So what have we learned and what can we conclude about the Oneness theory in comparison to the “Son of the Father in truth”?

1. We’ve learned that there are Scriptures (e.g., Psalms 91:9–12) that can seem to imply certain teachings, but those teachings are untrue when clearly contradicted by other Scriptures.
2. We’ve learned that Christ taught through his temptations (Matthew 4:1–7) that the clearer Scriptures must be applied and not compromised when there appears to be a conflict of ideas.
3. We’ve seen examples of these conflicts in the way the devil interpreted Genesis 2:17 at Genesis 3:1–5, and again regarding Psalms 91 at Matthew 4:6. We’ve seen this same example repeated in the way snake handlers interpret Mark 16:18 and Luke 10:19 while ignoring Deuteronomy 6:16. We’ve seen that Trinitarians use this same method in interpreting such passages as Genesis 1:26 while ignoring the context of Genesis 1:27 (as they also do with Matthew 28:19 while ignoring all the other Scriptures pertaining to the name of Jesus in baptism). We’ve also demonstrated that Satan’s method is the sole method of interpretation used to arrive at the Oneness conclusion that Jesus is an incarnation of the person of the Father.
4. We’ve provided a many-to-one ratio of Scriptures that plainly and clearly declare and describe:
   1. God’s sworn oath that His Son would be born of David’s flesh (and Eve’s, and Abraham’s).
   2. Christ’s actual beginning at Bethlehem, where he was born.
   3. Christ’s personal denial of any self-reliant authority, power, and even doctrine.
5. We’ve demonstrated just how unclear the Onenessian “proof texts” are upon closer examination.
6. We’ve demonstrated that the following essential core tenets of Onenessianism are false, and that they were never explained or articulated as such until well after the apostles:
   1. Jesus is an incarnation of God the Father (which is a pagan belief according to Acts 14:11).
   2. Jesus consists of dual natures of deity and humanity (invented by antichristian Gnostics).
   3. The phrase “Son of Man” is supposedly code for his human “nature,” and the phrase “the Father” and “the Spirit” are code words for Jesus’ deity (an idea first put forth by Praxeus, Noetus, and Sabellius).
7. Thus Onenessianism is a “new teaching” (as far as the apostles would be concerned) that has been adapted, revised, and refined from Paganism, Gnosticism, and Trinitarianism. This also means that Onenessianism is something that is “read into” the Bible, not something that is simply given to us by and through it.
8. We’ve demonstrated that what Onenessians call a “revelation” is actually an extrabiblical, jumped-to conclusion and not a proper biblical confessional response to the proclamations in the Scriptures about who and what Christ is. No one in the Bible was ever led to or made such a confession. Rather, they consistently testified that Jesus was the Son of God (but never “God incarnate”).
9. We’ve demonstrated, on the other hand, that the true “Son of God” doctrine soundly outclasses both the Trinity and Oneness doctrines in the areas of:
   1. Source in the Old Testament law as Schoolmaster.
   2. Original apostolic faith as was consistently preached and taught.
   3. Rejection of extrabiblical traditions of men.
   4. Clear explanation and descriptions in Scripture.
   5. Sheer volume of explanations in Scripture.
   6. Consistency of confession (“Jesus the Anointed, the Son of God”)!

Thus, in quantity, quality, source, expression, and method of interpretation, the Son of God doctrine stands unassailable. How much more completely biblical would a teaching have to be to prove its superiority over any other before being held as true? What else would we have to provide in order to “prove” this is the true biblical position and persuade you to accept it?

Here then, in light of all the positive and negative points we’ve summarized in this chapter, is the actual, total solution that should put to rest both the Trinity and the Oneness and establish the truth of the Son of God Doctrine:

But he answered, ‘It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ (Matthew 4:4)

Teach no other doctrine (1 Timothy 1:3)

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. (2 John 3)

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father. (2 John 4)

¹⁹Jesus therefore answered them, ‘Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. (John 5:19)

Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone , but I am with the Father who sent me. (John 8:16)

You will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. (John 16:32)

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