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death, by His resurrection and by His victory, Christ has made us
one. All Christians are one in Christ. So, “Keep it, preserve it
and safeguard it”. We need to claim the unity He’s already made.

In Ephesians 4, there is a parenthesis between verse 3, and verse
13. 4:3 says, “Keep the unity of the Spirit.” Verse 4:13 says,
“Keep the unity of the Spirit, until we all come to the unity of
the faith.” Well, that’s a tremendous thing. You see, the word
“until”, shows us we’re not all going to agree on matters of faith.

Many people base unity, on the unity of the faith. He said, “No.”
Your unity is not in faith. You keep the unity of the Spirit--until--
we come to the unity of the faith. Promoting unity is our first
blessed responsibility.

#2 Chapter 4:2 "With all humility... Be humble!" How can we
boast or treat other Christians badly when we are made one by
the blood and sacrifice of God’s Son? “By the grace of God, I
am what I am”.

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Chapter 22 Unity of the Spirit 4:1-16

We belong to each other. You belong to me and I belong to you.
We’re all members of the same body and share the same head.
That’s why I like verses 4-6,

“There’s one body and one Spirit and one hope of our calling
and one Lord and one Faith and one baptism and one God
and Father of all Who is over all and through all and in all.”

If we’re going to understand this responsibility, God will have to
work in our hearts a resistance to our attempts to make unity.