How Do Oneness Pentecostals Explain Paul's Greetings?

Apostolic Life in the 21st Century

David K. Bernard

Theology, Oneness Pentecostal, Religion & Spirituality, Apostolic Pentecostal, United Pentecostal Church International, Upci, Christianity, David K. Bernard

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🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Paul’s epistles typically open with a greeting that refers to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. For example, in Romans 1:7 Paul wrote, “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Trinitarians argue that the wording of these greetings is evidence of a distinction between members of the Godhead. How do Oneness Pentecostals respond to this assertion?Dr. David K. Bernard addresses this question by examining these passages from the perspective of Paul's first-c...

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0:00.0	Paul's epistles usually open with a greeting that mentions God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
0:06.4	For example, in Romans 1-7, Paul wrote,
0:09.7	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
0:14.4	Are these greetings and affirmation of the doctrine of the Trinity?
0:18.2	Stay tuned to hear Dr. David K. Bernard's response. Welcome to Apostolic Life in the
0:24.2	21st Century, a podcast dedicated to helping modern day believers live out the teachings of the
0:29.9	first century church. This podcast is part of the teaching ministry of Dr. David K. Bernard.
0:36.5	Dr. Bernard is dedicated his life to studying the
0:39.2	Bible and helping believers apply its message to their daily lives. Thank you for joining us for this
0:44.4	episode. It's been pointed out pretty frequently that most of Paul's epistles open with some
0:51.2	version of what Romans 1 and 7 says. Paul opens by saying grace to you and peace
0:58.0	from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. He starts out 1st Corinthians the same way. He writes,
1:03.2	grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:08.7	Trinitarians would point to these verses as saying this proves that there's a distinction
1:13.4	between the father and the son.
1:17.1	How would you respond to that argument that all these openings to Paul's epistles are
1:21.7	just further proof of the doctrine of the Trinity?
1:25.3	They do demonstrate a distinction between God and the son, but that is one of the doctrine of the Trinity. They do demonstrate a distinction between God and the Son,
1:30.2	but that is one of deity and humanity and of the incarnation and the atonement. They do not prove
1:37.8	the Trinity by any means for several reasons. First of all, if you're trying to prove the Trinity,
1:43.2	why would there be a mention of two and not three? Second of all, if you're trying to prove the Trinity, why would there be a mention of
1:44.7	two and not three? Second of all, it's not, you know, the Trinity, the doctrine says they're
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