jawyman
Puritan Board Junior
This person I am speaking with is caught up with the Oneness movement in the Pentecostal church. I have cited the WCF, WLC, WSC, Belgic, Heidelberg, the French Confession, and the London Confession. Here is the list of Scripture they gave me in support of Oneness:
1 John 5:7-8
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, (a)the Word, and the Holy Ghost: (b) and these three are "one". 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth, (a) the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three "agree" in one.
(a) John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(b) John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
8(a) John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.
So we have established that God is the Word...
John 1:14 And the "Word" was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Rev 19:13; 16 (Second Coming) (Read in its entirety) And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the "The Word of God."
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Additional:
God: There is only one God (Deut 6:4) He is the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all living things. He has revealed Himself to humanity as the Father (Creator), in the Son (Saviour), and as the Holy Ghost (indwelling Spirit).
Father: God is a Spirit (John 4:24). He is the Eternal One, the Creator of all things, and the Father of humanity by creation. He is the First and the Last, and beside Him there is no God (Isaiah 44:6) There was no God formed before Him; neither shall there be after Him (Isaiah 43:10)
Son: Jesus is the Son of God according to the flesh (Romans 1:3) and the very God Himself according to the Spirit ( Matt 1:23) Jesus is the Christ (Matt 16:16); the Creator of all things (Colossians 1:16-17); God with us (Matt 1:23); God made flesh (John 1:1-14); God manifested in the flesh (1 Tim 3:16); He which was, which is, and which is to come, the Almighty (Rev 1:8); the mighty God, everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6) Jesus Himself testified of His identity as God when He said "He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father" (John 14:7-11) and "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30)
It took the shedding of blood for the remission of sins of the world (Heb 9:22), but God the Father was a Spirit and had no blood to shed. Thus He prepared a body of flesh and blood (Hebr 10:5) and came to the earth as a man in order to save us, for in Isaiah 43:11 He said "Beside me there is no Saviour." When He came in flesh the angels sang "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11)
I would appreciate the help. Thanks all.
1 John 5:7-8
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, (a)the Word, and the Holy Ghost: (b) and these three are "one". 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth, (a) the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three "agree" in one.
(a) John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(b) John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
8(a) John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.
So we have established that God is the Word...
John 1:14 And the "Word" was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Rev 19:13; 16 (Second Coming) (Read in its entirety) And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the "The Word of God."
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Additional:
God: There is only one God (Deut 6:4) He is the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all living things. He has revealed Himself to humanity as the Father (Creator), in the Son (Saviour), and as the Holy Ghost (indwelling Spirit).
Father: God is a Spirit (John 4:24). He is the Eternal One, the Creator of all things, and the Father of humanity by creation. He is the First and the Last, and beside Him there is no God (Isaiah 44:6) There was no God formed before Him; neither shall there be after Him (Isaiah 43:10)
Son: Jesus is the Son of God according to the flesh (Romans 1:3) and the very God Himself according to the Spirit ( Matt 1:23) Jesus is the Christ (Matt 16:16); the Creator of all things (Colossians 1:16-17); God with us (Matt 1:23); God made flesh (John 1:1-14); God manifested in the flesh (1 Tim 3:16); He which was, which is, and which is to come, the Almighty (Rev 1:8); the mighty God, everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6) Jesus Himself testified of His identity as God when He said "He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father" (John 14:7-11) and "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30)
It took the shedding of blood for the remission of sins of the world (Heb 9:22), but God the Father was a Spirit and had no blood to shed. Thus He prepared a body of flesh and blood (Hebr 10:5) and came to the earth as a man in order to save us, for in Isaiah 43:11 He said "Beside me there is no Saviour." When He came in flesh the angels sang "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11)
I would appreciate the help. Thanks all.