One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Paul has told us that there is one body and one Spirit. He is stressing the fact that we should be eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit.
He continues now in verses 5 and 6 with additional “ones.”
There is one Lord. This, of course, is referring to Jesus Christ. As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 8:5-6, “For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”
There is one faith. There are, of course, may faiths, but there is only one true faith. In our day, people believe there can be many contradicting truths. But the Bible claims that is is the true faith, and therefore the only faith.
One baptism. There is debate as to the mode of baptism, i.e. sprinkling, pouring, immersion. And of course, there is the discussion of believers baptism versus infant baptism. But when it comes down to it, there is only one, and that one is Christian baptism. The debate is not are there multiple baptisms. The Bible says there is one.
There is one God and Father of all. I would refer you back to the parallel passage in 1 Corinthians that I quoted earlier.
This one God is over all and through all and in all. He is the one who made everything. We exist because of Him. He is omnipresent, meaning He is everywhere and sees everything. He pervades all of time and space. You can’t flee from His presence whether you visit heaven or hell. He is there. Psalm 139:8.
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