God speaks today Sunday | April 14, 2024
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
(Joshua 22:5)Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
(Ephesians 4:3) Unity at all costs
A united people are difficult to defeat. The church is governed by values of the Kingdom and Christ, which must be translated into love for God, fidelity to his word and love for one another. In the story of the conquest of the promised land, the qualities of the people that God began to raise up as a chosen nation are inspiration for today's Christian. Good intentions can be overridden by over-emotionalism, as seen in the Israelites who erected an alternate altar without consulting the Lord. Conflicts arise in the church because forgiveness and mercy are lacking, and misunderstandings abound when only gossip is heeded. The Lord Jesus Christ wants a united church, whose members hold high the doctrine of forgiveness and godliness, the practice of fellowship and brotherhood. For the world to believe, we must be united, unanimous in feeling, upright in walking, willing to give the best of each one of us to the Lord of the church. Despite the storms, gossip, misunderstandings, and the fragility of the weak in faith, the Lord wants the unity of his people at all costs.
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Cross Reference
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
(1 Corinthians 1:10)That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
(John 17:21)There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
(Ephesians 4:4)Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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