3. Aquellos de la iglesia que han negado al Señor, reconociendo tan sólo al Padre, y que se han confirmado en semejante fe, están fuera del cielo, y puesto que en ellos no tiene lugar influjo alguno del cielo, donde el Señor solo es adorado, son gradualmente privados de la facultad de pensar la verdad de cualquier cosa, y acaban por quedar o bien como mudos o bien hablando necedades, con el paso vacilante, los brazos pendientes y vibrando como si les faltare fuerzas en las articulaciones. Por otra parte, aquellos que han negado la Divinidad del Señor, reconociendo tan sólo su Humanidad, como los Socinianos, están igualmente fuera del cielo; son conducidos adelante un poco hacia la derecha, y despedidos en la profundidad, siendo así enteramente separados del resto del mundo cristiano. Pero los que se dicen creer en una Divinidad invisible, a la que llaman Ente del Universo (Ens Universi) y a la que atribuyen todas las cosas, rechazando la fe en el Señor, se aperciben de que no creen en Dios alguno, porque la Divinidad invisible es para ellos lo mismo que la Naturaleza en sus rudimentos, los cuales no pueden ser objeto de fe ni de amor porque no alcanza a ellos el pensamiento. Estos son desterrados con aquellos que se llaman naturalistas. Otra cosa sucede con los que han nacido fuera de la iglesia, llamados gentiles, de quienes hablaremos más adelante.
Juan 14:9-11
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Jesús le dice: ¿Tanto tiempo hace que estoy con vosotros, y no me has conocido, Felipe? El que me ha visto, ha visto (también) al Padre; ¿cómo, pues, dices tú: Muéstranos el Padre?
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¿No crees que yo soy en el Padre, y el Padre en mí? Las palabras que yo os hablo, no las hablo de mí mismo; mas el Padre que permanece en mí, él hace las obras.
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Creedme que yo soy en el Padre, y el Padre en mí; de otra manera, creedme por las mismas obras.
Philippians 2
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If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
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make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
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doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
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each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
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Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
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who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
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but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
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And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
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Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
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that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
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and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
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Do all things without murmurings and disputes,
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that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
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Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
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In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
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But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
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For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
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For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
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But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
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Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
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But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
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But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;
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since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
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For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
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I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
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Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,
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because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
