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Do the Oneness Pentecostal Christians really believe in a dual godhead as they deny that the Father died on the cross?
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The answer is that God cannot die. He always has been and always will be. Being eternal is one of his defining attributes. Jesus was the "only Begotten Son" of God. In other words, He was born into the world. The Bible never refers to an "eternal Son" but a begotten, born son.
Therefore when Jesus died, God kept living. God dwelt in Christ. (Col. 2:9-10 and many other verses.) 1 Tim. 3:16 tells us that God was manifested in Christ.
Jesus was the Son of God according to the flesh and God Himself. Jesus is the visible manifestation of God. All Christian say that God dwells in them. People say, I have Jesus in my heart, or God in my heart, or I have God's Spirit dwelling within me. This is true, God is omnipresent, he is everywhere at once, but when it comes to God being in Christ and being in heaven at the same time, people balk and try and make two separate persons or three separate persons out of God. If this is the case then every person on the planet that claims salvation has a person of God in them.
God is everywhere, and how He relates to man is His manifestation. I relate to my sons and daughter as a father, I relate to my wife as a husband, and to my parents as a son, but I am one person not three. If I can do it, then it has to be a piece of cake to God.
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Is pentecostal a religious affiliation?
Christian. Pentecostal has come to describe and identify those believers of Christ who have receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost as described in Acts 2. These believers can again be segregated into further groups such as Trinitarian Pentecostal and Oneness Pentecostal. These two groups hold fundamentally the same general belief, only differing on the way to Baptise and the definition of the Godhead. Oneness Pentecostals are often refered to as Jesus Only Pentecostals due to their strict belief and adherence to Jesus Name Baptism and that the FULLNESS of the Godhead is in Christ Jesus, who is the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. See UPCI, ALJC, PAW etc for further declarations by each.... These Jesus Only Pentecostals refer to themselves as Apostolic because the book of Acts and the Apostles demonstrated Christ's church in operation.
What is the best difference between Christianity and Judaism?
Jews believe that man is judged primarily by his actions, Chrisians focus on faith. Jews believe that only the sinner can repent and atone for sin. Christians believe that Jesus' crucifiction atones for all. Jews believe in one God, indivisible. Christians believe in a trinitarian godhead, somehow both three and one. Jews believe that belief in an incarnate god is idolatry. Christians believe that Jesus is the incarnation of one of the three persons of the godhead.
What is a significant difference between Judaism and Christianity?
Jews believe that man is judged primarily by his actions, Chrisians focus on faith. Jews believe that only the sinner can repent and atone for sin. Christians believe that Jesus' crucifiction atones for all. Jews believe in one God, indivisible. Christians believe in a trinitarian godhead, somehow both three and one. Jews believe that belief in an incarnate god is idolatry. Christians believe that Jesus is the incarnation of one of the three persons of the godhead.
What's the difference between judaism and Christianity?
Jews believe that man is judged primarily by his actions, Chrisians focus on faith. Jews believe that only the sinner can repent and atone for sin. Christians believe that Jesus' crucifiction atones for all. Jews believe in one God, indivisible. Christians believe in a trinitarian godhead, somehow both three and one. Jews believe that belief in an incarnate god is idolatry. Christians believe that Jesus is the incarnation of one of the three persons of the godhead.
Why dont pentecostals believe in the god head?
The question would be better worded, "What doPentecostals believe about the Godhead?" It is not really a question of belief "in" the Godhead, but an understanding "about" the Godhead. How does one define the "Godhead?" Many people use the word Godhead and Trinity interchangeably, they define these to refer to the "three persons" of God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Pentecostal is, of course, a reference to those Christians who believe that the experience of the Church on the day of Pentecost is still alive and available today, i.e. speaking in tongues, healing, miracles, prophecy etc. In the area of Pentecostal Christianity there are differences of belief. There are, and these terms are used for lack of a better word, Trinitarian Pentecostals, and Oneness Pentecostals aka Apostolic Pentecostals. One of the main differences between the two is . . . #1 Is the "Godhead" made up of three separate and distinct persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost (Trinitarian), or does "Godhead" refer to the One God who has manifested Himself as Father, Son and Holy Ghost (Apostolic/Oneness) So, we find in Pentecostalism a difference of opinion concerning the Godhead. One way to think of it is that all Apostolic Oneness Christians are Pentecostal, but not all Pentecostals are Oneness Apostolic. In the broad classification of Pentecostalism there are many who believe in the Godhead in the same manner as Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic etc, that there are three separate and distinct persons that comprise the Godhead. With the above in mind, I will address the question, "Why don't Pentecostals believe in the god head?" from the point of view of a Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal Christian. Before we begin, I want to encourage all who read this to pray and ask god to give you a clear mind. If you do not ask for a clear mind and for God to give you understanding, you will not understand. This is not my idea, but God's. "Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:13-14 Oneness Apostolic Pentecostals do notbelieve that the Godhead is composed of three separate "persons". We are strictly monotheistic. We DO believe in the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, but DO NOT believe that they are separate persons. In fact, the Bible never refers to the Father or the Holy Ghost as persons at all. The only thing close is when Paul wrote, Hebrews 1:3. Speaking of Jesus Paul says, "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:" Jesus is the "express image of the 'person' of God." The Greek definition of the words, "express image" is . . . the exact expression (the image) of any person or thing, marked likeness, precise reproduction in every respect. So in other words, Jesus is an exact representation of God. He is Emmanuel, God with us. That is why Jesus could say to see Him was to see the Father, they are the same. The "person" of God is Jesus, The Spirit of God is the Holy Ghost and as John would write in 1 John 5:3 ". . . these three are one. . ." The word Godhead is mentioned only three (3) times in the Bible, and Trinity is never mentioned at all. (KJV anyway) The three times that "Godhead" is used, it is used as a reference to divinity, not persons. Act 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. (Godhead here simply means God.) Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (Divine nature, not persons) Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. (Here "the state of BEING GOD" which is what we believe Jesus is the mighty God) Read 1 Tim. 3:16. God was manifested in flesh. In him (Jesus) "dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. . ." I hope this is helpful.
Which key theological princible is a fundamental difference between Judaism and Christianity?
Jews believe that man is judged primarily by his actions, Chrisians focus on faith. Jews believe that only the sinner can repent and atone for sin. Christians believe that Jesus' crucifiction atones for all. Jews believe in one God, indivisible. Christians believe in a trinitarian godhead, somehow both three and one. Jews believe that belief in an incarnate god is idolatry. Christians believe that Jesus is the incarnation of one of the three persons of the godhead.
Who believes in three gods but is one person?
AnswerMost Christians believe in a Trinity that is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is three persons in one God. Hindus believe in a godhead that is Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. This is three gods in one.
Which key theological principle is a fundamental difference between Judaism and Christianity?
Both Judaism and Christianity accept the Old Testament to be the written Word of God; both also accept the belief in monotheism (one God).Answer 2: Abrahamic monotheism
Why Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit?
Christians believe the Bible teaching that all three persons of the Triune Godhead are worthy of equal honor and glory, and so they honour the Father, Son and Holy Spirit equally.
What best describe a difference between Christianity and Judaism?
In Judaism, the deed is more important than the word. Critical thinking is encouraged. Education is stressed and valued. Proselytizing for Judaism (actively seeking converts) is not practiced. Jewishness is determined by matriarchal lineage. If your mother is Jewish, you are Jewish. Judaism recognizes other religions, whereas Evangelical Christians do not. Judaism does not preach fire and brimstone and automatic "burn in hell" for non-adherents. And divorce is not a sin.
What does the term Holy Spirit mean in Christianity?
To mainstream Christians, the Holy Spirit is a third person of the Godhead referred to as part of a Trinity - a triune Godhead. To many fundamentalist, the Holy Spirit is the life force/power emitted from the Godhead of the God (Father) and God the Word (Jesus the Son). It sustains all that is - both spiritual and physical.
When was Godhead - album - created?
Godhead - album - was created in 1989.
