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Be Undivided
01/09/2021 - Dave Riddle
Key Verse: John 17:11
Our Current Reality
The last few years have been hard.
Evangelicalism is fracturing.
“Not merely dividing but becoming increasingly incomprehensible to each other.”
Relational dissonance.
Galatians 5:15 - But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
The statistics are discouraging.
The Reality: we all sinners
Our Calling
The Calling: Unity
John 17:11 - …that they may be one.
This should be our starting point.
Not unanimity, not uniformity, maybe not even union… but absolutely Unity!
The Model
John 17:11 - …as we are one (Jesus & the Father).
Not my will, but the will of the Father. Not my words, but the words of the Father.
As humans this level of unity is only possible through the power of the Spirit.
Our Response
Repent and believe
Communion: look up, look back, look forward, look around.
Koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion.
Do I have the humility to align myself with God?