WHY GOD DESIRES UNITY IN HIS KINGDOM, AND HIS CHURCH.

6/5/2019

DO YOU FIND IT AMAZING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TODAY JUST HOW MANY DISTINCT DENOMINATIONS AND DOCTRINES ARE OUT THERE ? IT SEEMS SO COMPLICATED, AND AT TIMES SO DIVISIVE. DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT GOD’S COMMANDMENTS. THE VALUE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. JUST WHAT IS GRACE, AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN. HOW SHOULD WE LOOK AT THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. WHAT CAN WE EAT. SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE JEWISH FESTIVALS AND THE SABBATH. SO MANY QUESTIONS….AND THEN THERE IS THE MATTER OF CULTURAL NORMS. HOW DOES THE CHURCH DEAL WITH DIVERSITY, AND POLITICS, AND THE LAWS OF MEN THAT JUST DON’T MESH WITH WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US. CHRISTIANS ATTACKING CHRISTIANS FOR THEIR INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE. REDEFINING THE NATURAL LAWS OF GOD. THE PRESSURE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND ACCEPTING SOMEONE ELSES DEFINITION OF RIGHT AND WRONG. LOVING AND HATEFUL. WE ALL KNOW HOW WE CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE SO DIVIDED THAT WE CAN’T EVEN BE CIVIL TO EACH OTHER. IT IS EVERYWHERE IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM, AND IT IS INVADING SO MANY AREAS OF OUR LIVES. EDUCATION, THE WORKPLACE, CREATIVE ENTERTAINMENT, JOURNALISM AND NEWS. IN SOME PLACES, GOVERNMENTS ARE MOVING TOWARD A SYSTEM OF SOCIAL JUDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE BASED ON A SCORING SYSTEM THAT RANKS YOU ACCORDING TO WHAT THE POWERS THAT BE DEEM “NORMAL, ACCEPTABLE OR GOOD”. IT SLOWLY BECOMES ALLL ABOUT SELF, AND SELF TRUTH…..IT BECOMES SO DIVIDED THAT IT IS EVERYONE FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF. WE BECOME DIVIDED. WE BECOME TRIBES. WE BECOME LOST……

IF THERE IS ONE COMMON THEME THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO AGREE UPON IS THAT JESUS MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER. GOD IN HIS WISDOM GAVE MANKIND DOMINION OVER THE EARTH, NOT DOMINION OVER EACH OTHER. HE WANTED US TO LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER. IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT FROM THE INIQUITY THAT BEFELL ADAM AND EVE, THINGS SADLY TOOK A DIFFERENT PATH. KINGS SOUGHT ULTIMATE POWER TO CONTROL AND DESTROY ANYONE WHO HAD SOMETHING THEY DESIRED. UNRIGHTEOUSNESS TOOK SEED, AND MANKIND BECAME SEEKERS OF PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND PLEASURE. SEEKERS OF POWER AND SELF INDULGENCE. EVEN WORSHIP BECAME SEEPED IN MANMADE RITUALS AND MANMADE LAWS, ADDING AND SUBTRACTING FROM THE VERY FOUNDATIONS GOD ESTABLISHED IN HIS WISDOM AND LOVE, AND WORD.

SO, WHY AM I WRITING ABOUT THIS ? WE ALL SEE IT. SOME OF US DON’T LIKE IT, AND SOME OF US DON’T REALLY CARE. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS, RIGHT ? WHAT CAN WE DO ? THINGS HAVE JUST GONE TOO FAR….AND I SAY, NO. IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF US IN GOD’S CHURCH BODY TO WAKE UP AND SEEK HIM AND HIS TRUTH. WE NEED TO FIND UNITY AS A BODY OF BELIEVERS AND START WORKING TOGETHER TO SHARE THE TRUTHFUL WORD OF GOD. WORK TO BECOME A UNIFIED BODY OF BELIEVERS WHO SHARE THE SALVATION OF JESUS. START LIVING WHAT JESUS SAID, AND DID, AND TAUGHT US.. START APPRECIATING OUR DIFFERENT TALENTS AND GIFTS AND USE THEM TO UPLIFT, ENCOURAGE AND HELP EACH OTHER. LETS SHOW THE WORLD THE LIGHT OF GOD, AND BE UNIFIED IN SPREADING THE JOY AND HOPE OF THE GOSPEL. HOW LUCKY ARE WE ALL THAT GOD LOVES US AND HAS SO MUCH PATIENCE AND MERCY FOR US. WE ARE SO BLESSED. THERE IS ONE THING WE CAN ALL DO….ASK GOD TO SHOW ALL OF US THE TRUTH IN HIS WORD, AND ASK HIM TO BRING HIS BODY OF BELIEVERS TO A PLACE OF UNIFICATION. STAND UP FOR YOUR BELIEFS AND WHEN NEEDED, ADMONISH AND TEACH IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE WHEN GOD’S WORD IS ALTERED OR BELITTLED. BE A KINGDOM WARRIOR FOR CHRIST, AND STAND STRONG IN HIS STRENGTH AND GOODNESS. BE A LIGHT TO EVERYONE !

HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER IN UNITY Psalm 133:1

BEAR WITH EACH OTHER AND FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER IF ANY OF YOU HAS A GRIEVANCE AGAINST SOMEONE. FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU. AND OVER ALL THESE VIRTUES PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS THEM ALL TOGETHER IN PERFECT UNITY. Colossians 3:13-14

THERE IS ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, JUST AS ALSO YOU WERE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL WHO IS OVER ALL AND THROUGH ALL AND IN ALL. Ephesians 4:4-6

CAN YOU FEEL IT ? CAN YOU SEE IT ? WE ARE UNIFIED….AND OUR UNITY HAS A NAME….JESUS :)

HALLELUIAH/ PRAISE HIM ! JA