Page 122 - BACK TO BETHLEHEM

there is one life in the body.” If one hand is related to my head,
and the other hand is related to my head, it’s perfect unity. If
you are related to Jesus and I’m related to Jesus, we are one.
We don’t need to have unity in the church by having many
programs. The way to be one is to hold fast to the Head. I want
to show you the difference between light and life. The strength
of unity is in life. Different Christians have different light.
Some see it one way and some see it another way. When you
base unity on light, there is division. The Calvinists see it one
way and he goes that way. The Armenians see it another way
and he goes that way. The dispensationalists see it one way and
he goes that way. Those in the Covenant Theology see it
another way and they go that way. One person says, “We need
all the spiritual gifts.” Another says, “The gifts don’t exist
anymore.” Another says, “We need a baptism of the Holy
Spirit.” Another says, “We need to baptize babies.” Others say,
“No, it’s only for adults.” So, everybody has their division on
light. Churches split and seminaries split but every split is
based on light.
I’m embarrassed to say that when I was a pastor, my
church split. You’d be amazed at what they split over. They
were arguing over whether we should put gravel in the driveway
or seashells in the driveway! If we had gravel, we had to pay
for it. If we had seashells, it was given to us as a gift but it
would smell like fish for one week. So, there was a big
argument. People started to get angry and began to cry. Some
left the church and never came back because we were based on
light.
It doesn’t matter what your light is. We can disagree. If
we have Christ, we’re one. We wouldn’t split. If you are
looking to Christ and I’m looking to Christ, we’re one. A team
of mules couldn’t pull us apart. Christ is Lord and I’m going to
obey Him. Christ is Life and I want His Life to flow.
Union is not only Lordship and Life but it’s intimate
relationship. The illustration is marriage. 2 Corinthians 11:2,
“For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed
you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure
120