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Originally Posted by AbundantGrace
These are many of the answers that I expected to receive. I'm not here to argue. I just wanted to see what you'd say. I was raised in oneness all my life and preached it for a number of years. It still amazes me though when I look back and realize that I used to be one. It also amazes me how the scriptures are manipulated to justify your doctrine.
Thanks for all of your input. It will be helpful in what I'm doing.
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I am a very conscientious person, sometimes to my own detriment. However, I stand strong in the knowledge that God is one. My trinity friends and brethren (yes, I do consider trinity believers my brethren), when I ask them about their beliefs, 99% will mirror almost exactly a Oneness position. I ask them sincerely if it would matter if they substituted manifestations for persons in the description of God and most say that they accept it.
I am Oneness to the core. I forever will be such. This truth is very precious to me. However, I will not condemn someone who has sincere faith in Christ but does not have a correct understanding of who Jesus is in totality. This nonsense between Oneness and Trinity really needs to stop. If we would lay aside our predetermined mindsets about one another, and come out and describe our beliefs in openness, we would see such minute differences that it would not be funny.
And, the following might cause me grief on the board but so be it. I would minister the Gospel in a trinity church the same as I would in a Oneness church. The response would be the same, in souls repenting and being converted. Most churches I know would allow Jesus name baptism because it is written in the Bible. Yes, these are my brethren, and I claim them as such.
So, AG, if you come on here to engage in a dialog concerning oneness vs. trinity, then might I advise you to serious think about how much you might lose in so doing?
As I said in the previous post, I am a former trinity preacher, and that means I used to be a minister in a trinity church. They had the Holy Ghost, just like us, spoke in tongues, just like us, and got saved just like us. The difference comes in when we minor on the majors, and major on the minors.
OK, you may fire when ready!