True Unity

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TRUE UNITY

INTRODUCTION: THE APOSTLE PAUL EMPHASIZED SPIRITUAL UNITY IN THE EPHESUS CHURCH. THIS REALITY IS UNIVERSAL TO ALL CHURCHES.

SPIRITUAL INSIGHT: (NKJV) EPHESIANS 4: 3 ENDEAVORING TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IN THE BOND OF PEACE.

PAUL INFORMED THE EPHESUS CHURCH THAT UNITY AND PEACE MUST PREVAIL. HE CONTINUES TO INFORM THEM IN SUCCEEDING VERSES THE REALITY OF ONE GOD, ONE SAVIOR AND ONE BAPTISM. THE WORD ENDEAVOR MEANS TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT.

THE REALITY OF UNITY IN THE CHURCH APPLIES TO ALL CHRISTIANS WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ROOM FOR SECTARIAN ATTITUDES. ALL TRUE BELIEVERS COMPOSE THE CHURCH; THEREFORE, LOVE MUST BE A GOVERNING PRINCIPLE AMONG THE SAINTS.

PSALMS 133:1 (NKJV) A SONG OF ASCENTS, OF DAVID. BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY.

JOHN 17:21 (NLT) I PRAY THAT THEY WILL BE ONE, JUST AS YOU AND I ARE ONE--AS YOU ARE IN ME, FATHER, AND I AM IN YOU. AND MAY THEY BE IN US SO THAT THE WORLD WILL BELIEVE YOU SENT ME. (NLT)

APPLICATION: TRUE UNITY IS SPIRITUAL AND SELFLESS!