God Has One Faith!
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).
SAMUEL A. MATTHEWS
This is an excerpt from an article titled How To Be Just A Christian. Many thanks to Samuel A. Matthews for permission to use excerpts from his article. For the entire article please visit the Church of Christ at Moab Utah web page by following the link below.
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