Is it correct to say that there is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism (therefore, one church)?
JayDee asked the question:
I believe that it’s easy to see that the bible speaks of one church, that church which belongs to Christ.
How come there are “those” that hate it when you say you’re a member of THIS church and THAT church alone; no other.
Some of them seem to HATE it when you say that the church is NOT made up of 200 different conflicting denominations (according to the scriptures mind you) . Yet “others” of them say, “see, Christians can’t even agree among themselves”.
BUT, you give “them” the Truth according to God’s Word (that the Lord’s church is one body), and “they” reject that!
Well, I’m NOT ashamed to say that I’m a member of THAT church, the church of Christ, the one you read about when we open God’s holy Word.
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,[c] just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’ ”
Romans 1:16-17
hell lemur,
To the honest person, it’s easy to see from the scriptures that Christ establisthed HIS church.
John, There os one body, you’re right. BUT, the body IS the church. There are many CONGREGATIONS of His church.
me, I know that SOUNDS good, but there’s no scripture to support it.
mariam, No, I’m a CHRISTIAN.
george, The atheist must kindda like you.
wonder, you’re ALMOST there. The ONE baptism TODAY is WATER baptism (atleast in the LORD’S church anyway).
deborah, Do you think a member of ONE body would drive past 7 “different” “churches” on sunday morning to get one that “agrees” with him? You can’t get these folks to assemble under one ROOF. Yet somehow they’re supposed to be ONE church?
mary, Good anallogy, if applied properly.
body (the church) there are also legs, feet, arms (individual members)…. there is one tree (Christ) but many branches (members).
You see, the legs, the feet CAN’T be different churches, THEY DON’T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER.
Will, Thanks, but I say GOD is absolutly right.
doku,
“This being said, I feel that the perception of whether it is “correct” depends entirely upon the person who perceives.”…………..HUGE MISTAKE.
Truth does not depend on ones perception.
kait, I like that!
catalyst,
LDS is not the one. I’m sorry.
777,
“the real true church that is the body of Christ is not confined to a building or a denomination. it is made of all the true believers that accept Gods perfect works on the cross as the sole means of their salvation.”
That’s true.
Rick, You are absolutely right! The humble heart will search for and FIND the true body of Christ, even in this evil generation.
Nobel, As long as those “many people” are believing, practicing, and teaching the SAME gospel, and that OF Christ, you’d be right.
Steve, perhaps I wish it were like that but, how are you going toget that to agree with I Cor 1 10-13?
“I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”
Is Christ divided?”
Country Boy, Don’t be moved. “GOD has revealed it” to ALL who would believe.
Tater, THAT’S what wish all would see.
Shorty, Thank you. THE BIBLE IS RIGHT!
Rufus,
“..IF a Christian is defined as a person who believes in the devine resurrection of Christ” I know many people who even profess to be christians believe this lie, but that’s NOT according to the scriptures.
“Religious people (and those inconveniently living on their battle grounds) have been killing each other over the same sort of semantics for centuries.”
The Lord’s church is NOT the responsible for “religions” of the world.
“you all really do seem fragmented.”
That’s PRECISELY my point. That which you percieve as “the church” is not “the Lord’s church”.
You see, the Lord’s church IS unified.
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31 Responses to “Is it correct to say that there is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism (therefore, one church)?”
believe that it’s easy to see that the bible speaks of one church, that church which belongs to Christ.
boy that’s pretty vague
iTs all good
No. there is one ‘body of Christ’, but many churches.
Christians make up the church. we are the Body. Yes there are many denominations thanks to man dividing the word of God
there is one body of Christ but there are branches.
All gods are imaginary,
Thus, none of them are ‘correct’.
It really is quite simple.
So, you’re a Roman Catholic.
No but it is correct to say religion has caused more death, destruction, wars and suffering than any other entity that I know of. It is very very violent and very very scary.
The buy-bull is only the words of many many many men.
God is not a bigot. I see Christian bigots here everyday.
There are many roads to God.
Yes I believe so,
One Lord-God the father
One faith-Christianity(Christ)
One baptisim-The Holy Spirit
Therein is the trinity expressed in true faith.
There is only one true Church, the bride of Christ/ the body of Christ. There are many imposters. Jesus told us there would be tares among us and He will sort them out in the end. Some of the imposters are more obvious than others. He tells us not to have fellowship with them. That is why fundamentalists/conservatives usually avoid “main-line” denominations.
Lots of folks don’t understand that the Lord’s church consists of all the true believers in Christ across the earth and time with one faith, and one baptism.
There so busy squabbling among themselves they might miss the Rapture!! Chuckle!!
I believe in one body of Christ and their are may churches.
within the body there are also legs, feet, arms…. there is one tree but many branches.
Good for you. You are absolutely right. There is only one church.
Yes it is correct (one church - the body of Christ).
Where there are essentials there must be unity where there are non-essentials let there be liberty.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is that Church. There is no need to pick favorable verses from the Bible to support our beliefs, because there is no doctrine that is contrary to the Gospel contained in that sacred text. The Book of Mormon is a companion to the Bible. It verifies and clarifies it. And with the two combined, we have the fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the most joyful thing that we can ever discover. There are many truths that are being taught in the many other Christian denominations, and they cause people to rejoice. But there is nothing as exciting or as fulfilling as the true and full Gospel of Jesus Christ, restored by a prophet of God in these latter days.
the real true church that is the body of Christ is not confined to a building or a denomination. it is made of all the true believers that accept Gods perfect works on the cross as the sole means of their salvation.
If this was the case {Which it really could be} it would make Christianity much more United, Peaceful and Believable?
One church yes made up of many buildings of people all over the world, that all believe :
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Eph 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
One God, that is Jesus
one baptism, In Jesus Name according to Acts 2:38
Father of all that is Jesus the only God as said in Isaiah 9:6
I believe there is one Lord and the people who believe in him are the church. Religion doesn’t have anything to do with that.
Religion makes up denominations, builds buildings, gathers a staff, creates a mission statement, etc. but it doesn’t have anything to do with Jesus imo. Sure they say his name alot but that doesn’t mean very much. The bible says the world will not believe in him. The most popular religion in the world is Christianity. That doesn’t mean it’s the same church that the bible talks about.
There is only one church. It incorporates all genuine believers in the Biblical Christ regardless of denomination. (May even include a few Catholics)
I agree with you 100% and I have asked questions as bold as this but every time I do people who can’t take the truth for what it is reports me and my question gets deleted. I speak and straight up from Gods word and I stand firm for God and I wont be moved off Gods path. God Is one the church is one and Gods children are one, the only one.
Yes, the body of Christ is His Church. Those buildings are just meeting houses. Jesus said He would build His Church and then He is coming back to get His Church, not denominations or religions.
yes you have the truth.when peter was asked by Jesus “who do men say i am”he answered they believe you are john,or some other prophet”,Jesus then asked “peter who do you,say that i am”? peter answered”;you are the son of god ,the Christ~messiah! Jesus answered very good peter for flesh and blood” has not revealed this too you “,but my father whitch is in heaven”, and on this rock i will build my church”, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!
That’s funny, I just wrote something about apostolic churches a second ago. On that note, it’s very difficult for an apostolic church (a church that is headed by bishops who are successors to the Apostles’ sees) to accept that it is not the one True Church. The idea that all the hundreds of Christian denominations are necessarily part of a single True Church comes out of Protestant theology, and arose specifically because Protestants do not accept the concept of apostolic succession or of Holy Tradition. You will just have to accept that the apostolic and Protestant traditions have different understandings of the nature of the True Church. What they all do agree on - and what you should perhaps focus on, as you learn about differing Christian traditions - is that all Christians are brothers in Christ.
the church (ecclessia) is the body of Christ, not a denomination, not a building, but a people born again
Esphesians 4: Paul is teling believers that they must ”walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called”
That we need; ” to keep the unity of the Spirit”
A building is not the Church, the” BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS” who attend are the church; believers no matter
where they attend need to be united in the Spirit and teachings of Christ.
Ok You’ve got me going….. First of all, if a Christian is defined as a person who believes in the devine resurrection of Christ, then Roman Catholics ARE Christian. I’m not Catholic, but I feel that should be said. Now…
This whole online debate seems to me to be just another battle of semantics. Religious people (and those inconveniently living on their battle grounds) have been killing each other over the same sort of semantics for centuries. When does the debate stop? I know there are Christians who believe it is their duty to save others if they can, but don’t you see? —> If you become a nuisance more than a help (I say “nuisance” not as an insult to you, but to describe how a non-Christian may actually feel.) you only drive people away. Some of the best Christians I’ve met, were willing to talk but never preached.
Those who “hate” the things you described are either the angry-athiest type (which I think is a contradiction in itself. After all if you believe in nothing, what’s to be angry about?) or just plain old non-Christians who are tired of being preached at. From their point of view, you may very well be the “fool” who doesn’t believe in the “true faith.”
Think from another’s point of view. From outside the walls of Christiandom, you all really do seem fragmented. Which version of the Bible should we believe? Perhaps Chistians should attempt to reunify - if indeed there ever was true union - before trying to bring others into the flock…?
no there are no lords like 500 faiths and way too many churchs
Good point. But the catholic church (little “c” here) is what I believe those passages to be talking about.