UNITY...ACCORDING TO JESUS

GodThoughtsWired!                    Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Evangelizing the Church in the Age of Delusion

You are subscribed as %%emailaddress%% UNITY...ACCORDING TO JESUS Understanding John 17 "I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity." John 17:23 One of the greatest delusions in the church today isthe quest for unity at the cost of truth (see 2 Corinthians 6:14-18).*  In John 17, the great "High priestly prayer of Jesus," the unity that Jesus desires for His church to experience is a bi-product of three things: 1.  Being kept in His name.  "Father, keep them in Your name" (John 17:11). To be "kept in God's name" is to maintain a lifestyle lived in submission to the authority of the God of the Bible. 2.  Being kept from the evil one.  "Keep them from the evil one" (John 17:15). To be "kept from the devil" is to live life in such a way as to keep oneself  unpolluted by the he world (see James 1:27). 3.  Being sactified in the truth of God's word. "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth"(John 17:17). To be "santified in the truth" literally means to be "set apart in the will of God."  And to be "set apart in the will of God," is to be "set apart  by the Word of God, the Bible." Biblical "unity" is the result of: "Being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose."-Phillipians 2:2 There is no other "unity" that God sanctions...* None. *For a deeper study of 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, clickhere. For more information about the GodThoughts Ministry, clickhere. For more information about the author of GodThoughts, clickhere. PLEASE prayerfully consider supporting the GodThoughts Ministry (click on "donate" button below). The cost to provide this FREEMinistry world-wide in 2010 was $40,700.00 (see Annual Report for full details).