Staned Glass...
Who says you can't be saved if you deny the trinity?
Well, it depends on the situation.
A person does not have believe in the Trinity *perfectly, or *precisely* the way most evangelicals see it...to be saved. In my opinion christians who demand that everyone view it exactly the way that they do, are..in my opinion...nit picking, and being legalistic and phariseeical.
Every one acknowleges that the Trinity can not be fully understood, yet they turn right around and demand everyone view it...to the letter..exactally as they do! Its kind of sad.
A person MUST of course acknowlege the "Triune" nature, as the scriptures clearly teach it. The scriptures CLEARLY teach that the Father is God, Jesus Christ is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. And the scriptures clearly teach there is one God, not 3.
We have no choice but to accept that.
But God has decided to NOT give us detailed, lenghty, comprehensive teachings regarding how the Godhead functions, how the 3 persons relate to each other, how they communicate, etc etc. We have SOME information of course, but not tons of it. Thats why we tell people that it is somewhat of a mystery.
If something is a "mystery", you
CAN NOT dogmatically demand that people believe it exactly as you do, or they are branded a heretic.
Thats why I personally dont brand the Oneness Petecostals as heritics because of there view of the Triune nature of God.
They CLEARLY understand that God has manifested himself in a triune way, as...
1) The Father
2) The Son (Jesus Christ)
3) The Holy Spirit.
But...they believe that God..the One God..is going back and forth, manifesting himself in those three different ways. I dont know what they do with Christ's baptism scene, but thats there buisiness.
I disagree with them, but I dont condemn them for that.
The Jehovahs Witnesses? Thats a different story. They clearly deny the Deity of Jesus Christ. That MUST be condemned.
That is entirely different than the Oneness pentecostals.
Same thing with the Mormons. They actually believe that they will "grow up" one day and
become a God and start their own universe!!
That as well, MUST be condemed.
Those are way beyond the Oneness pentecostals.
Hope that helps.