Tag: unity
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A Holy Unity
1 Samuel 11:7 “Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.” One of the marks that should distinguish the people of God from the people of this world is unity. Everywhere we look in the Scriptures we see the church described by this theme. For example, the church is…
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Imitators of God
1 Thessalonians 2:14 “For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea.” One of the most incredible effects of the gospel of Jesus Christ is how it touches hearts in a uniform way wherever it does its work. In the verse above, the apostle Paul tells the Thessalonian believers,…
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“Coexist”?
Ephesians 4:11-16 “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,so that we may…
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The great “left-handed One” at the right hand of God
Judges 3:15 “Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man.” The book of Judges is an account of a series of judges that God raised up to deliver Israel time after time as they, in their times of disobedience, fell…
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Wonderful unity
Psalm 133:1 “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” One of the things that is constantly in the news today is the divisions that are so evident in the U.S.A. No matter where we look, there is discord: division between races, division between political parties, divisions in families, divisions between genders,…
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United by division: a paradox
John 17:11 “And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” When you look at the church today, do you see unity…
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One with ________?
John 17:11 “Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” John 17:14 “they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” If someone were asked to categorize you, would they say that you are “one with…
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