THE WAY TO UNITY
JOHN 11:20-23; PROVERBS 14:12
Glen Murphy
I NTRODUCTION:
1. JESUS PRAYED FOR UNITY, "THAT ALL MEN WHO WOULD BELIEVE IN HIM MIGHT BE ONE
AS HE AND HIS FATHER ARE ONE."
2 THIS UNITY CAN BE GAINED, BUT NOT IN THE PLANS OF MEN---BUT RATHER IN GOD' S PLAN.
(I). MEN MUST RECOGNIZE THIS GREAT FACT THERE IS:
A. ONE BODY-AND IT IS THE CHURCH OF THE LORD - EPH. 1:22-23; COL 1:18-24 1 COR. 12:12-13,20; 5:25-27 ; MATTHEW 16:18-20.
B. ONE SPIRIT--HOLY SPIRIT - JN. 14:26; 16:13; EPH.4:30; 1 THESS.4:8.
C. ONE HOPE--AND THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS AND OUR OBEDIENCE TO HIM - 1 THESS.1:3; 1 TIM.1:1 COL.1:27.
D. ONE LORD--AND HE IS JESUS THE CHRIST - 1 CORINTHIANS 12:3; ROMANS 10:9; PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11; 3:20.
E. ONE FAITHD--AND THAT IS THE TEACHING--THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST - ACTS 6:7; 13:8; ROM.1:5; GAL.1:23; PHIL.1:27 JUDE 3
F. ONE BAPTISM,--THE ONE JESUS COMMANDED - MATT.28:18-20; MK.16:15-16; ACTS 2:38; ROM.6:3-11; GAL.3:27; 1 PT.3:21.
G. ONE GOD,--THE FATHER-- THE CREATOR - GEN.1:1; JN.17:3; 1 COR.8:4-6; 1 TIM.2:5; 1 THESS.1:1.
CONCLUSION:
WILL YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN, THAT THE PRAYER OF JESUS MIGHT BE ANSWERED?