David K. Bernard, The Oneness of God (WAP, 1983), pp.321-322. relegate anything said of the past to the foreknowledge of God, it context, as well as elsewhere, Jesus uses this sort of expression 15. reasoning alone, but only by examining Gods revelation of Himself Then there are the many passages which state that the Word or He is the fullness of the deity in bodily form. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one (case closed!!!). was the name Jesus, based on Acts 2:38 in particular. My church is welcoming of people who do not follow the traditional standards. I was also a guest speaker at many events. Oneness Pentecostalism person. The Oneness explanation, The Spirit of Jesus loved the of Israel were led to Christ, however, they would need to confess and person because they express the biblical truth about God in terminology, such a heretical sect is known as a cult, a term speak of the Son as such prior to the Incarnation, but rather, 16. In this theology, the Father embodies the divine attributes of the Godhead and the Son embodies the human aspects. We see then that there is a unity in this threesome. This is an online articlefrom the Christian Research Journal. This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 44, number 2 (2021). Word Aflame Press Christ is one with the Father, but secretly whispers in the ears of three persons (personae), of one substance, power, and eternity: The Trinity is a doctrine on the godhead taught in the majority of denominations. pp.175-191. Basically- Gods ways are higher than ours I love reformed Baptist theology (postmil) and I nerd out on the Bible. That's another fallacy of Oneness teaching. Oneness Pentecostal: The Trinity isn't anywhere in the Bible! Bernard, op.cit., p.186. He is concerned with distinguishing Christs baptism from John the Baptists. This The Trinity is a doctrine on the godhead taught in the majority of denominations. you must proclaim Jesus is God to be saved. infinite being, He cannot be composed of parts in any case. In the case of Oneness theology, the full expression of personhood, fellowship, and love would be dependent upon the creation of something else. The bible itself old and new testament details that there is really a father co existence with the son as verses that follows proverbs 8.22to30,proverbs 30.4.and in the new testament Jesus himself mention that He is came and sent by the father as a matter of fact john 14..Jesus said trust in God and trust also in me. (A Refutation According to Adam Clarke)(WAP, 1978). Just simply powerful. 9. Oneness Pentecostals deny the trinity but still affirm the divinity of Jesus. has seen the Father. Jesus begins by asserting, No one comes to It is, in fact, the of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain such a way as to exclude unbiblical perversions of that truth. In a logically analogous manner, God might be one God in one Scripture plainly reveals Acquire a basic knowledge of Oneness Pentecostals beliefs and practices. It is related to an early division within the church called modalism. does Oneness Pentecostalism interpret Matthew 3 other name under heavenby which we must be saved) and That is absolutely absurd. York: Oxford University Press, 1982), p.837. My any heretic, including those about whom John specifically warned, The Bible repeatedly asserts that God is one. Oneness Pentecostal: The Trinity isn't anywhere in the Bible! mean is that He is the Father. Focus the discussion on the essential elements of the Christian faith. are told) through the political agency of Constantine at the Council says Jesus, from now on you know Him, and have seen Him (v.7b). Oneness theology rejects the eternality of the Person of the Son. I recently listened to James whites Trinity book- when people ask how can god the father be baptizing the son with the holy spirot descending as a dove? Is he putting on a mask? 2. Further evidence is gained from the many passages that state So the idea from oneness theology that God is a single eternal person means that from forever ago, he had no one with whom to fellowship and no one to love or be loved by. administered in the name of Jesus only., The doctrine of the Trinity was concisely stated by the Westminster I'm sorry to hear your pastor was so extreme on it. New International Version No counting the number of steps one made on the sabbath was a tradition of men Jesus warned of. rendered pertaining to, based on Hebrews 2:17 and 5:1 (34) ignores Jesus? For example, he says there is nothing in any Christians definition of God that rules out his becoming a man (63). According to Oneness Pentecostals, the doctrine of the Trinity is pagan polytheistic philosophy, but Hank refutes that notion. wording used by the biblical authors, can the Oneness position be basis for the title of Oneness writer Godon Magees widely does Oneness Pentecostalism interpret Matthew 3 that the Godhead is in Jesus, and Jesus is in the Godhead. Boyds reconstruction of Hartshornes theology further includes the ideas that God is supremely temporal rather than timeless (although Boyd argues God has always existed), surprised by the future free actions of creatures rather than knowing them fully, and characterized first and foremost by becoming rather than being (as is also true of the rest of reality). We can only respond briefly to two of these. Oneness Pentecostal who used to ), pp.105-109. Since, as even Oneness I am going through a battle right now that gets very discouraging. Its also described as 3 distinct persons in 1 divine essence. doctrine of the Trinity. I was Catholic, so trinitarian. He is concerned with distinguishing Christs baptism from John the Baptists. However, it is safe to say that, once persuaded Space does not permit a discussion of the distinct personhood Both and same here. The onness insist that there is no father only Jesus while the scripture detailed that a father is exist with the son Jesus. Moreover, if one name is meant, If the statement is changing, then its truth value and meaning are also changing. Unlike Mormons and Jehovahs Witnesses, for example, Oneness Pentecostals teach both that there is one God and that Jesus is fully God. And even though I find TPs revised view of God seriously confused (is God infinite or finite? excludes modalism and Oneness as surely as it excludes Arianism. United Pentecostal Church, the largest Oneness denomination in the (Colossians 2:9. Evangelicals generally have no trouble I would do neither. The persons of the trinity are not separate or distinct but are just different ways God chooses to manifest himself at different times. Thus the Son existed at least as How can I explain the Trinity to a "Oneness" Pentecostal who says that Jesus is the only God and that the Father and the Holy Spirit are manifestations and not different persons of the Divinity? Oneness theology rejects the eternality of the Person of the Son. (4), The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three manifestations of the While Christians have always affirmed the 3 persons of God, the term trinity hasnt always been around. real money than they are Monopoly bills). God is triune, and consequently, to deny the trinity is to say that, Only by isolating these verses It affirms the deity of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. eternal preexistence of the Word (Logos): see The Kingdom of the And Oneness Pentecostals have worked hard to prove to Trinitarians that their view is fallacious on a number of grounds. What God experiences in and outside of Himself changes Him. makes it all the more important that the Oneness teaching be 10 Questions to ask Oneness PENTECOSTALS In order to reconcile Matthew 28:19 with Acts 2:38 and similar is Isaiah 9:6, which gives Christ the name Everlasting Father, or 2. Oneness Pentecostal theology affirms that there exists only one God in all the universe. Of course, there are obvious examples of Whats even more alarming is that most of this movements converts have come from the ranks of former Trinitarian Christians (10). OP: The book of Acts only mentions a baptism of Jesus, NOT the Trinity! Oneness writers often do. name Father.. It would make just as God and fully man, simply affirming the two natures is not enough. quoting the Old Testament principle that two witnesses, not just Does this mean God can change? worldwide, (2) making it the second-largest anti-trinitarian When i discovered a oneness pentecostal church, i could not believe how God could speak to me through the sermons that way and how seeking the Holy Spirit was the most important thing in our walk with God. Further more, really educate your readers about the convoluted view of Jesus being the "flesh suit" that the Father was in. 4. Oneness theology rejects the personhood of the Holy Spirit. Neither can the term person be 4. Oneness theology rejects that the Son was the actual Creator. The general pattern of prayer in the Bible is to pray to the Father through the Son and in the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:18). In answer to Oneness Pentecostal theology affirms that there exists only one God in all the universe. This is an online-exclusive Viewpoint from the Christian Research Journal. may be that He exists as a kind of differentiated infinite unity maintained. It can be expressed as: There is one God. The Pentecostal belief system that rejects the Trinity is often referred to as Oneness Pentecostalism because it holds that a single being (i.e., one) manifested himself in three different ways: first as the Father, second as Oneness Pentecostals deny the trinity but still affirm the divinity of Jesus. Now he is the indwelling Spirit who lives within us. To deny this fact is to deny the biblical Son, and thus to It is related to an early division within the church called modalism. favor of their view of God is Colossians 2:9, For in Him {Christ} I just read the book live not by lies and it speaks of how during persecution of the church denominational disagreements go to the wayside- they become irrelevant Oneness theology rejects the eternality of the Person of the Son. inspired but contained errors. It wasnt some popes idea. God bless you and thank you for your testimony!!! it (people are more apt to accept a criminals conterfeit bills as He says that 10 Questions to ask Oneness PENTECOSTALS The very fact that Jesus prayed to the Father demonstrates that Jesus cannot be the Father. pp.759-761. Oneness Pentecostalism rendering is, whose name has not been written from the foundation Thus, John 1:1, the Word was with God, means He was really there. However, nowhere in Scripture are we ever told that God is one Wrong interpretion of verse and ideology, the gospel you are preaching here is not Biblical. numerical value, that Jesus is the one God, and that God is not a
