Happy Sunday to all my MCGI family, am happy that God has given me this amazing opportunity again to be alive and propagate his name.
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The issue of disunity has become a topic of discussion and it is so alarming such that even unbelievers/ pagans are eager to look down un Christians just because of how disunited they are.
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EFFECT.
This simply means the content of what a particular thing can do or the impact , it can either be positive or negative.
The result of outcome of a course(Oxford learners dictionary))
DISUNITY
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THIS Simply means the act of not been united.
The lack of unity or cohesion( Oxford learners dictionary)
CHRISTIANITY
This simply means the body of believers
An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.(Oxford learners dictionary)
It is not good to continue writing about disunity when unity is not unveiled to my fellow MCGI member.
UNITY
Unity is simply the coming together of group of persons in a good agreement to unite unto a particular thing.
Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.(Oxford learners dictionary)
God want us to be united psalm 133:1-3
See how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren
to dwell together in unity!
2 📚📖It is like the precious
oil on the head running down
on the beard,
on Aaron’s beard, running
down to the collar of his garments.
3 📚It is like the dew📖 of Hermon,
the dew descending
on the mountains of Zion📖;
for there the LORD commanded
the blessing,
even life forevermore.(The pastors Bible)
It it clear that the Lord want us to unite together as children of promise , the devil haven know how much harm disunity can cause to a group of people, then he has drowned it closer to live among Christians so that there should be no progress In the body of Christ.
Corinthians 3:3
3 📚📖For you are still carnal. For while there are envy, and strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal, and behaving like unbelieving men?(The pastors Bible)
RESULTS OF DISUNITY AMONG CHRISTIANS.
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Disunity cause Christians not to be able to work together
Amos 3:3
📖Can two walk together,
unless they are in agreement?(The pastors Bible)
Nothing is able to go on successfully in the body of believers, simply because the ability to work together is not there, spiritual projects are kept unfinished, even physical projects are sometimes hard to achieve due to diverse desires and reasons. It is just the same as the problem that was found in the church during the medieval period of the church.
HOW TO WORK AT KEEPING UNITY.
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EPHESIANS 4:3 striving to keep the unity of the Spirit📖 in the bond of peace.(The pastors Bible)
Be agreeable and like-minded:Be harmonious in your thoughts toward one another. Do not think highly of yourself, but associate with men in low positions. Do not think you are a wise one.(The pastors Bible).
Have love and concern for one another.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strife,📖 but love covers📖 all sins(The pastors Bible).
Control your temper; be to speak Proverbs 14:29He who is slow to get angry📖 has
great understanding,
but he who is quick-tempered
exalts folly.(The pastors Bible)*.
Value peace above selfish interest. Romans 12:18If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with every (the pastors Bible).
Retaliation forbidden: Leviticus 19:18 “You shall not take vengeance,📖 or hold any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbour as yourself📖; I am the LORD. Proverbs 20:22📚Do not say, “I will repay evil”, but
wait on the LORD, and he will save you. Romans 12:17Do not pay back to anyone evil for evil. Take thought for what is excellent in the sight of all men. 1peter 3:9Do not pay back evil for evil, or insult for insult, but, on the contrary, blessing. You know that you have been called to this, so that you might inherit a blessing📖. (The pastors Bible).
THE FRUITS OF UNITY
- Working together for a common goal : 2kings 10:15-17 And when he left there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab📖 coming to meet him, and he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?”
And Jehonadab answered, “It is”. Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand”. And he gave him his hand, and Jehu took him up to him into the chariot. 16 📚📖And he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD”. So they had him ride in his chariot.
17 📚📖And when he came to Samaria, he killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, in accordance with the saying of the LORD which he spoke to Elijah.(The pastors Bible)
2.There is strength in unity judges 20:10 And we will take ten men out of a hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, so that when they arrive at Gibeah in Benjamin, they may deal with them in accordance with all the vileness📖 that they have committed in Israel”.(The pastors Bible) - Good fruits of united outreach Acts 2:1-2 And when the day of Pentecost📖 had fully come they were all with one accord in one place. 2 📚📖And suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
UNITY OF BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST.
A. Jesus prays that we be united as one. John 17:11,21-23 And now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are. so that they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, that they also may be one in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.
22 📚“And the glory which you gave me I have given them, so that they may be one, just as we are one; 23 📚📖I in them and you in me, so that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me, and have loved them just as you have loved me.(The pastors Bible).
B. We should be one body working unitedly Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.(1Cor 12:12-13, 12:27, Ephe 2:22, Colos.1:17-18) (the pastors Bible)
CAUSES OF DISUNITY
A. Pride and lust . Proverbs 13:10 Only by pride comes strife,📖
but with the well-advised is wisdom. Proverbs 28:25 He who has a proud heart stirs up strife,
but he who puts his trust in the LORD
will prosper.
B. Not working in the spirit. 1Cor 3:3 For you are still carnal. For while there are envy, and strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal, and behaving like unbelieving men?(Pastors Bible)
C. I'll feeling and hatred . Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife,📖 but love covers📖 all sins. Proverbs 16:28, 26:24.(The pastors Bible)
D. Envy and jealousy. Romans 13:13 Let us walk decently, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and unbridled lust, not in strife and.(The pastors Bible)
HOW TO DEAL WITH DISUNITY IN THE CHRISTIAN BODY
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A. When it's just between us and a fellow worker: Proverbs 25:9.Debate your case with your neighbor
himself, and do not reveal
the secret of another,(The pastor's Bible)
B. When there is a division in the work , let the pastors and the elders settle the disputes: Acts 15:2 Therefore, after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas and some others among them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question (the pastors Bible)
C. Let it pass if it's not an important disagreement: Romans 14:2 For one believes that he may eat everything; another, who is weak in the faith, eats only vegetables.
Thanks very much for taking time to go through my piece of write up, I hope for solutions in the body of Christ this is why God has given me the ability to write and throw this little light to the Christian body as a whole (the pastor's Bible). Happy Sunday.
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