Accepting the true doctrine of the Fall is also accepting Jesus as the Christ, the Only Begotten of the Father, and a separate, glorified and eternal Being as the Second God of the godhead. Having faith in Jesus Christ means you know His true identity (John 17:3).
Believing in a Christ that is of one substance with the Father may bring about many blessings and be a strength to the soul, but it is not worshipping God as commanded in Exodus 20:3
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
The first doctrine to go in a state of apostasy is the nature and character of God. It is also the first doctrine required to start the process of faith unto salvation.
Regardless of current belief or dogma concerning God, every knee will eventually bend and every tongue will confess that Jesus is the Son of God and a complete separate, resurrected Being, from the Father, through Whom the heavens and the earth were created.
