the UNITY of ONE ANOTHER

ROMANS 15
5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

ACTS 15
19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

The primary activity of the church was one-anothering one another. ~ Andy Stanley

The Christian fellowship, the church community of Jesus should be marked by concern and love for another. The Jesus follower should always have their thoughts focused - not on themselves, but on each other, on one another. Unity is key. The one-anotherness is key. This is the true mark of Jesus community - to EMBRACE the UNITY of ONE ANOTHER.

*UNITY QUESTIONS? Can you accept one another … *
• when you don’t vote the same?

• when you don’t look the same, talk the same, have the same background?

• when you don’t get along?

• when you don’t like each other?

• when you hurt each other?

• UNITY is MORE IMPORTANT than your INDIVIDUAL, SELFISH RIGHTS or DESIRES

• UNITY is MORE IMPORTANT than BEING RIGHT

• UNITY is MORE IMPORTANT than CORRECT THEOLOGY

• UNITY is MORE IMPORTANT than ESTABLISHING RELIGIOSITY or HOLINESS