The Bible speaks of seven "ones"
(Eph. 4:4-6). These seven "ones" represent God's Divine Plan of
Unity...One Body; One Spirit; One Hope; One Lord; One Faith; One Baptism; and
One God. Now most believers will agree that the ONE GOD is the Father; the
ONE LORD is Jesus the Christ; the ONE SPIRIT is the Holy Spirit; and the ONE
HOPE is our hope of Eternal Life through Jesus. Believers should also
agree concerning the other three "ones"...the ONE FAITH, the ONE BODY and the
ONE BAPTISM!
The Bible says there is One Faith (Jude
3; Eph. 4:5)! Above we have named more than 25 different faiths. We know they are
all different because you can't become one by obeying the teachings of another. We
also know how to obtain any of the above faiths...simply attend their worship service,
hear what they preach and obey what they teach!
You become a Baptist by attending a
Baptist church and hearing and obeying the Baptist word (whatever they teach). You
become a Catholic by attending a Catholic church and hearing and obeying the Catholic word
(whatever they teach) etc. You cannot become a Baptist by attending the Catholic
church! WHY NOT? Because the Catholics do not teach the same thing that the Baptists
teach. Neither do the Mormons teach the same thing that the Adventists teach, etc.
The Bible, however, does not teach believers to be different (2 Cor. 13:11; 1 Cor.
1:10). God wants all who believe that Jesus is the Son of God to be one (John 20:30, 31;
John 17:20, 21). Therefore, God wills to gather together in one all things in Christ
(Eph. 110).
Well, someone will ask, "how do you
obtain God's One Faith?" The Bible says, faith comes by hearing...the word of
God (Rom. 10:17). Since the Bible is the only written Word of God, we must study our
Bible, hear what it teaches and obey what it teaches (2 Tim. 2:15; John 6:45; Mat. 7:21).
If you have not heard (studied and obeyed) God's Word, you do not have God's faith,
and you are not pleasing to HIM (Heb. 11:6).