More on Unity
Crazy! More scriptures on unity:
…I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the pond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit– just as you were called to one hope when you were called– one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all… (Ephesians 4:1-6)
ONE. That was the them of a youth conference not too long ago and I didn’t get it (for one the didn’t convey the message of Unity very well in my opinion, but that’s another story). But in light of what God has been showing me the past few days, this is just another example of what our life and attitude should be as followers of Christ. “Live a life worthy of the calling you have received,” Paul could have stopped right there. That’s enough to make me see that I don’t measure up. Just a chapter over Paul tells us to be Imitators of God… and to live a life of love, just as Christ love us and gave himself up for us… (Eph. 5:1) Unity could be summed up in this unselfish love because we’ve all heard it said that there is no greater love than to lay down your life for another. But there is also this in Romans 13:8-10:
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing deby to love one another, for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’Do not steal,’ ‘Do not covet,’ and what ever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
In closing…
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