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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 37
Ephesians 4:1-11
Now in verse 5 let’s continue our teachings of these seven things that make up a unity in the Body of Christ, and they are, "The one Body, The one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all." Ephesians 4:5a
"One Lord,..."
Now what I like to show here is the word "Lord" coming out of the Old Testament back in Genesis chapter 2. You have to remember back in the Old Testament you have the word Lord used in two different ways. You have it used all capitalized, "LORD" and you also have it used "Lord." Now all the way through Genesis chapter 1 we just see the word, "God." God said this, God did this, God was pleased and so forth. Genesis 2:4
Here we now have LORD in capitals. It’s the same God, but you see Paul is using the term, "Lord" here in Ephesians as the Master part of our Saviour and our Lord. If I remember correctly the disciples referred to the Lord most times as "Master" didn’t they? Ephesians 4:5b
"...one faith,..."
How many different faiths are there? So within the realm of Christendom, how many faiths? They’ve broken Christendom down to these various faith. There is only one faith! Jude 1:3
The faith, not just your faith, but rather the faith! Well what’s the faith? Well let’s just go back and look at some of the places that Paul use that word. I’m always stressing that Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles, Paul is basically the Church Age apostle, and so let’s come back to his letter to the Romans in chapter 3. He uses this word "faith" over, and over through out his letters.
Now I trust that each of you already know my definition of the word faith? It’s simply, "taking God at His Word!" Faith is always taking God at His Word. God said it, and I believe it, and God reckons that as our faith. No, Paul says, "There is only one faith." Now have you got Romans chapter 3? And let’s start at verse 23.
Romans 3:23-25a
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,..."
All right let’s use my definition here for the word faith, and let’s just feed it in here. "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation"...(our everything) through taking God at His Word concerning His blood. I haven’t got time in this lesson to look at the various verses concerning the blood of Christ. Remember that? We’re under the blood! The Bible says so, and if the Bible says so, then I just simply take God at His Word. Faith, Believe, and Trust. Romans 1:16
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it (the Gospel) is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;..." (or takes God at His Word.)
To every person that takes God at His Word. Here in verse 8 is a classic salvation verse.
Ephesians 2:8
"For by grace are ye saved through faith: (or taking God at His Word by believing Paul’s Gospel) and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:"
Let’s back up a page or two to the little Book of Galatians chapter 2, and verse 20. This is Paul’s own testimony.
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; (so being crucified with Christ is an identification process) yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh(our everyday living) I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me,"
The Son of God is the One Who was declared. Let’s begin in verse 4.
Romans 1:4-5
So that people would take God at His Word. And what has the Word of God declared? There’s only one faith! You can’t put your faith in some other god or by believing something else. You can’t put your faith in a denomination. We’ve got many baptisms also.
Ephesians 4:5b
"...one baptism,"
Now let’s just look at this word for a moment. One baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, and the other baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. "For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit) are we (believers) all baptized into one body,..."
This Spirit baptism is the only baptism that Paul knows. The moment we believe the Gospel as outlined in I Corinthians 15:1-4 and Romans 10:9-10 the Holy Spirit in His invisible, all powerful modus operandi placed the believer into the Body of Christ. That’s the one baptism that Paul talks about in Ephesians. Remember the Holy Spirit never goofs up. There is never an unbeliever placed into the Body of Christ! Let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 1 for a moment and look at a verse on this. Ephesians 1:13
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise."
By placing us into the Body of Christ!

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