An in-depth bible study seminar on the evidences that God will give new light to His people due to circumstances and hearts being open to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Part 1

2016 Hartland Summer Campmeeting: Mission and Purpose of the Remnant Church

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Hartland Institute of Health and Education

Dennis Priebe

New Light for Adventists- Part 1

Well, this is the time for our in-depth Bible study, these seminars today and tomorrow.

We're going to be digging into the Word of God this morning on a very important subject.

I always bring with me extra study materials, little booklets and pamphlets on various subjects that I consider very important, some of which I have written, others have written, these little things.

You remember the Joe Cruz type of booklets, those little styled books.

So if you would like some extra things to take home with you, just ask me at any time this week and I'll be glad to share a few things with you.

So I'll leave that up to you if you want extra study materials.

All right, I think we're ready to start and we will just get our Bibles out and see what we can do.

The 1 God sent as a special messenger to His people, the end-time remnant, said repeatedly that God had not given all truth to those living in her generation, that God had more truth, and she called it new light to be given and shared with His people as circumstances made it necessary and as people opened their hearts to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

So in the past 30 years I have received many compilations of new light for Seventh-day Adventists to consider and the necessity of studying these new ideas carefully and that is exactly what Ellen White said we should do.

Some Seventh-day Adventists have taken these statements very seriously, and they have come up with ideas new to Adventism.

Now remember, this is not that group of people who have borrowed old error from the churches of Babylon and are trying to persuade us that the gospel allows us to live with some degree of inevitable sin in our lives and that's the everlasting gospel of the apostles and the reformers.

It's not those who are trying to persuade us that the standards of the church are just Victorian traditions that must be discarded if we want to be relevant and have growing churches.

This group of people are very faithful Seventh-day Adventists.

They are holding to the absolute authority of the Bible and the spirit of prophecy.

They believe fully in our landmark doctrines.

They are living up to all the light they have.

They are faithful in lifestyle to the high standards revealed to the end time remnant.

That's the group of people I'm talking about right now.

See, there's only 1 thing wrong with Adventism.

We have overstayed our time in this world by a hundred years, and now we're coming up with problems because of that.

And some are teaching that we have been in error on crucial issues, and only when we correct these errors do we have any hope of being the final generation and going home.

Now I came across 1 inspired statement from Ellen White, which I never saw in those compilations that I received over the years.

It's found in the Ellen White biography by Arthur White, Volume 3, page 259, and it is written by Ellen White.

I think I want to put it up on the screen so you can see this for yourself and read it for yourself.

From that which the Lord has been pleased to show me, there will arise just such ones all along, and many more of them claiming to have new light, which is a side issue and entering wedge.

The widening will increase until there is a breach made between those who accept these views and those who believe the third angel's message.

Just as soon as these new ideas are accepted then there will be a drawing away from those whom God has used in the work, for the minds begin to doubt and withdraw from the leaders because God has laid them aside and chosen more humble men to do his work.

This is the only interpretation they can give to this matter as the leaders do not see this important light." That's an interesting statement.

Now notice that the accepting of this new light that she's talking about here leads to a drawing apart from the body in small enclaves of those who have been, this has been revealed to them, who have been enlightened.

It leads to a loss of fellowship and trust with those who had previously been friends and counselors.

So today, we're going to examine 1 area of new light.

This will not be an exhaustive analysis of all the texts and the reasons, but I hope enough to make informed decisions about the merits of the issues capturing the loyalty of many faithful Seventh-day Adventists whose only motive is to prepare to meet Jesus in spotless robes of righteousness.

Now This is a presentation that includes more than I'm covering this morning.

There is 1 that I'm not going to be covering, which is the sacred name theory that says the only name that you can use to worship God is some variant of Yahweh or Yeshua.

This is on my DVD in case you would like to have that.

I'm going to move ahead quickly to the section that we are going to be dealing with right now, And that is the Trinity.

The contemporary anti-Trinity movement teaches that there is no third person of the Godhead.

The Holy Spirit is a force, or an energy, or a holy influence from the Father and the Son." This is a direct quotation.

The Bible teaches that there are only 2 who are worthy of worship.

A corollary of this teaching is that Jesus is literally the Son of the Father.

Having a beginning back in prehistory when the Father brought Him into existence.

Again a quotation, the Father and Son are both divine but not absolutely equal.

Since the Father is immortal, they say, and could not die, the Son has to be brought into existence if He can die at all.

Now in support of this teaching, they point to our pioneers who taught this theory from the 1840s to the 1890s.

Now as with all errors, there is a truth at the foundation of this teaching.

After the Council of Nicaea, the great Christian council in 325 A.D., the papal party took the title of Trinitarians.

They said that the Godhead consists of 3 personalities and 1 essence or substance, and it became very philosophical and metaphysical.

I'm going to share with you just a brief sample of instruction for confirmation for a good Catholic.

The Son proceeds from the Father by an act of the intellect, and this is termed eternal generation, by which we mean, not only that there never was a time when the Father existed without generating the Son, but also that the act of generation is a continuous act.

It teaches that there could be no separation between the Father and the Son on earth, since this would interrupt the act of generation.

Thus the Son would not exist, which would mean that the Father would not exist, so they could never be separated, even on earth.

Since they were of 1 essence, neither the Father nor the Son could exist apart from the others.

In the formation of the doctrine of the Trinity, the concept of the eternal generation of the Son was 1 of the essential and major factors.

The doctrine of the Trinity was discussed, shaped, and confessed around the concept of the eternal generation.

So to understand the Catholic view of the Trinity, you have to understand eternal generation of the Father and the Son.

Here is from a convert's catechism of Catholic doctrine.

The Son proceeds from the Father by generation, and generation means the process of begetting offspring, reproduction, or giving birth to.

So the Father gave birth to the Son in some way from their own teachings.

May I just say this, is there any wonder that our pioneers rejected the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity?

Andrews wrote, "'This doctrine destroys the personality of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord." Yes, they did reject it, but remember what they were rejecting.

So if we are going to defend the biblical truth that there are 3 persons with the family name of God.

Maybe we would be better off to use the biblical term which is Godhead.

Trinity has been co-opted in some very significant ways.

So what we're going to do is just run through some issues relating to this, and I hope your Bibles are handy, because we're going to dig into the Word of God.

Are there really 3 beings with 1 name in Scripture?

Well, we'll start with the most common 1, Matthew 28, verse 19.

Matthew 28, 19, As Jesus left them, His last word to them was, Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." So notice here, the word name is singular.

And all 3, which means that all 3 that follow are on the same level.

The name of the Father, the name of the Son, the name of the Holy Spirit.

And the definite article is used with all of the 3 beings.

So this very brief statement is saying that there are 3 beings that are God, and yet there is 1 God.

This is 1 of the great mysterious teachings of scripture that even today we have a hard time wrapping our minds around.

And for the Muslim world it's almost an impossible concept.

It is a very difficult mystery of Scripture that we are dealing with this morning.

And none of the illustrations that we commonly use about triangles and various things, they really don't do the job because this is 1 of the truly great mysteries of Scripture.

John chapter 14, John chapter 14, when Jesus says He will send someone after He leaves.

Very common statement again, we're all very familiar with it.

New Light for Adventists- Part 1

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