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   From: robert@no.way   
      
   November 1,2024   
      
   One In Spirit   
      
   John 17:21'That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in   
   thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou   
   hast sent me.’   
      
   Jesus is praying for all believers to be one as He and the Father are one.   
      
   This goes far beyond what many promote as unity today. Paul besought the   
   Corinthians to 'all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions   
   among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in   
   the same judgment' (1 Cor. 1:10). This is God's standard of unity.   
      
   This oneness among believers is what Jesus said would cause the world to know   
   that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the greatest tool for evangelism that   
   the church has. The only way that Christ's body will be one as the Father and   
   Jesus are One is through God's kind of love. No wonder Satan tries to get   
   believers to go at each others' throats. We spend billions of dollars a year   
   on evangelism through television, radio, conventions and crusades, yet the   
   world is not evangelized because the body of Christ is not united in love.   
      
   There is very little unity among believers today. This has occurred over   
   thousands of years, and it probably won't be fixed overnight. We must strive   
   towards unity but not be overwhelmed by the problem.All Christians have   
   already been joined to each other through the body of Christ, and God the   
   Father sees us all as His children. All divisions among Christians are made   
   by man, not God. For a brief period of time, the church enjoyed unity on   
   earth. Regardless of what strife and division has occurred, all believers are   
   still one in Christ and will live in perfect oneness throughout eternity.We   
   are now one in Spirit. We just need to experience that unity here on earth.   
      
   'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven' (Mt. 6:10).   
      
   AWM   
      
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   PS: Just sent a reply tp MM a portion of which is on being “One” when   
   this arrived in my Email.   
      
   What Timing it was so I just had to forward it to you all.   
      
   No reply is necessary as I did not write this.   
      
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