Is the Son eternal?

Originally Posted by mfblume

Amen. The verse you cited is the ONLY VERSE in the bible that gives the ONLY REASON He was called Son of God. The word "THEREFORE" in that verse shows us that the statements made previous to the wordfs following it are the reasons for the words following it. In other words, the REASON He is called SON OF GOD is due to the presence of a Father and mother, namely, God and Mary.

Oneness Pentecostals such as Mr Blume claim that God assumes the three roles (or manifestations) of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in time from Jesus’ birth. But I would state here that both of these positions are problematic for the Oneness view, because before Jesus’ conception in Mary’s womb, Luke states that; ‘The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,’ (Luke 1:35), indicating that God already existed as the Holy Spirit, before Jesus’ birth and even before his conception; (Mr Blume alludes to this in paraphrase in his post). But you can’t have a ‘Holy Ghost’ existing before the Father and Son in Oneness theology can you! Going back into the Old Testament we read of King David crying at Psalm 51:11 ‘take not thy Holy Spirit from me,’ which doesn’t make any sense when read in the light of the Oneness claim, that God hadn’t at that time yet become the Holy Spirit. Also consider Isaiah 63:10; ‘but they vexed his Holy Spirit,’ which again states that the Holy Spirit before Christ’s birth.