23
Aug
2006
Unity Portrayed
I was driving home from work yesterday evening from work through Lurgan Town Centre, The place was flooded with Young people involved in the Glo Outreach in Town at the minute, Seeing these Young people unite from several churches in town to GO out into their Community Together and Shine for Jesus in Unity – How beautiful a picture of How Christ pictured the Church, Theology moved aside (Lets face it, its man made theology that casues the arguments between various denominations) These Glo Young People just Wanting to Do what the Bible says about Unity, Here are a few verses that inspire unity…
Psalm 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
John 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
John 17:21-23 ‘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’.
Romans 12:4-5 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function. so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
What a Phrase from Jesus in John 17 – “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.”
These are the words of Jesus, I have often hear Phil say about How as Christians we are better reading books about the book than the book itself, any wonder we find ourselves confused in theology, God gave His Word to be our Source!
Stop depending and confusing yourselves with books, while they are good to help unlock our minds and see verses and scriputre in different approaches – remember most books are opinionated! They are not the True word!
Be inspired today to unite with The Others in the Bride of Christ, Seek First God, not standards, not rules, not rituals – Just Seek God and follow Him – Thats what matters most!
Don’t allow yourself to be the cause of an argument with a brother/sister – If we all took on that challenge there would be a major advancement to the church uniting!
