United we stand, divided we fall
Published on Jun 12, 2020
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Family Memory verse for week beginning 08/23
Ga 1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
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Family Memory verse for week beginning 08/16/20
Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
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Unity defined: being one, oneness, singleness, lack of diversity
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1) Jesus built ONE church, ONE body (Eph 4:4)
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Mt 16:16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
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Eph 5:23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the CHURCH; and He is the Savior of the BODY.
Col 1:18 And He is the head of the BODY, the CHURCH, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the PREEMINENCE.
Col 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His BODY, which is the CHURCH,
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Ac 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd THE CHURCH of God which He purchased with His own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
(GALATIAN 1:8)
30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
(UNITY CAN EASILY BE DESTROYED)
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2) Unity (0neness) is to be desired
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Joh 17:20 I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;
21 "that they all may be ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be ONE in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be ONE just as We are ONE:
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Ps 133:1 A Song of David.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
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Ro 16:17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
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3) Causes of DIVISION
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SUPPLEMENTING GOD'S WORD
Mt 15:8 These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
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IGNORANCE of GOD's WORD
Mark 12:24 Jesus answered and said to them, "Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?
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WILFUL IGNORANCE of GOD's WORD
2Pe 3:5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
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DESIRE FOR PREEMINENCE
3John 9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.
10 Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words. And not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish to, putting them out of the church.
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4) REMEDY FOR DIVISION & RECIPE FOR UNITY
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1Co 1:10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
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Tit 2:14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
15 Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
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Eph 4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
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One Cross
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BECOME A CHRISTIAN
Hear Him (Romans 10:17)
Believe Him (Mark 16:16)
Repent Of Sins Against Him (Acts 2:38)
Confess Him (Acts 8:37)
Be Baptized Into Him (Romans 6:3)
After baptism, Live For Him
(Galatians 2:20)
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OR confess public sin
OR seek prayers of the church
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BECOME A CHRISTIAN
Hear Him (Romans 10:17)
Believe Him (Mark 16:16)
Repent Of Sins Against Him (Acts 2:38)
Confess Him (Acts 8:37)
Be Baptized Into Him (Romans 6:3)
After baptism, Live For Him (Galatians 2:20)
OR confess public sin
OR seek prayers of the church
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