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ARIANISM: WHO IS JESUS?<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
VIII<br />
ONENESS PENTECOSTALS<br />
Founded By: Frank Ewart, 1913.<br />
Oneness Pentecostals believe that there is one God and God is one. Throughout time God<br />
manifested himself in three ways or "forms" (not persons), as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.<br />
Oneness Pentecostals take issue with the Trinity doctrine chiefly for its use of the term "person."<br />
They believe God cannot be three distinct persons, but only one being who has revealed himself in<br />
three different modes. It is important to note that Oneness Pentecostals do affirm the deity of Jesus<br />
Christ and the Holy Spirit. The Son is God manifest in flesh. The term Son always refers to the<br />
Incarnation, and never to deity apart from humanity." Jesus was "Son" only when he became flesh<br />
on earth, but was the Father prior to being made human. They refer to the Father as the "Spirit" and<br />
the Son as the "Flesh".<br />
Oneness of God - God is one, manifested in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He manifested himself<br />
as Jehovah in the Old Testament; as Jesus Christ, God and man, in the New Testament; and as the<br />
Holy Spirit, God with us and in us in our regeneration. This doctrine opposes the Tri-unity of God, or<br />
three distinct persons within one God.<br />
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