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Originally Posted by bbyrd009
Ah, ok, yes, I was raised on all this, and ran at "modalism" then, and am returning to encourage as many as possible to run from it now. Put it with your eschatology, imo.
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The problem is that none of knows for SURE, I mean, none of us have actually sat down with Jesus and specifically asked him to describe the Godhead and all its attributes. (Although many act as though they have...) One day... though... we'll all know... for sure.
There are so many scriptures for and against both the Trinity and the Oneness doctrine that the arguments go on endlessly, and in almost every post here on AFF...
However, about your statement of "returning to encourage as many as possible to run from it now" I would like to comment.
Myself being raised Oneness, and then a few years ago really beginning to study and read the Bible, I began to see what I'd always shoved back into my consciousness the thought that "something" is just not quite right with all the Oneness doctrine. The more I have studied, and prayed and listened to all the compelling arguments from each side on this forum... the more I have begun to see it this way.
NO.ONE.KNOWS.FOR.SURE.EXACTLY.HOW.IT.ALL.CAME.ABOU T. Each side is so sure they are right, and the other side so convinced vice versa. And each has plenty of scripture, and reasoning to back their arguments up.
I have come to see it this way.... if you think you have got it all figured out... then that is the mentality I want to run from!!!! Because none of us are God, and none of us completely understand the intricacy of his workings. I do believe in ONE and only ONE God, one Spirit, and that Spirit indwelling the Son Christ Jesus. Most won't argue to this point, but then those fine points of doctrine and the relationship between the Godhead sucks us in every time.
So, I am like you BB... I will continue to run from anyone who spouts off and says their doctrine, or belief in the godhead is the only way to Jesus. We are all still learning, and trying to understand.
Bottom line, the most important thing of all is faith in the work of Jesus at Calvary - that is still the most important thing we can do for salvation.
If our focus is the gospel, and the belief that Christ fulfilled the OT plan of salvation through the pattern given through the Tabernacle, that should be the ultimate goal and focus of our lives... not trying to figure out the exact workings of the godhead...
Just my food for thought on the issue....
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