The Power OF and Power IN UNITY-
John 17:11
1Cor. 12:12
Gen. 11:1-9
There is power in unity. The body of Christ, the marriage of man and woman becoming one, or an army.
There many examples (good and bad).
Street gangs, drug cartels, and human traffic scumbags.
When we decide to live for and as Christ, we decide to be unified with the rest of those who've made the same decision.
We may function as a different body part but contribute to the overall calling to preach the Gospel and bring the Kingdom.
After today's readings, think about someone who has become or is becoming unified with the Light AND
someone who is becoming unified with the darkness of this world.
Pray for both...
John 17:11New Living Translation (NLT)
11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.
1 Corinthians 12:12New Living Translation (NLT)
One Body with Many Parts
12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.
Genesis 11:1-9New Living Translation (NLT)
The Tower of Babel
11 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. 2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia[a] and settled there.
3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
5 But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
8 In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why the city was called Babel,[b] because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
Footnotes:
11:2 Hebrew Shinar.
11:9 Or Babylon. Babel sounds like a Hebrew term that means “confusion.”
In His name and on the sign of the rebel, Jesus!
-Just L.
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