Friday, March 6, 2009

One God, One Faith

Eph. 4:5-One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6-One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Of course, we have all heard it preached that there is only one God and He is not Muhammad, Buddha, blah, blah, blah. If someone takes 20-30 minutes or even just 5 to bring this interpretation of this verse, out of kindness let that tinkling cymbal just rattle until he rattles out.
Let me share with you what I KNOW this scripture means. In Mal. 3:6, God declares-For I am the Lord, I change not. James 1:7 declares-Every good and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
The good news is that GOD NEVER CHANGES. According to James, He has no intention of changing. All through the Word of God you read that God saves those who are lost, heals those who are sick and delivers all those who are in distress. He is One God and never, ever even entertains the smallest thought of not saving, not healing, or not delivering.
What did Jesus say about Himself. Luke 19:10-For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. He came to earth to take care of some business and that business was to save the lost. Look what He did for the demoniac of Gadara (Mark 5). When Jesus got through with him he was sitting and not running around screaming. He was clothed and not running around naked all the time. And, he was in his right mind, not acting all crazy. Know any kinfolks like that? Possibly married to someone like that? If Jesus changed this man, then ANY sinner you know is a piece of cake to Him. OH, I can hear you whine now. 'What if He hates Jesus and doesn't want to get saved?' What about Saul of Tarsus who voted to kill Stephen for preaching about Jesus. He even got warrants to go around to different cities and put Christians in jail. If there ever was anybody who did not want to become a Christian, it was Saul. NOW! Does the Bible say that Jesus had a hard time with Saul? Absolutely not. Acts 9 tells the story of how Jesus knew what it would take to save Saul. He knocked him off his horse in the middle of the desert. If He was powerful enough to do that and He is the same yesterday, and to day, and forever, (Heb 13:8), then you don't have any kin folk that are too tough for God to handle. NO MATTER WHAT THE DEVIL, THE GOD OF THIS WORLD SAYS. There is only one God and the devil ain't him. Now why don't you take a five minute shouting break before you go any further and tell the devil your kinfolks are coming to Jesus no matter what he says.
Mercy!!!!
What did John say about Jesus? 1 John 3:8-For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Do you think that Jesus would fail at anything He set His mind to? Have you let someone or some set of circumstances dominate your faith in the one Lord, Jesus Christ. The word faith in the Bible does not mean a particular religion. It means what you accept as the truth. The god of this world has trained our minds to believe that God is not able to save somebody. We need to retrain our minds and our hearts will follow. The fact I believe, is that there is only ONE GOD and He has set His heart and mind to save, heal and deliver the unsaved. The only ONE FAITH I have is that God will save, heal and deliver my loved ones. Now pardon me.......but I think I'll do a little shouting myself.

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