Unity In The Bible: Unity Of The Brethren

Unity Within The Body

Intro:

• The word unity is found in only three verses in the Bible.

• Each one of these passages explains where our focus of unity needs to be.

I. Unity of the Brethren

Psalm 133:1 (KJV)

1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

II. Unity In The Spirit

Ephesians 4:3 (KJV)

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

III. Unity of the Faith

Ephesians 4:13 (KJV)

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

• In its simplest form Unity means oneness.

• In the time allotted to us we want to take a closer look at these passages.

• The first passage it is found in is Psalm 133:1

I. Unity of the Brethren

Psalm 133:1 (KJV)

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

• V:1 of this passage is often referred to when discussing unity.

• This passage has been widely accepted as the unity cry of the church.

• We miss the supernatural impact of unity when we don’t consider nor understand the meaning behind the latter two verses of this chapter.

Psalm 133:2-3

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

• According to these passages unity has two metaphors.

First, The Anointing of Unity

• Unity has a sweet perfume about it, comparable to that precious ointment with which the first High Priest was anointed at his ordination.

• It is a...

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...very significant.

• Christ takes every joint or believer and the believer... o is fitly joined together with all the other believers. o has their work compacted with that supplied by other believers. o has an effective and productive work along with that measured by other believers. o helps to increase the body. o helps to edify the body in love.

• What more could be said about the contribution made by every believer?

• What greater challenge could be given to a believer?

• We must give all we are and have to get the job done.

• Much is at stake for each of us. An eternal weight of responsibility rests upon every single believer, for each one is responsible for reaching people and building them up.

• Some people will never be reached and ministered to if a single one of us comes up short.

• For this reason, every one of us is gifted by Christ Jesus our Lord.