An Open Letter to Seventh-day Adventist Pastors

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The reader will find below a numbered series of thoughts that were put together by a currently employed Seventh-day Adventist pastor in an effort to establish the doctrine of the trinity using mostly Ellen White’s writings. These thoughts came to me in the order following, and were originally numbered as they are. I’ve added responses in blue considering the context of each passage with additional Bible verses.

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1st:

We cannot define or understand the Holy Spirit beyond what inspiration says.

“It is not essential for you to know and […]

An Open Letter to Seventh-day Adventist Pastors2019-10-21T16:54:07-07:00

50 Bible Questions About the Trinity

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  1. Where are the words ‘trinity,’ triune,’ triunity,’ or the like in the Bible?
  2. Can we find ‘God the Son’ in the Bible?
  3. Can we find ‘God the Spirit’ in the Bible?
  4. Where is the term ‘co-eternal’ in the Bible?
  5. Where is the term ‘co-equal’ in the Bible?
  6. If the salient words or phrases of the trinity are not found in the Bible, where did this idea come from?
  7. In an Old Testament prophecy of Jesus Christ in the Bible, when it refers to the “counsel of peace” which is “between them both,” who are […]
50 Bible Questions About the Trinity2024-09-28T15:56:25-07:00

Angels Ascending and Descending

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Based on Genesis 28 and John 1, the following quotes are quite interesting:

      • Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
      • Genesis 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
      • Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and […]
Angels Ascending and Descending2019-07-22T12:46:38-07:00

The Fraudhead

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THE PROBLEMS:

The “counsel of peace” was between them both, which refers to the Father and His Son, as it reads in Zechariah 6:13 (see also Patriarchs and Prophets 34.1, and The Great Controversy 493.1). The enemy, satan, wanted to be “like the Most High” (Isaiah 14:14). He wanted to be as the “Son of God” who had been involved in the plans of the creation of man (see Hebrews 1:1-2, and Ephesians 3:9).

The enemy, as a created son of God, was not allowed into the counsel of peace between the Father […]

The Fraudhead2020-06-29T07:43:11-07:00

Two Pastors (one non-trinitarian) Answer questions About the Holy Spirit

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Pastor Daniel Mesa (a non-trinitarian) and Pastor Kenneth Jørgensen (a trinitarian) were asked a couple dozen questions about the Holy Spirit by Light Channel Ministry. Learn with us in the video posted below to understand more about the ways some pastors answer a few of the harder questions regarding this life-changing subject.

(Audio cuts out periodically in the video for Pastor Mesa due to a slower internet speed, so please ask questions if you have need for clarification.)

Two Pastors (one non-trinitarian) Answer questions About the Holy Spirit2019-10-04T11:56:15-07:00

Saturday or Sunday – Does it Matter?

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With God the Father as Creator through His Son, look at the first gift of time God gave to man.

Saturday, seventh day of the week; different theories explain name, including that it comes from the Latin Saturni dies, or day of the god Saturn, and that it was named Saturn’s-day by Babylonians after Saturn, one of the 5 planetary bodies known to them; Jewish Sabbath, or holy day; (Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia).

Friday, sixth day of the week; name derived from Frigg’s-day; Frigg (or Freya), the wife of the god […]

Saturday or Sunday – Does it Matter?2019-07-11T09:28:04-07:00

Christ on Earth and the Sanctuary

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Christ was Inaugurated:

Acts 10:37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

“I felt most intensely upon some points, especially the inauguration of Christ, on the banks of Jordan, to His appointed work. The dedication of […]

Christ on Earth and the Sanctuary2019-10-04T11:57:14-07:00

Allos in the New Testament

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160 times in 141 verses the word “allos” is used in the Greek New Testament. BUT, because most don’t speak Greek, we’ll use the English translations. =)

Why? Because we are at the Passover time. This is what Christ was speaking of 2,000 years ago…

The verse in question that uses the word allos is John 14:16,I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.” Believers in the one true God of the Bible (in light of John 17:3) believe […]

Allos in the New Testament2019-07-31T07:23:47-07:00

Does God Destroy?

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INTRODUCTION

“God has given to men a declaration of His character and of His method of dealing with sin. “The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty;” Exodus 34:6, 7. “All the wicked will He destroy.” “The transgressors shall be destroyed together: […]

Does God Destroy?2021-10-12T03:37:11-07:00

Holy Angels in the Plan of Redemption

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Angels can be Holy (though not necessarily)

Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

Mark 8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall […]

Holy Angels in the Plan of Redemption2019-10-04T11:53:13-07:00

Eyes of the Lord

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Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb

Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

      • “They must have His grace, the Spirit of Christ, to help their infirmities, or they […]
Eyes of the Lord2020-04-09T06:41:37-07:00

Angels in Michigan

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“We need to understand better than we do the mission of the angels. It would be well to remember that every true child of GOD has the co-operation of Heavenly beings. Invisible armies of light and power attend the meek and lowly ones who believe and claim the promises of GOD.” AA 154.2

      • Psalms 34:7 The angel of the LORD […]
Angels in Michigan2019-10-04T12:04:15-07:00

God the Father Questions

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God the Father, 14

John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

      • Question: If the Father sealed the Son, how are we sealed? (See 2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 1:13, 4:30, and Galatians 4:6.)

1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are […]

God the Father Questions2020-10-23T15:15:35-07:00

Son of God Questions

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(duplicate verses may be skipped for the sake of redundancy)

Daniel 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

  • Question: How could the heathen king had known about God having a Son except the faithful Hebrews would have told him the truth about that fact? (As a side note, this chapter is parallel with the end time chapter of Revelation […]
Son of God Questions2020-10-27T20:20:50-07:00

Christ’s Pre-existence

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Proverbs 8:22-30 is used by many to show that the Son of God (Christ) was brought forth from the Father before anything was created. From the period of dateless ages that Christ was brought forth, there has never been a time where He was not in close fellowship with His Father. Both 1 Corinthians 1:24, 30 are used to show that Christ was made unto us wisdom.

      • Proverbs 8:22-30 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before […]
Christ’s Pre-existence2019-10-04T12:05:05-07:00

Where was the God of Jesus Christ?

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Jesus referred to Himself as the Light of the world in John 8:12, 9:5, and John 12:46… but He also said:

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:44-45 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45

Where was the God of Jesus Christ?2019-10-04T12:05:46-07:00

Who is the God of Christ?

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Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make […]

Who is the God of Christ?2019-10-04T12:06:33-07:00

307 Bible Texts – The Relationship Between God the Father and His Son

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A Good Number of Bible References and EGW Quotes

Pastor Daniel R. Mesa III

(Bible texts are in regular font. EGW quotes are in italics. My personal comments are underlined.)

  1. Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
  2. Genesis 1:27 So God created man […]
307 Bible Texts – The Relationship Between God the Father and His Son2019-05-23T16:58:47-07:00

God the Father in the Bible

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God the Father, 14

John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who […]

God the Father in the Bible2019-05-23T16:56:46-07:00

The Son of God in the Bible

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Son of God, 48

Daniel 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Matthew 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and […]

The Son of God in the Bible2019-05-23T16:57:09-07:00

The Spirit of God in the Bible

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Holy Spirit, 7

Psalms 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

Isaiah 63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how […]

The Spirit of God in the Bible2019-05-23T16:57:26-07:00

Christ Spoke God’s Words

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Have you ever asked the question, “What authority did Jesus use when He was speaking?”

Matthew 4:4 He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 24:35 (Mark 13:31) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Luke 5:1 It came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the […]

Christ Spoke God’s Words2019-10-04T12:07:09-07:00
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