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Sep 17, 2023 · One Body: We are united together as members of the Body of Christ. One Spirit: The Holy Spirit who has placed us into the Church, the Body of Christ. And He indwells each believer individually. One Hope of our calling: This is the pledge and promise of eternal inheritance in heaven given each believer.
Nov 10, 2017 · Unity is a gift from God. In Ephesians 2, Paul explains how unity comes as a result of salvation. This means, unity among fellow Christians is a gift of grace, just like salvation itself. As Ephesians 2:13–16 teaches, Jews and Gentiles were made “one new man” by the death and resurrection of Christ.
4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. ( E ) 3 Make every effort to keep the unity ( F ) of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Aug 11, 2022 · Answer. The topic of unity is common in Scripture. One of the earliest mentions of individuals being united is in the marriage between a man and a woman. Genesis 2:24 states, “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
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Unity among two or more people gets its virtue entirely from something else. Unity itself is neutral until it is given goodness or badness by something else. So if Herod and Pilate are unified by their common scorn for Jesus (Luke 23:12), this is not a good unity. But if Paul and Silas sing together in prison for Christs sake (Acts 16:25), this is ...
Spirit-rooted, Christ-manifesting, truth-cherishing, humbly-loving unity is designed by God to have at least two aims: a witness to the world, and an acclamation of the glory of God. The apostle John makes the first of these most clear. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one an...
Jesuss famous statements in John 17 are rooted in the profound spiritual unity between the Father and the Son, and with those whom God has chosen out of the world (John 17:6). I ask that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me (John 17:21). N...
The ultimate aim of such Christian unity is the glory of God. Hence Paul prays, May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you...
Seek to attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God (Ephesians 4:13). Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18). Share, by every means you can, what you see of Christ. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom (Colossians 3:16)....
Jan 18, 2021 · Christian unity is the result of God bringing together people of differing ethnicities, backgrounds, and social classes into one family (or body) by faith in Christ (1 Cor. 12:27; Gal. 3:26–28).
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Oct 28, 2022 · In 1 Peter 3:8, Peter urges the exiled Christians to have ‘unity of mind.’”. That’s Peter’s exact phrase. “I once heard a preacher say that this ‘unity of mind’ does not, however, mean uniformity. Since then, I’ve struggled to understand the difference.
