One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism (Ephesians 4:5). We are all connected through the Power that gives us life and breath. Outer forms of worship and study may differ, but they cannot change God. God is immutable. God doesn't change because our outer doctrine differs from the outer doctrine of our neighbor. We do not become any less connected to our neighbor Spiritually because we do not believe the same as our neighbor believes. God is what God is. God said, "I am who I am" to Moses in Exodus 3:14. There is but One Lord.
We cannot change our Vast Creator who is without beginning or end. What we can do is stay in the River and let the never ending flow that comes from our Creator guide us along and show us the way. God's Spirit is ever present. One Faith builds on God's Spirit, not on the formed world or matter. One Baptism is not a washing of body parts with water. It is about washing away the thoughts and motives we have in our minds that bring about sin, a purification of the mind. We miss the mark in our thoughts and in our mind first, then we miss the mark in the physical world. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove God's good and perfect will (Romans 12:2).
Our blessed Master Jesus demonstrated this great truth over and over. He healed the sick, raised the dead and told us that we can do the things that He did and even greater things in His name. This Higher Power to give life abundantly is available to us too. Jesus showed us the way.
What is this Higher Power? This Higher Power is God, the Infinite. How can we describe God in finite words? On what premise do we base our finite descriptions of who and what God is? Do finite words adequately describe the limitlessness and vastness of God, the Infinite Creator of everything? On what finite premise do we begin to apprehend the quality of infinite eternal good or the concept of without beginning or end? Theology and the ideals of men have fostered a rather restricted concept of God. These limited ideas have created helpless spiritual cripples who view themselves as spiritual invalids who can't imagine themselves doing the things that Jesus did and even greater things in His name.
Jesus Christ healed the sick, fed thousands with a few loaves and fishes, turned water into wine, and raised the dead. Jesus Christ said he came to give us life and give it abundantly. We can do the things that Jesus did and even greater things in His name, but not with finite, material minded thoughts. We must be still and know God in the quietness of the Kingdom within each of us, like Jesus did. We can know the One Lord, One Faith, the One Baptism. In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength (Isaiah 30:15).
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