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“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3)
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, Even Aaron’s beard, coming down upon the edge of his robes. (Psalm 133:1-2)
It is a divine and GOD pleasing thing when the children of God agree together to obey without question what GOD HAS COMMANDED of them in His Word and what God has said to them by His Spirit and What God has demonstrated and taught to them through Christ and His Apostles.
It is God’s command that HIS Born Again Children dwell as ONE and be united in thought, doctrine and Spirit. (Romans 12:4-5 and 2 John 1:9-11)
God is not the author of confusion and there should be no confusion or division in His family among His children.
That is why the Lord said through the Apostle Paul “Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
In the first century, “believers” in the Gospel of the Kingdom of God gladly received the message of salvation and lessons of righteousness taught by the Apostles of Christ. (Acts 2:41)
After Pentecost, every believer who gladly received the Good News of The KINGDOM of GOD did not argue philosophically or theologically over the Command of God to Repent and be Washed in the Blood of The Lamb by burial into water in the name of the Holy Messiah for the forgiveness of sins. They all trusted, submitted to and obeyed the Commandments of God through Christ and His Apostle without question. They had REAL FAITH and they were added to the ONE TRUE CHURCH of CHRIST on the same day as their Baptism. (Acts 2:41)
The early followers and disciples of Christ understood faith, the gift of the Spirit, and water baptism in Jesus’ name as One continuous Salvation Experience. If any one of these components was absent then salvation was also absent. (1 John 5:8)
The Word of God indicated that we are required to have three witnesses on earth whose testimonies agree upon our Salvation. “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” (1 John 5:8)
This is not difficult for any TRUE believer in Christ to follow and adhere to. But Satan has made it a point of division among a significant number of believers.
But even in the first century Satan was busy casting dissention and doubt among believers and trying to cause divisions and schisms.
If you remember, there was divisions among Jewish Christians and gentile Christians regarding foods offered to idols and circumcision. These divisions were essentially resolved by the council of Apostles in Jerusalem. Nevertheless, the devil still is busy trying to destroy, dismantle and nullify the Body of Christ through divisions, philosophical and theological arguments and corruption and various interpretations of doctrines.
Due to Satan’s handiwork and mankind’s own arrogance, the world has over 242 “Roman Catholic” denominations and over 33,000 “Protestant” denominations as well as 781 “Orthodox” denominations to its credit. The Devil’s divisive work is evident in the schisms that exist between Christian denominations and churches today.
Hardly ever do we see TRUE Born Again believers assembling together as One Body in Christ under One Doctrine in Christ with One Voice in Christ led by The One TRUE Spirit of Christ. Most Christians, whether they are aware of it or not, are married to some institutional church or religious body whereby they exercise their “faith” and receive validation of their “salvation.” But the true worshipper who worships God in Spirit and in Truth isn’t concerned with such proclivities or propensities. We are not bound by some denominational allegiance or covenant or some church’s definition of our salvation. We simply believe God’s Word and follow His Commandments without question. We have FAITH.
However, Satan is still seeking for believers who are straddling the fence and who are cynical about God’s Commandments – those who are weak in their commitment to the Kingdom Of God and Its righteousness. Satan wants to negotiate with and theologize with and discuss philosophies with them so that they may be convinced of another gospel other than the TRUE Saving Gospel of God in Christ. Thus we have the prosperity gospels, the wisdom gospels, the seed faith gospels and the by faith gospels which aren’t gospels at all but rebellious, wicked and demonic doctrines. (1 Timothy 4:1)
Satan knows that He cannot prevail against the One TRUE CHURCH of JESUS CHRIST (Matthew 16:18). So Satan’s desire and goal is to divide, conquer and destroy God’s Children by corrupting the TRUTH of God’s HOLY SCRIPTURES and COMMANDMENTS and persuading some to follow his iniquitous and rebellious ways – to believe the lie over the Truth.
Many believers make Satan’s job easy by assuming that they are intelligent enough to determine what the Kingdom of God is without first being transformed into citizens of Heaven and empowered with the divine teacher – The Holy Spirit. Thus they are blind guides without divine revelation who will never learn THE TRUE WAY of Salvation unless they first REPENT and humble themselves under God.
It is Good for All God’s Children to Dwell in Unity. However, in this world, it appears very unlikely that the Oneness of Christ Church will be realized to any appreciable and observable degree.
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However, through the advent of the internet, I have met some REAL Christians and I do believe that the TRUE CHURCH of Jesus CHRIST exist and is made up of those of us who are ONE in Spirit and Truth. We may be divided by time, distance, language, culture and geography, but we are not divided by “Divine Doctrine,” “Saving TRUTH,” the “Teachings of Christ and His Apostles,” the “Righteousness of the Kingdom of God” and the “POWER of THE HOLY GHOST.”
On These Essential and Eternal Truths We Are ONE and Unchanging. And We Stand Boldly In Agreement With The WORD of GOD And With Each Other. And We Live In Faithful Unity With Our Brothers and Sister In Christ Who Have Not Deviated From The Path Of Righteousness or The Teachings of Christ and His Apostles Nor Bowed Their Knee To The god Of This World And Her churches.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:4-6)
We Believe In The One TRUE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
We Believe In The One TRUE FAITH THAT JESUS Is The SON Of GOD.
We believe In The One TRUE WAY of Baptism Is By Burial Into Water In The Name of The Holy Messiah.
We Believe In Keeping All of God’s Eternal Commandments And In Sexual Purity.
We Believe In The One True Holy Spirit That Is In Us All And Over All And Knows All.
We Believe In The One True God and Father of All.
We Believe As ONE!
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, Even Aaron’s beard, coming down upon the edge of his robes. (Psalm 133:1-2)
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