Eph 4:4-13
(4) There is
one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
(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.
(7) But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
(8) Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
(9) (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
(10) He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
(11) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
(12) For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
(13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Some people read this passage and begin to tie in an Ecumenical theory here. The problem is the don't understand the "One" of Scripture.
One God.
One Singular it's not Plural.
There is one God. Monotheism not Polytheism.
One God who is above all, through all and in you all.
Before you start spouting off there is one God but many roads to him, I remind you of the seven ones Paul speaks of. Also remind you who he was speaking to.
The Christians in Ephesus. Not the pagans in Ephesus or the Philosophers in Ephesus.
Study it out in the context in which it is written.
Tie it into John 14.
In my Fathers house.... Singular
I am.. The Way.. The Truth.. The Life... all singular. One way, one truth, one life.
Show no fear - Sola Scriptura
