"Jesus Only" is False Doctrine

Here's a great link from my bro explaining the heresy of "Oneness" Theology that is plaguing the church, especially the Pentecostal church.

There's one very strong argument that I must add in favor of the doctrine of the Trinity.
I haven't noticed this in any other debate between Trinitarians and the "Jesus only" group, so I figured I'd add this to further the truth.

In John 8:17, Jesus says, "It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true."
His reference is concerning the execution of accused murderers in Numbers 35:30: "Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die."
Three verses prior in John 8, we read that Jesus is dealing with the validity of His own word. "Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go."
So then Jesus acknowledges that He is bearing witness of himself. He is one witness to the truth of His doctrine. And in verse 14 He affirms that His record is true.
Now the question must be put forth, how is Christ's record valid according to the law, when it is only he who testifies of it? His doctrine can only be taken as true if another testifies of the same things.
Jesus then justifies his record according to the law in order to establish his own validity by lawful precedent: "And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me." and he continues after establishing the truth of the testimony of two men, "I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me."

Oneness theology removes the validity of Christ's Word during his earthly ministry.

The law of testimony in Numbers 35 is grounded in the personhood of the witnesses, as shown by the text. Therefore the separate persons of the Father and the Son are the only means of justifying the words of the Son.
Jesus was not only referring to the testimonial law, but also to the actual testimony of the Father during His earthly ministry: "Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him."
At the birth of Christ's earthly ministry the Father testified of the Son:
"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matt. 3:17)
"And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Mark 1:11)
Again, the Father testified of the Son at the mount of transfiguration, with the command to hear him:
"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." (Matt 17:5)
"And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him." (Mark 9:7)

"The best way to spot a fake, is to get to know the real thing" - Joe Pratt

What ever happened to God's opinion about how church should be run? Ah, He never took a colligiate course in marketing, so we must know better.

Get 'em in the door and get 'em saved, but don't tell 'em what those old fashioned Christians are doing, because you don't want to push them away. If they knew what Jesus was really like, they would never reject the Gospel! Thus concludes the New part of the church building strategy.
The Ancient part builds validity with anyone concerned about traditional churchiness, all-important to establishing a valid denomination which out of feigned piety rejects denominationalism. The problem is, the old tooth pulling system has a monopoly on historical and theological validity. So how then does one trying to build a house on the sand make its foundation seem like that of the rock-founded teeth pullers? Get ahold of some of that old. Find certain rituals in the Bible, reinterpret them to be relevant to today's spiritualist, and do that in church! The best way to go about finding tradition which might give a place of truth seeking some Ancientness, is to borrow some from the catholics. When it comes to tradition, that's something they're good at. Catholic tradition, coffee, and pew-couches.
This concludes the New but Ancient portion of the encyclopedic entry on the Seeker Friendly Emergent Postmodern Church

p.s. (although the emergents don't like the seeker-friendlies, the most famous seeker church has now employed the emergents to give them an extreme makeover church edition, which means that many seekers will be emerging in the near future)

So here's the plan - I know some buhddists and some Hindus and some Rasta's. Sure, they're all Anglo European white people, but they're genuine seekers, and there's alot of truth in what they say. I mean, Who said the Bible has a monopoly on the truth? Come on people, if God wanted us to only find truth in the Bible, why would He have allowed all the other books in the world to exist? So let's find the Biblical truth through the words of their prophets. Food for thought. Here, play Frisbee across the church pew-couches while I not preach.
You know, instead of reading a sermon. What ever this is I do every Sunday when I get up in and talk to the meeting of seekers (congregation, for the old-fashionedist) in the pew-couches.... see how this New but Ancient thing works out?

I know, sarcastic... I'll tone it down a little later... but hopefully my point has been made.

Motivation

Here's to my buddy sean for good reason to write some truth... maybe someone will listen...
hilarious Youtube Video about the emergent/postmodern/megachurch prosperity preachers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb9DF16Fx8k
Sad, but true.
If "Seeker friendly" were in an encyclopedia, its definition ought to read as follows:
Grounded in the concept of the "Once Saved Always Saved" doctrine, the Seeker Friendly church offers a new perspective on Christianity: Church should be fun!
From this statement one might observe that those in the church who developed this method of spreading the good news felt that going to church was more like pulling teeth.
So the great salesmen behind this truth-diluting, i mean disseminating, system, had to find a way to pitch and hook Christians and Non-Christians alike. The plan: Christianity, New but Ancient.

Stay tuned, more to come

My existence, with an Explanation of a Title

Having recently read several encouraging blog posts from family and friends; and having also witnessed the waxing foolishness of those who have access to such posting and youtube video making technology; and the waning of my own tolerance for such posts without the answer, or better yet existence, of a blog which at the least will undermine certain said foolishness and such like (which perhaps has not been addressed by other faithful and holy bloggers who are easily as capable and qualified, if not more so); as I should not aspire to answer a fool according to his folly, and nonetheless will find the occasion where such a rebuttal will be evidently necessary; I have determined to begin an undertaking concerning which I will make no promises of continuing and/or timely posts.
I will try to keep it brief. To the point.

Yet I do get carried away on any whim to which an internal verbosity might acquiesce to the extent of an outward expression in the form of the aforementioned blog

Enough foolishness, and now to said point.

My existence is held in Christ Jesus my Saviour. That I am redeemed is the purposed title of this blog. Let me not hide who I am that I might fool someone into agreeing with me to the "saving" of his soul. The Gospel of Christ is to confront and deal with sin, to the saving of the soul.

"But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine."

It is this verse which the living God used to bring me back to his side, after I had left Him and blamed Him for my own departure.
Replacement theologists would call the promise of God to His people in this verse a lie and yet the truth, only applicable to themselves. Yet they consider not that a God of such faithfulness to one people would logically show the same faithfulness to another; in this case, lack of faithfulness. And why do replacement theologists want the blessings, but never the judgment for sin? "Food for thought" as it were.... but back to the point.

I thought I had gone far enough away from God that He would not forgive me, that He would not love me or save me from the wretched state of sin in which I had found myself. ("Found myself" is perhaps not the proper way of describing a situation I knowingly chose to walk into, but moving on). I was thinking about the false doctrine of divorce and remarriage one night while yet in sin, but knowing the truth; believing in salvation of others from sin, just not for me; knowing the truth, but in bondage to a lie, when God used this very scripture (though I didn't know the reference until later) to redeem me.
See, I didn't know the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I didn't give His blood the credit it is due. I thought Jesus couldn't save me, though He had, and would, and yet allowed me to walk away from sight. I was blind, and had forgotten that I had been purged from my old sins.
Then I in my sinful state went and talked to a pastor who had been preaching the doctrine that men ought to continue in sin that grace may abound, and in fact pursue more sin than before, to the same extent. This is the doctrine that remarriage preaches.
If you didn't know, the Bible says that divorce is something God hates, and remarriage to someone who is not the covenant spouse while that true spouse is alive is called adultery (Malachi 2, Luke 16:8 for reference).
A true marriage is one to a person who has no other true living spouse. Marriage is till death, and nothing less, thank God for His grace and mercy and faithfulness.

In speaking to this pastor, I found myself at a loss for words. He was determined that having a singles group for divorcees to find and marry other divorcees was a good idea, and he spoke every scripture in his false doctrine's defense that I already knew he would use, and would take out of true Biblical context. For example, he brought up the point that Christ "makes all things new," even marriages, he said. Of course that statement is predicated upon the truth that old things are passed away, namely sins. Now if the first marriage is to be considered an old thing, then it is considered a sin. Yet God says what therefore He has put together, let not man put asunder (Mark 10). Did God therefore join together a man and woman into sinful covenant? God forbid. All of these scripture references by the grace of God had abandoned me during my debate with this pastor, yet for the will of God in my life.
I walked back to my apartment, which was 2 to 3 miles down the road, having been theologically taken to the woodshed, and if that wasn't bad enough, I knew that the arguments he spoke were wrong, yet had no articulation against them. And as I walked, I began to pray.
For the first time in a long time I began to pray knowing that God was listening to me. I asked him first if I was wrong, yet knew I was right. I knew I was right because of the true instruction I had received in the Word from my father; so I then asked God if my father was wrong, yet knew he was right. I knew he was right because of the true instruction he had received in the Word from God himself concerning the issue. So I asked God, "Were You wrong?"
And then something marvelous happened. He explained himself. Not that I deserved an explanation, but does not the Word say "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaiah 1:18)?
God reasoned with me, and said that if He honors the covenant that a man makes with a woman that is not his true wife, then He must honor the covenant that I made with sin after I had known Him. He said He would not honor that covenant, that "thou art mine."
See, that which is decreed by God in the natural is a reflection of those things which are spiritual. The Man and Wife are an ensample of Christ and the Church.
What God has joined together, let not man put asunder. If God honors the adulterous covenant, then he honors the adultery of his people who have sinned after they have been espoused to him.
"And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand"(Isaiah 28:18a).
His mercy holds us to our heavenly contract (those of us who have put our faith in Christ).
"They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord." (Jeremiah 3:1)

Those who might read this may not even be married yet. So let us settle this now. We will be faithful to our vows to God when we enter into Holy Matrimony with our wives or husbands, as man and wife. We must dust off this Book, and read the Words of it, and weep that we have not kept this Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus in this country, and we must raise again the standards of holy living that the recent generations have torn down.

We cannot blame our parents. We must believe that God can deliver and keep us from sin. I know it's true. If it's not, then He's not worth serving.

My friends, He is so worth serving.

God help me to be faithful to Him as He has been to me. (I Press).

More to come, if the Lord wills.
Love and peace in Christ Jesus my Lord (a wonderful Saviour is He)