ONE FAMILY PLAN
"...God is a consuming FIRE." (Heb. 12:29)
Welcome to the Family
"And the words of the LORD are flawless, LIKE SILVER purified in a crucible, LIKE GOLD REFINED SEVEN TIMES." (Psalm 12:6) "See, I have refined you, though NOT AS SILVER; I HAVE TESTED YOU IN THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION." (Isaiah 48:10) "THE CRUCIBLE FOR SILVER AND THE FURNACE FOR GOLD, BUT THE LORD TESTS THE HEART." (Prov 17:3)
"God hath made of one blood all nations of men." (Acts 17:26)
"For BY ONE SPIRIT ARE WE ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been ALL MADE TO DRINK INTO ONE SPIRIT." (1 Cor 12:13)
"Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh. BUT HE THAT IS JOINED UNTO THE LORD IS ONE SPIRIT." (1 Cor 6:16-17) "There is ONE BODY, and ONE SPIRIT, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL." (Ephesians 4:4-6) "THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE, FATHER, JUST AS YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU. MAY THEY ALSO BE IN US SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME. I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE: I IN THEM AND YOU IN ME. MAY THEY BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETE UNITY TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME AND HAVE LOVED THEM EVEN AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME." (John 17:21-23, NIV)
"Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother?" (Malachi 2:10)
One God
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is ONE!" (Deuteronomy 6:4)
"There is one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Ephesians 4:6)
"The Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other." (Deuteronomy 4:39)
Members one of another
"Putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another." (Ephesians 4:25)
"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!" (Psalms 133:1)
