Is the Baptism of Jesus Evidence for the Trinity? | Episode 8

David K. Bernard
David K. Bernard
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Published 2021-06-21
In describing the baptism of Jesus, Matthew wrote, “When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased'" (Matthew 3:16-17, NKJV).

Some have pointed to this passage and the other Gospel accounts of the baptism of Jesus as proof that the Godhead is comprised of three separate persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In this episode, Dr. David K. Bernard shows how these passages confirm a Oneness Pentecostal view of Jesus Christ as God manifested in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16).

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All Comments (21)
  • @jhullzecaballero7545
    Definitely this is the best explanation of the God head.. i believe that there is one God and his name is Jesus 🙌
  • @apostolic.2023
    HEAR o Israel the LORD our GOD is O N E LORD! Hallelujah for the UPCI the church of the LIVING GOD! Praise His Holy Anointed Name!
  • @germanwulf40
    Gotta love how Trinitarians call Jesus the second person within the Godhead, which completely ignores Colossians 2:9's statement that it was the complete other way around - the Godhead in it's entirety was in Jesus!
  • @DK-mx7lq
    This is the true doctrine of JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
  • @thechurchpercussionistdenn1987
    Thank you Bishop Bernard, Here’s a fact folks, Baptism didn’t begin with John the Baptist. It was the Mikveh of the Priests. Jesus being the High Priest. Hebrews 2:17, 3:1, 4:14, 5:10, 6:20 Here’s a little more info. Jesus said in Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Jesus told John the Baptist in Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. Jesus as the High Priest Needed to go through the Mikveh to be cleansed. He is GOD manifest in the flesh. 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 GOD, 3 manifestations, not 3 persons. There is the Humanity Of Jesus and the Deity Jesus. Fully GOD, fully man. Match up Isaiah 9:6 and Matthew 28:19….. Then look at Acts 2:38.
  • @bradodeman1637
    Bro Bernard is a wonderful gift to the Church ✔️✔️
  • @javierzunigajr9327
    Praise the Lord God Almighty our Saviour Jesus Christ brethren brother David Bernard has a lot of wisdom and knowledge and revelation of God keep on with the truth of one God Christ God bless you and family Amen Hallelujah Glory be to God our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen, amen
  • @edwardgeorge8232
    It was God bearing witness of His Son. The Anointed One. Christ Jesus.
  • @Apostolic_J
    Amen!!! So thankful for the Word of God! Hearing truth just sounds so good! God Bless you all
  • @allfrieden
    There is only ONE God Jesus Christ. He is our Father in Heaven, the human/flesh born Son and Savior and his Holy Spirit is our Helper.
  • @nelsonstiveens5140
    God is The Omnipresent Holy Spirit, but he became man in and as the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Son of God who had a beginning and origin as a human being with a human psyche by being conceived as a man in human reality, under the limits and barriers of his human body 33 years before that event in the womb of Mary his mother. The difference from us is that this man was God experiencing the reality of human existence, being God made man in his spirit, deity and humanity were inextricably linked, these two dimensions were in his being. He gave his voice in his glory to those present, testifying in a supernatural and direct way that this man Jesus whom they had before their eyes was the promised messiah, he also gave a special sign for John, a symbolic vision of his Spirit in the form of a dove fulfilling the word that I had given him before. God can speak and show himself at the same time, while also being manifested and embodied as a man in the waters of the Jordan in this true human embodiment, whom Jesus said: "The Father who dwells in me, I am in The Father and The Father in me, I and the Father are One" "He who sees me, sees the Father", this could not be dissolved and disappear. But the deity is one and the same, it does not change, there are no divine and distinct persons and this does not affect the illimitability and Omnipresence of the Almighty God who is everywhere and operates in different ways at the same time.
  • @TinaBryant-pg1pv
    This was a great explanation of the trinity. Gives me a better knowledge even tho Ive been in church for yrs....Thank you!!