WALKING IN True Christian Unity

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WALKING IN True Christian Unity

• Ephesians 41-6
• Ryan Habbena
• Twin City Fellowship

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The Transition

• Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore
  you to walk . . . (Ephesians 41)
• Therefore, I urge you, brethren, by the mercies
  of God, to present . . . (Romans 121)

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Walking Worthy of the Calling

• Ephesians 41-2
• Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore
  you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling
  with which you have been called,  with all
  humility and gentleness, with patience, showing
  tolerance for one another in love,
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The Attitude of a Bondservant

• 2 Timothy 224-25
• The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome,
  but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when
  wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are
  in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them
  repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth

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Striving for Unity

• Ephesians 43
• being diligent to preserve the unity of the
  Spirit in the bond of peace.
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7 Points of Unity

• Ephesians 44
• There is one body and one Spirit, just as also
  you were called in one hope of your calling

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7 Points of Unity

• Ephesians 45-6  
• one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and
  Father of all who is over all and through all and
  in all.

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Babel Man-Centered Unity

• Genesis11 4, 8-9
• They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a
  city, and a tower whose top will reach into
  heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name,
  otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the
  face of the whole earth.. . . So the LORD
  scattered them abroad from there over the face of
  the whole earth and they stopped building the
  city. Therefore its name was called Babel,
  because there the LORD confused the language of
  the whole earth and from there the LORD
  scattered them abroad over the face of the whole
  earth.

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The Promise Gods Plan for Unity

• Genesis 122-3
• And I will make you a great nation, And I will
  bless you, And make your name great And so you
  shall be a blessing And I will bless those who
  bless you, And the one who curses you I will
  curse, And in you all the families of the earth
  will be blessed."

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The ConsummationThe Kingdom of Christ Will
Crush Babylon

• Revelation 1712, 17
• The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who
  have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive
  authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
  These have one purpose, and they give their power
  and authority to the beast. These will wage war
  against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome
  them, because He is Lord of lords and King of
  kings, and those who are with Him are the called
  and chosen and faithful . . . For God has put it
  in their hearts to execute His purpose by having
  a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to
  the beast, until the words of God will be
  fulfilled.

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The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

• Revelation 197-8
• "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory
  to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and
  His bride has made herself ready." It was given
  to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright
  and clean for the fine linen is the righteous
  acts of the saints. Then he said to me, "Write,
  'Blessed are those who are invited to the
  marriage supper of the Lamb '" And he said to me,
  "These are true words of God."

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Three Ways We are To Strive for True Christian
Unity

• 1 Avoid Becoming a Lawgiver
• Romans 141,4
• Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not
  for the purpose of passing judgment on his
  opinions. . . Who are you to judge the servant of
  another? To his own master he stands or falls
  and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make
  him stand.

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Three Ways We are To Strive for True Christian
Unity

• 2 Contend for the Faith Delivered Once For All
•  Jude 3
• Beloved, while I was making every effort to write
  you about our common salvation, I felt the
  necessity to write to you appealing that you
  contend earnestly for the faith which was once
  for all handed down to the saints.

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Three Ways We are To Strive for True Christian
Unity

• 3 Stay Focused on the Cross of Christ
• John 1232
• And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will
  draw all men to Myself.