Unity A Dirty Word
Here is a study I did not long ago will share it in portions to make it easier to read. Feel free to leave comments or the like.
Introduction
A recent Facebook interaction had me stop and consider something that I think deserves a look and a discussion, especially among Independent Baptists. It is something that we find in the Bible yet seems to be an issue that is overlooked or sometimes outright ignored by the majority of believers. So, buckle up and lets get to work looking at the place unity has in the believers life and what the Bible has to say about unity.
Unity: the state of being united or joined as a whole. the state of forming a complete and pleasing whole, especially in an artistic context: a thing forming a complex whole.
So, starting off with that definition lets now delve into what the Bible has to say about it and the truth it holds. Let’s start in Ephesians 4:3 “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” So, with this verse alone we see we are to be united and strive to keep that! It also gives us a scary truth as well. We can NOT be in unity with the Spirit! It is something we must work to not only have but to keep. The Spirit should draw us together to be and walk in unity together. If one has the Spirit, we should be able to walk together. That doesn’t mean we all agree on everything 100% but when it comes to Bible doctrine, we should be able to walk together in the Spirit.
Let us look at another verse. Psalm 133:1 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” So, we see here the joy and blessing that comes from walking together in unity with our brethren. It is not only good for us, but it is pleasant as well and will help our spirit and walk. Again, though there is a danger. Like the last verse we see that it is possible for brethren to NOT be walking in unity. Unity as we see from these two verses already is a great thing and something we are to work and strive for but there is a danger in not having unity and a spirit of peace which we will get to a little later. A point to make here that we will see though this is that unity is to be had with the brethren. We will not have or be able to have unity with those that are not believers. Our fellow believers though we should always be striving to walk in unity with.
Here is a study I did not long ago will share it in portions to make it easier to read. Feel free to leave comments or the like.
Introduction
A recent Facebook interaction had me stop and consider something that I think deserves a look and a discussion, especially among Independent Baptists. It is something that we find in the Bible yet seems to be an issue that is overlooked or sometimes outright ignored by the majority of believers. So, buckle up and lets get to work looking at the place unity has in the believers life and what the Bible has to say about unity.
Unity: the state of being united or joined as a whole. the state of forming a complete and pleasing whole, especially in an artistic context: a thing forming a complex whole.
So, starting off with that definition lets now delve into what the Bible has to say about it and the truth it holds. Let’s start in Ephesians 4:3 “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” So, with this verse alone we see we are to be united and strive to keep that! It also gives us a scary truth as well. We can NOT be in unity with the Spirit! It is something we must work to not only have but to keep. The Spirit should draw us together to be and walk in unity together. If one has the Spirit, we should be able to walk together. That doesn’t mean we all agree on everything 100% but when it comes to Bible doctrine, we should be able to walk together in the Spirit.
Let us look at another verse. Psalm 133:1 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” So, we see here the joy and blessing that comes from walking together in unity with our brethren. It is not only good for us, but it is pleasant as well and will help our spirit and walk. Again, though there is a danger. Like the last verse we see that it is possible for brethren to NOT be walking in unity. Unity as we see from these two verses already is a great thing and something we are to work and strive for but there is a danger in not having unity and a spirit of peace which we will get to a little later. A point to make here that we will see though this is that unity is to be had with the brethren. We will not have or be able to have unity with those that are not believers. Our fellow believers though we should always be striving to walk in unity with.
Unity A Dirty Word
Here is a study I did not long ago will share it in portions to make it easier to read. Feel free to leave comments or the like.
Introduction
A recent Facebook interaction had me stop and consider something that I think deserves a look and a discussion, especially among Independent Baptists. It is something that we find in the Bible yet seems to be an issue that is overlooked or sometimes outright ignored by the majority of believers. So, buckle up and lets get to work looking at the place unity has in the believers life and what the Bible has to say about unity.
Unity: the state of being united or joined as a whole. the state of forming a complete and pleasing whole, especially in an artistic context: a thing forming a complex whole.
So, starting off with that definition lets now delve into what the Bible has to say about it and the truth it holds. Let’s start in Ephesians 4:3 “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” So, with this verse alone we see we are to be united and strive to keep that! It also gives us a scary truth as well. We can NOT be in unity with the Spirit! It is something we must work to not only have but to keep. The Spirit should draw us together to be and walk in unity together. If one has the Spirit, we should be able to walk together. That doesn’t mean we all agree on everything 100% but when it comes to Bible doctrine, we should be able to walk together in the Spirit.
Let us look at another verse. Psalm 133:1 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” So, we see here the joy and blessing that comes from walking together in unity with our brethren. It is not only good for us, but it is pleasant as well and will help our spirit and walk. Again, though there is a danger. Like the last verse we see that it is possible for brethren to NOT be walking in unity. Unity as we see from these two verses already is a great thing and something we are to work and strive for but there is a danger in not having unity and a spirit of peace which we will get to a little later. A point to make here that we will see though this is that unity is to be had with the brethren. We will not have or be able to have unity with those that are not believers. Our fellow believers though we should always be striving to walk in unity with.
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