![]() ![]() Their belief is in error and not the case, according to the Apostle Paul: “. Jesus-Only Christians have also been known to believe that unless a person is gifted with tongue-speaking, they are not truly saved. I’m scratching my head at such advanced hair-splitting over doctrinal concepts and wonder why on earth they would need this rhetoric? They are thinking “triune” already. Alas, the Jesus-Only folks believe the Holy Spirit and Father God are neatly tucked into Christ - they don’t deny their existence, only that Jesus is God and the other members of the Trinity are alternative expressions of him. Equally passionate is their belief in speaking in tongues, which is interesting, since that spiritual gift didn’t exist until the Holy Spirit himself came to the believers at Pentecost and doled out the tongue-talking ability to all Christian people. They are resolute about the fact that a baptism, for example, must be performed in Jesus’ name only or it doesn’t qualify. The anti-Trinity folks are considered members of “Oneness Pentecostalism,” or “Jesus-Only” churches. Part of that reaching is to believe in what we cannot fully understand: God is made up of three distinct persons. The God of the Christians is continually reaching out to every person, asking us to reach back (John 3:16). The idea of a three-part-godhead is complex and beyond human understanding, so we will spend the rest of our Christian journey getting to know him. There is no part of our triune God we aren’t meant to experience and enjoy here on earth. ![]() What does God do with that?Ī: He grieves. Some people don’t believe in the Trinity, but embrace Christ. ![]()
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