Yes! If people are confused over what the Bible teaches, it is not God’s fault “For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.” (I Corinthians 14:33). He desires for all me to be saved (I Timothy 2:4). He has provided the means of their salvation through Christ (Hebrews 2:9). He desires that all men be ONE in Christ. To the church at Corinth it is written, “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.” (I Corinthians 12:13). If all are baptized into ONE body, why then is there confusion and division? It’s because men refuser to see the Bible alike, not because they can’t.

Jesus prayed that we all see the Bible alike. “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:” The Bible was written to be understood. “by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ),” (Ephesians 3:4). The same message was taught by every gospel preacher in the first century. Paul said, “For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.” (1 Corinthians 4:17).

God’s plan is that everyone be united in Christ. That can only be accomplished by a proper understanding and practice of the Bible. God’s five-fold plan for unity is outlined in I Corinthians 1:10, “Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” In this plan, one step leads to another. If we all speak the same thing there will be no divisions among us. If there are no divisions among us we will be perfectly joined together. If we are perfectly joined together we will have the same mind. And if we have the same mind, we will have the same judgment.

There are strict warnings given concerning those who do not teach the same message! Romans 16:17 says, “. . . note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.” God hates those who sow discord (Proverbs 6:19) for there is only ONE body, ONE faith (Ephesians 4:4-5). Are you in the one body? Repent and be baptized today (Acts 2:38; 22:16).

 

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