New Book: One way, truth, life by Lorne W.P Vanderwoude
With so many doctrines in the Christian world today, finding the truth can be very daunting. In this collection of personal meditations on several biblically doctrines, Lorne W.P Vanderwoude seeks to reveal themes shared by different doctrines, and in the process heal the church.
The Church of God which is a moment and not a denomination, is where my wife and I have chosen to put our hat into. There are no membership lists and this is what I really prefer.
In this book, I have tried to challenge the readers to study the Bible for their selves and to ask the holy spirit for direction. There is only one truth, one way and one life which comes through one person, Jesus Christ who can inspire people to grow their own faith rather than to live the faith of others.
There is only one body of Christ which contains only one list of members in one book which is only known as "The Book of life" which will be attended by God and his angels. God is spirit who can take the form of anything right down to a human. The Bible makes it clear that mankind was formed in the image of God. God the Father, could have a human form as well as Jesus his son but the Holy Spirit is a spirit who lives inside of every person who has decided to invite Christ into their lives with the help of the Holy Spirit.
So, who do you pray to? Some people pray to God who can be in human form while at the same time he is a spirit who can be everywhere all at the same time. Then there are those who pray to Jesus Christ, some to Mary and others to some of the saints including those who have departed from this world. Humans do have a soul, spirit and a physical body. Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:51, Amplified Bible "Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery (a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed);we will all not all sleep (in death), but we will all be (completely) changed (wondrously transformed), in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at (the sound of) the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead (who believed in Christ) will be raised imperishable, and we will be (completely) changed (wondrously transformed). For this perishable (part of us) must put on the perishable (part of us) must put on the imperishable (nature), and this mortal (part of us that is capable of dying) must put on immortality (which is freedom from death). And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the scripture will be fulfilled that says, "Death is swallowed up in victory (vanquished forever). O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin (by which it brings death) is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory (as conquerors) through our Lord Jesus Christ."
There are so many churches around just here in our community alone. I am not surprised why so many non Christians are just plainly confused. In my book, I write about how Paul urged Christians to be united and not to form different groups which teach so many different teachings. Paul wrote on unity and how the church should be one rather than in different groups all pitted against each other. The life of the Christian should be to get ready to meet God at the end of his or her journey. Paul tried to explain and to describe what will happen to each Christian when the time for them to die comes. We will not all sleep. We will not just be dead but rather we will be changed and receive new bodies. The new bodies we will receive will be eternal and will live on forever and forever like our bodies were made to do before the fall of mankind. Sin will no longer be where the Christian will end up going. The sting of death is sin. The power of sin is death. So when Christ died on the cross for our sins, death was defeated so that every true Christian can spend eternity with God up in heaven.
This is why I go to a church who believes in the world wide church. This Church moment is the Church of God. There is only one truth, way and only one life which we can all have through Jesus Christ.
