Let’s look at this carefully, then answer my questions. I believe we are to co-operate with the “three great powers” however only one of those
three entities is the eternal God. Read carefully then answer the question below.
“It is the fulfillment of the covenant that God has made with those who bind themselves up with Him, to stand with Him, with His Son, and with His Spirit in holy fellowship. Have you been born again? Have you become a new being in Christ Jesus? Then co-operate with the three great powers of heaven who are working in your behalf. Doing this you will reveal to the world the principles of righteousness. -Signs of the Times, June 19, 1901 par. 4
It says “GOD” binds us to him by “his SON”.
Who does the title “God” refer to?
Multiple Choice:
A) God the father binds us to himself by his son.
B) God the father, and the son and Holy Spirit binds us to himself by his son.
Well, the answer is clear for all to see, however someone did answer this:
“IT SHOULD BE :God the father, Son and the Holy Spirit binds us to themselves”
So I did add the words “The father, Son and the Holy Spirit) into this passage to see how it would sound.
“It is the fulfillment of the covenant that God(The Father, Son and Holy Spirit) has made with those who bind themselves up with Him(the Father, Son and Holy Spirit), to stand with Him, with His(the Father, Son and Holy Spirit’s) Son, and with His(the Father, Son and Holy Spirit’s) Spirit in holy fellowship. Have you been born again? Have you become a new being in Christ Jesus? Then co-operate with the three great powers of heaven who are working in your behalf. Doing this you will reveal to the world the principles of righteousness. -Signs of the Times, June 19, 1901 par. 4
I think we can see that answer B is clearly incorrect.
1Co 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.
“Let the brightest example the world has yet seen be your example, rather than the greatest and most learned men of the age, who know not God, nor Jesus Christ whom he has sent. The Father and the Son alone are to be exalted.” (Ellen White, The Youth’s Instructor, July 7, 1898)
