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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
virgin.” Romans 7:4, “Therefore, my brethren, you also were
made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, that you
might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the
dead, that we might bear fruit for God.” We are married to Him
who rose from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto
God.

I didn’t want to leave you with something technical; that
union is obedience and that union is receiving. Union is
relationship with Jesus. He not only loves you but He’s in love
with you. It’s a romance. He just can’t get enough of you.
Genesis 4:1, “Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and
she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, ‘I have
gotten a man-child with the help of the Lord.’” Hosea 6:3, “So
let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His going forth