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right foot wanted to go one way and the other foot wanted to go
the other way? There would be chaos.

My nose might say, “I want to go out and smell flowers.” My
back says, “I want to go to bed.” My mouth says, “I’m hungry.”
My hand says, “I want to throw a ball.” What confusion!
That’s the confusion in the church today. It’s because they
don’t have one life. Every Christian has his own life. One
wants to go one way and one wants to go the other way. That’s
why He says, “Hold fast the head because then 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.