"Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace." Ephesians 4:3 NLT
Max Lucardo writes:
'Grace makes three proclamations:
(1) Only God can forgive my Godlessness
(2) Only God can judge my neighbour
(3) I must accept who God accepts - easier said than done.'
God's desire is to blend us into unity. We must walk together in harmony. Imagine trying to fly a plane where everyone is bickering about wanting to be the pilot, or the pilot is useless, or we're going the wrong way. That kind of disunity is a recipe for disaster and yet, it happens in the church, at home or wherever believers are together. Sometimes, it can seem that everyone is out to be better than the others. We say things about our brother or sister behind their back and it is not very edifying. People close by may not hear it but, the Holy Spirit does and straightaway, He knows that there is a lack of unity there.
There is a Greek word for 'Fellowship' which can be found in Acts 2:42. The Greek word is Koinonia, which means sharing, unity, close association, partnership, participation, a communion or a fellowship. In Koinonia the individual shares in common an intimate bond of fellowship with the rest of the believers. Koinonia cements the believers to the Lord Jesus and to each other. No wonder the early church was so powerful and effective. When people are in unity with each other they are hard to stop. People think the best of each other and refuse to hear anything bad said about each other. Gossip is snapped in the bud before it even takes off. The result is, God blesses.
Have you ever been in a church setting where the preacher speaks with so much power and unity that at least 3000 souls are saved? This was what the Spirit-filled Peter was doing. Where his shadow fell, people who passed threw this were affected by the Spirit. It is said that the American minister Charles Finney, was on a train somewhere and as it passed through a station without stopping, all on the platform were slain in the Spirit and saved. I have read this in one of his biographies but, I no longer remember the name of the book, so have no documentation to back this up but, it us widely spoken about. Amazing.
The conclusion to all of this is, we must be united if we want God to work in power in our lives or within the church. Very little will happen without it. We cannot praise God one moment and speak bad things about someone the next. We need to get our act together and start living by the Word of God. We will then see great things happening.
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