{"id":1671,"date":"2018-03-04T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T00:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2019-02-10T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T17:34:14","slug":"the-unity-of-the-spirit-in-the-church-today-a-study-in-the-book-of-ephesians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=1671","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Spirit in the Church Today – Unity – A Study in the Book of Ephesians – Part VII"},"content":{"rendered":"

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.\u00a0 Ephesians 4:3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Till we all come in the\u00a0unity\u00a0of 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:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Ephesians 4:13<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to achieve unity, there must be separation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And this is love<\/span>, that we walk after his commandments<\/span>. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God.<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not<\/span> into\u00a0your\u00a0house, neither bid him God speed<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>II John 6-11.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The doctrine of Christ unites and it divides.\u00a0 True unity among the brethren is found in the foundational truths of Scripture.\u00a0 \u00a0The fundamental doctrines (teachings) of Scripture or the load bearing walls of Christianity must not be compromised.\u00a0 If they are compromised, the foundations become sand and the structure red tagged.\u00a0 Religious people will continue to live in the red tagged building.\u00a0 Believers who try the spirits will leave obediently and join themselves to those who honor the word of God through the teaching and preaching of the Bible.\u00a0 Unity among believers is based upon the sound doctrinal teachings of the Scripture.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some say that all religions worship the same god.\u00a0 Jesus Christ said very plainly; I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me (John 14:6).\u00a0 <\/em>Can a Christian deny the words of Christ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some say that Christians can pray for intercession to various individuals and confess their sins to earthly ministers.\u00a0 The Scripture states very plainly;\u00a0For<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0there\u00a0is\u00a0one\u00a0God, and\u00a0one\u00a0mediator<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>between God and man, the man Christ Jesus<\/em>;\u00a0 (I Timothy 2:5).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>With whom do you agree?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The professing church declares that if anyone says a person can be saved by faith alone without works;<\/em> let him be accursed<\/em>.\u00a0 The Scripture says: For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast<\/em> (Ephesians 2:8&9).\u00a0 Is the professing church pronouncing a curse on the author of Scripture?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever a church places tradition or doctrinal error in a position equal to or above the Scriptures in authority, it is time to divide.\u00a0 In order to achieve unity, there must be an adherence to truth and a separation from\u00a0error or false doctrine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Psalms 133:1<\/strong><\/p>\n

…….let the word of Christ dwell in you richly……<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.\u00a0 Ephesians 4:3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Till we all come in the\u00a0unity\u00a0of 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:\u00a0 Ephesians 4:13 In order to … Continue reading The Holy Spirit in the Church Today – Unity – A Study in the Book of Ephesians – Part VII<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions\/2365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}