THE FALSE ONENESS DOCTRINE VRS THE TRUE DOCTERINE OF THE TRINITY.
IN THIS MESSAGE, FROM THE WORD OF GOD, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK THROUGH SCRIPTURES, TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE FALSE ONENESS, GETS THEIR DOCTRINE FROM, WHAT THEY REJECT AND THEN, WE WILL LOOK AT THE TRUE DOCTRINE, OF THE TRINITY. LETS GET STARTED WITH THE ONENESS.
1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit Alone does this) are we all baptized into one Body (at Salvation, the Holy Spirit Baptizes the Believing sinner into the Body of Christ, which is the Born-Again experience; it doesn’t refer to Water Baptism), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free (all must come in the same manner, “by and through Jesus Christ and what He did for us at the Cross”); and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (The Holy Spirit is the agent Who affects the work of Redemption carried out in our lives, which is made possible by the Death, Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation of Christ.)
John 1:1 In the beginning (does not infer that Christ as God had a beginning, because as God He had no beginning, but rather refers to the time of Creation [Gen. 1:1]) was the Word (the Holy Spirit through John describes Jesus as “the Eternal Logos”), and the Word was with God (“was in relationship with God,”and expresses the idea of the Trinity), and the Word was God (meaning that He did not cease to be God during the Incarnation; He “was”and “is”God from eternity past to eternity future).
Ephesians 4:5 One Lord (Jesus Christ), one Faith (what He did at the Cross), one Baptism (our Salvation, referring to Believers Baptized into Christ, which was done at the Cross; it has nothing to do with Water Baptism [Rom. 6:3-5]),
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD (there are two Hebrew words for the English word “one”; the first means a single or only one; the second, a compound unity; it is the second that is used in this Verse; so this Verse implies the Trinity):
Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending (the First, the Last, the only God), saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (The word “Almighty”guarantees He will be able to accomplish all that He says.)
John 10:30 I and My Father are One (the Greek Text says, “We are One”; these simple words destroy the teaching of those who deny the distinction of persons in the Godhead, and those who question the Deity of Christ).
NOW, WHAT IS IT THAT THE ONENESS, REJECTS.
THE CROSS
Mark 8:34 And when He had called the people unto Him with His Disciples also, He said unto them (speaks of an interval of some period of time between His rebuke of Peter and this present statement), Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself (deny his own strength, ability, talent, power, and carnal intellect), and take up his cross (not suffering as many suppose, but rather the benefits of the Cross), and follow Me (implying that Jesus cannot be followed, unless it’s by the way of the Cross).
John 3:16 For God so loved the world (presents the God kind of love), that He gave His Only Begotten Son (gave Him up to the Cross, for that’s what it took to redeem humanity), that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life.
Mark 15:30 Save Yourself, and come down from the Cross (this jest was the harder to endure since it appealed to a consciousness of power held back only by the self-restraint of a Sacrificed Will; had He saved Himself, no one else could have been Saved).
Matthew 10:38 And he who takes not his cross (total “Faith” in the Cross to the exclusion of everything else), and follows after Me (we can only follow Him by the “Way” of the Cross), is not worthy of Me (not worthy of the blessings afforded by the “victory” of the Cross).
Galatians 2:20 I am Crucified with Christ (as the Foundation of all Victory; Paul, here, takes us back to Rom. 6:3-5): nevertheless I live (have new life); yet not I (not by my own strength and ability), but Christ lives in me (by virtue of me dying with Him on the Cross, and being raised with Him in Newness of Life): and the life which I now live in the flesh (my daily walk before God) I live by the Faith of the Son of God (the Cross is ever the Object of my Faith), Who loved me, and gave Himself for me (which is the only way that I could be Saved).
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching (Message) of the Cross is to them who perish foolishness (Spiritual things cannot be discerned by unredeemed people, but that doesn’t matter; the Cross must be preached just the same, even as we shall see); but unto us who are Saved it is the Power of God. (The Cross is the Power of God simply because it was there that the total sin debt was paid, giving the Holy Spirit, in Whom the Power resides, latitude to work mightily within our lives.)
Romans 5:8 But God Commendeth His Love toward us (Christ dying for the ungodly is a proof of Love immeasurable), in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Jesus died for those who bitterly hate Him).
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto you, Today shall you be with Me in Paradise (a statement of fact, and not a question, as some claim; however, his stay in Paradise would be very short; some three days later, he would accompany Christ to Heaven, along with every other person in Paradise, which included all the Old Testament Saints).
Matthew 7:17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit (the good fruit is Christlikeness, while the evil fruit is self-likeness).
The oneness doctrine rejects the Cross because, they believe a person is Saved by Works, which would be self likeness and not Christ likeness, which is done by placing your Faith and Belief in the Works that Jesus Christ, has already taken care of. REJECT the Cross? You then reject eternal Life, Salvation in Heaven.
Now, the doctrine of the Trinity, which is also rejected by the Oneness doctrine.
John 10:30 I and My Father are One (the Greek Text says, “We are One”; these simple words destroy the teaching of those who deny the distinction of persons in the Godhead, and those who question the Deity of Christ).
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore (applies to any and all who follow Christ, and in all ages), and teach all nations (should have been translated, “and preach to all nations”, for the word “teach”here refers to a proclamation of truth), baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (presents the only formula for Water Baptism given in the Word of God):
1 Corinthians 1:6 But to us there is but one God (“One”in unity and not “One”in number; it can refer to either), the Father (speaks of relationship), of whom are all things (refers to God as the Creator of all things), and we in Him (which we are by virtue of Christ and the Cross); and one Lord Jesus Christ (our Saviour), by whom are all things (what He did at the Cross made it all possible), and we by Him. (Everything we have from God comes to us from Christ, with the Cross being the means by which it is done.)
2 Corinthians 13:14 The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (made possible by the Cross), and the Love of God (shown by the fact of the Cross), and the Communion of the Holy Spirit (which we can constantly have by continually exhibiting Faith in the Cross), be with you all. Amen.
Matthew 3:16-17 And Jesus, when He was baptized (this was the beginning of His earthly Ministry), went up straightway (immediately) out of the water (refers to Baptism by immersion and not by sprinkling): and, lo, the Heavens were opened unto Him (the only One, the Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom the Heavens would be opened), and he saw the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him (John saw a visible form that reminded him of a dove): 17 And lo a Voice from Heaven, saying (the Voice of God the Father), This is My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased (the Trinity appears here: the Father speaks, the Spirit descends, and the Son prays [Lk. 3:21]).
John 14:26 But the Comforter (Helper), which is the Holy Spirit (proclaims the Third Person of the Godhead), Whom the Father will send in My Name (because Jesus paid the price on the Cross, enabling the Holy Spirit to come in a completely new dimension), He shall teach you all things, and bring all things (proclaims the Holy Spirit as the Great Teacher of the Word of God, which is the only way one can learn the Word) to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (refers to the Holy Spirit helping the Apostles remember what Jesus had said and, as well, to understand what He had said).
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh (refers to the Incarnation, “God becoming man”), and dwelt among us (refers to Jesus, although Perfect, not holding Himself aloft from all others, but rather lived as all men, even a peasant), (and we beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father,) (speaks of His Deity, although hidden from the eyes of the merely curious; while Christ laid aside the expression of His Deity, He never lost the possession of His Deity) full of Grace and Truth (as “flesh,”proclaimed His Humanity, “Grace and Truth”His Deity).
1 John 5:7-8 For there are Three Who bear record in Heaven (the Law has ever required the Testimony of two or three witnesses [Deut. 17:6; 19:15; Mat. 18:16; II Cor. 13:1]), the Father, the Word (Jesus Christ is the Word [Jn. 1:1]), and the Holy Spirit: and these Three are One. (The only sense three can be one is in essence and unity, as is clear in Jn. 17:11, 21-23.) 8 And there are Three who bear witness in earth (as in Heaven, so on Earth), the Spirit, and the water, and the blood (speaks of the Holy Spirit; the Humanity of Christ, while never ceasing to be Deity, and the Atonement, i.e., “the Cross”): and these Three agree in One. (These Three agree that Christ is Very Man while at the same time being Very God, Who died on the Cross to Redeem fallen humanity.)
John 14:16-17 And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter (“Parakletos,”which means “One called to the side of another to help”), that He may abide with you forever (before the Cross, the Holy Spirit could only help a few individuals, and then only for a period of time; since the Cross, He lives in the hearts and lives of Believers, and does so forever); 17 Even the Spirit of Truth (the Greek says,
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