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Coca-Cola ad from 1971 - I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.
Background to the song.
Ad worked very well.
Coke has used it several times across the decades and it sells a lot of product.
Hits us in an instinctual place.
We would all love to live in a community in peace, security and happiness.
All human beings long for a community where they can live in peace w/one another.
Our world, however, is sharply divided in so many ways.
Politics - we can barely talk to one another any more when we disagree
Economics - the “haves” seem to be getting more and the “have-nots” less.
Gender - In everything from #metoo to pay inequality to gender bias in media and entertainment, we fight one another as men and women.
NYC now has 31 different gender identities for you to choose from.
I can’ imagine anything more divided than that.
And while Coke may be “the real thing,” and provide relief from thirst, etc, we know that it won’t fix the world’s problems.
And yet, we still desire that place to feel safe, accepted, loved.
The true “Real Thing,” the only source for harmony and love isn’t on a hillside in Rome, it’s supposed to be the in the church of Jesus Christ.
What ad execs grasped dimly, the Apostle Paul understood completely.
These two verses outline a critical part of the church’s purpose: the bear witness to Jesus Christ and God the Father.
If people want peace, harmony, love and care, they need to find it among the people God has brought together in what we call the church.
Live in Harmony
[SLIDE] Translates a Gk.
word: phroneo, which means to “think in a certain way.”
Or, to have a particular opinion.
When used of groups it means to share an opinion, idea, philosophy together.
This is “friendship language.”
Today we would call it being BFF’s.
Clearly, this is an important concept for Paul and much needed.
The goal of this concept can’t be that there’s no room for differences or uniqueness.
This is about being on the same page on the important stuff.
To reference another bit of cultural “wisdom”, remember “be like Mike?”
What’s the goal?
To have the same thing Mike has: money, fame, playing ball, etc.
For us, it’s much more critical.
The more we have harmony amongst ourselves, the more we are like Jesus.
For us, it’s much more critical.
The more we have harmony amongst ourselves, the more we are like Jesus.
XTION: Paul describes what this harmony looks like:
Sing the Same Song
The result of having the same mind-set is that we can, through our actions and words, bring glory to God.
In other words, we’re pointing the way to God (and much better than any ad can do!)
Paul uses two phrases to describe how this works:
“Join together”
from a political word to describe a government body making decisions.
Typically based on some external circumstance or force.
When we’re unified in our thinking based on what God has done for us, we can decide together how we will point to God and all He has done for us.
Our testimony is congruent.
acts 2:
“One voice” (mouth, what we say)
The same thing is true of churches!
We have a “voice,” a way of communicating what we believe to be important.
When we have unity, harmony as a church, we find ourselves agreeing about the most important thing even as we are unique and individual.
We able to share the gospel of Jesus - that God has created harmony and peace with us through His Son - because we have experienced the gospel ourselves.
No matter what kind of disagreements we have about other things, we can come together on that point.
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