Tuesday, August 09, 2016

1 Corinthians 1:10

But I urge and entreat you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say, and that there be no dissensions or factions or divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your common understanding and in your opinions and judgments. 1 Corinthians 1:10

The only way that we will ever be able to be in perfect harmony and full agreement, and the amazing Truth is that we can be, is when the Word set’s us free from all of the garbage of the world. When our Father allows us to see that we are all actually one in Him, that is when unity and agreement will come. The problem is that way too many of us think that this is waiting fro us in Heaven, when in reality it is for us right now. It is because we are all in Christ right now. 

I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. John 17:22-24

Jesus has given us His honor and His glory so that we can be one. Through Christ we are all already perfectly united.  Now here is the really cool Truth, our Unity is with everyone not just with Christians. 

With a view to this we toil and strive, [yes and] suffer reproach, because we have [fixed our] hope on the living God, Who is the Savior (Preserver, Maintainer, Deliverer) of all men, especially of those who believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to Him). 1 Timothy 4:10

Look at what our Father shows us in 1 Timothy: Jesus is the Savior of all men. Jesus maintains all men. He delivers all men, and He preserves all men. Now He will especially do these things for those of us who have been empowered to believe, but the glorious Truth is that He does it for all men. I think that is so powerful and shows just how victorious Jesus was. I also believe that this Truth is what will allow us to all truly come into unity. 

For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. Colossians 1:16

We all, whether we confess it or not, exist through Jesus. He has control of all of us, so we are all one with each other. Some of us have been empowered to know this Truth now and some of us haven’t yet. But the Truth is that we are all one regardless of what we may think. In every house there are vessels of Gold and Silver and vessels of wood and clay, and they all work together for the good of the house. The Truth of our unity in Christ is what allows us to love even those who hate us. The so called lost, aren’t lost, Jesus has them, they just haven’t come to know the Truth yet. They will, and that is why we love them and aren’t divided or angry with them.   


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