The existence of the Apostolic Oneness Pentecostal belief system typically centers around one central verse: Acts 2:38, of which they interpret the entire Word of God through this one verse. This style of biblical interpretation causes great error, of which is clearly evident in their theology.
As time allows over the next few weeks I am going to deal with each “Oneness Pentecostal Misunderstanding” at a time and try and better clarify the true meaning of the verse and verses they have through the years distorted and abused for personal gain…
This is a mischaracterization of the Oneness Pentecostal doctrine. We, as bible believing Christians, do not interpret the scriptures through Acts 2:38.
The assessment of the Oneness Pentecostal is that the Apostle Peter’s wording in Acts 2:38 is that “JESUS” is the one name subscribed to the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Apostolic believe that that Jesus spoke a cryptic mysterious riddle and the apostles understood the cryptic message of Jesus, that they where not to invoke the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Ghost at baptism as Jesus said, but instead – this was a coded message to use the actual name “Jesus”!
Okay one issue at a time
A nice strawman. Apostolic Oneness Pentecostal Christians, hereafter refered to as Oneness Pentecostals for the sake of brevity, do not believe Jesus spoke in a cryptic mysterious riddle. We believe that the one name as denoted in the Greek use of onoma by Jesus himself refers to his name. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not proper names, but rather titles denoting the role or relationship God has with man. God is the Father of creation, God became flesh in the incarnation to redeem mankind from their sinful nature, and God sent His Spirit for regeneration and comfort.