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I love Bro. Bernard's clear, simple, non-confrontational, matter-of-fact approach to explaining biblical principles.

God bless you more Sir David From all of us here in Upc Pnr Church Philippines

These are awesome thank you!

That's good! I just got deeper in my knowledge of the Oneness of God, thanks Brother Bernard!

John 17:5NLT Jesus speaking to the Father says bring me into the glory We shared before the world began!

Isaiah 6:1-8 presents a similar scene. God is surrounded by angels when Isaiah comes into their presence. There was one person sitting with the edges of His robe filling the temple and then Isaiah hears the Lord’s voice saying, “Whom should I send, and who will go for us?”. Jesus did not exist yet in any form except as logos.. a word in God's mouth or a predestined idea the like of Jeremiah where God says “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I sanctified you; and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”. God already knew how seed was going to crush the head of the serpent before the Son was begotten and even before the foundation of the world. This was the same time John speaks of in John 1:1-14 where the word was with God and the word was God through whom everything was created when God simply spoke and said " Let there be light..". The word that was life and life that was light. Jesus is the light if the world and is the life as well as the way and truth.

nice clear and new explanation . Blessings.

God bless contemporary ministry in these hard times

Its agreed God is Personal in Father, Son and Spirit and is One God.❤

Good break down sir God bless you

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Thank you, Bishop 🙏🏽. Spot on. Perfectly articulated. Sound doctrine 📖

It's vdo really help me nd clear my all Funda related Genesis 1:26

Waiting for a little bit of honesty. He has no idea, and neither do any of us. He has an idea of what would not be challenging, but rather supportive of his faith system, and so he speaks!

I agree with you that God is speaking to his divine council, inviting them to participate in the creation by observation of what he was about to do, and I’m a Trinitarian.

I agree.. clear and perfect explanation

Love your explation

Powerful truth! Makes sense that man was the reflection having 3 distinct parts of One individual, not 3 persons” another thing that stood out to me was man was created male and female and the image of God was before the female was taken out of the man, male and female can be symbolic of that which impregnates and that which produces, as animals can also be male and female but not necessarily woman or man, it also could mean God has a more dominant side and also a more sensitive side, as we see the Holy Spirit manifestation of himself can be grieved and gentleness is a fruit of his spirit, God also has parts, there’s a such thing as parts of God, Moses saw the back parts of the One individual God, reflecting God’s image makes the most sense to me, God is spirit, man is spirit dwelling in a body, God has a soul, he said if anyone draws back from living by faith MY SOUL has no pleasure in him, man has a soul also, and God speaks Words, Man also speaks words” interesting Paul said if I pray in an unknown tongue my spirit prays and mind is unfruitful, so we have different parts of ourselves that can speak, Flesh or Spirit but same individual, God also has different functions of himself he can speak from, and if speak than also hear from, that can explain LET US” I know Pastor mentioned Isaiah 44 God created heaven by himself, but another even deeper is Isaiah 45:12 - he said he made earth and MAN ON it by himself” which is proof One individual God Created man” so the US is still within the same individual “ himself! Oneness always wins!

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Thanks sir for enlightening us.Let us create man in our image, God is refering to Jesus Christ as son in view, Jesus Christ in the coming. Let us create man in our image, the Image of Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God. Col 1:15 John 14:8-9 ...he that hath seen me hath seen the father..

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Thank you for these golden nuggets!

I love these videos! & love Pastor Bernard’s answering questions that I have been asking myself and now I have found an answer.

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Amen! it really helps me in understanding our doctrine...

That's a powerful analogy

People may ask how can the Father and Son be the same person ? John said that "God is a Spirit no man has seen Him or can see Him". Why ? Because the Father is an invisible Spirit that can only been seen in a body. Just like us except that the Spirit of the Father is joined with the Spirit of the Son. God is Spirit/spirit, soul, in the glorified body of Jesus Christ. What did Jesus say, " If you have seen me then you have seen the Father". A " born of the Spirit" believer is now Spirit/spirit, soul, and body, just like our Father is.

Absolutely amazing to watch this display of flexibility to explain a very simple passage. The us in the verse is referring to the Deuteronomy 32:8, Psalms 82 and 89, and throughout the scripture. This is the Divine Counsel, not the Trinity.

The Eternal Existence and Distinction between Father, Son and Spirit is evident in scripture. God is One in Compound Unity and Personality of Father, Son and Spirit. This is why John 14-16 and John 8 we see Plurality in God and many other scriptures that God is Truly One God.❤

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Jesus said "I have come down from Heavan" Thus he lived before his human existance, Col 1 shows that "All things were Created ( By God the Father) through him. Thus quite logical to be in conversation with his Son who worked for him in creation! The same explaination can apply to Gen 11:7. Also Just as Queen Victoria said "We are not amused" The orginal Hebrew uses 'plural excellence rather than a numerical value when speaking of God.

I am From Indonesia, I am Oneness Thank you Mr Bernads

God was really changing hats quickly at the baptism of Jesus

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Isaiah 45:5 “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:”

I also believe that God was addressing the angels in Gen 1:26. And the reason I believe that is because after man sins, God makes the following statement: (Genesis 3:22 KJVS And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:) "Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil". And man only received the knowledge of good and evil after he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It becomes clear from this verse that those whom God is addressing had a knowledge of good and evil placed in them already without needing to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And that could only be the angels. Because Lucifer tempted Eve but where did the iniquity come from in him? He was created with the knowledge of good and evil and the ability to choose. So I firmly believe that God was addressing the angels but He did the act of creation by Himself.

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Greetings, Brothers! (CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD: A PROPHESY FULFILLED IN THE INCARNATION) We worship a God who calls things that are not as though they were (Ezekial 12:25; Romans 4:17). It is written, "in the beginning, God created man in His own image" (Genesis 1:27). Yet "God is a Spirit" (John 4:24), without visible form (John 1:18; Colossians 1:15). Of Christ it is written, "He is the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15). By drawing attention to the fact that God is invisible, this text highlights Christ as being the visible image of God. So, "let Us make man in Our image" (Genesis 1:26) was a prophesy pointing to the incarnation, when God Himself would take visible (human) form (Philippians 2:7). Because man was created a visible being, it was not possible for him to resemble his invisible creator, so God created man in the image that in the fulness of time He would fashion Himself into, so that in being so fashioned, the man that He had created in the beginning would bear that same image, thereby fulfilling the prophesy. Grace and Peace to you all -james

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Beautiful thoughts Sir @Dr Bernard but a word raises a question, "OUR" image" . If let US is God deliberating within himself, what of the "OUR" image? My approach to this is to look at(trace) it from the product(result) back to the reactant. Let's look at what was created, was it in the image of God alone or the image that God shares with some others(divine beings, angels)? What is the image of God in which man was created? Was it as flesh and blood or as spirit? We can from here understand if the "US" refers to God alone as you have explained or to angels or trinity(NB: I don't agree to Trinity) I believe God wasn't deliberating with anyone rather he was informing divine beings of his plan and because the man would be in their image hence the "US and OUR"

Bernard's analogy regarding man being made in the image of his Creator has a very big problem, which is founded on the very next verse: *Genesis 1:27* God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Further, in Genesis 5:2, God "created them male and female, and He blessed them and named *them* Adam (or 'Man') in the day when they were created." Yeah, you might want to rethink that analogy...

why do people have different opinins?

Thanks for this upload. So is God God, Jesus and Holy ghost at the same time?

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Would you please explain Proverbs 8:22-36

I believe he was talking to the Angels.. such as God used angels thur out old test,, and the Angels was the FIRST to bless Jesus, calling him God that they knew,, and also Angels come back with in in Judgement... as it was in beginning so shall it be at end..

It is telling when an opponent misrepresents the other side. The Trinity teaches that there is ONE GOD who exists eternally, distinctly and UNITED as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit sharing the same will, mind and being.

Isaiah 44:24 is the best explanation. I like the Jewish view that he was speaking to the angels.

Interesante tema pero deberían tener traducción a español o subtítulos

The very historical fact that the Jews take Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 18:1-4, and Genesis 19:1 to mean the unity of one LORD (YHWH/JHVH) and the angels reveals this as the correct interpretation, as most of the Jews were the original Prophets (Amos 3:7) this explanation makes a lot more sense than the “Looking forward to time” explanation

Will you address john 16:13 in a video? I know the word authority isnt in the greek, but it still says the spirit will not speak on His own Then it says He will not speak of himself, and it says the spirit will speak whatever He hears. The context seems to say that this speaking and hearing goes on after Jesus’ ascension. There is a distinction between the one hearing and the one He’s hearing from. Seems to suggest a distinction of persons Verses 12 and 14 indicates that it is Jesus who is telling the spirit what to say. I have read your book on it. You seem to indicate that somehow john 16:13 is talking about a distinction between the Spirit of God in action in the believers life and the mind of God. That the Spirit of God will never act outside of the mind of God on its own to give individual believers their own authority apart from God to create their own doctrine or teaching. I am not sure where you get that from the text Is there a better explanation of John 16:13?

The "US" & "OUR" is the dovine council that was a common tenant of Mesopotamian religions

Lk 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. The Holy Ghost is one spirit. Jesus is another spirit. God is a spirit. Matt 3:16,17 Jesus is one spirit coming out the water. The Holy Spirit like a dove landed on Jesus. And from heaven God spoke. Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. So according to their logic man married himself.

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So how do you explain Jesus on the Right Hand of the Father God in Heaven, and that He would send us the Holy Spirit.

I’m sorry! I’m a little slow. The future plan idea & the Devine Council theories are over my head and why do we care what the Jewish Rabbis think, they don’t even believe in Jesus, right?? When I read Gen 1:26 & 27, my thoughts are we are made in all of Him we are made in the image of The Father, the image of The Son, the image of The Holy Spirit! All of us is made in the image of all of Him. Can anyone help me understand better. Is my thought wrong??

The God the Creator mentioned in Genesis is the first person in Trinity.

There are also thousands of Plural not just a few cases as was presented in this video

Do God chose us or we chose God?

What 3nity I jhon 5=7

God consults His will…

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if God manifested Himself through Jesus who was left in heaven when God was not there?

I'm apostolic, Acts 2:38. Been in church 45 years now. My first pastor always taught us Genesis 1:26 Let us make man... Was the church. In Ephesians 1:4 Paul said; According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world. In God's mind. And I can see that. Jesus is a Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. If God had that body to die on that cross, why couldn't God pick his people before the foundation of the world? Jesus is God manifest in the flesh.

So are we going to ignore the next verse that says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

It wouldn’t make sense for God to say “let us make” and then say that He created everything by Himself unless He is referring to the Godhead. Also, the Bible doesn’t teach that we are made in the image of angels; yet that’s what you have to believe if you believe He was speaking to angels when He said “let us make”. Also, of course Jewish rabbis would only see one singular God. They don’t even believe in Jesus as the Son of God! That’s not the group you’d want helping you interpret the Bible when they deny Jesus Himself. And finally, Hebrews 1 gives us the clear explanation for why we see so many of the singular pronouns when God speaks. Hebrews 1:1-2 says “God who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, he has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed as heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds.

Because Jesus is The Word of God. The word is God. He was the first one born and everything was made by him. Even him being born of God he always was God. Always was, is and always will be.

so how many thrones do we see in heaven ?

So confused,I see where the Bible says about ppl would reject the truth and move with things that sound good to the ear

Is it possible, that in Genesis 1:26, GOD was speaking to HIS Bride?

Regarding Gn 1:26: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness"... Angels don't have creative power in scripture. Furthermore, we are made in the image of God -- not in the image of angels. Therefore, this passage cannot be referring to angels, but only to God alone.

Having read the Old and New testament for years, I never could see the Oneness view, even though I was saved in a Oneness church. When the words of our Redeemer, Jesus, spoke, He always spoke lovingly of His and our Father in heaven. I have no theological education, nor am an intellectual with a doctorate, but the simple Word of God teaches me that the Son truly existed before the foundation of the world. If there is no true relational love between Father God and His only-begotten Son, how can we understand that love? God wanted us to see the sacrifice of Abraham in giving up his son Isaac on the altar, which was stopped; God wants us to knowhow painful itwas for Him to allow His Son to become a servant and endure the cross. God the Father allowed a Son He loved to die for us. Isn't thisthe crux of the gospel?

COULD IT be that He was speaking to the earth? we all bare the earthy but must bare the heavenly. man made in the image of spirit and flesh (dirt) with flesh being not another person but subordinate to the true self Gods image of Spirit, Adam's image was a flesh body with a soul but a dead spirit from the fall, the new birth is the quickening of His image within us again? being made Spiritually alive through the resurrection in baptism? just some thoughts ive had recently would love to hear your thoughts on . thanks God bless

Yes sir! Annoited and Appointed only God can give you revelation of this. ( NOT MAN)

Read Mark 10:6. Jesus states that God, singular, made them male and female. Jesus did not say....we created them male amd female. One God, pure and simple.

You did not explain well the Gen. 1-26

The 'angels' analogy (Gen. 1:26) isn't convincing to me. While it's good to get a Rabbi's view, it's better to allow the Holy Spirit to teach us. It would be better to say "I don't know, or I don't understand this verse in scripture' and study it for ourselves. Maybe the Lord purposely requires us to search like the Bereans or perhaps He wishes us to accept it by faith, not really knowing who the "We" are. I personally believe the"we" is God and the Word (Jesus Christ); "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). The Word was 'with God'. Could this be the 'we'?

So he’s basically saying angels could have created humans? 😮

It seems more likely in Genesis 1:26 that YHWH was speaking to and about Adam and Eve whom He made and then they continue on making mankind in their image good made. YHWH never speaks in plurality on any other day.... Only when making His son(s) and daughter(s). And the tower of babel plurality does make sense that He's speaking to those existing in heaven already, the angels.

You are saying “Our image” when he’s talking to heavenly council, angels and heavenly beings. We are not made in the image of angels.

Matthew 3:16, 17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son,whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Three persons in one God: God the Father, God the Son and, God the Holy Spirit.

Y do ppl make things so complicated???

John : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Joh 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Jesus Is Equal with God Joh 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. The Authority of the Son Joh 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. Joh 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. Joh 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. Joh 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: Philippians 2: 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Colossians 1:15-20 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. The Rider on a White Horse Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Rev 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

If God does all things in the council of his own will then he was not speaking to Angel's when He said "Let Us"

Matthew 24:36 ““But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.” ‭‭ (showing the characteristics of two different persons one doesn’t know the other one ‘s thoughts.) And I know you your point of view. I attended a UPC church for a long time. Many conferences and have all your books. You know the way I hear a lot of Trinitarian explain the trinity it sounds exact same is the way people explain the oneness .I feel like we get separate as christians too much . We explain the same thing just in different ways. I don’t know any person that believes in the Trinity that thinks that there’s not one God ,they all think that Jesus is God that the Holy Spirit and that God the father is God .One God manifested himself in three different ways.

Yes. Trinitarian doctrine is not derived from the plural language in Gen 1. God was speaking to the members of His divine council. However, the Spirit did show up at Creation, one distinct from God. ‭Genesis 1:1-2 ESV‬ [1] In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 😅🎉

So there are a couple problems. 1st-It doesn't seem consistent that God includes heavenly created beings in decisions especially of the magnitude of creation. 2- Possibly the most disturbing......THIS MAN GET HIS THEOLOGY FROM A JEWISH RABBI WHO HE OR ANYONE IN JUDAISM DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS CHRIST AS LORD. IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT THE RABBI WOULD NOT SEE THE TRINITY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Angel was presented during the creation of the world. God speaking to Angels

1 John 2:22 “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” This verse has a second part that most overlook. Antichrist not only denies that Jesus is the Christ but he also denies the Father and the Son. To deny that Jesus really is God's son is far worse than the trinity error. In fact the Bible says that we must believe this to be saved. Oneness teaches that the son is the same person as the father. That is to say that he isn't God's son but only is a different mode of God. This may lead to damnation and is very serious. Jesus is truly God's only begotten Son. He was with the father before the world began and God sent him. He has always been and always will be God's son.

God made man in his own image Angel did not do any creating But they did watch him Angel look after what God creates Let us make man in our image Humans were made In God's image Man does have body soul spirit but one God made man

If only God can create and the decree is "Let us" you can't ignore the clear evidence of two distinct persons

God wasn’t talking to himself. Jesus said glorify me with The glory I had with you before the world was

How come that God the Father is talking to Christ after Christ Baptism? And the Holy Spirit Decending like a Dove. That is the manifestation of Trinity. That is the problem with Oneness Pentecostals, their Doctrine Attacks the Doctrine of Trinity in whicliyt them to the map of questionable group of evangelical Christian Groups.

People who wants to claim this is the trinity, then why stop at 3? "Let us" could be 2, 10, or 20000000. hahahahah

The Truth is SIMPLE. Why He uses words like ‘probably’, meaning that there is a possibility of another meaning. If one says “let’s see…” and is talking to himself, what he MEANT to say was “let ME see…”, since he is taking to himself and not to someone else. A clear and more simple explanation is that according to Colossians 1:15 is that Jesus was God’s first creation. Jesus is not a co-creator but creation was created through him and for him. He was given the parts by God to “assemble” but did not create these parts…

Gen 1:26 is just one of many verses in the OT that point us to the trinity.

But Jesus distinguished himself from God and said they're two different people. John 14:28