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Doesn’t Unity Mean Getting Along with Everyone No Matter What?
The Be United in Christ Outreach Ministry exists to teach and promote Christian unity. There are many ways to learn about our ministry, but one that often gets overlooked is our FAQ section. We’ve answered over 90 questions on a variety of topics. Here are just a couple: Doesn’t “unity” mean getting along with everyone no matter what? This is one of many critical errors that we hope to...
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Violating the Unity of the Spirit
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. — Ephesians 4:3 (NKJV) — Any church that lifts up its head on high and boasts over other churches has violated the unity of the Spirit. If other churches reply, “One is our Master, and we are all brothers,” they do not violate the unity of the Spirit, for they simply claim their...
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God Causes Growth
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. — 1 Corinthians 3:7 (NKJV) — When Christian leaders compete with one another, or when their followers compare them against one another, disunity results. Proudly boasting of what God accomplishes through us is divisive, and it arrogantly diverts glory to us that belongs to God alone. He alone...
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One Heart for God
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh. — Ezekiel 11:19 (NKJV) — The sinful heart we received at our birth was a heart of stone, hardened to God, unwilling to obey His Word. The unity we shared with the human race was...