Bruce & Dana Klein are Apostolic, Oneness, Pentecostal, Jesus Name Bible Teachers at Apostolic Theological Seminary.-- Repentance, Water baptism and the Holy Ghost baptism are required for salvation! Jesus Christ is our God!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Trinity versus the Oneness of God
Hello Friends,
Below is a letter I wrote to a pastor challenging our doctrine of Oneness:
(English is his second language)
As an attempt to answer your challenges about what I believe the Holy Bible is teaching:
I believe God manifests himself in three ways.
Do you believe 'God in three persons'?
Is Father a person? What is a person? Father is never seen. A person can be seen.
Is Holy Spirit a person? Can the Holy Spirit be seen?
Jesus Christ is a person. He is still a person. He can be seen.
What is your God's name?
My God's name is Jesus.
Jesus Christ is 100% God and 100% man.
How many thrones for God are there in Heaven? Is there a throne for Father? Is there a throne for the Holy Spirit?
There is only one throne in Heaven. Jesus Christ sits on the only throne in Heaven. Why? Because He is the Godhead. The Holy Bible doesn't say 'Godheads'. In 'Right hand of ...' the Greek does not have the word 'hand'. In the Greek, this phrase is used to show Jesus' authority. - 'My right hand man'.
Colossians 2:9 "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily."
Luke 22:69 "Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God."
John 14:10 "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."
John 14:11 "Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake."
John 10:30 "I and my Father are one."
The verse below is Jesus Christ speaking as a man; He is 100%. There are many verses where Jesus Christ in His humanity is speaking. Other verses Jesus Christ as Godhead is speaking.
John 16:16 "A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father."
We are speaking about two different Jesus'. There is the Jesus of the Trinity doctrine, and the Jesus of the Oneness doctrine. Paul the Apostle said there would be those teaching a different Jesus.
Your salvation is decided by your decision!
The Trinity is a teaching coming from the Roman Catholic Church. The Reformers were all ex Roman Catholic Priests. Do the Catholics and most Reformation churches speak in tongues, generally, no. I am not a protestant.
In Jesus,
Bruce