One of the objections that Trinitarians sometimes throw at oneness Pentecostals is John 17-5, where Jesus

said, I have glorified you on the earth, and I have finished the work which you have given me to do,

and now, Father, glorify me together with

yourself, with the glory which I had with you before the world was. Is this an indication

that Jesus pre-existed the incarnation? We're going to talk about that on this episode of

apostolic life in the 21st century. Dr. Bernard, one of the most common objections, or I don't know about

most common, but one common objection that we see often is this verse John 17, 5, taken from the

prayer of Jesus. By the way, you did talk about why did Jesus pray in a previous episode? People

can go check that out. It's

episode 181 if they want to go search for that on YouTube or on our Apple podcast or their other

podcast app. But Jesus said this during his prayer. He said, I have glorified you on the earth.

I have finished the work which you have given me to do. And now, O Father, glorify me together with yourself with the glory

which I had with you before the world was. Now, one is Pentecostals don't believe that the son of God

existed prior to the incarnation. Trinitarians often bring up this verse and ask the question, how do you, if that's not the case,

how do you explain John 17.5? So I'm throwing that at you. How do Oneness Pentecostals explain

John 175? Sure. And for those that want an in-depth answer, I actually have a chapter in my book,

The Oneness View of Jesus Christ, which goes in a great

depth here. So let's take a look at it. It's very insightful, very valuable, and a very strong

oneness passage. So let's look at it from a Trinitarian point of view. So the common Trinitarian

statement would be there are three persons in the Trinity, and you see two of them here, the Father and the Son, they're co-equal, they're co-Eternal, and the Son is praying to the Father.

On the surface, that sounds like a good explanation, but when you look at it carefully, it falls apart.

First of all, and you mentioned we already have an episode, Why Did Jesus Pray?

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