Oneness

Oneness Pentecostal theology affirms that there exists only one God in all the universe. It affirms the deity of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. However, Oneness theology denies the Trinity. The Trinity is the doctrine that there is one God who manifests Himself as three distinct, simultaneous persons. The Trinity does not assert that there are three gods, but only one.  This is important because many groups who oppose orthodoxy, will accuse Trinitarians of believing in three gods.  But this is not so.  The doctrine of the Trinity is that there is one God in three persons.
Oneness theology denies the Trinity and teaches that God is a single person who was "manifested as Father in creation and as the Father of the Son, in the Son for our redemption, and as the Holy Spirit in our regeneration."1 Another way of looking at it is that God revealed himself as Father in the Old Testament, as the Son in Jesus during Christ’s ministry on earth, and now as the Holy Spirit after Christ’s ascension.
In addition, oneness theology also maintains that baptism is a necessary part of salvation; that is, in order to be saved, one must be baptized, by immersion.  If you are not baptized you cannot be saved.  However, not only must baptism be by immersion, it must also be administered with the formula "In Jesus’ name" rather than the formula "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" which is mentioned in Matt. 28:19. Finally, this baptism must be administered by a duly ordained minister of a church that maintains oneness theology:  United Pentecostal, United Apostolic, etc. 
                                                                                                             ....... By Matt Slick

"You never enjoy the world alright, until the Sea itself flows in your

veins, until you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars:

and perceive yourself as the sole heir of the whole world, and more than

that, because people are in it who are every one sole heirs as well as you.

Until you can sing and rejoice and delight in God, as misers do in gold, and

Kings in scepters, you never enjoy the world......"

 - Thomas Traherne

  

THE BASICS OF ONENESS

1. All of life is a dream that is being experienced by the ONESELF.

2. As is usually the case in dream interpretations--every person, object, or situation that appears in the dream is an aspect of YOU, the Cosmic Dreamer, and your entire universe is your mirror.

3. You have chosen to incarnate into a physical universe. There is really only ONE PERSON here---one person who has divided him/herself into as many fragments of the ONESELF as are needed to portray a truth, feel a feeling, or learn more about the infinite Being which we all are.

4. Just as there are many fragments seen within a universe (uni=one), so are there an infinite number of universes contained within the MULTIVERSE, which is a "where-house" for the storage and keeping of All That Is.

5. Every person, object, situation, or location represents a VIEWPOINT for the Oneself to enjoy and observe the All That Is. You do not merely reside within a single physical body, though it may sometimes appear to be so. You are everywhere and you are everything.

6. Truth is also everywhere, and in everything. In the Multiverse, there is a universe that literally honors and embodies every single belief or system of belief imaginable (and then some). There is no such thing as disagreement within a multidimensional reality. There are only variations upon a common theme. At the heart of each theme is always YOU.

7. What separates each individual universe is the VEIL OF FORGETFULNESS, a semi-permeable membrane that surrounds each viewpoint and temporarily blocks remembrance of Self at all the other levels at which you exist. Like blinders on a horse, the Veil allows each separated viewpoint the freedom to experience its universe without being distracted by the other possibilities which are also available.

8. Time and Space exist as punctuation marks in a limitless composition that is being written by the Oneself. They are notations, regulating the beat and measure for a concerto which has played and which will be played throughout all eternity. All time is now. All space is here.

9. There is really only ONE Multiversal moment, divided into an infinite number of fragments, which are apportioned to as many universes as is required to embody everyone and accomplish everything imaginable (while always adding just a little bit more).

10. All of the above applies to YOU, the ONESELF Cosmic Dreamer, unless you say otherwise.

ONENESS AND SOCIETAL STRUCTURE:   

Contrary to what we may have been taught at birth, the "family" you appeared to be born into was not here before you were.  You don't come out of it, it comes out of YOU.  The same is true of cities, townships, state and national government.  In your perceived You-niverse, all institutions begin and end in YOU.   

 

"To realize that there is ONLY ONE.......regardless of that One's various masks and faces, smiles, tears, or overt actions.....is the beginning of a new world, right then and there.  And it only takes ONE, for that is all there really is, or ever was!  As this One begins to own each "other" One, and another, and another, as SELF....continually expanding his or her identity and experience of self....and innate force begins to take over.  It isn't a "negotiated peace" at all.  It is now, and always was inbred.  Natural.  Quite efficient, really." 

~The Reconnections