Q. Why do people call you "Jesus Only"?
A.  "Jesus Only" is a derogatory label that was used to embarass and defame Holy Ghost filled believers who rejected the popular Catholic idea that God is a trinity of persons. These "Jesus Only" believers also rejected the words "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" in water baptism for "in the name of the Lord Jesus or Jesus Christ. The label has been used to describe "Oneness" believers who do not believe they will see three entities or Gods in heaven as the Trinity Concept creates. Personally, I do not expect to see 3 persons in heaven, ...only 1 person, ...the Lord Jesus Christ, ....the Almighty God.

Q. Where is the term Trinity found in the Bible?
A.  It doesn't appear, nor was it used by the Holy Spirit during the Inspiration to any of the writers of Scripture. History shows that one greek philosopher converted to Christianity named Tertullian (160-225 A.D.); as the first to use the terms (trinitas) trinity and (personas) persons in trying to describe his concept of God. Tertullian, by his own admission, confessed that the majority of believers rejected his ideas of the Godhead.

Q. Could you give me any illustrations that would help make this clearer?
A.  Nature is used often in scripture to illustrate principles. The invisible revealed by the visible. Doth not nature teach you it says one place.

Human family relationships can be an illustration. Son, Husband, Father. Daughter, Wife, Mother. One individual with 3 different relationships to perform.

In physical nature, water is a good example. Water has 3 forms, liquid, solid, and gas. One substance with three different forms, three different purposes, three different appearances. Yet, one substance, not three. Nature was our 1st teacher of God and still teaches the same consistently.

Q. Is God really 3 persons?
A.  No. God is a Spirit. God as 3 persons is a teaching brought into the church after the 12 apostles died. Converted Greek preachers accustomed to many gods, inserted polytheistic pagan elements into their explanations of God. Jesus Christ is the person of God. God is not a person.

Q. Do all Trinitarians believe they will see three gods in heaven?
A.  Many say they don't. Some say they will see 3 thrones in heaven, with the Father on one, the Holy Spirit and Jesus on two other separate thrones. Trinititarian believers still sing, ...Holy, Holy, Holy, ....God in three persons, ... blessed Trinity. Oneness believers do not sing that song without re-wording it to be more scripturally accurate.

If Trinitarians would dis-continue using Ancient Roman Catholic expressions in depicting God as 3 persons, it would remove one more barrier that One God, Oneness, Monotheistic believers can not cross.

Q. If God is a Spirit, then who is the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Christ?
A.  Oneness, Monotheistic believers in Jesus Christ understand there is but one Holy Spirit. He has been designated as God, the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Ghost, etc.

Q. Why is the Name of Jesus emphasized so much more by Apostolic preachers?
A.   Because we see the name of Jesus as the Name of the Lamb which atoned for our sins. Jesus is the name of the sacrifice, the blood name and is above all other names in heaven and in earth.

Q. Are you saying that the name of Jesus is more important than "Father", "Son", or "Holy Ghost"?
A.   Yes. It is different. Let me try to explain.

Q. Why do you make so much of the name of Jesus ?
A.   Because Jesus name is the only name for the born again apostolic child of God?
Did you know that Jesus' Name is ....?

• ...the blood name of (1 Pet 1:9),
• ...the baptizing name of (Acts 8:16),
• ...the devil casting out name of (Mrk16:17),
• ...Emmanuel's name of (Mat 1:23),
• ...the Father-Son-Holy Ghost name of (Mat 28:19),
• ...the family name of (Eph 3:15),
• ...God's name of (Isa 9:6),
• ...the healing name of (Acts 3:16),
• ...the knee-bowing name of (Philp 2:10),
• ...the Lord's name of (Lk 2:11),
• ...that none other name of (Acts 4:12),
• ...the One name of (Zech 14:9),
• ...the preaching name of (Acts 8:12),
• ...the repentance name of (Lk 24:47),
• ...the remission of sin name of (Acts10:43),
• ...the salvation name of (Acts 4:12),
• ...the speaking with new tongues name of (Mark16:17),
• ...the name above every name of (Phil.2:9),
• ...the what so ever you do name of (Col.3:17),
• ...the washed, sanctified, justified name of (1Cor.6:11),
• ...the Word made flesh name of (Joh.1:14,17),

Q. What do you say when you baptize someone?
A.   Something along these lines when possible. Father, you commanded us to go into all the world, teaching all nations and baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. We are here today to obey that command. Upon the confession of ________ faith in the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ for their sins, and upon their confessed repentance of their sins, I now baptize ________ in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins. (see Matt 28:19, Acts 2:38)

Q. How important is Water Baptism to Salvation?
A.   God placed water baptism in the salvation process. The baptism act was not questioned in the New Testament, it was just practiced by : John the Baptist, Jesus, the 12 Apostles, and the church. Water baptism is mentioned over 25 times in the four gospels, nearly 30 times in the book of Acts alone, and about 10 times in the Epistles.

One Old Testament parallel shows that Israel, though delivered from Egypt by the blood, were still in the land of Egypt (bondage, slavery, sin) until they were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and sea during the Red Sea crossing. (1Cor 10:1-2)

Jesus said it this way; He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.. Mark 16:16.

Q. What is Catholic Baptism?
A.   Catholic Baptism follows the form of Matthew 28:19; "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

Q. Didn't the 1st New Testament church baptize using "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"?
A.  No. Not according to Biblical record. If interested you should consider:

• Acts 2:38 ... 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.
• Acts 8:16 ... only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 10:48 ... he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
• Acts 19:5 ... they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
• Acts 22:16 ... arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Q. Don't you by-pass the Father and Holy Ghost in Jesus name baptism?
A.  Only to those who truly believe in three individuals or three persons or three Gods in the Godhead.

Q. What about the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19?
A.   Great commission is a theologian's label which isolates 1 portion of Jesus' farewell instructions from the other parts given in Mark, Luke, John, and Acts. You will find Christ's Complete farewell Commission to his disciples in Matthew 28:19,20; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:46-49; and Acts 1:4-8.

Q. Is the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit the same Spirit?
A.  Yes. There is only 1 Spirit. Leave that as a scriptural anchor.

Q. Doesn't the Bible say God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost?
A.  No. That is another theologian term. Assure yourself with your computer bible.

Q. What does Rapture mean?
A.  Rapture is a word that is not found in the Bible, in neither the English translation nor in the Greek text. It is rooted in Latin used in Jerome's Vulgate as a translation of the Greek "harpazo" - seize, catch, or pluck.

Q. I have heard that this secret catching away has been traced to the 1800's Scottish revival and a lady named Margaret MacDonald.
A.  Yes. A vision Margaret had was used as a catalyst by John Darby in forming this teaching. Later, Scofield promoted it in his popular Bible.

Q. What does the term "rapture" mean now?
A. It came into use a little over a hundred years ago to describe a secret, invisible coming of Jesus and secret resurrection of all dead Christians, prior to the Great Tribulation.
The Rapture escape became popular among fundamentalists and was formalized in the footnotes of Scofield's Reference Bible (1909). In 1930, Scofield's bible became the first Oxford University Press book to reach sales of one million.

The word Rapture now defines a secret, premillenial, pretribulational, and invisible, return of Jesus Christ for certain members of his church while the others remain behind to for seven years of Anti-Christ rule and Great Tribulation.

Q. Who is the Mother of Harlots in Revelation 17:4 ?
A.  She represents a christian church system who has played the whore against her marriage vows to Christ. As Mother, her many spiritual fornications, conceived within her many daughter church systems. Daughter church systems were born, had a life of their own; yet, the daughters also played the harlot spiritually against Christ, just as their mother. The best example of the Mother system is Roman Catholicism.

Q. Then who are the Harlots she Mothered ?
A.   The daughter harlot systems are those church systems which came out of the Mother. At one time the Protestant church denominations represented the Harlot daughters. Now many other churches and christian systems are also included as harlots.

Q. With all the numerous churches we have today; How can I distinguish a harlot daughter church from those churches that are not spiritual harlots?
A.  All churches have a name over the door. Some represent denominations. Others operate or stand alone. Since it is spiritual fornication. Look for spiritual unfaithfulness in their preaching and teaching. Look at how many of their fundamental doctrines are the same or compatible with Catholicism. The unfaithfulness is to God's Word.

Q. How can I recognize a faithful church, one that is not a harlot?
A.  Christian churches who are faithful to Christ and His Word have not elevated themselves above the original N. T. gospel. They contend for the same faith that was once delivered to the early 12 apostles. They stay as scriptural as possible and resist any dogma or creed that even hints at changing what the apostles preached in Acts and the Epistles.

Q. Are there any trademarks of the faithful churches that I should look for?
A.  Faithful churches tend to lean away from easy believism. They preach, just as their biblical predecessors, Faith in Christ, Repentance of past sins, water baptism of each new convert, honor Jesus' name in water baptism, receiving of the gift of the Holy Ghost with speaking in tongues, and living a separated life-style. All were characteristics of the New Testament believers.

Faithful churches exalt Jesus Christ in all their preaching. They never suggest that God is a Trinity. They proclaim God is One, and that the only God you will see in heaven is the Lord Jesus Christ. The New Birth, being born again of the water and the Spirit is not an option. It has always been God's plan of salvation for his faithful.

Q. What are the trademarks of churches which are under the influence of the harlot spirit?
A.  They tend to preach Christ as Savior to all that simply believe and confess Christ. Repentance of sin, water baptism and receiving the (Acts 2) gift of the Holy Spirit are not usually integral components of their gospel to the lost. They tend to intellectualize away the need for repentance, water baptism, and teach that all believers receive the gift of the Holy Ghost upon confessing Christ or confirmation.

Unfaithful churches also preach such Catholic dogma as "water bapism or sprinkling in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" and that God is three persons or a trinity, and exalt ministers above the laity.

Churches under the influence of the Harlot Spirit do not realize how much they have in common with their Mother, Roman Catholicism.

Q. What do you mean by "easy believeism"?
A.  Typically, church systems under the influence of the harlot spirit invite converts to Jesus differently than in the book of Acts. For instance, what follows is a plan of salvation by a renown trinity pentecostal ministry.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" ...John 3:16

"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" ....Romans 3:23

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

"But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." ....John 1:12

All of the above are well known and loved scriptural passages, yet did you notice that none of them were ever used to convert the lost in the New Testament. No one is asked to repent of their sins, no one is asked to be baptized in water, no is asked to receive the Holy Ghost. A real "easy" plan of salvation.

We shouldn't be surprised that the church world is spiritually destitute.

Q. What do you mean by a Mark?
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Q. What does Revelation mean?
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Q. What does the Bible mean when it says to be separate?
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Q. How can I tell exactly when Jesus Christ will return again?
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Q. What is truth?
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Q. Why are there so many different Bible translations today?
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Q. What does Babylon mean?
A.  Babylon comes from the Biblical word; Babel. It means confusion. Languages and understanding were confused at the tower of babel. The later kingdom of Babylon was a religiously confused culture with shrines and temples to some 50 different false gods. Later, Daniel's God, Jehovah, was also accepted into this religious confusion.

Q. What part does Iraq play in Mystery Babylon at the endtime?
A.  Because truth in the physical, natural realm parallels spiritual truth in the kingdom of God we can see that there is much spiritual upheaval occurring in the religious spiritual realm. Demon activity and spiritual deceit has increased. Other than as a shadow indicator of real spiritual kingdom activity; there is not much need to focus upon Iraq.

Mystery Babylon is not a literal country, nor a literal city as it once was. Now it is a spiritual entity. Which is just as real, even though it can not by seen by the naked eye. We should focusing upon the spiritual. There is much deceit and deception in the christian community.

Q. Why is she called Mystery Babylon? We all know about ancient Babylon?
A.  That is the problem. Everyone thinks they know. They do know on an intellectual level. But the obvious is not the mystery. The mystery is that the natural mind may not understand this mystery except by a revealing of the Holy Spirit. Everyone talks about Babylon, but because they are being led by their mind or intellect, they are missing the true work of the Holy Spirit.

Here is a good example. The Millerite movement of the 1800's gave rise to the Seventh Day Adventists of today. One of their doctrines said that Christ's presence came to earth during the latter 1800's and has remained. Their intellect saw something. But the endtime out-pouring of the Spirit, a latter-day Pentecost, which began near the turn of the century by-passed the Adventists. As a group they saw intellectually of a move of the Spirit but could not receive the revelation in their spirit, as a group. The mind will never see exactly what the Spirit desires to accomplish.

Q. Why are there so many church assembly places today?
A.  In the beginning churches sprung up in the homes of believers. Preaching occurred in individual houses; "from house to house". A church assembly met in the house of Priscilla and Aquila; ..as well as in the house of Chole, ..the house of Stephanas, ..Nymphus' house, ..and Philemon's house.