ONE Quotes

“People's hearts are opened when they speak freely.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Unity in the secular world and sadly among most Christian churches is based on uniformity of interest or viewpoints. The oneness in Jesus Christ crosses all boundaries and separations. Anyone with the faith of Jesus Christ can immediately enjoy the innate oneness with another who also has the faith of Jesus regardless of differing political or doctrinal views.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“The world conforms people to a certain way of thinking and living through external influences such as advertising and fashion. But believers are being transformed by an indwelling life according to the divine 'DNA' from within.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“When a person denies his conscience for too long, it can become seared. That person becomes susceptible to receiving and accepting all sorts of harmful and evil things. This is true for both believers and unbelievers. A seared conscience will open a person up to demonic spirits and activities.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Every believer is called to teach and each needs to exercise toward this function. Otherwise, they will remain a babe and never mature. Sharing what the believer has learned should begin as soon as a person comes to know the Lord.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“The believer's job is to shine out Christ in their living and in their speaking.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“If your conscience objects, surely God also objects since He is even greater.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Reading God's Word and receiving the knowledge of Jesus Christ renews the believer's mind and transforms it to His mind. The minds of immature believers will be focused on selfish ambitions, but as they open themselves up to read the Word concerning Jesus, they enter into fellowship with Him and their thinking begins to change--to be renewed. As a result of such a renewing of the mind, they spontaneously start to look out for the interest of others and to genuinely and unselfishly care for others; they do not consider themselves better than everyone else.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Normally when Christians go to church, they do not have to prepare to contribute anything other than some money for the tithing plate in their 'Sunday best.' They go to listen and watch those who have done the preparations carry out their professional services. Therefore, there is a hard shift in the concept that assembling according to the New Testament is very different and will require preparation, if the goal is to build up the assembly. Since an assembly's activities depend on member's contributions, if no one prays, sings, or says anything concerning Jesus it will be a very dead and boring gathering -- or the gathering will end up focused on other things. Therefore, a proper assembly requires every member to prepare something to bring and share. This is why 1 Corinthians 14:26 speaks of each one having a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, etc.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“God became a real man, had a real birth, and had a real, physical body. This is an essential point of the Christian faith”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“All believers need to become teachers, shepherds, ministers, and good-news-bearers.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Believers can search the Scriptures on their own,
and allow the Word of God, coinciding with the Holy Spirit, to enlighten their understanding, and open their spiritual eyes.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“The word 'church' in the Bible is a mistranslation of the Greek word 'ekklesia.' The accurate translation is 'assembly' or 'congregation.' Literally 'ekklesia' means the 'called out ones.' The common usage of this word during the apostles' time was for a called out assembly of people, such as a town square meeting, where citizens were 'called out' to attend.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“How critical it is to stay focused on Jesus Christ.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“The assembly (ekklesia) is the family -- the household -- of God. The Lord Jesus is the only one with absolute authority, and He is the chief feeder of all the saints. Therefore, as brothers and sisters in the same family, everyone is equal in status, but some may be relatively ahead of others in life experiences and knowledge”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Believers think only prominent ministers can have followers, but actually, every believer can and should have a few or at least one newer or younger believer as a disciple.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Believers today are to obey the Scriptures, just as in the first century.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Believers usually only have fellowship with those in their own church or group. This segregation is divisive. Intentional actions are needed to go visit and fellowship with believers that are not in their regular group. This greeting will grow the one fellowship of Jesus Christ which is the oneness of the body.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“No one has to teach God's people to know God.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Jesus was able to die as the Lamb of God to take away the sins of the world because He was without sin. He was qualified to be an adequate substitute so mankind doesn't have to die but instead can receive the forgiveness of sins.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Believers who come to know the Scripture in a living way, in both knowledge and Spirit, can in turn, use this Word to minister to people around them.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Try going out of your comfort zone and doing something for someone else.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“A minister, servant, or worker of the Lord Jesus is not a 'special' believer belonging to a 'special group.' According to New Testament revelation, every believer should be a minister, servant, or worker.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“It is through ministering to people that believers behold the Lord and receive His glory.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Those members who are more gifted have a job: to equip and encourage the less gifted believers to do the work of building up. Today's system of clergy and laity, where a few believers do all the teaching and preaching but the majority stay passive year after years has not (and does not) equip believers to do what the clergies are doing; therefore they cannot build up the body of Christ. What should happen is that after receiving the equipping from the more gifted ministers, all of those saints would go and preach the gospel, teach the truth, and meet in fellowship with all other believers themselves. This would directly build up the body of Christ.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Most believers learn passively from clergy. However, no matter how good and uplifting this person's teaching, as long as the members are not actively ministering and speaking Christ themselves, growth lacks.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“If believers would consider ministry to occur 'where two or three' are gathered unto His name, all sorts of opportunities throughout the day and week would open up.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“Oneness among believers does not need to be organized. Loving one another in one body is innate in each believer, based on the life of Jesus Christ in each one.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“The fellowship of the Holy Spirit . . . means participation -- partaking with and subsequently sharing with others. This fellowship is not just for reaching individual believers, but that every individual who participates also shares with others. If the love of God and the grace of Christ, that believers receive, do not reach others, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit is stifled . . . The fellowship of the Spirit is persistently seeking to expand, to include more partakers and dispensers of grace and love.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“The Spirit in the believer's spirit penetrates and spreads throughout their whole inner being.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House