Apostolic life for Jesus

20/04/2026

Apostolic Oneness Doctrine is Biblical and Original.

Here’s a clear, Scripture-based explanation:

1. The Bible Teaches One God (Absolute Oneness)
From the Old Testament to the New Testament, God is declared as one—not divided into multiple persons.
Deuteronomy 6:4
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.”
Isaiah 44:6
“I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”
Isaiah 45:5
“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me.”
James 2:19
“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well…”
👉 These verses emphasize absolute monotheism, not a plurality of persons.

2. Jesus is the Full Revelation of the One God
The Oneness view teaches that Jesus is not a second divine person, but God Himself manifested in flesh.
John 1:1, 14
“The Word was God… And the Word was made flesh.”
1 Timothy 3:16
“God was manifest in the flesh…”
Colossians 2:9
“For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
John 14:9
“He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”
👉 This supports the belief that Jesus is the visible expression of the invisible God.

3. The Name of God is Revealed in Jesus
A key Apostolic teaching is that the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is revealed in Jesus.
Matthew 28:19
“…baptizing them in the name (singular) of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38
“…be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ…”
Acts 4:12
“…there is none other name under heaven… whereby we must be saved.”
👉 The apostles consistently applied the name “Jesus” in baptism, understanding it as the revealed name of God.

4. The Apostles Preached This Message
The early church, led by the apostles, emphasized:
One God
Jesus as Lord and Christ
Baptism in Jesus’ name
Examples:
Acts 2:36
“God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord and Christ.”
Acts 8:16 – baptized in Jesus’ name
Acts 10:48 – commanded in Jesus’ name
Acts 19:5 – rebaptized in Jesus’ name
👉 There is no recorded instance of the apostles baptizing using a three-person formula verbally—only Jesus’ name.

5. One God, One Faith, One Church
Ephesians 4:4–6
“One body… one Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all…”
👉 This aligns with the Oneness claim that the original apostolic faith was unified, not divided into persons.

Conclusion
From an Apostolic Oneness perspective:
The Bible teaches one indivisible God
Jesus Christ is that one God manifested in flesh
The apostles preached and practiced this same understanding
Therefore, the doctrine is considered Biblical (based on Scripture) and Original (apostolic in origin)

23/08/2025

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19/08/2025

𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑?

Luke.15.28-32
"The older brother was angry and wouldn't go in. His father came out and begged him, but he replied, 'All these years I've worked hard for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends.
Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the finest calf we have.' "His father said to him, 'Look, dear son, you and I are very close, and everything I have is yours. We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!'

The Prodigal Son, asks for his inheritance and squanders it on reckless living. When he returns home in shame, his father welcomes him with open arms, forgiveness, and restoration. This reminds us of how our loving Father welcomes us back in His arms when we return to Him so that He can restore us even we have sinned,backslid, and went away from His house.

When the prodigal son returns and is welcomed by their father, the older son becomes angry and refuses to join the celebration.

Sometimes this is Christians towards sinners and bacskliders. We tend to get angry and resentful when our Father blesses them and restores them because we're thinking that they are worthy of death and punishment. We are full of hatred towards our brothers just because we compare our efforts with their rewards and we're not happy with their state of restoration.

As a Christian brother/sister, who faithfully attended church and have not backslid for many years, I invite you to reflect on your own relationships and responses to those who have wronged you or the church , to those who came back to church just recently, to those wo backslid and we're aiming to restore their relationship with our Father. It challenges us to consider the depth of God's love and forgiveness, and to strive for similar compassion and understanding in our own lives. To be a better brother who will support reconciliation and restoration instead of hatred, anger and jealousy.

13/08/2025

𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐂. 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒

"Let's lift up our church organization leaders in prayer, that they may be guided by wisdom and be filled with the Holy Spirit. May God grant them strength, courage, and discernment as they serve His people."

📷 Maam Gemma Bañez

13/08/2025

‼️Ten Things Critics Say About Pentecostals‼️

✅1. They are way too emotional and loud.

Psalm 150:4,5 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

✅2. They always want to get you baptized!

Acts 22:16 “…And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

✅3. They’re always emphasizing receiving the Holy Spirit!

Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

✅4. Even if I tell them I believe in Jesus, they will ask me if I have “received the Holy Ghost.”

Acts 19:2 “…Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? …”

✅5. They’re always insisting on using the name of Jesus - even to the point of wanting to re-baptize you “the bible way.”

Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

Acts 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

✅6. They’re all about church attendance, bible reading, laying hands on people and “doctrine, doctrine, doctrine!”

1 Timothy 4:13-16 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

✅7. They always preach about giving up a lot of things ! It’s like they ignore the grace of God.

Mark 8:34-35 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. Father with the holy angels.”

Titus 2:11,12 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

✅8. They put so much emphasis on Peter’s words!

Matthew 16:18,19 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

✅9. They constantly talk about “the apostles’ doctrine” and claim “there is only one gospel message.”

Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

✅10. They believe the Son of God (Jesus) was literally the Father of all creation revealed in the flesh.

John 1:10,11 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
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One last thing about
*Pentecostals … they love having you visit their church! And everyone deserves to visit a thriving Pentecostal church at least once in their life. It is my sincere prayer you will find one which holds two commandments above all the rest:

~Love God
~Love People

That’s ultimately what it’s all about!

*Also referred to as Apostolics or Oneness Pentecostals

©️Back on Track Bible Studies by Rick Flores 2022

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