Over the last 2,000 years, the faith of Jesus Christ has had a profound and undeniable impact on the world, especially the West. Immediately following the outburst of this faith came the "church." The Church of Christianity as is known for the last 1700 years, has been a source of both enlightenment with the organized spread of the gospel and good works, but also has been a source of confusion, devastation, greed, power struggle, manipulation, and control. What if the so-called "church" is not what God is after at all? What if Christians have spent so much time and energy in building and organizing outside of His eternal purpose? It is a fact the Church in the West has been in decline over the last 50 years--that decline is accelerating. Christians are not leaving their faith in Jesus Christ; rather, they are leaving "church." The followers of Jesus are not actually hungering for a better church, but for the Lord's eternal purpose. Though not church, it is living fellowship, relationship, community with diverse believers within the Trinity brought into the experience of the One Body of Christ. The Lord Jesus said: I will build my ekklesia (Matt 16:18). It has been a conspiracy of Satanic proportion where Christians have been tricked into thinking what the Lord wants is "church." ONE EKKLESIA is not condemning the churches of today, but it's bringing a completely new perspective relating to the One Body of believers God is building. The time has come for a much-overdue work on ecclesiology. By tackling biblical passages concerning God's eternal purpose through illuminating exegesis of Scriptures, ONE EKKLESIA unveils a fresh, inspiring and motivating vision. Simultaneously, a radical approach is revealed to make this vision practical from day to day for every single believer no matter their station in life. ONE EKKLESIA is not about how to improve your church, leave your church, or to start a better church. Rather, its vision and practice is to fulfill the Lord's prayer for His people (whether attending church or not) to be ONE so the world will believe. It is a practical oneness of diverse believers impacting the world. This will ignite the holy fire of God spreading uncontrollably . . . the next and final revival. Each chapter of ONE EKKLESIA is impactful--you will not want to put this book down! Those who have reviewed its contents are not only numerous--they are entrenched in the evangelization of the world in vibrant evangelical commitment to the Eternal Life, Truth of Scripture, and the Glory of His Service. This is a clarion call for radical Christianity which turned the world upside down in the First Century! This is NOT a text on ecumenism where truth is compromised for a superficial unity - no, this is the work of the Spirit in the hearts and lives of those committed to following the Lamb of God and being the answer to our Lord's prayer in John 17: THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE . . . that the world may be believe the Father sent the Son!

One Ekklesia: The Vision and Practice of God's Eternal Purpose

Religion & Spirituality

Hon, Henry

Christian Books & Bibles

One Body Life

Jesus said: The truth shall set you free and if the Son sets you free, you shall be free for real. When Jesus declared these words in John 8, the religious people of His day were first condemning an adulterous woman to death, then after Jesus saved her, they wanted to kill Jesus. Truth liberates people from religious condemnation and its zeal that's ready to kill-if not physically then at least psychologically or spiritually.The word "truth" in the Greek (alethia) means "the reality lying at the basis of appearance." People are caught up with appearances both in the secular and religious world. There is a hunger within every person for what is real. Your inner being is drained by vanity; truth is needed to nourish, sustain and energize your soul. The world is full of hostile separations. Jesus in John 17 gave the gift of truth so that the most hostile and divided people may become united. Religious dogma and ceremonial practices divide, but truth unites. A person who has received logic and life from truth is one who can love, forgive, and express kindness to all; especially, those different or contrary to himself. Jesus answered: "I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life" (John 14:6).Bonus: Introducing the Completion Gospel, which is needed today for the ending of the age.

One Truth: Liberating -- Nourishing -- Unifying

Both Christians and non-Christians like to witness the supernatural, miraculous actions taken by God. Certainly, God can do miracles to heal your loved ones from terminal diseases or to solve all your financial worries with a lottery winning. However, God’s desire with humanity is not to be their “Santa Claus”; His desire and purpose is wonderful beyond imagination: He wants to be “miraculously normal” in humanity.Not just hit and miss miraculous events here and there, but miraculous every day, such that it is normal and ordinary. This is God Himself being the source, empowering humanity to live by His divine-eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Being miraculously normal means: it will be indistinguishable whether it is you or God who is loving, caring, forgiving, enduring, and living in this present world. Moreover, services rendered to both God and humanity can likewise be miraculously normal. Ordinary words can be spoken; yet, they can give eternal life to the hearer. Through normal interactions, peace can be made between people previously divided and hostile with one another; they are brought into fellowship.This book is the third in this series forming a Trilogy together with: One Ekklesia and One Truth. This Trilogy of ONE expounds on the Lord’s prayer in John 17 for all His people to become one—as one as the Father and the Son are one. In His prayer, He gave three gifts to accomplish the oneness of His people: eternal life, truth and His glory. When previously divided, even hostile people, can become one in this present conflicting and confusing age; then the people of the world will believe “the Father sent the Son”—our Lord Jesus Christ.

One Life & Glory: Miraculously Normal Living and Service

EKKLESIA: MEANING & APPEARANCE is the second of the five-part series taken from Henry Hon's ONE EKKLESIA which is his first in his Trilogy--the titles of the other two books are ONE TRUTH and ONE LIFE & GLORY. When Jesus said "I will build My Ekklesia and the Gates of Hades will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18), what exactly did He mean by these words? Hon explores the distortion and profound theological implications on how and why the translators of the early English Bibles translated the word "Ekklesia" to "Church" instead of Assembly and/or Congregation--the emphasis being upon a physical building and not the people. He contends that the People of God today need a paradigm shift in their thinking in understanding the "organic" nature of the Ekklesia as a living, breathing organism--the people, certainly not a physical building. The Lord's desire--His plan and purpose for the ages--is to create in Himself, through the blood of His cross, one New Man, so making peace. The fundamental nature of the Ekklesia is at stake here--otherwise, the Gates of Hades will prevail against us all. However, the Lord is building His Ekklesia, therefore, the Gates of Hades will not prevail.

Ekklesia - Meaning & Appearance: Taken from ONE EKKLESIA - Chapters 5-7

Galatians: Uniting Divided People by Henry Hon examines how and why Christians have unknowingly played into Satan's plan of division by de-emphasizing and even ignoring Jesus' heart for unity.This is the gospel that unites us: Jesus died on the cross for the forgiveness of sins to justify His followers by faith. However, most overlook that Jesus died not only for our individual sins but also "to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad" (John 11:52, ESV).This book exposes Satan’s craftiness in using the gifts of God and laws in Scriptures to create divergent brands of churches and groups. Christians have unwittingly, distorted the gospel resulting in more and more divisions.Jesus prayed that our unity would look like the Trinity: diverse yet one (John 17:22, 23, ESV). This is good news! Christians can have opposing perspectives and experiences but still love, respect, serve, and forgive one another, as one.When followers of Jesus Christ are more divided than the secular world, Galatians provides the solution. God reveals this reality as a light: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28).

Galatians: Uniting Divided People: The Truth of the Gospel

"God's Kind" here does not mean "God is kind," even though He certainly is. Rather, it refers to God's species or children. Using "God's Kind" to expound on the Kingdom of God is new and bold. The hope is to jolt readers to think outside the "Kingdom of God box," which has been rigidly constructed within the various perspectives of major theological schools and has continued to divide Christians.Satan's attack on God's kind is focused on this truism spoken by Jesus: "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls" (Luke 11:17b ESV). Satan manipulates immature believers to increase division in God's Kingdom. Consequently, divided believers are made weak, sickly, poor, and ineffectual. This comprehensive study of God's Kingdom from Genesis to Revelation exposes Satan's tactics of dividing God's children and should motivate them to grow to maturity. God's Kingdom is not a "theocracy," as most would assume, but His desire is for a diverse democratic Kingdom where each of His kind can be liberated as distinct individuals. Yet, they love one another in fellowship, expressing the oneness of the Trinity. Love and oneness express the divine life (DNA) within God's kind-God's Kingdom. Seek first His Kingdom, and He will richly provide all things needed for the present life and a rich entrance into the coming Kingdom of God in glory. Immature believers may find themselves unfavorably judged at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Instead of reigning with Christ in the millennial Kingdom, those who stay babes may need another period to grow before the eternal Kingdom.Being a child of God is an awesome privilege; nevertheless, each person is responsible for building God's Kingdom. Bringing God's Kingdom to earth in the present age is an abundant blessing of life, grace, and purpose. God's kind will triumph over Satan's kingdom and ultimately give glory to God.

God's Kind: The Glory and Triumph of God's Kingdom

Jesus said: "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Mat 24:14).The last verse in Acts says Paul was "proclaiming the Kingdom of God." The next verse in the Bible begins Paul's epistle of Romans, where he preached the "gospel of God" to the believers in Rome (Rom. 1:1). The entirety of this epistle is the gospel of the Kingdom.Most Christians are only familiar with the systematic development of half of the Kingdom message (Romans 1-8), which brilliantly highlights personal salvation by grace through faith. However, without experiencing the systematic progression in the second half of Romans, many believers unnecessarily struggle in weaknesses. They fail to recognize how the destructiveness of division in the Body of Christ has negatively affected their journey.Jesus declared: "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls" (Luke 11:17b, ESV). Therefore, the Kingdom message includes the gospel of peace described in Romans 9-16. This aspect of the gospel is needed to unite divided believers together in love and fellowship. The breach between diverse believers needs healing: those excluding others and those excluded can be one in fellowship. This oneness is needed for the Kingdom of God to come on earth.Romans is a roadmap for all believers to "seek first the Kingdom of God" so He will bless them with a life free from anxiety: "¿all these things (life's necessities) shall be added to you" (Matt. 6:33). The finality of accepting the gospel of the Kingdom in Romans results in God being glorified by those in one accord and Satan being crushed under the feet of those in peace!

The Gospel of the Kingdom in Romans

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the One Body Life publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by One Body Life