From the Home Place

May 21, 2026

Good morning everyone! Well, we seem to be continuing our crazy weather pattern: at 4 a.m. today the temperature is 40 degrees. The last two mornings have started in the 20’s. Today’s high is to be around 60, with evening thunderstorms, continuing through the night. Here’s the crazy part, they are saying the mountains across Wyoming could receive up to another foot of snow! I’m just saying, “Praise the Lord!” for sending moisture!

Have you recently met someone who is from a family that you knew of years ago? If so, you quite possibly asked, “Now, which one are you?” Or if you are looking for a certain part to put your lawnmower back together and you look into your bucket of parts and find three parts that are very similar, you might grab one of those parts and say, “I can’t remember which one this is?” Or you might have the joy of taking a little one to have an ice cream treat and you ask, “O.K. so which one do you want?” and your little person responds with, “I want this one.” No, I want that one!” To which you reply, “You can only have one, which one do you want?” If any of that sounds familiar, then you understand the value of “one.”

Today, we are going to talk about the value of the correct “one” In Ephesians 4:4-6 we read these words, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.” Perhaps we should get the idea that “one” is rather important.

But, as you study this passage, sooner or later you will need to ask, “Which ‘one’ is the correct ‘one’?” For you see my friend, in God’s kingdom there appears to be only “one” correct “one” when it comes to salvation. In the book of Acts we read these words speaking of Jesus, “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

In many spiritual circles, folks will attempt to convince you that “all roads lead to heaven.” Yet the Bible clearly states in Matthew 7:13-14 that “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter thorough it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” These verses are talking about the gate into heaven; leaving the impression that there is only “one” gate that leads to eternal life in heaven!

So, which gate are you going to choose, the “wide” one which implies that God owes everyone a free pass to heaven, or the “narrow” one that is surrounded with biblical evidence that faith in Jesus Christ is the only “one” way into heaven??? Two options but “one” is correct, “one” is not.

In a world where some folks believe in all sorts of spirits, in Ephesians 4 we read that the Holy Spirit is the only “one” correct spirit. Also, we read there is only “one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God” that is biblically correct! Contrary to popular belief, not all roads lead to heaven. Not all gods are the same. Not all faith beliefs will get you into heaven. In fact, the Bible makes it very clear that there is only “one” true GOD, and only “one” way into His holy presence, faith in the “one” and only Jesus Christ!

When Ephesians 4:6 states that God the Father is “in all,” we have to keep it in context of the rest of the book of Ephesians which makes it is very clear that there is salvation in no one else other than Jesus Christ. As such, the words “in all” means that God is the Father of “all” who have faith in Jesus only.

I know, salvation in Jesus Christ is restrictive in that His way into heaven is “narrow.” As such, I am very narrow minded when it comes to how a person enters into heaven. There is only “one” true faith, in only “one” Savior, that leads to a person choosing to walk the “narrow” path into heaven – the only answer is Jesus Chsit of Nazareth! Jesus said of Himself, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

So, in a world full of spiritual options, which “one” are you going to choose? But please realize that there is only “one” correct path to heaven, not many. “As for me and my house we will serve the Lord,” as born-again believers in the finished work of Jesus Christ; nothing more, nothing less. Yep, there are a lot of options out there; Which “one” will you choose?

Choosing Jesus as the only “One,” Neal