But it would be a mistake to say that it is always Jesus who is speaking. But in the Bible, a name is definitional. In Oneness-unitarian doctrine, the unipersonal deity (the Father), came down Himself, and put on or wrapped himself in flesh without actually becoming flesh- thus, the Father Himself dwells in the incarnate Christ. 18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. 17 If anyones will is to do Gods will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. The text reads, In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. In context, this psalm is clearly referring to YHWH (v. 1). Why does Paul say blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ rather than blessed be our God and Father Jesus Christ? The problem with this is that they do not realize what the apostolic age entails. Similarly if you do not speak in tongues, then you have not been filled with the Holy Spirit and consequently are not saved. 13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. Since the Spirit teaches us that Jesus is in bodily form now (Col. 2:9), then how does the Oneness Pentecostal person maintain that God is in the form of the Holy Spirit? This entails that there is one God who is one person. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. The trinity declares that there is one being (God) and three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit). He is still fully God and fully man. The Bible teaches there is only one God (Isaiah 43:10:44:6, 8; 45:5). This is precisely what happens to many people. Trinity, Oneness, Oneness Of God, 52-week preaching calendar to help you plan your sermons, Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching, Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year, Help your church understand God's plan in pain, Call your people to experience a higher freedom, Proclaim the gospel to the ends of the earth. The main problem is the Oneness Pentecostal doctrine implicitly denies this absolutely fundamental truth. What is wrong with the Oneness view of God? 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. Rather, we see him as the human Messiah that God made both Lord and Christ. The Trinity is one God in three distinct simultaneous, coeternal persons. It is the Father who said to the Son, In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth. But just so the reader will understand his theological meaning, the author of Hebrews adds the word, LORD (taken to indicate YHWH) into the sentence so as to underline the point. However, Oneness theology denies the Trinity. What is this core truth? They must be different considering that the Father sent the Son (Matt. 38 For I[DIVINE NATURE] have come down from heaven, not to do My [HUMAN NATURE] own will, but the will of Him who sent Me [DIVINE NATURE]. 39 This is the will of Him who sent Me [HUMAN NATURE], that of all that He has given Me [HUMAN NATURE] I [HUMAN NATURE] lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 39 And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. On October 1, 1915, 525 delegates met in St. Louis, ready for a confrontation. How does this issue reflect on the personhood of God, who is supposed to be self-sustaining and completely self-dependent from eternity past? 28 You heard me say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. If you act in somebodys name, you are acting under their authority. The apostolic age is the time between the death of the Jesus and the death of the last apostle. (Heb 5:8-10), If Jesus already is God and all things are subjected to God, does it make any sense to say God has put all things in subjection under his feet? Oneness doctrine teaches that the one God reveals Himself in various forms: sometimes as the Father, sometimes as Jesus, and sometimes as the Holy Spirit. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 1 The LORD says to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. 2 The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Oneness Tendencies amongst the Church . 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, 35 until I make your enemies your footstool. 36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.. (John 8:28), If Jesus is God, he would have the Holy Spirit within himself. It can be credited to Oneness Pentecostal theology that they teach that before you can be saved, you must be born again by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. Modalism erupts today in what is known as Oneness Pentecostalism. 11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. The text says that these are names. Jesus had two natures. Then the Father speaks from Heaven, saying, This is my Son in whom I am well pleased. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. How can Jesus, if He is the same person as the Spirit, say that He is going to send the Spirit to earth when He returns to Heaven? Anybody reading the gospels will see that there is some sort of distinction between Jesus and the Father. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness., 30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. Oneness teachers would agree that salvation requires putting one's full faith in the Jesus of Oneness doctrine. (John 8:16-18), Did Jesus learn obedience? That is, a mediator is a third party. Therefore the sacrifice is not of divine quality, and it cannot be said that God is who was pierced. So what does he do with us? They are different roles that he takes in the world. Peter said that God made Jesus both Lord and Christ. If you would like to discuss this further, come join our Theology Discussion Group. Agents of God are called God. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. The idea of God is coherent. Many of my followers are aware that I have come from a Oneness Pentecostal background, and I often make harsh comparisons, in saying that they are similar to the Mormon church or the Jehovahs Witnesses. That is why so many Catholics also consider themselves Apostolic. 3:17; 16:17; 2 Pet. Doctor Bernard is merely propounding that the consciousness of the Father was duplicated into the person of the Son, and hence, on page 99, he argues that the Son can be thought of as God in one sense because he is the human image of the invisible God. It seems problematic. The Father and the Son manifest at the same time (Isaiah 9:6; Matt. There are not three gods. If there is only one person in the Godhead, why does Jesus say to the Father (who is in Heaven) let your will, not mine, be done? Jesus came into existence 2000 years ago when He was born. The answer would be no, because if he knows everything already, how could he think about what He knows? 5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,6who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. What do these things mean? They have the wrong view of. The Father is presented as on the throne and Heaven, and Jesus is presented as a lamb beside the throne. If you want to know who God is, you look to Jesus. Understanding how Jesus identifies himself in the Gospels Read More Jesus is the Model for Us Quotations are from the English Standard Version (ESV) unless otherwise indicated. Thus sophisticated Oneness Pentecostals have honed their theology so as it assuage these critiques. This charge I have received from my Father.. In Hebrew thought, the first cause or ultimate cause is not always distinguished from secondary or proximate causes. They teach people that they saved when in fact, they are not. The mediator gave himself as a ransom for all. This is the heresy of Nestorianism, which teaches two persons in the body of Jesus. 1:17). 18 The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. If Christ is God, how can it be said that Christ has entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf? . 56 And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God., 6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. Similarly, the Father is totally God and the Spirit is totally God. 16 But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, 17 delivering you from your people and from the Gentilesto whom I am sending you 18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me. 19 Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance. Hence, there is just no contradiction when Peter baptizes in the name of Jesus because it is the same authority. Therefore, the Son created the universe and existed alongside the Father. However when the Oneness Pentecostal see messianic statements in the Psalms that seem to regard the Son as existing presently, they are viewed as prophetic. When Jesus said, Father, into your hands, I commit my spirit, (Luke 23:46), what in the world was he talking about, if in fact, he is the Father? Nestorianism, the logical result of oneness theology regarding the person of Christ, leads to a scenario where the different natures of Christ speak alternately at different times even though theyre in the same sentence. How can God be both the mediator and the God he mediates for? This means that the name of Jesus is Immanuel, Son, everlasting father, prince of peace, wonderful counselor, mighty God, and YHWH. Christians have classically said that there is only one God who is eternally present in three persons. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. As formulated by Doctor Bernard, it logically entails that there are two Gods. God is a personal being. (Phil 2:9, Eph 1:17-21), A high priest works on behalf of God in relation to men, so how is it that God designated himself a high priest? That is to say, the principal is not always clearly distinguished from the agent (the one commissioned to carry out an act on behalf of another). We might pull our cars over for a police officer in the name of the law. 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Since Oneness theology and the doctrine of the Trinity are in agreement on these points, these have been omitted. Fair use is use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. A declaration of YHWH to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, || Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, 41 not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. The agent acting and speaking for the principal is the principal by proxy (a person authorized to act for another). 25 For David says concerning him, I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; 26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. In Oneness Pentecostalism, there is no distinction between the Father, Son and. The following points of doctrine are generally held to by the Oneness Pentecostal groups. This is because prior to the incarnation of Christ Jesus, there was no Jesus. However, a few seconds of reflection or perusing the gospels will reveal the problem with this view. 42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus. If there is only one person in the godhead, and Jesus is God, does this not mean that He is His own Father? Jesus is, by definition, one person with two distinct natures: a divine nature and a human nature. If He is still fully human (and in Heaven, how can He be the same person as the Spirit, who is on the earth ( )? (John 8:54), If Jesus himself is the Father, what sense does it make to say that the Father loves Jesus because he lays down his life? Is this belief true? When I ask who Jesus was praying to in the garden (Luke 22:42), they say it was human nature praying to the divine nature. 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.. How can you say, Show us the Father? He was not establishing a baptismal formula. Jesus came from the Father (John 6:38; 17:1-5); the Father did not come from Jesus. References are provided as to the necessity of the Messiah of prophecy being an agent of God, and we will look at why the humanity of Christ is essential to the Gospel. 6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, A PSALM OF DAVID. authority on Oneness Pentecostalism, David Reed.2 Reed has spent much of his academic life researching and writing on Oneness Pentecostals, especially the UPCI. Bernard, Essentials in Oneness Theology, p. 21. (Luke 22:42-43), God has no need to anoint himself. Modalistic Monarchianism, also known as Modalism or Oneness Christology, is a Christian theology upholding the oneness of God as well as the divinity of Jesus; as a form of Monarchianism, it stands in contrast with Trinitarianism.Modalistic Monarchianism considers God to be one while working through or existing as the different "modes" or "manifestations" of God the Father, God the Son, and . Understanding how Jesus identifies himself in the Gospels, Understanding how Jesus is the model for us, The essential humanity of the one mediator Jesus Christ, Understanding The Law of Agency - A Key Biblical Concept Pertaining to Christ, Understanding the distinction between one God, the Father, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, Analysis of Philippians Chapter 2: Form of God is exaltation, not preexistence, Refuting erroneous conflations of Scripture used to infer Jesus is ontologically God, www.21stcr.org/subjects/oneness-pentecostalism/oneness-pentecostalism-articles/, www.21stcr.org/subjects/oneness-pentecostalism/oneness-pentecostalism-videos/, www.21stcr.org/subjects/oneness-pentecostalism/oneness-pentecostalism-audio/, www.21stcr.org/subjects/oneness-pentecostalism/oneness-pentecostalism-books/, There is one God (God is our Savior and desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth), There is one mediator between God and men, The mediator is Christ (the Messiah) Jesus, The mediator gave himself up as a ransom for all, The testimony of the Messiah was given at the proper time. Recently, certain Muslim apologists and YouTubers have been excited that former kickboxer and controversial internet by Matt Slick | Jan 2, 2023 | Islam, World Religions. 1 Both Trinitarian and Oneness Pentecostal traditions have proceeded somewhat in parallel lines, both affirming their own position independently of criticism of the other, at least academically. The Trinity would solve this problem. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
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