![]() ![]() That 'third person' Sister White talks of, not a third separate being from the Father and Son. So He has both a divine Spirit 'person' and a human nature 'person', with His own divine Spirit person being Is confirming that the 'Third Person of the Godhead' is Christ's own divine Spirit, which works independently of His physical human nature. She is not saying that the 'Third Person' is the third being of the so called trinity. But His Spirit works independently from His physical human being.Īnd this is the 'Third Person' that Sister White speaks of. So what is Sister White saying here? She is saying that the Holy Spirit is Christ's own divine Spirit. He would represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent." (E.G.White, Manuscript Releases, vol.14, p.23) The Holy Spirit is Himself, divested of the personality of humanity and Leave them, go to His father, and send the Holy Spirit to be His successor on earth. "Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should So how can this be? Let us look at another quote from Sister White which ties in with ![]() He would 'manifest Himself' to us, with ' His own presence'. Through the Spirit, 'Christ would be near us', as The Holy Spirit is 'Christ's representative, independent of Christ's humanity'. Isn't it interesting when you read the whole context, rather than just focus on one single line? So acording to Sister White above, the 'third person' of the Tendencies to evil, and to impress His own character upon His church." (E.White, Desire of Ages, p.669-672) Christ has given His Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Sin could be resistedĪnd overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of divine power. The Holy Spirit was the highest of all gifts that He could solicit from His Father for the exaltation of His people. When for the truth's sake the believer stands at the bar of unrighteous tribunals, Christ stands by The Lord knows all about His faithful servants who for His sake are lying in prison or who are banished to Love him, and will manifest Myself to him. 'He that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will In this sense He would be nearer to them than if He had not ascended on high. By the Spirit the Saviour would beĪccessible to all. No one could then have any advantage because of his location or his personal contact with Christ. Therefore it was for their interest that He should go to the Father, and send the Spirit to be His Humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally. "The Holy Spirit is Christ's representative, but divested of the personality of humanity, and independent thereof. So let us first look at theĬontext of the quote from Desire of Ages above: But as good Adventists we don't just take little quotes like this on their own do we? We know very well, that context is king,Īnd that we need to compare scripture with scripture, Spirit of Prophecy with Spirit of Prophecy, and Spirit of Prophecy with scripture. Now just looking at these quotes, you would think Sister White believed in the trinity right? I mean, she clearly says in the above quotes that the Holy Spirit "He determined to give his representative, the third person of the Godhead." (E.White, The Watchman, Nov.28, 1905) "Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead." (E.White, Desire of Ages, p.671) Let us look at some examples of Sister White's 'third person' quotes. So on this page, we are going to look deeper into this and find out exactly who this 'third person' is. White became a trinitarian in her later life. They take a handful of Sister White's quotes and apply the trinity god to them, saying that Sister Adventists believe this becauseĮllen White talks about this 'third person' in her writings. ![]() The majority of Seventh-day Adventists and other Christians believe that the 'third person' of the Godhead is the third being of the trinity god. ![]()
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