Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000077A
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00:42 Hello, and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:45 I'm Chris Shelton your host and as always we are thankful 00:48 to have this study time in God's word 00:51 with you again today. 00:52 And today's message is the first 00:54 in a three part series entitled "The Godhead." 00:58 I think it's only natural for us 01:00 as Christians to want to know and understand 01:03 more about the Godhead. 01:05 Unfortunately people over the years 01:07 have become militant at times, with varying beliefs 01:11 as to who and what makes up the Godhead. 01:14 This militant stands has lead many people 01:18 to become disillusion and leave the church body all together. 01:23 In fact we personally know of individuals 01:26 who have turned their backs completely on God 01:29 after being let astray 01:31 with the thoughts of the Godhead 01:32 that were not balanced for scripture 01:35 and the spirit of prophecy. 01:37 This is not God's will for sure. 01:39 He is calling all of us to a saving knowledge of Him. 01:44 So once again, once again we see 01:47 that the enemy has discovered a way to come in 01:50 and to twist the truth for his purpose of destruction. 01:55 So with this knowledge of what is happening 01:58 amongst God's professed people, 02:00 Pastor Kenny Shelton has felt God impressing him 02:03 to address this issue and to bring again to life 02:07 what God has revealed on this subject. 02:09 So prayerfully study along with us 02:12 as a secret of truth as we begin this study 02:15 on the Godhead with Pastor Kenny. 02:18 But first we are blessed to listen to a song 02:20 from the 3ABN Worship Center entitled 02:23 "More Like You" by Steve Darmody. 02:47 By chiseling the stones that built this house 02:55 And carving out a home I only dream about 03:01 You're painting me a view that I can't live without 03:08 I can't live without 03:14 But you're making me more like You 03:23 Creating me into someone who 03:29 Knows the awesome power of what love can do 03:37 You're making me 03:40 Making me more like You 03:51 By molding me the hands that desire to serve 03:58 And giving me the voice that wants to share your word 04:04 And offering the hope that I don't deserve 04:12 I don't deserve 04:17 But you're making me more like You 04:25 Creating me into someone who 04:32 Knows the awesome power of what love can do 04:39 You're making me 04:43 Making me more like You 05:01 You're making me more like You 05:08 Creating me into someone who 05:14 Knows the awesome power of what love can do 05:21 You're making me 05:24 Making me more like You 05:36 You're making me 05:40 Making me more like You 06:03 Thanks for joining us 06:05 once again here at Behold the Lamb. 06:06 As you've already heard this is an exciting series. 06:10 Don't want you to miss any of it. 06:11 Three part series, we're gonna be covering 06:13 the Godhead as you heard. 06:15 I hope you're just as excited as we are about it 06:18 and I tell you the blessings we think, 06:19 well, blessing is to get the message out but, 06:22 you know, praise God, the time that we spend in study 06:25 is such a blessing to us personally, and so, 06:27 you know, we praise God for that. 06:29 There is a lot of misunderstanding 06:31 on this subject 06:32 and some people are just not aware of it, 06:35 we wonder, oh, where have you been? 06:37 We need to approach this subject, 06:41 by the Holy Spirit, 06:42 through prayer, fasting, reading the scripture. 06:45 So we're gonna do that and we're going to look 06:47 at scripture and Spirit of Prophecy, 06:49 we're gonna put them together 06:50 and I know it's gonna be a blessing for you 06:52 as it's a blessing for us. 06:54 We once again appreciate you so very much. 06:58 I love those cards, I love those little letters 07:00 and sometimes there's little hearts 07:02 and little eyes and little smiley faces on there, 07:04 we take notice of all of that and we're just-- 07:06 it tells us you are sending your heart to us 07:08 and we appreciate it. 07:10 We know that you're praying, 07:11 we know that you're doing more than that. 07:12 Many of you say, you know, these programs need to be on 07:14 because we believe that they're present truth. 07:17 We have a burden here at Behold the Lamb 07:19 is to present present truth. 07:22 There's a message that God has for His church, 07:24 for His people and it's called present truth. 07:27 And it needs to be-- 07:28 it needs to go into all the world like never before. 07:32 We've come there's a lot of sliding backwards now 07:34 and God is encouraging us to move forward. 07:36 So we're gonna do that on this subject 07:38 by the grace of God, but always, 07:40 always we're gonna pray first. 07:43 And again once again as we pray, 07:44 I just want to thank you once again 07:45 for what you send to help us 07:47 to continue to make these programs. 07:49 So let's pray together that the Holy Spirit 07:50 now will help us as we study the word. 07:52 Let's pray, shall we? 07:55 Loving Father in Heaven, 07:56 we thank You for the privilege of prayer, 07:58 now we ask for the Holy Spirit, 08:01 we ask in the name of Jesus Christ 08:02 our Lord and our Savior. 08:04 We need to understand the subject more than 08:06 what many people even realize. 08:08 So I pray now that Your Holy Spirit will consume 08:10 each and every one of us, all of Your children, 08:12 our minds, our hearts will be open, 08:14 all preconceived ideas will be laid outside the door 08:17 and we just come humbly asking 08:19 You would teach us what is truth. 08:22 Forgive me of any sin You think in my heart and life 08:24 that needs not be there. 08:26 Oh, Lord, I don't need to be separated from You 08:28 so I just pray now that You'll be, 08:30 that You will come close to us 08:33 and that You'll let us to be Your mouthpiece today. 08:35 And I thank You for it in advance in Jesus name. 08:37 Amen. 08:39 You know, what a privilege 08:40 it is to be able to study God's word. 08:42 So get that Bible, pencil, paper out 08:44 and start jotting things down. 08:46 We'd love to spend hours on this subject, 08:48 it's so big, it's so vast but we prayed, 08:51 the Holy Spirit will help us to put it kind in the little, 08:53 we call it little nutshells, 08:54 and we'll be able to go over them 08:55 and then a lot of study on your part. 08:58 Okay, a lot of study. 09:00 What I'd like for you to do is remember 09:01 we don't take some by, well, the pastor said, 09:04 the elder said, what does God say? 09:06 That's why we're going in the word. 09:07 Godhead, say Godhead, what? 09:09 You know, what does that really mean to us, Godhead? 09:11 I really believe this with all my heart 09:13 and we're gonna look up about three passages in the Bible 09:16 where Godhead is used, 09:18 I think it's only three in the entire Bible. 09:19 But you know what? 09:21 I think it's a good position on which to build 09:23 what am I saying, it's-- the word is in the Bible. 09:26 Let's not use words that are not in the Bible. 09:31 Why do we do that? 09:32 Could that be possibly the enemy, working, 09:35 trying to twist things just a little bit, giving it, 09:37 you know, a little different thought than it should be? 09:39 Let's go to the scripture, 09:40 let's read where these words are used 09:42 and then by the grace of God, we look up scripture 09:45 and we can find out what they really mean. 09:47 I believe that we live 09:49 in the last hours of earth's history. 09:51 There is no doubt about it. 09:52 I believe we live in the time now 09:54 where everything that cannot be, 09:57 you know, shaken, right? 09:59 That cannot be shaken, it's gonna remain, 10:00 but everything that can be is going to be shaken out. 10:03 So are you gonna hold on fast? 10:05 We're in the shaking time, you got to hold fast. 10:09 Jesus wants us to and the only way 10:11 we hold fast is through faith in Him, 10:12 about understanding what truth is of His word. 10:15 Remember, everything that cannot be shaken will remain. 10:20 And I want to be a remainder, don't you? 10:22 I want to be one of those that remain for the calls of Christ. 10:24 You know, I believe this, God leads His people. 10:27 We're talking background on foundation. 10:29 God leads His people on, remember, a step at a time. 10:33 Please keep that in mind. 10:34 Now what do you mean by a step at a time? 10:36 Well, a step at a time is God sends test, 10:39 He sends one test after the other 10:41 and by the grace of God 10:42 when we gain victory in that area, right, 10:46 and the test is given and victory is there for us, 10:48 then God sends another test. 10:51 How wonderful that is, right? He sends another test for us. 10:54 We pass that one, what does He do? 10:56 He sends another test. We're talking steps here. 10:59 What does that mean? 11:01 It simply means that each test that comes to us 11:03 and we pass it by the grace of God. 11:06 The scrutiny of God as it were, what? 11:08 Comes closer and closer to us. 11:11 Remember, He is looking closer, He is wanting to help us more. 11:15 He is wanting to encourage us more. 11:17 When one's passed, He sends another. 11:19 Praise God for those tests and trials 11:21 that we're going through. 11:22 Individually we're being tested like no other one. 11:25 God's got His watchful eye on it. 11:27 And we-- 11:29 it's for a certain amount of time only God knows that, 11:31 you say, I'm going through tests and trials now, 11:32 I don't know what I'm going to do. 11:34 But let me tell you, God is testing us to see 11:36 if we're willing to give up the idols 11:39 that we hold in the place of Him. 11:41 Are we willing to give up those idols, 11:44 those wrong beliefs? 11:47 Are you willing to give up those wrong beliefs? 11:50 Are you willing to be-- 11:51 the Bible talks about being purified by obeying the truth. 11:55 You remember looking to that in 1 Peter 1:22, remember-- 11:59 we remember we are purified by obeying, what? 12:02 The truth, so it's very important. 12:04 If not, there will be a sentence, 12:07 a sentence that was going to be pronounced honest 12:10 and Hosea talks about that when you read Hosea 4:17. 12:14 Bible simply says they are joined to their idols, 12:17 let them alone. 12:19 So what does that tell? 12:20 That tells there's a time, God tests, 12:21 He proves His people, after a time 12:23 if we do not change and we're not willing to accept 12:26 what is truth and to be purified by, 12:28 God said, "Leave them alone, 12:29 they are joined to their idols." 12:30 I know you don't want that and I don't either. 12:33 In this study I'm convinced of this, 12:35 I found a little statement 12:36 that I'd like to read to you in second "Selected Messages." 12:39 Now many of you will know that, those of you, 12:41 some people write and say, 12:43 well, what does those little things mean? 12:44 Those little magazines? 12:45 Bless your heart, I'm glad you do, 12:47 you keep writing, we'll let you know. 12:48 These are very, very important. God inspired messages. 12:50 Second "Selected Messages" page 109. 12:53 I want you to listen these words. 12:55 This is what we're talking, the Godhead here 12:57 but I want you to see what's happening. 12:58 Here is what it says. 12:59 "Those things which have been--" 13:01 Are you with me? 13:02 "Those things which have been, will be repeated. 13:05 Old controversies will be revived, 13:10 new theologies will be 13:11 continually arriving, or theories." 13:15 New theories will be constantly, what? 13:18 Arising. 13:20 Old things are going to come back. 13:22 So has this the Godhead issue, 13:24 has it been going on for a long time, has it? 13:29 And you say, well, 13:30 it seemed like it's been quite for a while. 13:31 Remember they'll keep coming back, 13:34 it'll keep coming back, 13:35 we're gonna be tested on these things. 13:37 False teachers are going to arise as we will know 13:40 and they are going to be talking 13:42 about the common and the impure, 13:44 we know that, against what is true and what is holy. 13:48 Always that, just two sides of the question, 13:50 good and evil, right and wrong. 13:52 It'll always be that way, there is no middle ground. 13:55 But you know what? 13:57 There is people today 13:58 who had rather believe a lie than the truth. 14:01 Very interesting thought and you say, 14:02 well, I'm still in the truth, you mean, 14:04 I would rather believe a lie? You know what? 14:06 Truth was discarded by Adam and Eve in the garden. 14:12 Truth was what? Discarded. 14:14 This is where it all begins. 14:15 And many times people begin to study the word a little bit 14:18 and pretty soon they see a truth, 14:19 they're not sure and all of a sudden they discard it 14:21 and say, well, this is easier to believe this. 14:23 Interesting. 14:25 Let's look back, shall we? 14:27 And I think this is very important 14:28 in our foundation that we are building. 14:31 Because many people gather information 14:34 and they start presenting it as a truth, 14:36 we need to find out in this moment, 14:38 in Adventism especially, 14:40 we talk about in the early Church, 14:43 many teachers think about many teaching were developed 14:47 and they were regarded as truth about the Godhead. 14:52 So in the early stages, yes, this subject was, what? 14:56 People were studying it, 14:57 they want to know about the Godhead, 14:59 they want to know about the deity of Jesus Christ. 15:02 Think with me, one major teaching, 15:05 one major teaching developed in the fourth century. 15:09 This is called Arianism, I mean, many of you-- 15:12 you know this. 15:13 Interesting why this teaching came about 15:18 and who is the author of this teaching. 15:21 What does it mean? 15:23 What is the concept of Arianism? 15:25 What is it? 15:26 Well, it's simply the teaching that brings forth the idea 15:29 that there was a time, notice, 15:31 there was a time when Christ was not. 15:34 There was a time somewhere in the history of the world 15:36 before that Christ wasn't there. 15:40 Is that a truth compared to scripture? 15:42 Is that realty a truth? 15:44 Think with me for a while. 15:45 And then the teaching goes on to say, 15:48 okay, what we believe is that 15:50 there was a time in the history of the world 15:53 that Christ was created. 15:55 I don't know people today 15:56 are supposed to know the truth today just like, 15:57 well, Christ was not always with God, 16:00 there was a time that He was created. 16:04 Think about what being said, 16:06 do you mean there was a time that our Savior Jesus Christ, 16:09 was He a created being? 16:11 Arianism, that's what it teaches. 16:14 Where did it come from? 16:16 It's still thought by many churches today, 16:19 it's believed by a lot of individuals and much of it 16:22 because we're confused, 16:24 because we really don't know what truth is. 16:27 So many churches are claiming, well, this is right, this is-- 16:32 I want you to think with me, 16:33 we need to realize if we're looking for truth 16:36 and I want to emphasize it over and over all the time. 16:38 If you're looking for the truth, 16:40 you have the Bible and you have Spirit of Prophecy. 16:43 Some of you will get that, some of you may not. 16:46 We got sources here 16:47 that we need to be looking into, the Bible. 16:50 Bible, Spirit of Prophecy is about as clear as it can be 16:53 on this subject but if it is, why are so many confused? 16:58 If it's really clear and if it really just, 17:00 you know, just comes out in one, two, three, 17:02 why is that they were confused? 17:04 Why is there division? 17:05 Why is there separation among God's people 17:08 in the world today? 17:09 And in Adventism? 17:11 I want you think with me on that. 17:12 Consider this if you will. 17:14 Now remember when you consider something 17:16 that means you're gonna have to take some of those ideas 17:18 that's going through your mind right now 17:20 and put them over here on a shelf 17:21 if you will and put on your thinking hat with me. 17:25 We must consider this because of the way 17:28 that we have even developed this teaching 17:30 and these thoughts about the Godhead. 17:33 Now remember there is one specific group 17:36 and I'm gonna talk about this group and I'm gonna say, 17:38 there is a little group called Adventist or Adventism. 17:43 This was part of the, 17:44 we call it the Second Advent Movement. 17:48 This was in the early days, 17:49 you know, you understand as I began to talk. 17:51 Many people in the beginning of the Advent Movement 17:55 came out of different churches. 17:58 They came out, remember, 17:59 the call was want to learn the truth is what 18:00 to come out of my people. 18:02 And so many people with this, you know, with this doctrine 18:05 and then teaching that Christ was created, 18:07 that He was not always with the Father and so on, 18:09 you know, it came out some of these other churches 18:11 and they all began to come together 18:13 and began to call themselves, you know, second-- 18:15 you know, believe in second coming of Jesus 18:18 and they want to be ready for that. 18:20 So as they came out, 18:21 all these different people they had different thoughts, 18:24 different theologies and it's very, very interesting 18:27 on the subject of the Godhead and so when they came out, 18:30 they brought these thoughts with them. 18:32 Now I'm gonna prove that in just a minute. 18:34 You say, well, I didn't know. 18:36 They brought all these things in here 18:37 and they began to join the Advent Movement. 18:40 You see, a lot of times there's people 18:42 who come out of-- be careful here now, 18:45 other churches and they join 18:46 the Adventism God's last day Church, 18:50 but many times they don't lay all the luggage down, 18:53 they bring some of their stuff 18:54 that they were thought many years ago 18:56 and maybe not necessary, they try to lay it down 18:58 but those old thoughts keep coming back. 19:01 And then they began to really relate those thoughts 19:03 to the church people and so on and so forth. 19:05 And many minds become confused 19:06 because we are not studying for our self. 19:09 I thought how interesting this is, 19:12 that we can see in these early days 19:16 the subject of the Godhead that these people-- 19:19 now remember most, almost all, 19:22 the most of the leaders of the Second Advent Movement 19:27 after 1844 were Arian in their belief. 19:31 Did you get that? 19:32 Almost all of the people after 1844, in the beginning 19:37 Advent Movement had these Arian thoughts. 19:40 Well, what that mean then? 19:44 Because they wrote articles, didn't they? 19:46 Sure, they printed up some of these things 19:48 and sometime people are going back 19:50 and they're reading these in their early days of Adventism 19:52 and they're saying, 19:53 oh, this is what the Church teaches, 19:55 why are we teaching this now? 19:57 Let me give you a couple of examples. 19:58 I'm gonna give you some name brands in Adventism. 20:02 Uriah Smith. 20:03 Uriah Smith, this is taken from a Biblical Institute 20:07 in 1878, page 184. 20:10 Here's what Uriah Smith wrote. 20:14 He said in one of his articles, 20:16 now remember this is right after 1844, 20:18 they're coming out from other faiths and denomination. 20:20 He wrote that Christ was a created being. 20:25 I want you to get the concept with me 20:26 while I'm talking about here, this makes sense 20:29 because people can go back to his first writings and say, 20:32 here's what he talked. 20:34 Remember, an Adventism as a group was coming together, 20:37 God was teaching, you remember 20:39 what we talked about God is leading his people, what? 20:41 Good, a step at a time, into more truth. 20:45 So we had to be careful 20:46 where we gather our information. 20:48 So he said He's a created being and he didn't believe, 20:52 now listen to this, he didn't believe that Christ 20:55 we say is the alpha and omega 20:58 except when it came to the plan of salvation. 21:01 Kind of an interesting thought, even Uriah Smith, 21:04 he was unwilling to say and you can kind of put this 21:07 in lot of different thought pattern 21:08 if you want to, but he thought this. 21:10 There's a phrase that talks about 21:12 the one who is and the one who was 21:15 and the one who used to come that could have 21:18 or could pretend to Jesus Christ. 21:21 Because He's had hard times and, 21:23 well, that might apply 21:24 because he didn't believe that he always was. 21:27 Huh, interesting. 21:29 Another name you might remember 21:31 was D.M. Canright and J.N. Lanton Borough. 21:34 Do you remember some of these names here? 21:36 You know, what they had their-- they had the position 21:38 that the Holy Spirit was not really a personality. 21:43 Now we're talking about in the beginning. 21:44 They're learning, they're coming out 21:46 from a different background coming in 21:48 and they begin to write. 21:50 They said what? 21:52 He's not really a person. 21:55 But He's some kind of a divine essence. 22:00 He's some kind of a divine influence. 22:03 Interesting. 22:04 If I mentioned to you J.H. Waggoner or E.J. Waggoner, 22:09 father-son, here's some of the things 22:11 that they said even, notice this. 22:13 They said "The Holy Spirit is that--" 22:16 listen to this "is that awful, mysterious power which proceeds 22:21 from the throne of the universe." 22:24 That's taken from the Spirit of God and its office 22:28 and manifestation on page 9. 22:31 Interesting the writings at this time, 22:34 but let me tell you right in front they begin to change. 22:37 So those are some names that we understand 22:39 in Adventism pretty well, 22:41 as they came out of other church 22:43 to begin with they had some different thoughts. 22:45 And they brought those thoughts with them and, 22:48 you know, they said really Jesus life, 22:51 they taught that the life of Jesus 22:53 was derived from the Father. 22:55 Oh, very interesting thought, 22:58 life was derived from the Father. 23:01 Let me give you another name 23:02 that might kind of blow your mind just a little bit. 23:04 It shouldn't, we all begin somewhere 23:07 and so as they're beginning, James White, James White, 23:09 interesting, Joseph Bates, you know, 23:12 in the beginning they were members 23:14 of the congregational Christian church 23:18 and they changed the timer too before they began to accept 23:21 the Second Advent Movement. 23:22 So they had all these teachings that were out before them 23:25 and they held very closely 23:28 to the Arian belief of Christ nature. 23:32 So what am I saying? 23:34 That we need to be careful as we look for truth. 23:39 We use what? 23:40 Two sources. Bible, Spirit of Prophecy. 23:42 Now let me try to get a little bit 23:43 closer to home with you, if you don't mind. 23:46 See, many have sent me material 23:48 and I'm not sure how to say this, 23:52 you know, I want to be, you know, 23:53 I appreciate people who are watching, people-- 23:55 even if you have a different opinion, a different belief, 24:00 many people feel compelled, they'll say, you know what? 24:02 What he's teaching, 24:04 and when we get through all three of these this series, 24:07 you know, you're gonna say wow, it's either truth or it's not. 24:10 So what you will be compelled to do, 24:12 you're gonna say, man, I've got books this thick and, 24:15 boy, he needs these so I'm going to send them. 24:18 Did you realize these controversies 24:20 we're talking about here has been going on, 24:22 probably most of you who want will send them 24:24 is probably been going on for more years 24:27 than you were born. 24:28 Are you still with me? 24:29 So I've been receiving that kind of material 24:31 for a long, long period, many, many, many years. 24:35 I've done my best to look at it by the grace of God. 24:39 So I'm trying to say nice, you send it if you want to, 24:42 but you know what? 24:43 You got to go through the study Bible and Spirit of Prophecy 24:46 and here's what really happens, we'll think about it. 24:50 They'll send that information and here's what they'll say, 24:52 lots of material-- remember, 24:55 because someone has information 24:58 this thick doesn't mean its truth. 25:01 The enemy is good about compiling things all up 25:03 and twisting it all together 25:04 and putting in a big thing and say, 25:06 "Look at all the information we've got." 25:08 That doesn't mean its truth. 25:09 Jesus presented truth 25:11 and sometimes in one and two and three words. 25:13 And sometimes it's just a matter of, 25:16 this is what the word says, 25:17 by the grace of God I believe that. 25:19 I believe-- by faith I believe that. 25:21 So, you know, they send the material 25:24 and then they'll say this, look, 25:26 if you want to know the truth on this, 25:29 you look at what the pioneers said. 25:33 Let me just-- let me tell you boldly 25:35 if I might do this. 25:36 I don't read in the Bible 25:38 or whatever anyplace else that I'm supposed to 25:41 if I'm searching for truth to look 25:43 what somebody else said, the pioneers of the church. 25:47 We should be able to get the truth but you see, 25:50 if we look to the pioneers, we're looking to men, 25:52 and if we go back far enough in the beginning of Adventism, 25:55 you'll find they had some wrong doctrines and teachings. 25:58 And if you try to get it before they made their change 26:00 and bring it over, there's confusion. 26:02 I can see why, I hope you can understand it. 26:05 So as we look at this thing here they'll say 26:06 the pioneer said such and such on this particular subject. 26:10 I'm saying we need to be careful, 26:12 please, be careful because nowhere in scripture, 26:15 remember, to say if you want to know truth, 26:17 go back and see what pioneers taught. 26:19 No, you find truth, well, 26:21 in Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy. 26:24 We need-- it's nice to go back. 26:26 I'm not discouraging or trying to take away, 26:28 praise God for the pioneers, 26:30 but we need not look to them for truth, 26:32 we looked to the word of God. 26:35 We become confused because of all this stuff 26:37 that we try to bring in that 26:38 we shouldn't be bringing in now. 26:40 You know, why are we so confused? 26:44 Why don't we understand what the real source, 26:47 you see, of truth is? 26:48 And where we can find it? Prove a point. 26:52 How we know? 26:53 And let me tell you, I believe this, 26:54 there was many, many, many good godly men and women 26:58 that were advocating teachings, 27:01 the teachings that they thought was truth but listen, 27:04 but eventually they changed their opinion and their mind. 27:08 Why? 27:10 There were strong in this belief to begin with, 27:12 but how could they? 27:13 You see, all of a sudden they'll start step at a time 27:16 they begin to change their position and many times 27:19 when we're looking for the Godhead subject, 27:21 we're still looking back and saying 27:22 this is what they thought. 27:24 Let's follow them all the way around the circle, shall we? 27:27 And see where they ended up. 27:29 I've often heard it's not necessarily where ooh, 27:32 where you start but it's how you finish, 27:34 are you with me? 27:35 Not how you start, it's how you finish. 27:37 Let's keep these things in mind. 27:39 Now, you know, again step at a time. 27:42 Now one of the main reasons 27:44 that many of these men change their mind, 27:46 let me just give you that 27:48 so before we really go on with it. 27:50 Their point, a view, 27:52 is because in the last part of the 19th century, 27:55 in fact in around 1898, 27:59 there was a book that's published, 28:00 oh, it's one of my favorites. 28:02 One of my favorite books that was published. 28:05 And it's called "Desire of Ages." 28:09 Desire of Ages. 28:11 Oh, what a beautiful book on the life of Christ. 28:15 Once this book was pub-- remember, 28:17 Adventism was getting a start after 1844, you know, 28:21 so, you know, around almost 50 years you find out here 28:24 comes a book not too much was said 28:26 on the Godhead doctrine up till that point. 28:29 They had no place really changes that took place 28:32 but now all of a sudden 28:33 here come this book called Desire of Ages. 28:36 It clearly stated Christ-- listen, four things. 28:41 It clearly stated Christ position, 28:43 His place, His power and His authority. 28:47 Wow, think about it. 28:50 And the Holy Spirit, Ellen G. White spoke, 28:54 notice this, of the Godhead and talked about 28:58 three persons in the Godhead. 29:02 Wow, well, all these men 29:04 who had different thoughts in the background, 29:06 I'm gonna say wait a minute, we're all in a same boat here 29:09 but why is this coming out now? 29:12 Almost every one of them changed their position quickly 29:17 as God servant begin to pin these words down. 29:20 They weren't prideful, they'd really didn't know 29:23 but once God servant begin to pin these words down, 29:26 you see over the years, it took some years 29:29 but you know what, these same men, 29:31 they had confidence built up in the Spirit of Prophecy. 29:34 And they believe Ellen White was the prophetess of God. 29:37 And then what she's saying was the truth 29:39 and so they bowed to that. 29:41 Why don't-- well, some of us, 29:42 you know, we realize we need sometime 29:44 as it we're about let go some of our preconceived ideas. 29:47 And so as we see here they begin to change, why? 29:51 Because her statements were contrary 29:52 to what they used to believe. 29:56 Very interesting, 29:57 gift of prophecy, Spirit of Prophecy. 30:00 You say, well, I'm not really sure about that, 30:02 so I know for some of you it'd be difficult here 30:04 but read about-- Revelation 19:10, 30:06 you can read about the gift of prophecy, 30:08 the Spirit of Prophecy. 30:09 Revelation 22:8, 9, just a few things. 30:12 Revelation 12:17, 30:14 a gift that God left to His last day church. 30:16 We need it so desperately now because of what-- 30:20 how the enemy's been working in the world. 30:22 You know, again we said over and over and you hear 30:25 it said everyday that people are calling 30:27 dark light and light dark. 30:28 We were so confused. 30:30 Every man just whatever he thinks 30:31 is right in his heart, that's what he does. 30:33 God's given us the truth in His word. 30:36 Now let's approach the subject 30:37 maybe more powerfully than you ever have before. 30:41 And I know it's difficult when you just said 30:43 I've really taken a stance and I've studied. 30:46 I remember people say, I've studied this, 30:47 I've exhausted this subject. 30:49 You can't exhaust anything 30:51 when it comes to the cause of God. 30:53 Let me just boldly say that, 30:54 I can't either, no one can in this life. 30:56 All you are doing is just scratching little bit there 30:59 that God has revealed to us. 31:00 We'll see more of that little bit later on. 31:02 And me too will learn through the ceaseless ages, 31:05 there'll never be a time 31:06 that we're not learning at the feet of Jesus. 31:09 So don't say I'm exhausted, I know it all. 31:12 Let pride go, put it out here on the table 31:14 and just say, okay, what's going on here? 31:16 Let's look at it, let's start, 31:18 let's do it on this subject about the Godhead. 31:21 First of all it's beyond the mind of man. 31:25 When you talk about the Godhead, 31:26 it's just really all beyond. 31:28 You say, okay, if it's beyond the mind of God, 31:30 then why are we fooling with it? 31:32 Why-- why are we going to stay? 31:33 Man, I can't understand that what it is, 31:35 now we need to keep in mind here, 31:38 in Romans 11:33, 34, 31:43 you know, and certainly when you read all these things 31:45 you'll just simply say, you know, the Bible says what? 31:48 "God's way are past finding out." 31:52 You remember that? 31:53 And then verse 34 said, well, 31:55 "Who can know the mind of the Lord?" 31:58 Who have known the mind of the Lord? 32:00 So right quick we're set in our place that, 32:02 you know, his ways are past finding out, 32:05 no one knows God's mind, 32:06 it's way above of everything that we can ever think of, 32:08 it's just too much for the human mind. 32:11 But yet sometimes we think we've got God figured out. 32:17 We must not go beyond or go any further than 32:22 what the Bible has spoken. 32:24 And many people do, they're doing it right now, 32:26 many, the doctrines and the teachings, 32:28 they're projecting. 32:29 If they can't get it to work out, 32:31 they're overlapping prophecy and all kind of stuff. 32:33 Friend, we don't need that, 32:35 we've got the message God gas given us 32:36 and we need to give it to the world. 32:38 We're letting it decay, we're letting it rot, 32:41 how sad to say how we have changed 32:44 and God's calling us back. 32:46 I know He's calling us back. He's calling me back. 32:48 I know He's calling you back. 32:50 We've got to get back the way God has set it up. 32:54 Do you remember as we read scripture, 32:56 the Bible says, you know, what God has revealed, 33:00 you know, it's for our study. 33:02 Now 1 Corinthians 2:10 says 33:05 "The spirit searcheth all things, 33:09 yea, the deep things of God." 33:13 Are you getting into the deep things of God? 33:17 And when I say, well, what God has revealed is for our study, 33:21 remember, He has revealed things in here 33:23 and what He has revealed is for our study. 33:27 We need not indulge in any kind of speculation 33:32 regarding His nature or the Godhead. 33:36 In fact may I just say in these short words, 33:39 He is above all discussion. 33:44 You say, well, then I don't have to really worry about it-- 33:47 Oh, yeah, we balanced the word. 33:49 Deuteronomy 29:29, the Bible said 33:53 "The secret things belong to the Lord our God." 33:58 Okay? Now, well, does it go on? 33:59 Yes, it does, notice what it says. 34:02 "But those things which are--" 34:05 come on, good, "revealed belong to us 34:09 and to our children for ever." 34:12 So there's things that we can't we figure out, 34:14 it's too much for mankind but God says 34:16 I will reveal those things and they are for you 34:18 and they're for your children. 34:20 Please keep this in mind. 34:22 The enemy is at work like never before. 34:25 I've never seen it in my lifetime. 34:27 Every angle, every day is on and on, 34:30 there's a battle that's going on, 34:32 it's raging, it's ferocious. 34:35 Land, sea and air, disaster, 34:37 everything you can possibly think of tells me 34:39 that Jesus is coming. 34:41 And the enemy is trying to destroy our love 34:44 and our faith in God, in the truth of scripture. 34:48 He is trying to undermine 34:49 the faith of God's last day people. 34:52 And let me tell you, there's always 34:54 a certain group of people that's ready to try to catch 34:57 any kind of new idea that's thrown out. 35:00 May I say it like this regardless 35:01 how ridiculous that it is. 35:04 I hope you are with me. 35:06 There's always that little group 35:08 and then the little group starts telling somebody else 35:10 and everybody says, well, you know, we heard. 35:12 Do you-- do we not know 35:14 why we've been called the last day people? 35:16 And what our message is? 35:17 And what we should be focusing on? 35:19 You know, God have, God have mercy on us. 35:22 God said I'll reveal these things to you. 35:24 They're for you and for your children. 35:27 Many people today you see it over and over 35:31 they misapply scripture. 35:33 I mean how many of you think-- 35:35 how many of you are praying everyday, 35:36 God help me to understand scripture? 35:39 I pray and I realized I'm very limited in every area. 35:42 But I pray everyday God help me to know 35:43 what truth is and help us to do so work on my heart 35:46 and then help me through I can give it to somebody else. 35:49 We need to be praying for that every day 35:51 because the enemy is taking and twisting the scripture. 35:56 And many people do it and you know what? 35:57 I think many of them, they're intending too. 36:00 They love Jesus, they're not-- 36:02 they just don't know the real truth of the issue 36:04 so they're trying to twist things 36:06 to make it say something it's not. 36:07 And let me tell you, 36:08 those who are twisting scripture 36:10 will be caught in that thing 36:12 I call the big old net of satan. 36:14 Satan has a net and he's trying to take it right now 36:18 and throw it over the people of God 36:20 to keep them confined where they cannot spread this 36:23 Three Angels message to the world. 36:26 Do you believe he has a big net? 36:27 You better believe it. 36:28 And he knows just exactly how to use it 36:31 and who to use it on. 36:32 He's going to use it, number one, to destroy. 36:35 He's going to use it to deceive. 36:37 I don't want to be destroyed. I don't want to be deceived. 36:40 Let me give you just a little bit example 36:42 of what I'm taking about here. 36:43 Let's look at the history and we should know this well. 36:46 We look at the history of the Jewish church. 36:48 You remember that, the nation I should say. 36:51 And you remember what happened there, 36:53 it's being-- actually 36:54 it's being repeated today by those 36:57 who claim to believe present truth. 37:00 Did you focus on that? 37:02 The history of the Jewish nation is being repeated 37:06 by those who claim to know present truth today. 37:10 That should alarm us. 37:12 Lord, help us. 37:15 Let me say that's how simple it seems to be for us today 37:18 but they're confused. 37:20 Notice, they were supposed to be familiar with scripture. 37:24 They were suppose-- 37:25 like we are today about the Godhead. 37:27 What happens when you die? Sabbath? 37:28 All of these-- we should know. 37:31 Let me tell you this before I go on, 37:33 there's people in the world today, 37:34 I can't quite get this, we say, well, Adventism. 37:39 Well, you've got the-- you have the liberals, 37:42 the liberal liberals. 37:44 You have the conservative 37:45 and the conservative conservatives. 37:47 Well, how can that be truth? 37:49 How can you have, you say, well, we're all one body 37:52 but they're liberals and we're conservatives? 37:54 That means you're thinking differently. 37:56 You are operating differently, you're doing different thing, 37:59 how can we honor the God of heaven? 38:00 You don't need to be 38:01 as a conservative or as a liberal, 38:03 you need to be a follower of Jesus Christ. 38:05 And with that, my brothers and sisters, 38:07 God will lead us into all truth. 38:10 Now think about it with me, 38:13 if we are being deceived today by the enemy, 38:18 if he's pulling the same shenanigans 38:20 that he pulled on the Jewish nation, 38:24 who are supposed to be what? Familiar with scripture. 38:28 They had the Old Testament scriptures, yes, they did. 38:31 They spent much time in scripture, 38:34 lot of counsel, they worked together, 38:36 they pretty much said, man, we've got it memorized. 38:41 They had it in their heart. They had it in their mind. 38:44 And many before them had done a lot of searching. 38:48 And they were talking about the coming of the Messiah, 38:51 think about it, but what did they come up with? 38:56 They studied the prophecies about referring 38:58 to the second coming of Jesus, you remember, in the clouds. 39:02 But what did they do? 39:04 They-- what they read about 39:06 the second coming of Jesus, they did what? 39:08 They referred to his first coming. 39:12 How could that be? 39:13 It's clear, it's straight, it's pointed scripture 39:17 but they misapplied it. 39:19 So that's why many of it, what, majority said what? 39:22 We don't believe Jesus has come yet, 39:25 because they misapplied. 39:26 Is it possible today that we're following 39:28 in the footsteps and we're misapplying scripture 39:31 and Spirit of Prophecy? 39:32 Twisting it to make it say what we wanted to say? 39:36 Maybe not even really trying to do, 39:38 it is just coming out that way 39:39 because we're searching maybe in some of the wrong places. 39:42 Oh, I can see how the enemy was happy 39:47 as he through his big net over the Jewish nation 39:50 and he's throwing it over many of us today. 39:53 He's caught, the enemy's catching them 39:56 and he wanted them to believe something that was wrong 40:00 and what happens when you do that? 40:03 Jesus then when He came to this earth, 40:05 He did not come as they expected Him to come 40:10 and so they lost heart. 40:12 They lost their faith and you know 40:15 what their words were? 40:17 Oh, shall we look for another? 40:20 Remember, He didn't come the way they thought, 40:22 He come as a baby in a manger. 40:24 They thought He's gonna come 40:26 in the clouds of glory and setup his kingdom, 40:27 all this is what they were looking for 40:29 and He didn't so, we've got to look for somebody else now. 40:31 Even John the Baptist, you remember? 40:34 John the Baptist there in Luke 7:20. 40:37 He sent two of his disciples or two men to Jesus 40:41 and with this question. 40:43 Notice the question. 40:45 It says, "Art thou he that should come? 40:49 Or look we to another?" 40:53 Interesting. 40:54 Should we look somewhere else? Misapply scripts? 40:57 There is no need to misapply but they did, 41:00 the enemy caught him in the net. 41:01 He's caught many Adventists, many Christians in the net. 41:06 We need to breakthrough that net. 41:09 Let's get it right by the grace of God in this study. 41:11 Let's get it right about the Godhead, 41:14 regardless of what we once believe 41:16 then I say on the weight of evidence. 41:19 Let's weight it out. 41:22 Not the evidence of men and not what men believe 41:27 and what men teach or their position. 41:30 Well, we're talking about the inspired word of God, 41:34 the Spirit of Prophecy, the Bible. 41:37 If we really, really understand, we really study, 41:42 you realize there would be no division in this movement. 41:45 There's too much division. 41:47 We're always here 41:48 and we need to be united together. 41:49 We need to shoulder rub together. 41:51 That's about the farthest thing 41:52 from what I'm thinking right now, God helped me. 41:57 It seems to be one church against the other, 42:00 confusion on every hand. 42:02 This church teaches this, this church-- 42:04 not God's last day church used to be that way. 42:08 Christ prayed for the unity for us 42:11 to come together on these teachings. 42:14 We need to really, really be in attitude 42:16 to prayer much more than 42:17 we ever have in our entire life. 42:20 I believe it, I believe. 42:23 By the grace of God we just let the spirit come in, 42:28 ask for what is truth, it will come. 42:33 But because today some people believe 42:36 they know more than other people, 42:39 that they spend more time searching 42:43 and going back to the Greek and the Hebrew 42:45 and going back to this and going back to that, 42:50 they're not willing too prideful to come back and say, 42:52 now what do you think about this? 42:54 As we study we need counsel, 42:55 we need to talk with others on the subject. 42:59 But sometimes we think that 43:01 we're just little smarter than everybody else. 43:03 You probably have people like that, 43:04 you probably know people like that. 43:08 And so we tend to twist 43:10 and we tend to ignore inspiration. 43:15 Praise God for inspiration, 43:16 spirit of prophecies that He's given to help us 43:18 when we read the scripture 43:20 and it's a little bit difficult, 43:21 the Holy Spirit gives us understanding 43:23 so that we need not misinterpret. 43:26 There's no excuse for this misinterpret. 43:29 We're reading the same thing why are we so divided. 43:32 And if you say, some of you're saying it right now, 43:34 you say, well, I thought 43:35 we were all together on this thing. 43:38 We're gonna have to check you out. 43:40 We're gonna have to check you out because there is-- 43:42 the unity is just not there. 43:46 So many different beliefs that you can go 43:48 six miles down the road to the same church 43:51 and they're teaching something almost totally different. 43:52 What's wrong with this? 43:54 Something is not right, not trying to be ugly about it, 43:57 I'm just trying to say you'll find-- 43:59 We receive too many phone calls, 44:02 too many people in tears. 44:05 Too many people crying their eyes out. 44:09 People, 70, 75, 80, 85, they're calling, 44:12 people 90 years old are calling with tears. 44:16 They've never seen such a mess 44:19 and they can't figure out why there's such a mess. 44:21 Because we're leaving the truth on the ground 44:23 rather than elevating it. 44:25 We just ask you a question, 44:28 what was one of the major problems 44:31 that the Jews had with Jesus? 44:33 Oh, you could name a lot of them I'm sure. 44:36 What was one of the major, major problems 44:39 that Jews had with Jesus? 44:42 They wanted to kill Him over this problem. 44:47 It was over the fact of His deity. 44:51 Huh? 44:53 He claimed to be the Son of God. 44:55 He claimed to be equal with God. 45:00 They wanted to kill Him over this issue. 45:04 And I'll be careful what I'm saying here 45:06 but I think there are some people 45:07 when they get into this issue, they almost want to... 45:11 over this issue, so now I'll just leave it there. 45:15 Jesus said He was equal with God. 45:20 Wow, what a statement. He was eternal. 45:25 He was Jehovah God. 45:29 How? How can that be? 45:32 You remember in John 5: 18, 23, notice this. 45:37 Here's what the Bible says, it says 45:38 "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him" 45:41 listen, scripture says, 45:43 "because He not only had broken the Sabbath, 45:49 but said also that God was His Father, 45:53 making Himself equal with God." 45:57 They wanted to kill Jesus because He said 46:02 I'm the Son of God. 46:04 He's my father. 46:06 He was telling them the truth. 46:08 He made himself equal with God 46:09 and though they couldn't stand it. 46:11 Verse 23 of John Chapter 5, notice this, 46:15 and it said "That all men should honor the Son, 46:19 even as they honor the Father. 46:22 He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father 46:27 which hath sent him." 46:29 Did you get the power of these words? 46:35 Jesus was talking to them and he said to them 46:39 all men should honor the Son 46:41 even as they honor the Father, why? 46:44 He that honoreth not the Son 46:46 honoreth not the Father which's in him. 46:49 Man, this is big what was Jesus saying here. 46:53 We're confused on it too. 46:54 What do you mean He drives us one with the Father? 46:56 How do you-- what do you mean 46:58 He's equal with the Father? 47:02 Please remember this, Praise God, 47:04 Jesus lived a sinless life. 47:07 The victorious life, He was appointed as the judge. 47:11 He defends His people. 47:13 He alone judges 47:15 the righteousness of His people. 47:17 He created us and let me tell He created us 47:21 at an infinite cost to himself as to redeem us. 47:25 What a Savior. 47:27 Philippians 2:6, the Bible says, 47:30 "He who, being in the form of God, 47:33 thought it not robbery to be equal with God." 47:37 How is it that we become confused on things 47:39 and we're just beginning so clear cut, 47:41 the Bible is clear. 47:43 He was in the form of God, notice that, and He thought-- 47:47 Jesus Himself thought it not robbery to be equal with God. 47:52 We shouldn't have a problem with that issue. 47:55 See, Christ and His position 47:57 with the Father is one of equality. 48:01 They're equal-- how can they be? 48:05 Because He was equal with the Father, 48:06 you realize this enabled Him 48:08 to become the sin offering for transgression. 48:13 This really goes back, just starts digging deep. 48:16 See, all men, the world needs to know or can know of God. 48:23 How He-- who He is and His character 48:26 by looking at by looking at the life of what? 48:27 Of Jesus Christ, 48:29 by looking at the character of Jesus 48:30 they can know God. 48:32 Wow. 48:34 Some people say, well, there's just one-- 48:35 there's three gods, 48:36 we're gonna get into all of that. 48:39 So how interesting. 48:40 John 1:18, the Bible says, think with me. 48:45 "No man hath seen God at any time" interesting, 48:49 "the only begotten Son, 48:51 which is in the bosom of the Father, 48:54 hath declared him." 48:55 I tell you if there's one scripture in the Bible 48:57 that people can just absolutely twist 48:59 so there's hardly nothing left of it, 49:01 this is one of them and it shouldn't be 49:03 because they're trying to make it say something 49:06 that it's not saying. 49:07 "No man has seen God at any time, 49:11 the only begotten." 49:13 Oh, he was God 49:14 and He was somewhere along the-- 49:16 the word begotten, just do some study on it. 49:20 It means the unique one. 49:22 The unique one, the only one, the very God, 49:27 the one is what that means right there. 49:30 And it says well, yeah, but it said it's in his bosom, 49:33 kind of an interesting thought there. 49:37 You remember, the relationship of the Father 49:40 and of the Son is quite an intimate association 49:45 that you and I maybe 49:47 we just can't get it in our mind. 49:49 Saying that what-- God, Jesus, 49:52 they know each other like no one else knows. 49:55 And it says it from the bosom, I thought how interesting. 50:00 It's kind of-- it's a word that you say yeah, 50:02 but they were talking about in his bosom. 50:05 It's an idiom, you know what that is, 50:07 you look it up in the dictionary, 50:08 you see what it simply means. 50:09 It's talking about it's having a different meaning 50:12 than from that of the literal. 50:14 So it has a different meaning, didn't mean, 50:17 you know, really coming from the bosom 50:19 but because of their intimate relationship, 50:21 they were-- one another, 50:23 couldn't separate. 50:24 Two separate entities. 50:27 What a thought. Bible says God is light. 50:33 And then it goes on and says in these words, 50:36 John8:12, look at that, jot it down, John. 50:40 Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." 50:44 Jesus declared, listen, His oneness with God 50:48 and His relationship to man. 50:50 He said I am the light of the-- what? 50:53 Of the world. Of the world, interesting. 50:57 In John 1:4 it becomes clear, notice these words. 51:00 The Bible said "In him was life, 51:04 and that life was the light of men." 51:08 And then we began to tweak it 51:10 just a little bit in John Chapter 1 and 2. 51:13 The Bible said "In the beginning was the Word, 51:15 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." 51:19 Wow, the same was in the beginning with God. 51:23 How can we misunderstand these things the Bible said? 51:26 Notice, in the beginning was the word. 51:28 We know the word is Jesus Christ. 51:31 In the beginning was the word and the word was God. 51:35 Wow, the same was in the beginning with God. 51:43 So we can say, well, there was a time that He came 51:45 and He was with God from all eternity. 51:50 In the very beginning, yeah, 51:51 we say, well, yeah, yeah, just-- 51:52 don't go beyond what He has revealed to us. 51:56 See, we realize Christ made all things, 51:58 therefore if He made all things, 52:00 He had to exist before all things. 52:03 I hope that makes sense to you. 52:05 Christ was God essentially in the highest sins. 52:11 He was with God from all eternity, 52:14 a distinct person yet one with the Father. 52:18 That's pretty clear, don't you think? 52:21 We think about the Godhead, the Godhead, let me see 52:26 we just have a couple of minutes left. 52:28 The Godhead consisted the Father and the Son 52:31 and the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit. 52:35 And so we started to study of the Godhead, 52:37 we have two more very important in this series. 52:40 We have three parts so you don't want to miss 52:42 any of these because the foundation's being laid 52:44 and we're digging in deep about the Godhead right here, 52:46 we look at here, but remember only found 52:48 three times in scripture and we're gonna give those 52:52 when we have more time in our next lesson, 52:54 three of these things. 52:55 Three scriptures, talks about the Godhead 52:58 and the meaning of the Godhead. 53:02 It always means divine. It always means God like. 53:07 It always talks about divinity. 53:10 Friends, I need to know more about this subject, 53:12 I don't know about you. 53:14 The devil has come in 53:15 and smeared it all over the place 53:17 but I believe God's gonna raise the people 53:18 that will bring it clear and straight to the point 53:21 where we may see this subject. 53:23 It's very, very important, very important. 53:25 Especially those who say there is no Holy Spirit. 53:29 What a subject that's going to be, 53:31 what time that we spend, you know, God's gonna bless us 53:33 because there's people who really want to know. 53:36 Maybe you're one of them today, maybe you're one of them. 53:39 And you're praying and you are thanking God 53:43 that we had this opportunity do a little bit of studying. 53:45 I want to pray for you and those of you who may be 53:47 walking around ringing your hands saying, boy, 53:49 I don't know what we're gonna do to-- 53:50 why don't you just go through all three parts, 53:52 I need you to call in and get the whole series. 53:54 And then the other little, you know, 53:56 we have a flower, we have things on it, 53:58 all kind of stuff that we won't have to read here, 54:00 information that will help you. 54:02 But I want to pray with you right now, 54:04 it's very important that we pray, 54:05 the things that we're learning, 54:07 things that we're being reminded of, 54:09 that the Holy Spirit will bring them to your heart 54:10 and to your mind. 54:12 We need to see the truth on the subject of the Godhead. 54:16 Would you pray with me? 54:17 I'm gonna kneel, 54:18 I want you kneel with me where you can. 54:20 Let's pray together. 54:21 Loving Father in Heaven, 54:22 we thank You once again always for the privilege of prayer. 54:24 We thank You for these beautiful truths. 54:26 Thank You for loving enough that You've made it clear 54:29 anyone who wants to know what truth is, 54:31 You're gonna reveal it to them through the Holy Spirit. 54:33 We thank You for those years and eyes and hearts and minds 54:37 that's been open right now and we're gonna give 54:39 You praise and give You honor and give You glory 54:41 and we're thankful for Father and the Son 54:43 and the Holy Spirit, in Jesus name, amen. 54:47 We want to just to encourage you here 54:48 in these last few seconds to, 54:49 you know, continue, you have questions 54:51 and I realize many of you do, many of you are sending books, 54:54 you're sending all kind of stuff and sometime 54:56 it's just difficult to get back, it's just-- 54:58 you know, there's only so much time. 54:59 Don't get discouraged, if you really need to, 55:02 you need to just keep calling or keep sending, 55:04 do whatever so that, you know, if you have questions 55:06 by the grace of God we can go to the word of God 55:08 and have your questions answered. 55:10 You are very important, 55:11 God loves you, we love you here. 55:12 And we just ask if you are excited about these truths 55:16 and present truths as being presented, 55:17 then you are gonna want to what? 55:19 Stand shoulder to shoulder with us. 55:20 The only way we can present 55:21 these things like this is with your help. 55:24 And we ask it you would do that 55:25 through the power of the Holy Spirit, 55:27 you pray about it, see what you can do to help us 55:28 to continue the programs. 55:30 We're glad we've spent this time with you 55:32 and we'll see you next time. 55:35 Hello and welcome back. 55:37 I hope you felt the tugging of the Holy Sprit, 55:40 to want to learn more 55:42 as we continue this series on the Godhead. 55:45 In referring to Christ, Colossians 2:9, 10 reads 55:50 "For in him dwelleth 55:51 all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. 55:54 And ye are complete in Him, 55:57 which is the head of all principality and power." 56:00 And in Christ's Object Lessons, page 115, 56:04 we find this inspiring description of Christ 56:07 as part of the Godhead. 56:09 "He is the brightness of the Father's glory 56:12 and the expressed image of His person. 56:14 The glory of the attributes of God 56:16 is expressed in His character. 56:19 Every page of the Holy Scriptures 56:21 shines with His light." 56:23 What beautiful truths are given to us on the Godhead 56:26 and what a wonderful promise that we, 56:29 you and I can find completeness in Christ. 56:32 But there is more to come in these studies. 56:35 We will be going past the preconceived ideas 56:38 of our early pioneers 56:39 to what God revealed to them as truth. 56:42 A truth that we hope, 56:44 we all adopt and adopt in faithful living. 56:48 And we also hope that you want to continue studying 56:51 along with us and that you will have a desiring your heart 56:54 to support Behold the Lamb Ministries 56:57 by ordering this three part set which is entitled 57:00 "The Godhead" for your own personal study library. 57:03 This series reveals the truths as given in the Bible 57:07 and the Spirit of Prophecy on this subject. 57:09 And when you order, 57:11 we will also be sending you an accompanying pamphlet. 57:14 In this pamphlet it will list the quotes 57:16 that have been presented in this series 57:18 along with additional quotes for your study. 57:21 This three part series is being offered to you 57:24 for just a love gift of $23 or more. 57:28 Simply contact us here at Behold the Lamb Ministries 57:31 by calling area code 618- 942-5044, 57:36 that's Central Standard Time. 57:38 Or you may write to Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:41 PO box 2030, Herrin, Illinois, 62948. 57:46 Email us your order 57:47 at BeholdtheLambMinistries @yahoo.com. 57:50 Or visit us on our website 57:51 at www. 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