The Jesus-Only doctrine is that which is taught by Oneness Pentecostals such as the United Pentecostal Church and other Apostolic denominations. A variant of Sabellianism, this belief states that there is no distinct person of God the Father, nor God the Holy Spirit, but that the Godhead is comprised solely of Jesus, or "Jesus Only." They believe that God the Father is incarnate in Christ.
Adherents of this doctrine are taught that a person cannot be saved unless this person first forsakes his belief in the Trinity and is rebaptized "in the Name of Jesus only," according to an interpretation of several scriptures, most notably Acts 2:38. In contrast, the baptismal formula accepted by most Christians is found in Matthew 28:19.
External links
The Original Teaching of Jesus Christ (http://www.swami-center.org/en/chpt/jesusteaching/index.shtml) Online book purporting to reconstruct the original teachings of Jesus Christ.
Jesus commanded His disciples to "teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 28:19).
Jesus is the name in which the roles of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are revealed.
Then Jesus said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day." The disciples had their understanding opened so that they could grasp the vast importance of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
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