Unity In Chrsit

Night 34

It is only through the blood of Christ that peace enters the world.

Aliens to God’s Promises

SO THEN REMEMBER

Gentiles without Hope

Relationship with Jew and Gentile

Jewish person was unclean

Court of the Gentiles- The outer court of the temple where Jesus taught, where sacrificial animals were sold, and where the “cleansing of the temple” incident took place.

Forgetting what will hinder the

Phil 3:13

13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, 14 I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus. 15

LOOKING BACK WITH A DESIER FOR THE OLD

LOTS WIFE

Uncircumcised gentile

Seperated from Chirst

Exluded for citisenship in Israel

Foreighners to the covenenats

With out Hope

WIth Out God

If you want HOPE fo r life now ans fot lege eternal COme TO Christ!

v.13-18 Unity Through the Blood of Christ

BUT NOW IN CHRIST

V.17- Paul quotes Isaiah 57:19 “19 creating words of praise.” The Lord says, “Peace, peace to the one who is far or near, and I will heal him.”

Colossians 2:14 “14 He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.”

Romans 10:8–16 “8 On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we proclaim: 9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame, 12 since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 14 How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. 16 But not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who …”

Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.

J. C. Ryle

Unity in Christ is not something to be achieved: it is something to be recognized.

A. W. Tozer

 3   Unity and diversity must work together or one will destroy the other. Unity without diversity is uniformity, but diversity without unity is anarchy.

Warren Wiersbe

A Gallery of Grace (2002)

Warren W. Wiersbe

Why so many denomination if we are united?

If all the churches in the world became amalgamated, it would not make the slightest difference to the man in the street. He is not outside the churches because the churches are disunited, he is outside because he likes his sin, because he is a sinner, because he is ignorant of spiritual realities. He is no more interested in unity than the man in the moon!

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

1471It is quite certain we shall never keep the unity of the Spirit if this church shall declare that it is superior to every other. If there be a church which says, “We are the church, and all others are mere sects,” then it is a troubler in Israel, and must hide its head when the unity of the Spirit is so much as hinted at.—11.8

Charles Spurgeon

V. 18- Trisitary Plan

THe Father developet to plane of Grace fro salvation throught faith. THe son carried out the plan in his minstry to the Hes and Gentile and hi death on the cross

The Spitit becasme to menas of immediate access to God the Father.

Meeting a President of King- We Have met God! W

V.19-22 Fellow Citizens of God’s Kingdom

SO THEN

1 Peter 2:5 “5 you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

Christian Standard Bible (Chapter 2)

foundation-The solid base on which a secure structure may be built; used chiefly for the base of the temple. It is used figuratively of Jesus Christ and the apostles and prophets as the secure foundation on which the church is built. Obedience to the teaching of Jesus Christ is the true foundation of Christian living.

V 20. Our Citizenship is in Heaven

Our real citizenship is in heaven.

Paul Appels to Caesar

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

When a Christian realizes his citizenship is in heaven, he begins acting as a responsible citizen of earth. He invests wisely in relationships because he knows they’re eternal. His conversations, goals, and motives become pure and honest because he realizes these will have a bearing on everlasting reward. He gives generously of time, money, and talent because he’s laying up treasure for eternity. He spreads the good news of Christ because he longs to fill heaven’s ranks with his friends and neighbors. All this serves the pilgrim well not only in heaven, but on earth; for it serves everyone around him.992

Joni Eareckson Tada, Heaven: Your Real Home

Joni Eareckson Tada

Psalm 118:22–23 “22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23 This came from the Lord; it is wondrous in our sight.”

We are now Aliens of this World.

Since we are aliens, we must remember to behave ourselves as aliens should, and by no means come short in our duty.

Charles Spurgeon