9. How sin can ecist in the world with all its terrible consequences in connection with God's righteous government, is an awful and difficult problem, the complete solution of which is not possible to man in his earthly life. But sin does exist, and god permits it for reasons of His own, not fully revealed to men. In heaven it could not be so. No taint of sin can ever enter the gates of that city. if an angel should again sin God would instantly cast him down to hell.
10. Righteosness and justice are divine perfections. It is holiness exhibited in government. Truth or faithfulness of God is much the same as His righteousness. All He says and does is true. his veracity is an element of his character. God cannot lie. As God is eternal his truth remains the same. Whatever is out of harmony with His revealed truth, the same is a lie. To the question,"What is truth?" to answer "To know God as He has revealed Himself to man is truth of the highest order." Our Lord declared: "I am the way, the truth and the life." All things taught or believed that are out of harmony with His clear revelations are both false and misleading.
11. The eternal God has revelaed Himself to men as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. the Son of God is and always was divine. He is the express image of the Father. There have been and are many errors and heresies in the church. But we worship one Truine God neither confounding the person, nor dividing the substances of the same. for there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost; but the Godhead of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost is one God. |
