1. The Church is one, not synthesized by men.
John 17:11, And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
The church is the body of Christ. The body is NOT synthesized by men. The hand or foot of a healthy person is not synthesized to the body by men. The hand or foot is originally parts of the body created by God.
Church oneness means each individual christian is a part of the body of Christ by God not by human. Church oneness is Not denominational union either.
2. Church oneness is the oneness of the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
The oneness is the oneness of life, Not oneness by men, Neither organizational oneness.
The oneness is not TO BE achieved by men but achieved by the Cross:
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14: For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16: And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18: For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
The oneness is a fact DONE by the Holy Spirit through Baptism, not TO BE DONE by men:
I Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
3. Complete oneness
1)One body
2)One Holy Spirit
3)One hope
4)One God
5)One believing
6)One baptism
7)One Lord Jesus Christ
Ephesians 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
4. To keep Not to produce
The oneness is the oneness of life to be kept, not produced by men. The oneness is produced by God already.
Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Rely on God to keep the oneness:
John 17:11-12, 21-23
5. Oneness is not to cancel denominations or cancel denominational differences. The christian cooperation & harmony are important but this is not oneness Bible refers to.
6. Salvation is eternal life. This life is oneness. Life cannot be of oneness with the non-life. Oneness is not denominational mixture, even mixing the infidels.
John 17:11, And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
The church is the body of Christ. The body is NOT synthesized by men. The hand or foot of a healthy person is not synthesized to the body by men. The hand or foot is originally parts of the body created by God.
Church oneness means each individual christian is a part of the body of Christ by God not by human. Church oneness is Not denominational union either.
2. Church oneness is the oneness of the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
The oneness is the oneness of life, Not oneness by men, Neither organizational oneness.
The oneness is not TO BE achieved by men but achieved by the Cross:
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14: For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16: And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18: For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
The oneness is a fact DONE by the Holy Spirit through Baptism, not TO BE DONE by men:
I Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
3. Complete oneness
1)One body
2)One Holy Spirit
3)One hope
4)One God
5)One believing
6)One baptism
7)One Lord Jesus Christ
Ephesians 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
4. To keep Not to produce
The oneness is the oneness of life to be kept, not produced by men. The oneness is produced by God already.
Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Rely on God to keep the oneness:
John 17:11-12, 21-23
5. Oneness is not to cancel denominations or cancel denominational differences. The christian cooperation & harmony are important but this is not oneness Bible refers to.
6. Salvation is eternal life. This life is oneness. Life cannot be of oneness with the non-life. Oneness is not denominational mixture, even mixing the infidels.
