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Well ... these things happen! Nevertheless, I think my comment is a keeper; therefore, I have reproduced it here for your consideration.
The following link is a blog about the shortcomings of the Oneness doctrine:
The Compassionate Conservative- Loving Christ, Loving Others: The Most Dangerous Heretics in The Christian Church
My comment highlights the fact that the trinity also suffers very similar shortcomings in equal measure to the Oneness doctrine.
Here is my comment:
Yep. In many ways, the Oneness doctrine is indeed wrong.
But
sadly, the trinity doctrine is also equally wrong in this regard:
that
both Oneness and trinity doctrines try to make Jesus of Nazareth, the
Messiah our Lord, into Almighty GOD!!
And both doctrines state that
you must believe that the Lord Jesus is Almighty GOD to be
saved!!
In this regard, both doctrines do err and are scripturally
wrong.
IMHO!
Both doctrines appeared hundreds of years after the
ascension of Christ.
Both doctrines try to explain how Jesus can be both
God and man at the same time!! The Godman!!
But the original faith
which was once delivered unto the saints [Jude 3] did not suffer from
this problem.
The original faith has always been
that there is
solely ONE GOD,
the Father.
And Jesus of Nazareth, is the one man, the
one human being whom Almighty GOD raised from the dead, made him, both Lord
and Christ, and exalted him to His right hand.
Hence, Jesus of Nazareth is
the Lord Jesus Christ,
a man approved of Almighty GOD,
who is
currently at the right of the ONE GOD in the heavens.
Whom we await for his
return.
(1 Cor 8:4) ... there is none other God but one.
(1 Cor
8:6) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,
and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we
by him.
(1 Tim 2:5) For there is one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
(1 Th 1:9-10) For they
themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye
turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to
wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus,
which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Hundreds of years after
the pure, true, apostolic faith was propagated;
Greek, Hellenistic and pagan
philosophy/doctrines changed the human Jesus into a demigod then into
a godman.
And in response, both the doctrines of the trinity and
Oneness tried to solve this self-inflicted problem!
The
solution then, is to return to the pure faith and doctrine as taught in the
Scriptures:
that there is solely ONE GOD, the Father.
And there
is solely one man, one human, whom the ONE GOD has made
"Lord of all", the man Messiah Jesus.
And indeed the day is coming where
...
(Phil 2:11) And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
May I suggest that one
can prayerfully begin this journey of recovery by viewing a helpful video at
The Human
Jesus
Yours In Messiah
Adam Pastor
