THE TRINITY: We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.

 

I found no foundation given Biblically for this in Elim’s Bible College, a Bible College with no Bible, only a Gnostic interpretation brought together by spiritualists called the NIV.

 

This heretical document declares Jesus not to be co-equal – along with all the other heretical “Bibles” the so called Pentecostal world is being bound by.

 

Elim’s new Bible is nearer doctrinally to Jehovah’s Witness founder Charles Taze Russell than Principal George Jeffreys!

 

PROOF:

 

“New translations” agree with New World Translation on “lesser than Jehovah God” point!

 

As with AOG the "new translation" Elim now has scriptural licence for masters-inferiors heavy shepherding.

 

NWT: Phil.2: 6 who, although he was existing in God’s form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.

 

NIV Phil. 2:6 Who, being in very nature God,  did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

 

NASB  Phil. 2:6who, although He existed in the form of God, did not  regard equality with God a thing to be grasped

 

AMPLIFIED Phil. 2:6 Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained,

 

NLT  Phil. 2:6Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.

 

ESV Phil 2: 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

 

The Authorized Version supports Elim’s Statement of Faith so why does their College embrace a Gnostic heresy?

 

Philippians 2:6 (King James Version)

 

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

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THE SAVIOUR:  We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His blood shed, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second advent to receive His Church.

 

Edsor records Jeffreys belief in the deity of Jesus Christ, and the judgment seat will be of Christ.

 

How can Elim believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ when their “Bible” says he is not equal to the Father? In addition their “Bible” does not show God having been manifest in the flesh!

 

“New translations” agree with New World Translation on “God did not manifest in the flesh” point! “He” or “Christ” is not admitting God manifest in the flesh!

 

NWT: I Tim. 3:16 Indeed, the sacred secret of this godly devotion is admittedly great: ‘He was made manifest in flesh, was declared righteous in spirit, appeared to angels, was preached about among nations, was believed upon in [the] world, was received up in glory.’

 

NIV: 1 Tim. 3:16 Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit,  was seen by angels,  was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

 

NASB: 1 Tim. 3:16  By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit,Seen by angels. Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world,Taken up in glory.

 

AMPLIFIED: 1 Timothy 3:16 And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, [and] taken up in glory.

Footnotes: a) 1 Timothy 3:16Some manuscripts read "God." (Note; where Amplified says “some manuscripts – it is insultingly downgrading Textus Receptus – the PURE WORD OF GOD!)

 

NLT I Tim. 3:16  Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory.

 

ESV I Tim. 3:16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh,vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

 

AUTHORIZED VERSION says clearly “GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH”

 

I Tim. 3: 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

 

George Jeffreys as reported by Edsor declared the following (p. 166) : Jesus was God veiled in human form. He claimed to be the only door into the Kingdom of God; the only Giver of eternal life to sinners; the only Bread of Life to satisfy spiritual hunger; the only Living Water to quench soul-thirst; the only Way, to follow; the only Truth, to lean upon; and the only Life in which to abide. He also claimed to be the only possessor of the keys of death and of hell. 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT: We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following.  Through this enduement the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.

 

The Holy Spirit’s deity is dependent on the Son’s deity which has been brought into question by use of false translations.

 

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MANKIND: We believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, rendering man subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.

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SALVATION: We believe in the necessity for salvation of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God’s sight.  This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.

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THE CHURCH: We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these comprise the universal Church,  the Body of Christ.

 

This is an excellent statement but how much is it realised in Elim today that the Body of Christ is one spirit with the Lord, members of  his body, flesh and bones, partakers of his divine nature?

 

Gal. 2:20; Col. 3; II Cor 7:1; 12:9; Gal. 3:3; Rom. 6

Galatians 2:20 (King James Version)

 

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

 

Colossians 3:3-4 (King James Version)

 

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

 

2 Corinthians 7:1 (King James Version)

 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

 

2 Corinthians 12:9 (King James Version)

 

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

 

Galatians 3:3 (King James Version)

 

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

 

Romans 6:3-5 (King James Version)

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as  Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

 

Gen. 1:26-28; Col. 1:15,16. In God’s Image!

 

Genesis 1:26-28 (King James Version)

 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

 

Colossians 1:15-16 (King James Version)

 

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

 

John 14 Who can do greater works?

 

John 14:10-13 (King James Version)

 

 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the

Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 

 

John 17:21  Did Jesus pray that we be one in the Father and Son? Did Jesus have a successful prayer life – If so how can flesh be one in the Trinity? 

 

John 17:21-22 (King James Version) 

 

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may

be one, even as we are one:

 

I Cor.6:17; Eph.5:30; Jer. 3:14 Joined unto the Lord – members of his body, flesh and bones!

Does this relate to flesh or divinity?

 

1 Corinthians 6:17 (King James Version)

 

But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

 

Ephesians 5:30-32 (King James Version)

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.  This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

 

Jeremiah 3:14 (King James Version)

 

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

 

Rom. 12:1 What do we present holy? 

 

Romans 12:1 (King James Version)

 

 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 

 

I John 4:17 As He is – So Are we ?

 

I John 4:17 (Kings James Version)  

 

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 

 

Rom. 8:17; Gal. 4:7 What does being equal mean?

 

Romans 8:17 (King James Version)

 

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

 

Galatians 4:7 (King James Version)

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ

 

Rom. 11; John 15:7 If we are the branches or the lump – how can we bear a different name? 

Rom. 11:16 (King James Version) For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

John 15:5-7 (King James Version) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.  If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you

 

Matt. 5:48; 19:21;  II Tim. 3:16,17; Eph. 4:11,12; Phil.2:5; Eph.4:24; Col. 1:27-29; I Peter 1:16; 5:10; Heb. 6:1; 10:14; James 1:4;  

 

Are we called to be perfect? 

Matthew 5:48 (King James Version) 

 

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

 

Matthew 19:21 (King James Version) 

 

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (King James Version) 

 

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

 

Ephesians 4:11-12 (King James Version) 

 

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

 

Philippians 2:5 (King James Version) 

 

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

 

Ephesians 4:24 (King James Version) 

 

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

 

Colossians 1:27-29 (King James Version) 

 

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:  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

 

1 Peter 1:16 (King James Version) 

 

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 

 

1 Peter 5:10 (King James Version) 

 

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

 

Hebrews 6:1 (King James Version) 

 

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

 

Hebrews 10:14 (King James Version) 

 

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

 

James 1:4 (King James Version) 
 

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing

 

Partakers of the divine nature and glorified?
 

2 Peter 1:4 (King James Version) 

 

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

 

Col. 1:12 (King James Version)  

 

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

 
Rom. 8:30 (King James Version) 

 

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 

 

Hebrews 3:14 (King James Version)

 

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

 

John 1:12-14; I Peter 1:23 

Born of blood, flesh or of God beholding whose Glory?

 

John 1:12-14 (King James Version)

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  

 

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

 

I Peter 1: 23 (King James Version)

 

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 

 

Heb. 7:11-12; I Peter 2:9; Col. 1:12-24;

Eph. 1 and 2 Who are the priests now?

 

Hebrews 7:11-12 (King James Version)

 

 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that

another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 

 

1 Peter 2:9 (King James Version)

 

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

 

Colossians 1:12-24 (King James Version)

 

  Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 

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In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

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Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

 

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the

preeminence.

 

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

 

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be

things in earth, or things in heaven.

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And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

 

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight:

 

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

 

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:  

 

Ephesians 1:17-23 (King James Version)

 

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

 

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

 

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

 

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

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And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

 

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. 

 

Ephesians 2:6-7 (King James Version)

 

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

 

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

 

I Cor 3:16-23; II Cor 6:16-18

The Temple of God Is Holy!

 

1 Corinthians 3:16-23 (King James Version)

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  

 

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.  

 

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 
 

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.  

 

And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are  vain.  

Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;  Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; 
 

And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

 

2 Corinthians 6:16-18 (King James Version)

 

 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.  

 

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 
 

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 

 

THE MINISTRY:We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and

teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament. 

 

During my time at Elim Bible College I saw little evidence of this, my experience being of seeing the Pastor-People heavy shepherding syndrome strongly in action.

 

George Jeffreys as reported by Edsor declared the following (p. 175) :Because Formal Protestantism has neglected or ignored Christ’s pattern for His Churches in Matthew 18: 15 to 20, one of the most powerful promises in the Word of God has been surrendered to a false centrally-controlled priesthood that has no foundation whatsoever in the New Testament.

 

What George Jeffreys founded has become what he warned about, the present rulers being the follow on controllers that the Jeffreys out of the once great movement he founded.

 

THE ORDINANCES: We believe in the baptism of believers in water in obedience to the command of Christ and the commemoration of Christ’s death by the observance of the Lord’s Supper until His return.

 

George Jeffreys as reported by Edsor declared the following (p. 170) : Baptism by immersion in the Name of Jesus Christ is the outward witness that the penitent has found eternal life in the Death of Christ.

 

My considerable experience of life in Elim Churches is that I never saw a baptism take place in the manner George Jeffreys ordained.

 

THE COMMISSION: We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.

 

It is pleasing to witness “the Gospel” in the statement of faith which is contrary to the “new translations” used in Elim, which declare “an Gospel” or “our common faith” which means there is more than one!

 

Why can’t Elim use the Bible instead of Gnostic Counterfeits which undermine excellent points given in Elim’s original Statement

of Faith?

 

Revelation 14:6 (King James Version)

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

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