Heaven.”

Special Testimonies To Ministers And Workers
“Evil had been accumulating for centuries, and could only be restrained and resisted by the mighty power of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Godhead.”
“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.”

8 Testimonies 254
“In the great closing work we shall meet with perplexities that we know not how to deal with; but let us not forget that the Three Great Powers of Heaven are working.”

Australasian Conference Record 7/10/1907
“The Three Powers of the Godhead, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are pledged to be their strength and their efficiency in their new life in Christ Jesus.”

Bible Training School 1/03/1906
“There are Three Living Persons in the Heavenly TRIO. In the name of these Three Powers, — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized.”

General Conference Bulletin 4/04/1901
“We are baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these Three Great, Infinite Powers are unitedly pledged to work in our behalf if we will cooperate with them.”

General Conference Bulletin 14/04/1901
“As at our baptism we pledged ourselves to Him, and received the ordinance in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, these Three Great Powers of Heaven pledged themselves to work on our behalf.”

Pacific Union Recorder 2/07/1908
“The presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Three Highest Powers in the Universe and those in whose name the believer is baptized, is pledged to be with every believing soul.”

Southern Watchman 23/02/1904
“Keep yourselves where the Three Great Powers of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, can be your efficiency.”

Southern Watchman 15/12/1908
“In the presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Three Highest Powers in the Universe, is pledged to be with every striving soul.”

Review And Herald 5/05/1903
“In the great closing work we shall meet with perils that we know not how to deal with; but let us not forget that the Three Great Powers of heaven are working.”

Review And Herald 26/05/1904
“[I]Let us not forget our baptismal vow. In the presence of the Three Highest Powers Of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we have pledged ourselves to do the will of Him who, over the rent sepulcher of Joseph, declared 'I am the resurrection and the life.'“

Review And Herald 15/06/1905
“And the Three Great Powers of Heaven pledged themselves to cooperate with you in your efforts to live the new life in Christ.”

Review And Herald 22/06/1905
“The help of the Three Great Powers (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) is placed at your disposal.”

Review And Herald 18/07/1907
“The Three Powers of The Godhead have pledged their might to carry out the purpose that God had in mind when He gave to the world the unspeakable gift of His Son.”

Review And Herald 12/08/1909
“The Three Highest Powers in the Universe are pledged to labor with those who will seek to save the lost.”

6 Testimonies 91
He has made this a positive condition with which all must comply who wish to be acknowledged as under the authority of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Those who are baptized in the Threefold Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, at the very entrance of their Christian life declare publicly that they have forsaken the service of Satan and have become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King.

6 Testimonies 98
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit we are buried in the likeness of Christ's death and raised in the likeness of His resurrection, and we are to live a new life. Our life is to be bound up with the life of Christ. Henceforth the believer is to bear in mind that he is dedicated to God, to Christ, and to the Holy Spirit.

6 Testimonies 99
The fact that you have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is an assurance that, if you will claim Their help, these Powers will help you in every emergency.

8 Testimonies 194
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are seeking and longing for channels through which to communicate to the world the divine principles of truth.

Acts Apostles 28
They were to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Austalasian Union Conference Record 1/04/1901
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.

Austalasian Union Conference Record /06/1904
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to aid you in your unselfish efforts to turn men from unrighteousness to righteousness, from darkness to the light of truth.

Austalasian Conference Record 7/10/1907
The Three Powers of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are pledged to be their strength and their efficiency in their new life in Christ Jesus.

Needs Of The Cause In Australia 14/07/1903
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.

Pacific Union Recorder 24/11/1904
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to aid you in your unselfish efforts to turn men from darkness to light.

Pacific Union Recorder 5/01/1905
The salvation of human beings is a vast enterprise, that calls into action Every Attribute of the Divine Nature. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to make God's children more than conquerors through Him that loved them.

Review And Herald 7/01/1902
Christ came to this world and stood before men with the hoarded love of eternity. The whole ocean of divine love was flowing forth from its great center. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit were working in behalf of man.

Review And Herald 27/01/1903
The salvation of human beings is a vast enterprise, that calls into action very Attribute of the Divine Nature. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to make God's children more than conquerors through Him that has loved them.

Review And Herald 5/05/1903
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to aid you in your unselfish efforts to turn men from unrighteousness to righteousness, from darkness to the light of truth.

Review And Herald 18/02/1904
When the Christian takes his baptismal vow, Divine help is pledged to him. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit stand ready to work in his behalf.

Review And Herald 17/05/1906
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are pledged to co-operate with sanctified human instrumentalities.

Review And Herald 2/05/1912
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.

WaldensianFaith

24th January 2008, 08:41 PM

Notice how Mrs. White always refers to the Godhead, not the Trinity, as They have come to be known in some Adventist circles. I've been reading about the difference - fascinating.

quote=reddogs;42196318]Ellen G. White wrote:The Pre-existent, Self-existent Son of God.--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.

He was equal with God, infinite and omnipotent. . . . He is the eternal, self-existent Son.--Manuscript 101, 1897.

From Everlasting.--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." Before men or angels were created, the Word was with God, and was God.--Review and Herald, April 5, 1906.

Christ shows them that, although they might reckon His life to be less than fifty years, yet His divine life could not be reckoned by human computation. The existence of Christ before His incarnation is not measured by figures.--Signs of the Times, May 3, 1899.

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)

When they came to Sinai, He took occasion to refresh their minds in regard to His requirements. Christ and the Father, standing side by side upon the mount, with solemn majesty proclaimed the Ten Commandments.--Historical Sketches, p. 231. (1866)

God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit--arming them [the disciples] with more than mortal energy, . . . would advance with them to the work and convince the world of sin.--Manuscript 145, 1901.

We need to realize that the Holy Spirit, who is as much a person as God is a person, is walking through these grounds.--Manuscript 66, 1899. (From a talk to the students at the Avondale School.)

The Holy Spirit is a person, for He beareth witness with our spirits that we are the children of God. When this witness is borne, it carries with it its own evidence. At such times we believe and are sure that we are the children of God. . . . The Holy Spirit has a personality, else He could not bear witness to our spirits and with our spirits that we are the children of God. He must also be a divine person, else He could not search out the secrets which lie hidden in the mind 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."--Manuscript 20, 1906.

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)

We are to co-operate with the three highest powers in heaven,--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, --and these powers will work through us, making us workers together with God.--Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p. 51. (1905)

Special Testimonies to SDA's
“There are Three Living Persons of the heavenly TRIO.In the name of these Three Powers--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost --those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized, and these powers will cooperate with the obedient subjects of heaven in their efforts to live the new life of Christ.”

Desire Of Ages 671
“In describing to His disciples the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus sought to inspire them with the joy and hope that inspired His own heart. Sin could be resisted and overcome through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead.”

Southern Watchman 28/11/1905
“He determined to give His representative (The Divine Spirit) the Third Person of the Godhead”

Review And Herald 19/05/1904
“Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead (The Spirit), who would come in no modified energy, but in the fullness of Divine power.”

Review And Herald 19/11/1908
“Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead (The Holy Spirit), who would come in no modified energy, but in the fullness of Divine power.”

Signs Times 1/12/1989
“He determined to give His representative, the Third Person of The Godhead.”

Signs Times 19/06/1901
“Then cooperate with the Three Great Powers of Heaven who are working in your behalf.”

Signs Times 12/02/1902
“As you openly renounce sin and Satan, the Three Great Powers of Heaven pledged themselves to help you to overcome.”

Signs Times 11/03/1903
“The Three Great Powers of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”

Signs Times 10/05/1905
“Keep yourselves where the Three Great Powers of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can be your efficiency.”

Signs Times 16/08/1905
“The Three Highest Powers in the Universe, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can be your efficiency.”
“The Three Great Powers of Heaven pledge themselves to furnish the Christian with all the assurance he requires.”

Signs Times 10/05/1910
“They are to keep themselves where the Three Great Powers of Heaven,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit can be their efficiency.”

Note Book Leaflets
“We will avail ourselves of the help of the Three Great Powers of Heaven.”

Special Testimonies To Ministers And Workers
“Evil had been accumulating for centuries, and could only be restrained and resisted by the mighty power of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Godhead.”
“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.”

8 Testimonies 254
“In the great closing work we shall meet with perplexities that we know not how to deal with; but let us not forget that the Three Great Powers of Heaven are working.”

Australasian Conference Record 7/10/1907
“The Three Powers of the Godhead, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are pledged to be their strength and their efficiency in their new life in Christ Jesus.”

Bible Training School 1/03/1906
“There are Three Living Persons in the Heavenly TRIO. In the name of these Three Powers, — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized.”

General Conference Bulletin 4/04/1901
“We are baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these Three Great, Infinite Powers are unitedly pledged to work in our behalf if we will cooperate with them.”

General Conference Bulletin 14/04/1901
“As at our baptism we pledged ourselves to Him, and received the ordinance in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, these Three Great Powers of Heaven pledged themselves to work on our behalf.”

Pacific Union Recorder 2/07/1908
“The presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Three Highest Powers in the Universe and those in whose name the believer is baptized, is pledged to be with every believing soul.”

Southern Watchman 23/02/1904
“Keep yourselves where the Three Great Powers of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, can be your efficiency.”

Southern Watchman 15/12/1908
“In the presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Three Highest Powers in the Universe, is pledged to be with every striving soul.”

Review And Herald 5/05/1903
“In the great closing work we shall meet with perils that we know not how to deal with; but let us not forget that the Three Great Powers of heaven are working.”

Review And Herald 26/05/1904
“[I]Let us not forget our baptismal vow. In the presence of the Three Highest Powers Of Heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we have pledged ourselves to do the will of Him who, over the rent sepulcher of Joseph, declared 'I am the resurrection and the life.'“

Review And Herald 15/06/1905
“And the Three Great Powers of Heaven pledged themselves to cooperate with you in your efforts to live the new life in Christ.”

Review And Herald 22/06/1905
“The help of the Three Great Powers (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) is placed at your disposal.”

Review And Herald 18/07/1907
“The Three Powers of The Godhead have pledged their might to carry out the purpose that God had in mind when He gave to the world the unspeakable gift of His Son.”

Review And Herald 12/08/1909
“The Three Highest Powers in the Universe are pledged to labor with those who will seek to save the lost.”

6 Testimonies 91
He has made this a positive condition with which all must comply who wish to be acknowledged as under the authority of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Those who are baptized in the Threefold Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, at the very entrance of their Christian life declare publicly that they have forsaken the service of Satan and have become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King.

6 Testimonies 98
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit we are buried in the likeness of Christ's death and raised in the likeness of His resurrection, and we are to live a new life. Our life is to be bound up with the life of Christ. Henceforth the believer is to bear in mind that he is dedicated to God, to Christ, and to the Holy Spirit.

6 Testimonies 99
The fact that you have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is an assurance that, if you will claim Their help, these Powers will help you in every emergency.

8 Testimonies 194
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are seeking and longing for channels through which to communicate to the world the divine principles of truth.

Acts Apostles 28
They were to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Austalasian Union Conference Record 1/04/1901
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.

Austalasian Union Conference Record /06/1904
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to aid you in your unselfish efforts to turn men from unrighteousness to righteousness, from darkness to the light of truth.

Austalasian Conference Record 7/10/1907
The Three Powers of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are pledged to be their strength and their efficiency in their new life in Christ Jesus.

Needs Of The Cause In Australia 14/07/1903
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.

Pacific Union Recorder 24/11/1904
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to aid you in your unselfish efforts to turn men from darkness to light.

Pacific Union Recorder 5/01/1905
The salvation of human beings is a vast enterprise, that calls into action Every Attribute of the Divine Nature. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to make God's children more than conquerors through Him that loved them.

Review And Herald 7/01/1902
Christ came to this world and stood before men with the hoarded love of eternity. The whole ocean of divine love was flowing forth from its great center. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit were working in behalf of man.

Review And Herald 27/01/1903
The salvation of human beings is a vast enterprise, that calls into action very Attribute of the Divine Nature. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to make God's children more than conquerors through Him that has loved them.

Review And Herald 5/05/1903
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to aid you in your unselfish efforts to turn men from unrighteousness to righteousness, from darkness to the light of truth.

Review And Herald 18/02/1904
When the Christian takes his baptismal vow, Divine help is pledged to him. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit stand ready to work in his behalf.

Review And Herald 17/05/1906
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are pledged to co-operate with sanctified human instrumentalities.

Review And Herald 2/05/1912
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.[/quote]

honorthesabbath

25th January 2008, 12:12 AM

Hi WaldensianFaith, I saw you post the other day and I meant to welcome you but got distracted and then forgot--sorry.

But what you just said has intrigued me. I hadn't thought there is a difference between the 'trinity' and the "Godhead'. Could you please expound on your thoughts please. Thank you.

PS--WELCOME TO THE SDA FORUM!!

RND

30th January 2008, 01:26 AM

honorthesabbath

30th January 2008, 08:48 AM

Hi RND--so are we talking semantics then?

Tomato---Tomoto?

Dania

30th January 2008, 04:24 PM

RND

30th January 2008, 05:29 PM

Hi RND--so are we talking semantics then?

Tomato---Tomoto?

Well, I don't necessarily consider it semantics but maybe some do. One Godhead family in the form of 3 separate and distinct entities. I honestly believe one is promoted by man whereas one is promoted by scripture.

That's my two cents anyway.

RND

30th January 2008, 05:31 PM

OntheDL

30th January 2008, 05:33 PM

hi.. i am a new christian on a whole..
i was agnostic for a long while.. since i was 11.
and now a a christian i chose the SDA church.. for its basically the closest denom to the bible in my opinion...

so here i am.. i am wondering though.. "traditional seventh day adventist"???? whats the diference?
does anyone here like watching 3abn.. i find it interesting and very uplifting

Hi Dania,

Welcome to the SDA forum. I used to be an atheist, then went to a Pentecostal and a Baptist church. God led me to the SDA church through the sabbath truth.

Traditional Seventh-day Adventists or Historic Seventh-day Adventists are those who believe the doctrines that made them who they are today, believe they have an unique endtime message in preparation for the Second coming. That is opposed to the liberal Adventists who try to assimilate their doctrines to identify with the evangelical world.

Dania

30th January 2008, 05:47 PM

okay.. so i guess i am traditional lol!

thecountrydoc

30th January 2008, 05:53 PM

A Hearty Hello to WaldensianFaith & Dania!!!

Welcome to the SDA Forum! Please feel to ask questions or make suggestions.

I see that OntheDL has already answered your first question Dania and his answer is quite correct.

I invite both you and WaldensianFaith to stop by the New Adventist/Bible Study sub-forum. There you will find the daily Sabbath School Lessons posted as well as some very good Bible studies. Your questions and suggestions are also welcome there.

I look forward to having both of you here and your participation.

Your friend and brother in Christ,
Doc :wave:

SDA Forum Moderator