The Godhead - Part VI
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The LORD our God is one LORD. Jesus continues with the second commandment: "love thy neighbour as thyself". He then said in verse 31…There is none other commandment greater than these. The first commandment deals with our duty to God, the second, our duty to man. All others hinge on these two commandments.
This is the bedrock foundation of our faith: the fact that there is only One God, and that Jesus is "Lord and God" (John 20:28).
The belief in Monotheism {One God} is the revelation that there is only One God, with no distinction of persons in the Godhead. Therefore, we as One God Apostolics are not only Oneness, but we are also anti-Trinitarian. Anti-Trinitarian, in that we are diametrically opposed to any teaching that would say there are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead. This teaching is based clearly upon non-biblical terminology. We cannot base our beliefs upon ideologies, suppositions and false teachings that are not based upon the Word of God. The Bible is the final authority. Nowhere in the Bible do we find a "trinity" Godhead.
Let's see if we can break the myth down.
The following are false teachings in order, therefore making up a plurality of persons in the Trinitarian Godhead.
Myth #1 God the Father is a person.
Myth #2 God the Son is a person.
Myth #3 God the Holy Ghost is a person.
If Myth #1 were true, why would Jesus say in John 4:23-24 “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” God is a Spirit.
Luke 24:39 states …"spirit hath not flesh and bones…" So if God the Father were a person in the Godhead, he would have had to have had flesh and bones; the only problem is "God is a Spirit".
If Myth #2 were true, then somewhere in Holy Writ, in 66 books of the Bible, would not Jesus have been referred to as God the Son? God the Son is non-biblical terminology. The son of God is altogether different from God the Son.
Matthew 16:16 "Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God"
1John 5:5 "Jesus is the Son of God"
Acts 9:20 "Jesus is the Son of God"
John 20:31 "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God"
1 John 4:15 "Jesus is the Son of God"
Luke 4:41 "Thou art Christ, The Son of God"
1 John 5:20 "Son of God"
1 John 5:12 "Son of God"
1 John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
So, yes, we are anti-Trinitarian, because we are Monotheist. In other words, we believe on the Son of God, not God the Son.
To be continued…
Vertically Minded,
Rev. Tony Spell
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The LORD our God is one LORD. Jesus continues with the second commandment: "love thy neighbour as thyself". He then said in verse 31…There is none other commandment greater than these. The first commandment deals with our duty to God, the second, our duty to man. All others hinge on these two commandments.
This is the bedrock foundation of our faith: the fact that there is only One God, and that Jesus is "Lord and God" (John 20:28).
The belief in Monotheism {One God} is the revelation that there is only One God, with no distinction of persons in the Godhead. Therefore, we as One God Apostolics are not only Oneness, but we are also anti-Trinitarian. Anti-Trinitarian, in that we are diametrically opposed to any teaching that would say there are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead. This teaching is based clearly upon non-biblical terminology. We cannot base our beliefs upon ideologies, suppositions and false teachings that are not based upon the Word of God. The Bible is the final authority. Nowhere in the Bible do we find a "trinity" Godhead.
Let's see if we can break the myth down.
The following are false teachings in order, therefore making up a plurality of persons in the Trinitarian Godhead.
Myth #1 God the Father is a person.
Myth #2 God the Son is a person.
Myth #3 God the Holy Ghost is a person.
If Myth #1 were true, why would Jesus say in John 4:23-24 “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” God is a Spirit.
Luke 24:39 states …"spirit hath not flesh and bones…" So if God the Father were a person in the Godhead, he would have had to have had flesh and bones; the only problem is "God is a Spirit".
If Myth #2 were true, then somewhere in Holy Writ, in 66 books of the Bible, would not Jesus have been referred to as God the Son? God the Son is non-biblical terminology. The son of God is altogether different from God the Son.
Matthew 16:16 "Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God"
1John 5:5 "Jesus is the Son of God"
Acts 9:20 "Jesus is the Son of God"
John 20:31 "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God"
1 John 4:15 "Jesus is the Son of God"
Luke 4:41 "Thou art Christ, The Son of God"
1 John 5:20 "Son of God"
1 John 5:12 "Son of God"
1 John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
So, yes, we are anti-Trinitarian, because we are Monotheist. In other words, we believe on the Son of God, not God the Son.
To be continued…
Vertically Minded,
Rev. Tony Spell
What is the definition of Kairological?
Thanks,
Jim Rogers
The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible. His references to the father helped the mind of mankind to understand that Jesus was indeed Heaven sent and not just another man.
Philip you have been with me this long and still don't know me? When you have seen me, you have seen the father!
Christ the visible image of and invisible God.
He was all man, but never ceased being God!
Love the postings!
A Young Perspective,
Nathan Cox