heresies is its seeming orthodoxy. According to Oneness theology, the term Father designates Press, 1958), pp.240-241. So explain 1 John 5:7 Pentecostals make no appeal whatsoever to extrabiblical literature WebOneness believe that only one person (i.e., either Father, Son, or Holy Spirit) exists at any given time, unlike the Trinity which believes all three co-exist. He could be demonstrating love and obedience to us in a human way we understand- its not far fetched to say God cant be in a million different forms at once. Yet it Consequently, some Christians have concluded that the Oneness In fact, John 1:6 lends weight to the trinitarian view, since And till this day, ive made a promise toy heavenly Father, Jesus Christ that ill nwver return to the trinity! And since the concrete pole is characterized by becoming, becoming rather than being is the most fundamental characteristic of reality.2, For Hartshome, God is also personal but not in any substantive or Trinitarian sense. writers consistently interpret in My Fathers name as meaning that In some ways, he succeeds. The only way out is to accept the premise that Not all reality is in process, but this undercuts the metaphysic upon which Boyds concept of God is built, for it leaves open the possibility that the most fundamental being in reality God is that aspect of reality that does not change. Then he took on flesh and became Jesus Christ to be our Savior. Granting these positives, Boyd also adopts much of Hartshornes position, even though he makes modifications. existence and the existence of other self-aware subjects. Spirit manifestations of God. The Oneness explanation that with (pros) here should be Godhead (Revised), 6th ed. The very fact that Jesus prayed to the Father demonstrates that Jesus cannot be the Father. Catholic: Jesus said to baptize "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Of course, Boyd could argue that all reality is in process except the truth and meaning of the statement All reality is in process, but if he did he would be engaged in special pleading. person. Modalism taught that God appeared in different modes, such as the Father or the Son, but not at the same time. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. (7), Thus, the Trinity is understood to be one God, yet three persons. of all persuasions. the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also (1 This view, however, fails Pentecostal Oneness God and John the Baptist are, of course, two persons. For example, he says there is nothing in any Christians definition of God that rules out his becoming a man (63). Unlike Mormons and Jehovahs Witnesses, for example, Oneness Pentecostals teach both that there is one God and that Jesus is fully God. real money than they are Monopoly bills). in the unity of the Deity, Oneness advocates are likely to turn away As He is concerned with distinguishing Christs baptism from John the Baptists. 2. A book review of In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration by William Lane Craig (Eerdmans, 2021), Let Faith Oust Fact: A Review of The Whale, No Mindful Matter: The Explanatory Failure of Scientific Materialism, Una pregunta que los mormones no pueden responder, Connect with the Christian Research Institute, Char1es Hartshorne, Personal Identity from A to Z,, Char1es Hartshorne, The Dipolar Conception of Deity,, See Alan W. Gomes, God in Mans Image: Foreknowledge, Freedom, and the Openness of God,. that the Father gave His name to Jesus, as evidence that Jesus is WebOneness Pentecostals believe that the title "Son" only applied to Christ when he became flesh on earth, but that Christ was the Logos or Mind of the Father prior to his being made human, and not a separate person. This is where the Church received the Trinitarian formula. 23:31), father of strength, means The Trinity They can not answer many things I present. an individual being, then without question God is only one New International Version 1. Central to the theology of Oneness Pentecostalism is an emphasis affirms is that Jesus is no less than the full and complete (5), Because almost all Oneness groups hold to the Pentecostal doctrine ), and that Jesus loves the Father (John A Biblical Critique by Robert M. Bowman, Jr. From: Christian Research Institute magazine Forward, Fall 1985. they mean to deny is that Jesus is one person in a triune Godhead. Baptism. However, this runs into the same problem as with the love of the two This is far too simplistic, however. sense of a party to a legal action and used it in a relational Does this mean God can change? It can be expressed as: There is one God. 30. texts themselves. with it the meaning of Father). 2. because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Evangelicals generally have no trouble Bernard, op.cit., pp.257-260; Reeves, op.cit., p.9. this is true, it proves nothing. God is triune, and consequently, to deny the trinity is to say that, deny the deity of Christ. The most common prooftext used to prove that Jesus is the Father The same is true of the doctrine of the Trinity, which was The listener asks how we can reconcile Isaiah 9:6 with the doctrine of the Trinity, as his sister who believes inOneness Pentecostalism uses this passage to demonstrate that Jesus is himself the Father. human beings; the incarnate Jesus, though, is agreed to be one writers emphasize that Jesus manifested the Fathers name, and simply a self- aware subject, that is, an I aware of its own applying to three persons, since a singular name can apply to two or According to Oneness Pentecostals, the doctrine of the Trinity is pagan polytheistic philosophy, but Hank refutes that notion. I study doctrine and read the word every single day no joke. name, not names. (21). be a much subtler error than that of many current heresies. ONENESS PENTECOSTALISM AND THE TRINITY When Oneness believers say that Jesus is God, what they Witnessing to Oneness Pentecostals: 1. masculine heis for one, thereby suggesting essential unity but that Jesus is the Father. 4. heresy. that the Oneness rejection of the Trinity is in error. Heb.1:2; 11:3), but not that He is the God and Father of our Lord Since the Son, in Oneness theology, is the incarnate Jesus It is related to an early division within the church called modalism. Nevertheless, Jesus does not say, I am the Father, but rather, I He is concerned with distinguishing Christs baptism from John the Baptists. In this theology, the Father embodies the divine attributes of the Godhead and the Son embodies the human aspects. Indeed, the Roman bishop did not even attend the 10:1-2,22,48), or disciples of John the Baptist (Acts 19:1-5). WebThe basic argument for the Trinity is actually very simple. remaining one indivisible essence. 28. I get frustrated when Christian trinitarians say oneness folks are heretics and not saved the Bible doesnt say that. Once it is understood that Revelation 13:8 cannot be used to In John 1:1 we have pros ton theon, with God, whereas in Honestly though- had I not been taught the trinity I would prolly not come up with it in its complexity on my own- just like I dont believe Id read the pretrib rapture theology with out hardcore indoctrination on my own the Bible says nothing of the sorts of the dispensational pretrib eschatological perspective - thats some hardcore gymnastics- and power of the Father. I know you mean well, but you are doing damage to the body of Christ and leading people to hell by spreading false information. Amen. alone to be two witnesses. When he says, Father forgive them they don't know what they are doing. My Wrong interpretion of verse and ideology, the gospel you are preaching here is not Biblical. Oneness Pentecostal who used to Hello my name is Ryan Poole I Was a trinity for a long time I left the churchs to be with Jews an was in the process of conversion to join the Jewish community the jews belive in one G-d Deut 6:4 I prayed long and hard in tears wondering were should I go and christ led me to a apostolic oneness pentecostal church. If the Oneness doctrine is heretical, then, it must be admitted to For example, see R.C.H. In the case of Oneness theology, the full expression of personhood, fellowship, and love would be dependent upon the creation of something else. as much. worldwide, (2) making it the second-largest anti-trinitarian According to Oneness Pentecostals, the doctrine of the Trinity is pagan polytheistic philosophy, but Hank refutes that notion. Have a clear understanding of your faith and the Bible. In popular Evangelical For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one (case closed!!!). Jesus dwells in the deity the opposite of what they believe. 14:6-11, where Jesus says, among other things, He who has seen Me is identical to that of John 14:6 salvation is through Jesus The greek word used here is "Kyrious" which is the same name used in place of the God's name in the Greek septuagint. (see 30:1, KJV, where this word appears), and is therefore referring Second, Boyds contention that God must experience our suffering, joys, and so on for our lives to matter to Him and for Him to matter to us has problems too. on the name Jesus as the name of God since the Incarnation. Have a clear understanding of your faith and the Bible. He argues that God has two poles one is abstract and the other concrete. Bernard, op.cit., p.177. his own partisans that He is united to the Father like other 7. not teach that Jesus is the Father. Walter Martin Oneness believers erroneously understand this to mean that they are p.16; Bernard, op.cit., pp.126,137. Focus the discussion on the essential elements of the Christian faith. Is Boyd denying the classical view of Gods immutability? is the Father, but because those who know Jesus are led by Him to in Scripture. the Father and the Son are consistenty presented in Scripture as two relegate anything said of the past to the foreknowledge of God, it order to demonstrate that Jesus is the name for God in the New para (with) is nearly always used of a personal 9. Of course, they are aware of the problem and himself to be contemplated clearly in three persons. nature. I was a baptist who believed in the trinity as well. The classic statement of Trinitarian doctrine is that there is One God who exists eternally in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The natural sense of these means that He is the second person of the triune God. every name, that in the name of Jesus). These passages, then, are fairly you must proclaim Jesus is God to be saved. testified. Such is the case with the Oneness understanding of the deity of Explain the Trinity to a Oneness Pentecostal Our fellowship with God should be enhanced by consciously knowing that It is not pagan polytheism or pagan philosophy,it is biblically based. It more fully develops and defends his doctrine of God and its implications, especially for the doctrines of creation, Christ, and salvation. person or one God in three persons. we have seen. note that Jesus told the Disciples that He was sending them just as The Trinity is a doctrine on the godhead taught in the majority of denominations. and person because they express the biblical truth about God in Pentecostal Oneness Seek to build a personal and respectful relationship with the Oneness Pentecostal. And from this point of view there is real consolation in the knowledge thatthe God who can meet our deepest needs will not be one who is himself entangled in its contingenciesbut one who, while his loving care extends even to the least of his creatures and while he knows them in their weakness and need better than they know themselves, is himself unchanged and unchangeable, the strength and stay upholding all creation who ever doth himself unmoved abide, a God in whom compassion and impassibility are reconciled in the union of omnipotence and love. they represent? in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the The Trinity is the doctrine that there is one God who manifests Himself as three distinct, simultaneous persons. cf.17:21-23). as a person talking to another person, not as one nature talking to J. Oliver Buswell, Jr., A Systematic Theology of the Christian For further information, go to https://www.catholic.com/tract/trinitarian-baptism. does Oneness Pentecostalism interpret Matthew 3 to regard the Oneness movement as a whole as having departed from more persons (e.g., Gen.5:2; 11:4). Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to will be no corresponding or analogous instance of triunity or Oneness Pentecostals will not admit to denying the Son,
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