Simple Answer: God the Father spoke from heaven, identifying Jesus as His beloved Son. Scripture: Matthew 3:16-17; Mark 1:10-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:32-34 Explanation: At Jesus’ baptism, the Son stood in the water, the Spirit descended like a dove, and the voice from heaven declared, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Apostolics do not understand this as three gods. We believe the one God was revealing Himself in a powerful way. God is not limited to one physical location. He can manifest Himself in flesh, speak from heaven, and move by His Spirit at the same time. Common Misunderstanding: Some think this scene must mean there are three separate divine persons. Apostolics believe it shows the one God revealing Himself as Father, in the Son, and by the Spirit.

**Simple Answer:** Jesus prayed because He was truly human. As man, He prayed, obeyed, suffered, and submitted to God. **Scripture:** Luke 22:41-44; John 17:1; Hebrews 5:7; 1 Timothy 2:5 **Explanation:** The Bible teaches that Jesus is both God and man. His prayers show His genuine humanity, not a lack of deity. As God, Jesus had power over sickness, sin, demons, nature, and death. As man, He prayed, grew tired, wept, suffered, and died. **Common Misunderstanding:** Some think prayer proves Jesus is not God. It does not. It proves Jesus was truly man.

Simple Answer: “Son of God” refers to Jesus Christ in His humanity, born of Mary by the power of the Holy Ghost. Scripture: Luke 1:35; Matthew 1:20-23; Galatians 4:4; Romans 1:3-4 Explanation: Jesus is called the Son of God because of the miraculous conception and incarnation. The Son was not a created god or a lesser divine being. The Son is the man Christ Jesus, in whom God was fully revealed. **Common Misunderstanding:** Some think “Son” means Jesus is a lesser God or a created being. Apostolics reject that. Jesus is fully God and fully man.

**Simple Answer:** Yes. Apostolics believe Jesus Christ is God manifested in the flesh. **Scripture:** John 1:1, 14; 1 Timothy 3:16; Colossians 2:9; John 20:28 **Explanation:** The Bible teaches that the Word was God and that the Word was made flesh. Jesus was not merely a prophet, teacher, or created being. He is fully God and fully man. In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. **Common Misunderstanding:** Some think Apostolics believe Jesus is only a man. We do not. We believe Jesus is God revealed in flesh.

Simple Answer: Apostolics reject the word “Trinity” because it is not found in the Bible and because it misinterprets the biblical witness of one God by defining Him as three distinct persons in the Godhead. Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Isaiah 44:6; Colossians 2:9, John 1:1 Explanation: The Bible repeatedly declares that there is one God. Apostolics believe the safest way to speak about God is to use the language Scripture gives us: Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Word, Spirit, and the name of Jesus. We believe the fullness of God is revealed in Jesus Christ. Common Misunderstanding: Some think rejecting the Trinity means rejecting the Father, Son, or Holy Ghost. We do not. We fully believe those biblical terms. What we reject is defining the one God as three distinct divine persons when Scripture declares one God and reveals His fullness in Jesus Christ.

**Simple Answer:** Yes. Apostolics believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. We believe these are biblical revelations of the one God, not three separate gods. **Scripture:** Matthew 28:19; John 14:9; Ephesians 4:4-6; 2 Corinthians 13:14 **Explanation:** The Father is God in His eternal, invisible deity. The Son is God manifested in flesh. The Holy Ghost is God’s Spirit working in and through His people. These are not three separate beings, but the one God revealed to us in Scripture. **Common Misunderstanding:** Some think Apostolics reject the Father, Son, or Holy Ghost. We do not. We believe those terms because the Bible uses them.

**Simple Answer:** It means God’s eternal Word, plan, and self-revelation became flesh in Jesus Christ. **Scripture:** John 1:1; John 1:14; John 1:18; Hebrews 1:1-3 **Explanation:** The Word was not a created being. The Word was with God and was God. When the Word was made flesh, God revealed Himself personally and bodily in Jesus Christ. Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. **Common Misunderstanding:** Some think the Word means a second God beside the Father. Apostolics understand the Word as God’s own self-expression, revealed in Christ.

**Simple Answer:** No. Apostolics believe Jesus is fully God and fully man. **Scripture:** 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 2:14-18; Philippians 2:5-8; John 1:14 **Explanation:** Jesus had a real human body, mind, will, emotions, and experience. He was born, grew, hungered, thirsted, prayed, suffered, died, and rose again. His humanity was real. At the same time, God was fully revealed in Him. **Common Misunderstanding:** Some think Oneness teaching makes Jesus only God pretending to be human. That is not what Apostolics believe. Jesus was truly man.

**Simple Answer:** Because the apostles baptized believers in the name of Jesus Christ, and Jesus is the saving name revealed in the New Testament. **Scripture:** Acts 2:38; Acts 8:16; Acts 10:48; Acts 19:5; Acts 4:12 **Explanation:** Jesus commanded baptism in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The apostles obeyed that command by baptizing in the name of Jesus Christ. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not personal names. Jesus is the name in which the fullness of God is revealed. **Common Misunderstanding:** Some think Apostolics ignore Matthew 28:19. We do not. We believe Acts shows how the apostles applied Matthew 28:19.