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For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
Ephesians 4:4
And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus
Ephesians 3:6-7
And there you have it: God’s plan.
Paul is instructing us to work to keep unity, not create it. Unity among Believers was established by God.
So why isn’t there unity among the body of Christ.
We must endeavor to keep this unity – we do not create it. God never commands us to create unity among believers. He has created it by His Spirit; our duty is to recognize it and keep it.
Spurgeon suggests the idea of spiritual corporations causes division. (I hope you are sitting down.) And Frederick Bruce had some thoughts, too.
Unity of the Church isn’t tied to membership of a church, devotion to denomination decrees and rituals, but to the seeking of Christ, and the living near to Christ. When all Believers do this, the unity that Christ created is easy to keep.
Seek to live the way I’m supposed to live.
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