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On a religious campaign. They were connected with the Moody School at Northfield. Some of their talks were exposing teachings of the Unitarians. The Unitarians did not believe that Jesus had a pre-human existence or that he was the redeemer of mankind. To them he was just a remarkable man who set a good example to be followed. |
Poco antes de todo esto, varios clérigos sobresalientes, entre los que estaba G. Campbell Morgan, habían llegado a Boston para llevar a cabo una campaña religiosa. Tenían relación con la Escuela Moody de Northfield. Algunas de sus conferencias rebatían enseñanzas unitarias. Los unitarios no creen que Jesús tuviera una existencia pre humana, ni que fuera el redentor de la humanidad. Para ellos, Jesucristo fue solo un hombre notable que puso un buen ejemplo a seguir. |
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I had attended many of the campaign meetings held by those clergymen. They were fluent speakers. They told many stories that were designed to attract and interest the unlearned. I recall one of them said: "All of the apostles called Jesus 'Lord' but Judas; he called him 'Rabbi.' . . . Oh well," the speaker added, "Judas was a Unitarian and that's why he did that." This had impressed my youthful mind because I certainly did not want to be like Judas. These thoughts were still in my mind as I continued reading my precious book, The Plan of the Ages. |
Había asistido a muchas de las reuniones de las campañas celebradas por esos clérigos. Eran buenos oradores. Contaban muchas historietas ideadas para atraer a los ignorantes y captar su interés. Recuerdo que una de ellas decía: “Todos los apóstoles llamaban a Jesús “Señor”, excepto Judas, que se dirigía a él como “Rabí”… Claro –añadió el orador–, es que Judas era unitario.” Esto había quedado grabado en mi joven mente, porque desde luego yo no quería ser como Judas. Estos pensamientos aún rondaban mi cabeza mientras seguía leyendo mi preciado libro, El Plan de las Edades. |
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I came to its chapter 10: "Spiritual and Human Natures Separate and Distinct." There I read this statement: [31] We are told that Jesus, before becoming a man (in his pre-human existence), was "in a form of God" — a spiritual form, a spirit being; but since to be a ransom for mankind, he must be a man, of the same nature of the sinner whose substitute in death he was to become, it was therefore necessary that his nature be changed; and Paul tells us that he took not the nature of angels, one step lower than his own, but came down two steps, and took the nature of men — he became a man; he was "made flesh."[32] |
Llegué al capítulo 10: “La naturaleza humana y la espiritual separadas y distintas”. Allí leí esta afirmación: [31] Se nos dice que antes de dejar nuestro Señor la gloria para hacerse hombre, era “en forma de Dios” –una forma espiritual, un ser espiritual, más dado el caso que para servir como rescate de la humanidad tenía que ser hombre, de la misma naturaleza del pecador cuyo sustituto en la muerte iba a ser, fue necesario que cambiara de naturaleza. Y Pablo nos dice que no tomó la naturaleza de los ángeles, un grado inferior a la suya, sino que bajó dos grados y tomó la naturaleza del hombre– se hizo hombre; se “hizo carne.”[32] |
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Jesus nothing more than a perfect man on earth? That statement left me confused. I was greatly shocked. Violently I threw the book to the other end of my room, saying to myself, "I'm certainly not going to be a Unitarian, but the author of this book must be!" |
¿Jesús solamente un hombre terrestre perfecto? Eso me dejó confundido. Me sentí perturbado. Lancé el libro violentamente al otro extremo de la habitación, pensando: “¡Desde luego, no voy a hacerme unitario, pero el autor de este libro debe de serlo!” |
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