| |
| Mission Statement |
| Our purpose is to unify the people of the world in the name
of Jesus Christ. It is our aim to make all people brothers and
sisters through baptism into the one true faith in the one true
God. |
| The One True Faith |
- God is ONE in all respects - ONE person, ONE being, ONE
essence, ONE existence, ONE will, ONE thought, ONE influence,
ONE action.
- Although He has many names (Adonai, Yahweh, Vishnu, Wakan
Tanka, El Shaddai, Allah, Jehovah, Lord God, Elohim, the
Great Spirit, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, etc.), Jesus Christ
is WHO He is.
- The purpose of life is to have good and fulfilling relationships
with Jesus Christ and with other people.
- The Commandments of God - The Ten Commandments, The Two
Great Commandments, and the entire Word of God - have complete
authority and are a guide for happiness, peace, and eternal
life. God's Word is not simply an explanation of reality
- it is the definition of reality.
- God has always been present in His creation, giving it
life, guiding it gently, inspiring goodness, and lifting
the minds of people to understand His love and wisdom.
- God Himself descended and was born of the virgin Mary
- taking on a mortal body and mind that He made Divine by
combat with the spirits of hell and continuous victory over
them every moment of His life on earth - culminating in
the most challenging temptation of them all, His passion
on the cross, death, and final victory in resurrection.
- Jesus Christ rose from the dead fully human and fully
divine - the one divine human God - the Lord God Jesus Christ
- completely united with His soul, "The Father," and now
active throughout creation as "The Holy Spirit".
- Saving Faith is to believe in Jesus Christ as your only
God and to live according to your best understanding of
His commands for your life by keeping your conscience clear.
- God's grace is immediate. He immediately forgives every
sin we commit and is always ready to give us the insight
and strength to start over again.
- God's mercy requires our participation. God is always
ready to make us new creatures because He loves us. However,
we can prevent Him from making us happy by choosing against
Him.
- Every human being on earth has the means available to
them for salvation because God created all people to live
forever in heaven and He guarantees every human life that
possibility. However, our quality of life now and forever
is limited by our knowledge. Misunderstanding God's nature,
God's purposes, or God's commands always leads away from
happiness, prosperity, and peace.
- Salvation is the product of developing a love for other
people and for God.
- Salvation cannot be earned. It is the free gift of God
because He loves you. However, salvation can be prevented
if we choose not to love others like God loves us.
- True Christianity is not the only way to heaven, but it
is the most accurate understanding of reality and so it
provides for the greatest happiness, peace, success, and
fulfillment both in our present life and in our life as
it continues after death to eternity.
- Jesus Christ has a vision of a church that is ONE in His
name, according to His will. And so, at His own time, He
returned to earth, appearing in 1745 to Emanuel Swedenborg
and commissioning him as the final revelator of His Word.
Between 1745 and 1770, at the command of Jesus Christ and
according to His teaching, Emanuel Swedenborg published
many books, providing God's explanations of His life on
earth, the proper understanding of the Divine Trinity, the
nature of Heaven and Hell, how to interpret the text of
the Bible and the eternal messages contained in the Old
and New Testaments, and, in short, everything that
He had promised to provide at His first advent but that
the human race had not yet been ready for. This second advent
fulfilled all the Bible prophecies of the end times. And
the words which Jesus revealed at His second coming provide
the foundation for a re-unification of all people, of all
doctrinal beliefs, in His Holy name.
- If the human race will honestly pursue a knowledge of
Jesus Christ in His authoritative Word, then we will be
ONE CHURCH and ONE PEOPLE just like our God is ONE in Jesus
Christ.
|
| How You Can Help |
- Pray this prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, I repent of my sins; I ask
you into my heart, my mind, and my life; I make you my
God and Savior.
We believe that if you pray this prayer you have started
a lasting relationship with God. Find a community of believers
near you and get into a pattern of regular worship, praise,
and study, and if you haven't yet been baptized into the
family of God, find a Christian pastor to baptize you with
water in the name of the Lord God Jesus Christ, the one
God of Heaven and earth, in whom is Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit as Soul, Body, and Operation.
- Find your ministry - God created all people with unique
gifts and talents for service. Find a community of believers
near you and get involved in serving other people with what
you do best in the name of Jesus. There is room in God's
kingdom for every human being He creates and there is a
need for every talent He bestows.
- Read and Pray - God guarantees all people the opportunity
to meet Him in His written Word. Spend time daily in prayer
and meditation on His truth and find a community of believers
to study with on a regular basis.
- Spread the Word - Take every opportunity to tell others
about the life change that is possible when you commit your
life to Jesus Christ and to accomplishing His purposes in
the world.
- Love like Jesus does - There is no such thing as a solitary
Christian. Make sure that you join with others in the work
and the joy of building Christ's kingdom here on earth.
It is our fellowship as believers that invites the presence
of Jesus into this world and into the lives of those we
reach out to in His name.
- Check out Pastor Steve's Blog - Second
Advent Christian.
- Support the ministry of OneChristianity.org
through your contributions. Your financial support makes
this ministry possible. Every contribution is used to expand
our web presence, pay for programming and marketing work,
and develop new gospel materials to spread the good news
that Jesus Christ is the only God. Thanks for your support.
|
| Study the Word
of God |
|
|
| Tell Us Your Story |
| At OneChristianity.org
we love to hear stories of life change resulting from your walk
with Jesus Christ. If you have a story, it would be great to
hear from you! Please email Pastor Steve Simons at Director@OneChristianity.org
and tell us your story. |
| A Closing Thought |
| There have been many people throughout history and alive in
the world today who have taken the name of "Christian," some
of whom have been real believers, some of whom have remained
sinners. Some people have even murdered, stolen, committed adultery,
and broken all of God's commandments in all different ways,
all in the name of "Christianity." This was not and is not God's
will. Jesus Christ was born so that we could get to know God
not just as our master and creator but as our friend. Jesus
Christ transitioned the Christian church through the "end times"
between 1757 and 1770 so that true Christianity could have a
chance at survival here on earth. Ever since that time the human
race has been growing, developing, learning from mistakes, and
evolving in its understanding of reality. We have not yet built
the full kingdom of the Lord God Jesus Christ here on earth,
but by His work all things are possible. Let us not let yesterday
define today. Let us be willing to look at our beliefs and our
lifestyles honestly. Let us be willing to awaken our conscience
by the Word of God and pursue eternal peace. Let us be willing
to accept that God created all people for heaven and He created
all people unique. Let us rejoice where our differences empower
us and explore where our differences divide us, always in pursuit
of God's purposes, always mindful of God's words on the matter,
always ready to follow wherever God shows us to go. Jesus Christ
has all power - there is no problem too big, no issue too complicated,
no challenge too difficult for our God. In His name we are called
to be more than conquerors; we are called to be angels, children
of God, created by design for unity in His Holy Name. Oneness
not of organization or institution, but of faith and life, love
and belief in the name of the one and only God, Jesus Christ. |
| As Jesus Said... |
I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep,
and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the
Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other
sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them
also, and they will listen to my voice;
and there will be one flock with one
shepherd.
John 10:14-16
|
|
|
|