Perfect Unity

Perfect Unity

Not just any kind of unity, but a unity that reflects the unity of the Father and the Son!! “Perfectly one!” Of course, almost no converted person believes this; but by not believing it they brazenly reject Jesus’ words and thus Jesus Himself, without even noticing what they are actually doing. Unbelief in the Word has blinded them.

It is also written how something as highly exalted as perfect unity can occur with former sinners; namely, “And the glory which You [Father] gave Me [Jesus] I have given them, that they may be one . . . .” John 17:22.

Some of the most significant features of the glory that can truly accomplish something so indescribably great and glorious, are a boiling hot, godly love and a mighty peace that is basically unheard of! This is something that is unknown to most people throughout all the centuries since the work of Christ was finished!

When people explain away this godly unity in one human way or another, it is appropriate to ask, “Is this the unity that the Father and Jesus Christ possessed?” What is your answer to that?

For example, the apostle Paul expresses this perfect unity in 1 Corinthians 1:10: “That you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.”

The only thing that perfectly peaceful people cannot and shall not agree to is to accept manifest sin—works of the flesh.

For example, when a brother has given good advice, and especially if it was from an elder brother, a peaceable person cannot say to him, and even less about him, “I don’t agree with that because I think something else would have been better.” Unfortunately, many people see it as their duty to disagree as much as possible! Our glorious, peaceable duty is the very opposite. Rom. 12:16, 18.

Believe fully and firmly and unceasingly in John 17:22 and 23. It is the main condition for obtaining this godly life during the time of our sojourn.