<TITLE>05. Par -</TITLE>L-603-37 Now, I would advise you, whoever it is, if this minister friend baptizes like this, and you visit his home and so forth, I would just--I would just mention the question sometime. And that might give you... Just talk up to it, just keep talking around about, around about; and let the Lord open it up, and then it's the Lord telling you to do it. See?  Just wait till the Lord opens up the question. Then you say to him; you say, "Brother, I just wonder, in the Scriptures of Matthew 28:19 and Acts 2:38, and continuing on, is there some contradiction there? Could you explain why that one said here, 'Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,' and the other one said, 'The Name of Jesus Christ'?"
Now--now, don't try... If you're not really a student, and you don't know what you're talking about, better leave it alone. See?  You can just tell him, say, "Well, I wish you'd come up..." If he seems to be sincere, say, "Wonder if you'd meet our pastor or someone and discuss it?"

L-603-39 I tell you, it's a deep thing. See?  Don't take it upon yourself, 'cause you might wind yourself around if you... Now, if you know what you're talking about, and firmly settled and know the Scriptures, all right. But don't offend him, for whatever you do, don't offend him. See? Don't bring offense, just tell him that...
And of course, he is in error. That's true. The man is in error when he baptizes like that. And any man that baptizes in the name of "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" is Scripturally in error. That's right.

L-604-Q-135 Question number three:
135. In a statement of faith, they said, 'We believe in one God, Eternal, existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19, 18 and 19; I Corinthians 13:14." Should this not be three offices instead of three persons?
You are correct. There's no three persons in the Godhead. And there cannot be a personality without being a person; it takes a person to make a personality. There is no three Gods. There's only one God, and that God is Jesus Christ. God is a Spirit that lives in Jesus Christ, and is living in His church, you and I today, separating Himself to us in the form of the Holy Spirit, which is God almighty Himself living in you.
Now, you are right; it is "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," is three offices of the same God, but not three Gods; that is Scripturally wrong.

L-604-Q-136 136. Can a Christian go to heaven if he or she does not pay tithe?
Now, that's one that I could not answer Scripturally.
Now, this "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," if the minister is sincere, just let--let us know (You see?), we'd be glad... Brother Neville, myself, or Brother Beeler, or Brother Collins, or any of these ministers here who are ordained to this ministry, and so forth, can--can do so.
Now, but now: Does a Christian not get to heaven because they do not pay tithe?
I--I could not say yes or no to that. But I do believe that every Christian is obligated to pay tithings because it is a commandment of the Lord. "And blessed is--are they that do all His commandments, that they might have a right to enter into the Life, the Tree of Life." Now, I do believe that tithe-paying is essential to a Christian experience. For I'll get to that in another question in a few moments; I know there's another one in here pertaining to that.


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