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The Historical Developmentof 1 Corinthians 8:6

A Comparison of Concepts

1 Corinthians 8

2 If any man think that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

3 But if any man loves God, the same is known of Him

4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols,we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

5 For though there be that are called gods,whether in heaven or in earth (as there begods many, and lords many)…

1 Corinthians 8:6

But to us there is 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.

In Him we live, and move, and have our being. Acts 17:28

1 Corinthians 8:6


For with Thee is the fountain of life Psalm 36:9

1 Corinthians 8:6


God spoke to us by His Son whom He has appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds Hebrews 1:2

1 Corinthians 8:6


You alone are the LORD You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them. Nehemiah 9:6

1 Corinthians 8:6


I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by Myself" Isaiah 44:24

1 Corinthians 8:6


For it became him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, should make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering. Hebrews 2:10

Of and By

One God of whom are all things Source

“All things are delivered unto me of my Father”Matt 11:27

“All power [authority] is given unto me” Matt 28:18

“The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hands” John 3:35

“Thou has put all things under his feet” Ps 8:61Cor 15:27

Of and By


“God sent forth His Son” Gal 4:4

“the Father…has He given to the Son to have life in himself” John 5:26

“God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead”Gal 1:1

“God also has highly exalted him…to the glory of God the Father” Phil 2:9,11

Of and By


“that God may be all in all” 1Cor 15:28

“the same God which worketh all in all” 1Cor 12:6

“one God and Father of all, Who is above all,and through all, and in you all” Eph 4:6

Of and By

One God of whom are all things SourceOne Lord by whom are all things Creator

“there is neither Greek nor Jew,circumcision nor uncircumcision,Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free:but Christ is all, and in all” Col 3:11

Because…

Of and By


“the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,the Father of glory…gave him to be the headover all things to the church, which is his body,the fullness of Him that fills all in all”Eph 1:17,22,23

Of and By


“For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead”Col 2:9; 1:19 “Christ is God’s” 1Cor 3:23

“you might be filled with all the fullness of God”Eph 3:19 “You are Christ’s”

Of and By


The head of every man is Christ,The head of the woman is the man,The head of Christ is God 1Cor 11:3

Of and By


God head Christ head Man head Woman


Of and By




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Of and By


God head Christ head Man head Woman of whom by whom of whom by whomThe head of every man is Christ,The head of the woman is the man,The head of Christ is God 1Cor 11:3


God head Christ head Man head Woman of whom

ALL MEN

Of and By

by whom of whom by whomALL THINGS

Of and By


Man is the image and glory of God,Woman is the glory of the man 1Cor 11:7

Of and By


Man is the image and glory of God,Woman is the glory of the man 1Cor 11:7The man is not of the woman But the woman is of the man. 1Cor 11:8

“she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man” Gen 2:23

Of and By


Neither was the man created for the woman,But the woman for the man 1Cor 11:9

Man Woman God Adam EveMark 2:27 Man Sabbath

Of and By


Neither was the man created for the woman,But the woman for the man 1Cor 11:9For as the woman is of the man,Even so is the man also by the womanBut all things of God 1Cor 11:12

Of and By


One man of whom was the woman (from Adam)One woman by whom are all men (by Eve)For as the woman is of the man,Even so is the man also by the womanBut all things of God 1Cor 11:12

Of and By


The only begotten of the Father John 1:14I came forth from the Father John 16:28For as the woman is of the man,Even so is the man also by the womanBut all things of God 1Cor 11:12

Of and By


By him were all things created Col 1: 16By whom he made the worlds Heb 1:2For as the woman is of the man,Even so is the man also by the womanBut all things of God 1Cor 11:12

Of and By


God Lord all thingsAdam Eve all menFor as the woman is of the man,Even so is the man also by the womanBut all things of God 1Cor 11:12

Historical Progression60AD

Paul1Cor 8:6Heb 1:2

But to us there is one God the Father of whom are all things…And one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things…God spoke to us by His Son whom He has appointedheir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds

Historical Progression60ad 150Paul Justin1Cor 8:6 Begat aHeb 1:2 Beginning

God begat before all creatures a Beginningfrom Himself, who is called the Holy Spirit, the Glory of the Lord, the Son, Wisdom, an Angel, God, Lord and LogosDialog with Tryphos Chapter 61

Historical Progression60ad 150 170Paul Justin1Cor 8:6 Begat aHeb 1:2 Beginning

Irenaeus

In one God the Father Almighty (2Cor 6:18), maker of heaven, and earth, and sea, and all things in them (Ex 20) and in one Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who was incarnate for our salvation: and in the Holy Ghost, who preached by the prophets the dispensations of God1Peter 1:10,11

Historical Progression60ad 150 170 180Paul Justin Theophilus1Cor 8:6 Begat a Begot thisHeb 1:2 Beginning Word

“trias”

When God wished to make all that He determined, He begot this Word, uttered, the first-born of all creation (Col 1:15)… The Word, then, being God (John 1:1), and being naturally produced from God (John 8:42)Theophilus of Antioch Book 2 Chp 22

Historical Progression60ad 150 180 220Paul Justin Theophilus Tertullian1Cor 8:6 Begat a Begot this BegottenHeb 1:2 Beginning Word Son

“trias” “trinitas” Sabellius All are God

For before all things God was alone – being in Himself and for Himself… Yet He had with Him that which He possessed in Himself, that is to say, His own Reason… He became also the Son of God, and was begotten when He proceeded forth from Him (Prov 8)Against Praxeas Chp 5,7

Historical Progression60ad 150 180 220 250Paul Justin Theophilus Tertullian Origen1Cor 8:6 Begat a Begot this Begotten BegottenHeb 1:2 Beginning Word Son eternal Son

“trias” “trinitas” “trinity” Sabellius Paul Somosata All are God adopted Son

Wherefore we have always held that God is the Father of His only-begotten Son, who was born indeed of Him, and derives from Him what He is, but without any beginning de Principils Book 1, Chp 2

Historical Progression60ad 150 180 220 250 325-381Paul Justin Theophilus Tertullian Origen Nicea1Cor 8:6 Begat a Begot this Begotten Begotten BegottenHeb 1:2 Beginning Word Son eternal Son God

“trias” “trinitas” “trinity” Sabellius Paul Somosata Arius All are God adopted Son created

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father. By whom all things were made


“trias” “trinitas” “trinity”


“trias” “trinitas” “trinity”

1846 1860 1872 1888 1902 1912 1919 1931 1956James White Uriah Smith Ellen W.W. M.C. Loughborough Waggoner White Prescott WilcoxBegotten Son of God Brought forth Born again Begotten

Trinity Trinity TrinityKellogg F.M. Wilcox Froom

One True God Monotheism

SonFather

Brought ForthBegotten

The LORD our God The LORD is oneoneGod

There isThere is one

Lord Lord

Oneness Monotheism

SonFatherSpirit

Consubstantial Trinitarianism

fusioncon

The Trinity

“The Mystery of the Trinity is the central doctrine of Catholic Faith. Upon it are based all the other teachings of the Church.”

Handbook for Today’s Catholic by John O’Connor, Redemptionist Pastoral Publications, 1994, p. 11

TransubstantiationMary, Queen of HeavenImmaculate ConceptionSunday SacrednessPurgatory and LimboEternal HellfireImmortality of the Soul

The Trinity

“The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian Religion… and which she [the Church] proposes to man as the foundation of her whole dogmatic system.”

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Biblical Spirit Person

“Because what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him?”1Cor 2:11

“But God has revealed (the things which God has prepared for them that love him vs 9) unto us by His Spirit: because the Spirit (of God) searches all things” 1Cor 2:10


“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God:that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”

“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but with the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” 1Cor 2:12,13


“But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know, because they are spiritually discerned.

“But he that is spiritual judges all things…“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that

he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1Cor 2:14-16


“For who has known the mind of the Lord?Or who has been his counselor?” Rom 11:34

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1Cor 2:14-16

Biblical Spirit Person“Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,

or being His counselor has taught Him?”Isaiah 40:13

“For who has known the mind of the Lord?Or who has been his counselor?” Rom 11:34

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1Cor 2:14-16


• Adam Adam’s Spirit (breathed in)Person Same Person

“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” Gen 2:7



• God God’s Spirit (breathed out)Person Same Person

SPIRIT + BODY = SOUL



• Lazarus dies Spirit sleepsSame PersonJesus calls him to life

• Son of God Son’s Spirit sleepsPerson Same Person

Father calls him to life

Biblical Spirit PersonActs 2:22 God raised up Jesus of NazarethActs 2:24 God loosed his pains of deathActs 2:32 God raised up this JesusActs 3:15 God raised the Prince of lifeActs 3:26 God raised up His SonActs 4:10 God raised him from the deadActs 5:30 God of our fathers raised himActs 10:40 God raised up the third dayActs 13:30 God raised him from the deadActs 13:34 raised him up from the deadActs 13:37 God raised again JesusActs 17:31 God raised him from the dead

Biblical Spirit PersonRom 4:24 Him that raised up JesusRom 6:4 raised by the glory of the FatherRom 8:11 Him that raised up JesusRom 10:9 God raised him from the dead1Cor 6:14 God has raised up the Lord1Cor 15:15 God raised up Christ2Cor 4:14 He that raised up the LordGal 1:1 God, the Father, who raised himEph 1:19 by the Father’s mighty powerEph 1:20 He raised Christ from the deadCol 2:12 God who has raised him1Pet 1:21 God raised him up 1Thes 1:9,10 He raised his Son


“He was in that stony prison house as a prisoner of divine justice. He was responsible to the Judge of the universe. He was bearing the sins of the world, and His Father only could release Him.” Manuscript 94, 1897

Obedient in life unto death, He was obedient in death unto life. (Phil 2:8)


Christ was quickened by the Spirit of God. 1Pet 3:18Jesus of His own self could do nothing. John 5:30 an angel from heaven removed the stone. Matt 28:2In him was life once again. John 1:4As the Father has life in Himself, so has He given to the Son to have life in himself John 5:26


God has …raised up Jesus again; as it is also written Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.Acts 13:33Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead. Rev 1:5Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life. John 11:25


“When He closed His eyes in death upon the cross, the soul of Christ did not go at once to heaven, as many believe, or how could His words be true—”I am not yet ascended to my Father”? The spirit of Jesus slept in the tomb with His body, and did not wing its way to heaven, there to maintain a separate existence, and to look down upon the mourning disciples embalming the body from which it had taken flight. All that comprised the life and intelligence of Jesus remained with His body in the sepulcher; and when He came forth it was as a whole being; He did not have to summon His spirit from heaven…” 3SP p. 203, 204

Trinity Spirit Person

“He only was able to raise Himself, who though His Body was dead, was not dead. For He raised up that which was dead. He raised up Himself, who in Himself was alive, but in His Body that was to be raised was dead.”

Augustine, Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6, p. 656


• God God’s SpiritPerson Another Third Person

• Man Spirit continues to livePerson dies Another Experience

• Man is mortal, but• Man has an immortal soul, spirit


Immortal divine Spirit Self-ResurrectionSunday

SacrednessImmortal human Spirit Eternal TormentEverlasting Hell Fire Purgatory, LimboImmediate assumption Saints in heavenEliminates Judgment

Tritheistic Godhead

Son

Father

Spirit

Consubstantial Godhead

A Modern Creed

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three separate and distinct individuals, but act together in perfect unity as a single monotheistic unit (the "Godhead") for the common purpose of saving mankind, Jesus Christ having received divine authority from the heavenly Father in his pre-incarnate life. The Father, Son, and Spirit form a "Divine Council" comprised of three separate though united "Divine Beings", making up one Godhead.

The Church of Latter-Day Saints

“All the unfallen beings are now united in regarding God's law as changeless. They support the government of Him, who, to redeem the transgressor, spared not His own Son. His law has been proved faultless. His government is forever secure. The Father, the Son, and ______ have been revealed in their true relation to one another. God has given unmistakable evidence of His justice and His love.”

Signs of the Times, August 27, 1902 par. 15

“All the unfallen beings are now united in regarding God's law as changeless. They support the government of Him, who, to redeem the transgressor, spared not His own Son. His law has been proved faultless. His government is forever secure. The Father, the Son, and Lucifer have been revealed in their true relation to one another. God has given unmistakable evidence of His justice and His love.”

Signs of the Times, August 27, 1902 par. 15

Ellen White and the word Trinity

• She never used the term Trinity or Triune.• She never used “God the Son”• She never used “God the Holy Spirit”• She never corrected those who taught

the literal begotten Son of God• Did she ever correct anyone who used the

term Trinity or Triune God?

John Harvey Kellogg• A.G.Daniels confronted him with objections to his

proposed book “The Living Temple”• “He [Kellogg] then stated that his former views

regarding the trinity had stood in his way of making a clear and absolutely correct statement”Letter to W.C.White, Oct 29, 1903 p. 12

John Harvey KelloggResonding to N. Wardner, a Seventh-day Baptist minister, summary of SDA beliefs

“We believe in but one Deity, God, who is a unity, not a compound being.”“We repel the charge of ‘trinitarianism’ without the slightest hesitation. We do not believe in a triune God, as before remarked.

Review and Herald, Nov. 25, 1880

John Harvey Kellogg• A.G.Daniels confronted him with objections to his

proposed book “The Living Temple”• “He [Kellogg] then stated that his former views

regarding the trinity had stood in his way of making a clear and absolutely correct statement; but that in a short time he had come to believe in the trinity and could now see pretty clearly where the difficulty was, and believed that he could clear the matter up satisfactorily.

He told me that he now believed in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost”Letter to W.C.White, Oct 29, 1903 p. 12

Ellen White• “The sentiments of those who are searching for

advanced scientific ideas are not to be trusted. Such representations as the following are made:

• ‘The Father is as the light invisible: the Son is as the light embodied; the Spirit is the light shed abroad.’

• ‘The Father is like the dew, invisible vapor; the Son is like the dew gathered in beauteous form; the Spirit is like the dew fallen to the seat of life.’ Special Testimonies Series B No. 7 p. 62 Nov. 1905

William Boardman“The Higher Christian Life” Part 2 Chp 1 pp. 201-203, 1858

• “The Father is as the light invisible. The Son is as the light embodied. The Spirit is as the light shed down.”

• “The Father is like the dew in invisible vapor. The Son is like the dew gathered in beauteous form. The Spirit is like the dew fallen to the seat of life.”

• Quoted virtually verbatim by Ellen White

William Boardman“The Higher Christian Life” Part 2 Chp 1 pp. 201-203, 1858

• “These likenings are all imperfect. They rather hide than illustrate the tri-personality of the one God, for they are not persons but things, poor and earthly at best, to represent the living personalities of the living God.”

• “They may also illustrate the truth that all the fullness of Him who filleth all in all, dwells in each person of the Triune God.

Ellen White• “All these spiritualistic representations are

simply nothingness. They are imperfect, untrue. They weaken and diminish the Majesty which no earthy likeness can be compared to. God cannot be compared with the things His hands have made. These are mere earthly things, suffering under the curse of God because of the sins of man. “ ibid

William Boardman• The Father is all the fullness of the Godhead

invisible.

Ellen White’s Correction• The Father is all the fullness of the Godhead

bodily, and is invisible to mortal sight.

William Boardman• The Son is all the fullness of the Godhead

manifested.

Ellen White’s Correction• The Son is all the fullness of the Godhead

manifested. The Word of God declares Him to be “the express image of His person.” “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son”… Here is shown the personality of the Father.

William Boardman• The Spirit is all the fullness of the Godhead

making manifest.

Ellen White’s Correction• The Comforter that Christ promised to send

after He ascended to heaven, is the Spirit in all the fullness of the Godhead, making manifest the power of divine grace to all who receive and believe in Christ as a personal Saviour.

• The Father is all the fullness of the Godhead• The Son is all the fullness of the Godhead• The Spirit is all the fullness of the Godhead

Ellen White’s Correction• The Father is all the fullness of the Godhead• The Son is all the fullness of the Godhead• The Comforter…is the Spirit in all the fullness

William Boardman• The persons are not mere offices, or modes of

revelation, but living persons of the living God.

Ellen White’s Correction• These are the living three personalities of the

heavenly trio…

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…Ellen G. White: Bible Training School, March 1, 1906

Critical Corrections

Triune GodThree living personsThe Holy Spirit

is the fullness

Personalitiesheavenly trio

in the fullness

The Heavenly Trio

In one God, the Fatherof whom are all things

And one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things 1Cor 8:6The Spirit of God dwells in you Matt 10:20

if you have the Spirit of Christ Rom 8:9And they will come unto us

and make their abode with us John 14:23

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