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UNITY’S BOND
Ephesians 4:1-13
It is a Psalm of Brotherhood and certainly a Psalm of Fellowship.
Remember this about the local church, it is not an organization but an organism.
God desires unity.
But unity is neither forced uniformity nor ecumenism> Unity is not brought about by compromising truth of conviction
The unity that God wants us not based on age, not based on even nationality, not politics or social status or even like interests.
Rather, the Unity that God wants is based on our saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and adherence to the Word.
When I speak of unity I am not talking about unity as in the worldwide sense or even amongst a group of churches, but I am talking about unity within in the local church, the local body of believers.
Unity is something that God desires for us and is something that Satan dreads.
This is a Psalm or Song of Degrees - there are 15 Psalms of degrees, four of which are attributed to David.
What a Psalm of Degrees was it is believed, that they were basically, a pilgrim’s song or chant as they entered into Jerusalem.
Believe it or not, David was a uniter.
He united Israel, before him there were warring mistrustful tribes battling and killing each other.
Sure, Saul was their first king, but it was David that finally fully united them and they saw their greatest expanse under Solomon, they had about 80 years of growth between the two kings.
When we are in unity together there are a lot of good things that come our way.
That unity is contingent on all of us following God fully.
Aa a matter of fact, unity starts with God.
God is perfect, he is just, he is pure, he is merciful, he is full of grace, and he is longsuffering.
We are sinful, carnal, sensual.
We do things to please ourselves.
If we expect to be unified it must start with our unifying with the Lord.
You must be saved.
You must be born again.
You need a new life in Christ.
I’m not talking about religion I’m not even talking about being a Baptist, but you must agree with God about your sinfulness and repent of it – turn away from it and place your faith in Christ Jesus as your Lord.
I. Unity Described
“Behold, how good…it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.”
A. It is good
There are not many things in the Word that are called good.
The only man the Bible calls good was Barnabas in Acts 11:24.
The Lord called his creation good in Genesis 1 and 2.
It is something that we hope the Lord will say about our service to Him when we meet him face to face someday.
But here is something that is called good – unity.
B. It is Pleasant
“how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell in unity”
It is pleasant – I like words, every Word of God is inspired and with purpose.
Pleasant – means, just like it sounds: Pleasing; agreeable; grateful to the mind or to the senses;
Division isn’t pleasant.
By the way, being a loner is pleasant.
What is pleasant is getting along with others.
It is good, it is pleasant, and:
C. It is Precious
“It is like the precious ointment upon the head”
1.
Of great price; costly; 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable 3. Highly valued; much esteemed
Ointment signifies an anointing, as when Aaron was dedicated in his service for God in the temple, how precious it was, how memorable it was.
Unity is something that precious and ought to be sought after, desired, searched for and when found, it should held on to with a death grip.
Because when in unity great things can be accomplished.
D. It is Blessing
“for there the Lord commanded the blessing”
When I was first working on this message and I transcribed that phrase I just read I had written “for there the Lord commanded a blessing.”
There is a big difference between “a” blessing and “the” blessing.
It is the difference between a general blessing and a specific blessing.
The dew is a fit symbol of the unity of the Spirit.
It is distilled in the night season—and never after a storm.
It forms only when all is still and at rest.
Strife, rush and bustle, worry and ceaseless activity, will never bring about the unity God envisions for His people.
The dew cannot be manufactured.
It is God's gracious gift to an otherwise dying world.[1]
E. It is Eternal
“even life evermore”
Don’t forget that this life of our in the Lord is forever.
We need to realize that I might as well get good at something I am going to do forever – that is to live in unity with the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost and with the Saints.
Have you ever looked back at your youth and wish you had been more mature in some area – displayed better character, made godly decisions for your life.
I think we all have.
Think about this, when I am not living in unity I am being immature because there will be a day when we look back from heaven and wish we could have lived the way God intended.
You might say, “Well, I not in unity for God’s sake, I’m upset that things aren’t as they should be.”
Look at 1 Kings 19:14.
I heard another get mad for God’s sake, this fella said kind of the same thing when God asked Elijah – “doest thou well to be angry?”
Elijah answered,
F. It is a sign of Maturity
II.
Unity bring us all benefits
A. Peace
It is not hard to understand after which we have studied in the first point, that when we that is good, pleasant, precious, a blessing, and eternal, that we cannot help but be at peace.
Peace with God, peace with the brethren, and have inner peace.
We won’t spend time here because but many churches, families and such struggle with unity because of pride, bitterness, strife, quarrels.
But when we are unified there is peace.
But not only is there peace, but there is:
B. Protection
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
In the Marine Corps we had what was called the buddy system.
When we were in foreign ports especially in threat areas that have reports of terrorism or Muslim extremist.
Back in the the early 90’s we warned of the Muslim attacks even in the Philippines.
But when we were together there was more protection.
Now my platoon sergeant for many of the ports and deployments we went on allowed me to go on my own because I wasn’t going to bars and the guys at that time weren’t going to go to church.
But there is strength in numbers and protection.
III.
Unity’s Bond is increased by Working together
A. The bond is built through sharing of the Load
Synergy is: the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions,
In laymen’s terms: it is the product produced while working together is much greater than the product produced while working apart.
Did you know when our church goes soulwinning together much more gets done in outreach than we do it apart.
When we work at projects and spring cleaning at the church – working together accomplishes much more than we could each on our own.
B. The bond is blessed through prayer
C. The bond is increased by helping the weak
You might ask, well who are the weak?
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