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Introduction
There are two ways to look at this picture.
1 - Everyone is connected and working together to accomplish a goal.
2- Everyone is pulling against one another in competition.
Christians are described in Scripture as a body.
When a body competes with itself, the results are never good.
We are going to talk this morning about unity.
Unity in the body of Christ is vital and it is commanded.
How can we experience unity?
That’s what we are going to find out today.
Let’s PRAY.
As we think about unity, I want us to consider the intellectual majesty that is Peanuts.
Lucy’s statement clarifies the necessity of unity in the church.
"These five fingers, Individually they're nothing but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold."
When the body of Christ is unified in purpose we form something that shakes the gates of hell!
The defeat and weakness often seen in the church can be traced to a failure of unity.
For the body of Christ, for the church, to be effective, we must be unified.
Principle:
To accomplish our God given responsibilities, the church must be unified.
Guidance:
For unity to exist we must meet three requirements.
Outcome:
When believers are unified we have the support and strength to reach the world.
We need unity.
Therefore, we must meet three requirements.
Requirement #1…
1. Unity Requires Connection vv.
20-21
This passage is part of what is often referred to as the High Priestly prayer of Jesus.
The chapter begins with Jesus praying for the disciples.
In these verses Jesus begins praying for you and me.
We are the ones who have believed through the word or message of the disciples.
Jesus’ prayer here is significant.
Jesus prays for us to be one as He and the Father are one.
That is an extremely high view of unity.
Does anyone feel that we as believers have achieved this level of unity?
No? Me either.
We do not need to despair, however, because in v. 21 Jesus tells us how to have unity and why it is important.
First, lets talk about how.
How do we gain the kind of unity that the Trinity enjoys?
Here is the phrase where Jesus tells us.
“That they also may be one in us.”
Unity is a product of our union with Christ.
This is why I chose our memory verses for this month.
I also believe that the theme of 1 Corinthians is unity.
The theme of unity is actually a very important part of Scripture.
Let’s look at the whole section in which we find our memory verses.
Go with me to Ephesians 4:1-6.
Ephesians 4:1-6
Unity is a product of our union with Christ.
In v. 3 Paul calls us to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
We already have unity!
Why?
Because of what vv.
4-6 reveal!
There is 1 body, 1 Spirit, 1 calling, 1 hope, 1 Lord, 1 faith, 1 baptism, 1 God who is in each and every one of us!
We have unity.
It is our responsibility to keep it.
How do we do that?
Verses 1-2.
First, we walk worthy of our calling.
Second, we walk with humility, patience, and endurance.
Notice that all of those are outward focused.
We are humble with others, patient with them, we endure whatever comes.
In His prayer Jesus says that we are to be one.
That is about connection.
We have the same Lord, the same baptism, we are part of the same body!
We have unity.
We are one.
We are connected to one another and to Christ!
We must maintain that unity!
Why?
Why is it so important?
Because a world of unbelievers is watching.
Jesus says here that our unity will testify to the world that He was sent by the Father.
Our unity affects people’s perception of Christ!
repeat - read aloud
We know that.
We have seen it.
So many don’t believe because of the hypocrisy of Christians.
We could argue with them about it, or we can do something to change it.
Unity requires connection.
Our connection to one another should motivate us to preserve our unity.
Does it?
We live in unity because we are connected in Christ.
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We are connected!
We have unity!
We are one because we are in Christ Jesus.
Sing with me
“Christ Our Hope In Life And Death”
One of the things I love about this song is that it is all “we” and “ours”.
Our hope springs eternal because Christ is our hope in life and death!
Nothing comes to us apart from Christ.
He is in control.
He preserves and protects.
We need unity.
Therefore, we must meet three requirements.
Requirement #1: Unity Requires Connection.
Requirement #2…
2. Unity Requires Perfection vv.
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