Do you believe the Jesus Only
doctrine?
There is a vast difference between
True Oneness and the Jesus Only Doctrine. Most people
don't have a clue what the differences are.
I will once again very bluntly,
emphatically state: I DO NOT BELIEVE THE "JESUS ONLY"
DOCTRINE! I do, however believe in True Oneness. Most
people today do not know the difference and label them
both as "Jesus Only". Perhaps they should also study the
Godhead as taught by
the scriptures.
Let me ask some questions for Jesus
Only people and also ask you to answer them by the Word
of God and ONLY by the Word of God.
If you would like to dispute them,
please offer more than one or two "pet" scriptures,
otherwise you invalidate your own theory. I've known a
preacher that wanted to quote 2 Corinthians 5:16 ONLY to
"prove" the Jesus Only doctrine. He seemed to think that
this one scripture would negate literally hours and hours
of teaching on the Godhead and more than 200 scripture
references and he absolutely refused to tackle other
scriptures that contradicted him! Folks, one scripture
does not a doctrine make! (By the way, 2 Corinthians
5:16 states "Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the
flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh,
yet now henceforth know we him no more." The only thing
this says is that we don't know Christ after the
flesh...why? Acts chapter 1 answers that very well.
Jesus is ascended!
It would be best if you study the
Godhead found
on this site and dispute that teaching line by line and
precept by precept. I have personally never met anyone
who believes the Jesus Only doctrine that will tackle the
scriptures as they are written. For example, when
the word of God says Jesus is the Son of God, the only
begotten Son of God, or when Paul opens his letters with
"Grace be unto you from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ", Jesus Only people get in trouble very quickly.
They also get into trouble when questions like those
presented here are asked.
Perhaps you'll see the fallacies of
the Jesus Only doctrine simply in the questions alone. If
you cannot explain these questions BY THE WORD OF GOD
ALONE, then you need to re-examine exactly what it is that
you believe.
I have some questions for the Jesus
Only Crowd. If you can answer them by the scriptures,
please use the mail link above to do so.
Note: My short answers are by no
means a complete teaching on the Godhead. They are only
meant to show the fallacy of the original statement.
Q: Is Jesus his own Father? (
Acts 13:33, Hebrews 1:5-10)
A: Jesus is NOT "the
Father". The "Father", God, IS A SPIRIT that fills the
universe. He is INVISIBLE and cannot be seen except in
the PERSON of Jesus Christ. The bible teaches this
explicitly. See Hebrews 1:3, John 1:18, 2 Corinthians
4:4, Colossians 1:15
Q: Did Jesus begat himself?
A: Not Hardly. "Begat"
means "sired" as in procreated. Jesus existed as the Word
of God before he was "begotten" and brought into the
world. Matthew 1:18 and Luke 1:35 plainly declare that
Jesus was begotten of God the Father (Again John 4:24).
Look at the words of Jesus himself concerning the
description of a "Spirit": Luke 24:39 "Behold my hands
and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for
a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have."
Much of the error committed by many UPC and Jesus Only
churches resides in a misquoting of John 1:14 "And
the Word was made flesh...". Most of those in error quote
John 1:14 as "...the Word BECAME flesh". There
is a HUGE difference in the meaning!
Q: Was Jesus greater than himself?
A: No. That's a ludicrous
statement. John 14:28 tells us that Jesus said the
Father was greater than he. Additionally, 1 Corinthians
15:28 also tells us that the "SON" will someday himself be
subject to God.
Q: Did Jesus give himself a
commandment which he obeyed?
A: In speaking of laying down his
life, Jesus stated that he received the commandment from
his Father. (John 10:18). There is no scripture you
could possibly use to say that he gave himself this
commandment.
Q: Is Jesus the way to himself?
A: John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me. Fill in the sentence for
yourself. "No man cometh unto me but by me"? John 6:65
tell us "...no man can come unto me, except it were given
unto him of my Father..."
Q: Did Jesus say blasphemy against
himself would be forgiven then would not be forgiven, all
in the same breath?
A: Luke 12:10 And whosoever shall
speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven
him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost
it shall not be forgiven. This doesn't say "whosoever
speaks against me, it shall be forgiven, but unto him that
blasphemes me, it shall not be forgiven" That would be a
very ludicrous and utterly meaningless interpretation.
Q: Did Jesus pray to himself to
forgive those who crucified him? (Luke 23:34)
A: Jesus did not pray to
himself. Not in the Garden, not on the Cross, not any
other time. He told us very plainly to whom he was
praying. I realize many of you attempt say "It was his
flesh praying to his spirit" or you'll say something such
as "His humanity was praying to His Sprit". This
is NOT true and the bible very plainly declares
that fact. He was praying to GOD THE FATHER (GOD IS A
SPIRIT THAT FILLS THE UNIVERSE)! Read Luke 10:21, John
4:24, John 17:1, Luke 23:34, Matthew 26:39, Mark 14:36.
Q: Did Jesus commit his spirit into
his own hands?
A: That is certainly NOT what the
scriptures say. Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with
a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my
spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Q: Does Jesus make intercession
for us with himself?
A: No, Jesus makes intercession
for us with God. He is the mediator between man
and God. (I John 2:1; I Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 4:15,
Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 12:24, 1 John 2:1)
If you have an answer to these,
please give me book, chapter and verse that explains your
theory. Otherwise, study the
Godhead
on this site and prove it wrong BY THE SCRIPTURES.
