Who is "the third person" of the Godhead? 

有很多看過以下這段證言的朋友都會引用他來證明聖靈就是第三位神. 現在讓我們先看看這段證言的內容. 

"基督為高舉自己的子民, 祂所能向父祈求的一切福份中最大的恩賜乃是聖靈. 上帝賜下聖靈來, 作為使人重生的能力. 若沒有聖靈, 則基督的犧牲便要歸於徒然. 歷代以來, 罪惡的勢力日益膨脹, 世人服在撒但束縛之下的情形實是令人驚異. 人惟有倚靠三一真神第三位的大能大力, 才能抵擋罪惡並得勝罪惡. 聖靈下降, 必帶著無限的力量和充足的神能....."                   (歷代願望 671.2)

"The Holy Spirit was the highest of all gifts that He could solicit from His Father for the exaltation of His people. The Spirit was to be given as a regenerating agent, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail. The power of evil had been strengthening for centuries, and the submission of men to this satanic captivity was amazing. Sin could be resisted and 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......."  (DA 671.2)

從以上的證言來看, 聖靈看似就是"三位一體"中的第三位神....但事實上並不是這樣. 

"Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead". 首先, 我們要弄清楚這句子當中最關鍵的這兩個詞"the Third Person" & "Godhead"指的是什麼. 請看如下: 

1) 現今, 人們經常把"Godhead"一詞理解成由父, 子, 聖靈三位組成的一位真神. 但根據聖經, "Godhead"的意思是神性(Divinity). 全本聖經中只出現過三次, 三次全部都解作為"神性"而不是由父, 子, 聖靈三位組成的一位真神. 

a) "我們既是神所生的, 就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝, 心思, 所雕刻的金, 銀, 石." (使徒行傳 17:29)                                                                               "Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device."  (Acts 17:29)

b) "自從造天地以來, 神的永能和神性是明明可知的, 雖是眼不能見, 但藉著所造之物, 就可以曉得, 叫人無可推諉."(羅馬書 1:20)

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (Roman 1:20)

c) "因為神本性一切的豐盛, 都有形有體的居住在基督裡面."(歌羅西書 2:9)＂For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.＂ (Colo 2:9)

2) 當我們閱讀到"the Third Person"時,  看見使用大楷"T" & "P"來意圖加強表達聖靈就像天父和耶穌一樣, 是一位人(as a literal person), 一位神(a Divine Being)! 但是, 早期的版本(包括初本發行於1898)並不是用大楷"T" & "P"而是用小楷 "t" & "p". 見如下!　

那就意味著聖靈並不一定像天父和耶穌實實在在是一位人, 一位神! 另外, "the third person"亦可理解為: 第三人稱/第三身. 

那麼, 誰才是這"神聖的第三位"/"神聖的第三人稱/第三身"呢(the third person of the Godhead)? 這位第三人稱/第三身的"他"所指的究竟是誰呢? 讓我們繼續往下看, 從証言本身中找出答案!

"基督為高舉自己的子民, 祂所能向父祈求的一切福份中最大的恩賜乃是聖靈. 上帝賜下聖靈來, 作為使人重生的能力. 若沒有聖靈, 則基督的犧牲便要歸於徒然. 歷代以來, 罪惡的勢力日益膨脹, 世人服在撒但束縛之下的情形實是令人驚異. 人惟有倚靠三一真神第三位的大能大力, 才能抵擋罪惡並得勝罪惡. 聖靈下降, 必帶著無限的力量和充足的神能. 有了聖靈, 世界的救贖主所作成的大工才能生效. 由於聖靈, 人的心才能變為純潔. 藉著聖靈, 信徒才能與上帝的性情有分. 基督賜下他的聖靈作為一種神聖的能力, 來製勝人類一切的遺傳和環境所造成的一切惡習, 並把祂自己的品格印刻在祂的教會身上." (歷代願望 671.2)                                                            "The Holy Spirit was the highest of all gifts that He could solicit from His Father for the exaltation of His people. The Spirit was to be given as a regenerating agent, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail. The power of evil had been strengthening for centuries, and the submission of men to this satanic captivity was amazing. Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person (Printed as "third person" in original copy of 1898 version) of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of divine power. It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given His Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress His own character upon His church." (DA 671.2)

各位, 看到了嗎? 謎底終於揭開了! 這能幫助製勝人類一切的遺傳和環境所造成的一切惡習的聖靈不是別人, 正是基督的靈 - 基督自己, 亦是証言中所稱的"神聖的第三位/第三身"(the third person of Godhead). 人有了基督的靈就等於有了基督的品格, 心志和生命 "藉著聖靈, 信徒才能與上帝的性情有分". 基督藉著祂的靈住在人的心裏使人能靠著他戰勝罪惡! 

如証言所說 "上帝賜下聖靈來, 作為使人重生的能力. 若沒有聖靈, 則基督的犧牲便要歸於徒然.",  若然基督在十字架上的犧牲只單單把我們的罪洗去, 但沒有賦予我們戰勝罪惡的能力, 我們每天只會繼續在罪中生活然後求主寬恕, 然後再犯罪, 再求寬恕, 一直循環下去! 基督來到地上是為了拯救我們脫離罪, 而不是不停在罪中拯救我們 "Save us from sin, not save us in sin"!

引用某位牧者所說: “Christ IN, Sin OUT” & “Sin IN, Christ OUT”. 

" 基督在他的人性中成就(塑造)了一個完美的品格, 並願將這品德賜與我們." (信仰的基础 113.3)                                                                                "Christ in His humanity wrought out a perfect character, and this character He offers to impart to us." (FLB 113.3)                                                             

問題: 基督如何將他完美的品格賜給我們? 還記得"靈"這一詞在聖經中的解釋嗎? 如果忘記了, 請返回聖靈/聖靈保惠師查看

答案: 基督將祂的靈賜給我們就等於把他完美的品格賜給我們一樣. 

“CHRIST has left HIS HOLY SPIRIT to be HIS representative in the world, to give celestial aid to every hungering, thirsting soul.”                  (Letter 84, October 22, 1895)

“The HOLY SPIRIT is the SPIRIT of CHRIST, which is sent to all men to give them sufficiency, that through His grace we might be complete in Him.” (Manuscript Releases 14, p. 84)

讓我們從更多的正言中查看耶穌是否我們唯一對抗罪惡的保障

"Jesus alone has power to save from sin, to free from the power of evil; and to doubt him who has laid down his life for us, is to grieve and insult the Father, who has in one gift poured out all heaven to a lost world…. "                (RH February 10, 1891, par. 5)

"抵禦罪惡的唯一保障, 就是因信基督的義, 而有基督住在心裡."              (歷代願望 324.1)                                                                                           “The only defense against evil is the indwelling of Christ in the heart through faith in His righteousness.” (The Desire of Ages 324.1)

"我們陷入罪惡的深坑, 不能自拔. 我們的心是惡的, 自己無法改變. “誰能使潔淨之物出於污穢之中呢? 無論誰也不能。”“原來體貼肉體的, 就是與上帝為仇; 因為不服上帝的律法, 也是不能服” (伯14:4; 羅8:7). 教育, 文化, 意志的操練, 人為的努力, 雖然有一定的作用, 在這個問題上卻是無能為力. 這一切可以塑造正直的外表, 卻不能改變人的內心，潔淨生命的源頭. 人要離罪成聖, 必須有一種內在的能力, 有一個從上頭來的新生命. 這能力就是基督. 只有祂的恩典, 才能喚醒人心中沒有生氣的機能, 使之歸向上帝, 成為聖潔." (喜樂的泉源 18.1)

“你們要常在我裡面, 我也常在你們裡面. ” 常在基督裡面的意思, 就是不間斷地接受他的靈, 並過一種完全獻身於對他的服務的生活. 人與上帝之間的交往, 必須經常暢通無阻. 枝子怎樣經常從活的葡萄樹里吸取汁漿, 我們也照樣要靠耶穌. 因著信, 從他那裡領受力量, 領受他完美的品德."          (歷代願望  676.2)

"神願意叫他們知道, 這奧秘在外邦人中有何等豐盛的榮耀. 就是基督在你們心裡成了有榮耀的盼望." (歌羅西書 1: 27)

"To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:27)

各位朋友, 現在你們看明了誰才是那"神聖的第三位/第三身"(the third person of Godhead)嗎?