One God, One Salvation

Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:”

There is but one God


Jesus declares this: Mark 12:29-31, “And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”


Paul tells us in his Epistle to the Ephesians: Ephesians 4:5-6, “One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”

Mark 12:32 tells us: “And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:”

Deuteronomy 6:4 states: "The Lord our God is ONE Lord."


Scripture repeatedly states there is one God, and this God is our Saviour, our Father, and our Comforter. God states in Isaiah (as he spoke through the Prophet Isaiah): Isaiah 44:8, “Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.” The one thing God does not know, another God. How that is then anyone knowing there is only one God, would then believe in other “gods”? There were no gods formed before Him or after Him (Isaiah 43:10). This is stressed over and over again, to the point you can’t miss the fact that God is trying to get across the point, one God, and one God only, I am He, and I am Jesus Messieh (Rev 1:8). All the prophets, the Apostles, every saint in the Holy Bible, only believed in one God.


There is only one throne in heaven, and only One sits upon that throne (Revelation 4:2), our great God and Saviour Jesus Messieh (Titus 2:13).


God is our Saviour


Isaiah 43:11, “I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no Saviour.” God died for us: I John 3:16, “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” How did God accomplish this? God manifest Himself in the flesh: I Timothy 3:16, “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” The Prophet Isaiah foretold of the coming of God in the flesh when he wrote these words: Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” As well, Isaiah states in Isaiah 25:9, “And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”


In the Gospel of John, John makes it crystal clear who Jesus is, from the beginning:


John 1:1-14
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.


In this we can see the Word (Logos, NOT the Son of God), has always existed. This word, the plan of salvation for all mankind, Jesus Messieh dying on the cross taking on all man’s sins and defeating death, is uttered by a living voice (God’s voice), it embodies a conception or idea, it’s a part of God. Just as if I were to say something, those words are mine, my thoughts are mine, not separate from me, but a part of me, expressed by me, and me only. We know God created the world by speaking it into existence, it didn’t just appear. Now, this Word, God’s thought, His plan, is put into action and God takes on a human body, manifest in the flesh, and he lived among us.


There is but One Path to Salvation


Ephesians 2:8, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”


Indeed we are saved by grace, yet so many fail to read the very next line of text, “through faith”. So many times I have written you must act upon your faith! But I get ahead of myself, let’s go through some of Jesus’ ministry and see what He had to say about salvation.


Jesus talks with Nicodemus:


John 3:1-7


1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Jesus states in no uncertain terms, you cannot see the kingdom of God if you are not born again of water and Spirit; unless a person is born again of water and Spirit, a person cannot enter into the kingdom of God, “Ye must be born again.”


Jesus again talks about baptism as a must: Mark 16:16, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”


Jesus tells the Disciples what to do:


Luke 24:46-48


46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48And ye are witnesses of these things.


Jesus tells them he has to suffer, die and rise again, and that REPENTANCE (A change of mind, as it appears to one who repents of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done. {To repent [repentance - metanoia, 'change of mind'] involves a turning with remorse from sin to God; the repentant sinner is now ready for remission of sins.}) and REMISSION (aphesis – forgiveness or pardon, of sins, remission of the penalty {letting them go as if they had never been committed}) OF SINS be preached in HIS NAME among ALL NATIONS.


Repentance (Repent) - How can you come to God if you don’t repent? You must turn from sin, God tells us to be Holy because He is holy (Leviticus 19:2 and 1 Peter 1:16). We are saved from our sin, not in our sin. This is the first step toward salvation. We turn from sin and turn to God, knowing we are sinners and sorry for our sins, looking to God now to forgive us.


Remission of sin(s) - This is the next step one must take. How does one receive remission of sins? It’s certainly not by the mouth, for by the mouth we confess our sins, this is where we say we are sinners and now we need to receive remission of these said sins. This is water baptism in Jesus name. To ensure you are now one of God’s elect, one of God’s chosen, if you haven’t already (and if you have already received the Holy Ghost, you better run down to the nearest true Acts 2:38 Apostolic church and get baptized in Jesus’ name!). Now your you have no sin(s), washed by the blood of the Lamb as white as snow, though your sins were red like crimson they are gone, you are clean, white as snow and wool (Isaiah 1:18).


The Gift of the Holy Ghost – You will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, as evidenced by speaking in other tongues as the infilling of the Holy Spirit occurs, again, if you haven’t already.


Where does all this come together? “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” – Acts 2:38. Many people think they have the right or the responsibility to reinterpret this verse. They claim it’s legalism or law-keeping, forcing people to do something, stating no faith or grace can be received by this because it doesn’t match up with their belief system, their theology.


I mentioned we are saved by grace, through faith, and that is a fact. We have to step out in faith, act upon our faith. Once the revelation of Jesus is received, act on your faith. The grace is not imputed to anyone who just confesses with their mouth that Jesus is Lord, anyone can say Jesus is God, and many do (even the devils believe and tremble! – James 2:19), yet they have not repented, they have not had their sins washed away and they have not the Holy Ghost! When someone has repented, been baptized in Jesus name and received the Holy Spirit by faith they are saved by grace through faith. The person relies on Jesus only for salvation, by faith and by grace.


Act of Faith                           Grace Recevied
---------------                     ---------------------
Repentance                          Forgiveness of sins
Baptism in Jesus’ Name       All sins washed away
Receive the Holy Ghost        Life eternal with God


Ephesians 4:4-6
4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.


There is but one God, our great God and Saviour Jesus Messieh, and but one baptism, in His glorious name!


May God bless you!

Be encouraged -
Minister of the New Covenant