THE MIRACLE OF ONENESS

Psalms 133 | John 17:20-26 | Ephesians 4

INTRO - What came first the chicken or the egg (Audience time and feedback)

Lead into subject -

Mark 12:30–31 NSFLB

‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. “And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

John 13:35 NSFLB

“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Just like the trinity, Heavenly Father chose to be complete within a fellowship. We are complete by loving God with our everything and loving others with our everything, we are complete only when we are together in harmony, as one...

THE UNITY OF THE PEOPLE

Jesus prayed that we would be united in love.

“That they may be one, as we are one”

John 17:11 NSFLB

“Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.

When the Red River overflowed its banks in North Dakota, you couldn’t tell one farm from another. All the fences disappeared!

What a picture! When God pours out His Spirit in the last days, all the fences will disappear!

Psalm 133:1–2 NSFLB

BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments.

Unity must start at the head, then on down to the rest of the body! That will mean an end to “personal agendas.”

Years ago in the wheat fields of western Canada, a couple was walking with their little boy. Mom thought Dad had him, and Dad thought Mom had him. Neither of them did. When they couldn’t find him they gathered a search party, because it was getting bitterly cold! But after hours of looking, there was no trace of him. Then someone said, “Let’s join hands; we’ll begin at one end, and together we’ll cover the fields.” Soon a cry went up, “I found him!” But sadly he’d frozen to death. As they gathered around his lifeless form, they were heard to utter the saddest of words, “If only we’d joined hands before it was too late.”

Jesus prayed for unity because the job will not get done until we get together! Today ask God to let it begin in your heart.

Unity that brings salvation example - Lars Bo

THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT

Holy Spirit is the source of Unity

Ephesians 4:1–6 NSFLB

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

We get encouraged, equipped, and comforted through unity

Holy Spirit Encounter that brought unity - Esben - Acoustic background that will lead into a sing for reflection

Salvation Night - Manuel

That we should no longer be children tossed and turned by the waves…

Ephesians 4:14–16 NSFLB

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Worship team - prayer of unity - first with God and then with others