{"id":46274,"date":"2022-10-01T02:17:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/theres-only-one-faith-the-faith-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:17:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:17:13","slug":"theres-only-one-faith-the-faith-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/theres-only-one-faith-the-faith-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s Only One Faith \u2014 &#8220;The Faith&#8221; &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible plainly states that there is &#8220;<strong><em>one faith<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (Ephesians 4:5). So when men ask the question, &#8220;Of what faith are you?&#8221; they are displaying an ignorance of God&#8217;s Word. Nowhere in the Bible is faith spoken of in the plural form. The denominational world may have many &#8220;faiths,&#8221; but in the eyes of God there is only &#8220;<strong>one faith<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>God wishes us all to &#8220;come in the unity of <strong>the faith<\/strong>&#8221; (Ephesians 4:13); &#8220;to continue in <strong>the faith<\/strong>&#8221; (Acts 14:22); and be &#8220;established in <strong>the faith<\/strong>&#8221; (Acts 16:5). (Note that all bold emphases in this article are the author&#8217;s).<\/p>\n<p>The inspired Scriptures tell us that we acquire this &#8220;<strong>one faith<\/strong>&#8221; by hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17). Religions differing from the &#8220;<strong>one faith<\/strong>&#8221; of the Bible, come from the traditions, customs, philosophies and creeds of men (cf. Matthew 15:1-10; Colossians 2:16-22; Titus 1:10-14). Since there is only &#8220;one&#8221; true gospel, there can be only &#8220;one&#8221; true faith (Gal. 1:8-9).<\/p>\n<p>The Spirit warned that &#8220;some shall depart from <strong>the faith<\/strong>, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils&#8221; (1 Timothy 4:1). Christians are admonished to, &#8220;stand fast in <strong>the faith<\/strong>,&#8221; and not be led astray by the doctrines of men (1 Corinthians 16:13). Paul further exhorts Christians to, &#8220;with one mind striving together for <strong>the faith<\/strong> of the gospel&#8221; (Philippians 1:27) and to &#8220;earnestly contend for <strong>the faith<\/strong> which was once delivered unto the saints&#8221; (Jude 1:3).<\/p>\n<p>In the Scriptures, God has revealed a <strong>singular system of faith<\/strong> (or belief), and we should contend for it, fight for it, and work for it (Jude 1:3; 2 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 1:13; Titus 1:9). The meaning of the original language is that &#8220;<strong>one faith<\/strong>&#8221; was delivered by God, one time for all time.<\/p>\n<p>We only need to preach, believe and obey &#8220;<strong>the faith<\/strong> which was once delivered&#8221; (Jude 1:3 KJV). This &#8220;<strong>one faith<\/strong>&#8221; never needs additions or corrections (Deuteronomy 4:2; Proverbs 30:6; Revelation 22:18-19). We have no need for a modern gospel nor latter day revelations nor official interpreters.<\/p>\n<p>The devil knows that if he can turn men away from &#8220;<strong>the faith<\/strong>,&#8221; they cannot be saved (Acts 13:8 KJV). Therefore, we must be diligent in faithfully preaching and teaching God&#8217;s Word to all the world (Matthew 28:19-20). The results being, &#8220;And the word of God increased; and the number if the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to &#8220;<strong>the faith<\/strong>&#8221; (Acts 6:7).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Common Faith and Common Salvation<\/li>\n<li>Contend Earnestly for the Faith <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible plainly states that there is &#8220;one faith&#8221; (Ephesians 4:5). So when men ask the question, &#8220;Of what faith are you?&#8221; they are displaying an ignorance of God&#8217;s Word. Nowhere in the Bible is faith spoken of in the plural form. The denominational world may have many &#8220;faiths,&#8221; but in the eyes of God &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/theres-only-one-faith-the-faith-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;There&#8217;s Only One Faith \u2014 &#8220;The Faith&#8221; &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}