The Son of Man came to seek and save that which was lost. It is Jesus' favorite title of Himself. I chosen this title because Jesus loved this title of Himself. We ought to never forget that Jesus is fully God and fully man: two natures in One Person. He is the God-man, the Incarnate Second Person of the Trinity. May we mediate on His life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension that we may be conformed to the image of the divine Son of Man! This blog web site will be a Christian defense of the Reformed doctrines of the Incarnate Son of Man. May all glory be to His name!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Divine Scripture and the Fourth Member

In our day we hear of the false teaching of a fourth member doctrine.  The fourth member is allegedly the Blessed Virgin Mary or that she is an incarnation of God the Holy Spirit.  I suggest to you that both of these doctrines in Roman Catholicism is extremely harmful to the souls of the sons and daughters of Adam.  We must fight the spiritual fight with all diligence knowing by design God has promised us victory over it.  It is a dangerous doctrine or dogma and it is surely in any form contrary to the sacred faith of our only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  The divine Word is silent on this subject of the fourth member; however, the Bible teaches that there is nothing new under the sun.  Those who teach the fourth member doctrine say that the Virgin Mary is the soul of the Holy Spirit.  I submit I have also dealt with this false doctrine elsewhere, but I also would like to point out what the Bible says that is contrary to this idolatrous and blasphemous teaching.  I suggest to you that it is after the working of Satan with lying visions and corrupt men in religious orders.  Let us look at the Divine Word in the OT that plainly refutes this teaching in Ezekiel 28:1-10.  I suggest to you that the degree of misery for a sinner to believe this is surely extreme.  The below Scripture passage teaches that it is wrong to say anyone is the heart of God or a god, because there is no one else besides the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Amen.

28 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,  
“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you.
“By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
“By your great wisdom, by your trade
You have increased your riches
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches—
Therefore thus says the Lord God,
‘Because you have made your heart
Like the heart of God,
Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you,
The most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
‘They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the death of those who are slain
In the heart of the seas.
‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of your slayer,
Though you are a man and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
10 ‘You will die the death of the uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”