What is the giant that is keeping the body of Christ from expressing the one-ness that Jesus prayed for in John 17 and thereby revealing to the world that Jesus is the Christ? I suggest that it is division. I have heard Republicans say that Democrats can’t possibly be Christians. And I have heard the same sentiments expressed by Democrats toward Republicans.
Are we not playing right into the devil’s hand? A house divided against itself cannot stand, according to Jesus.
I believe the Lord is calling his people out of anything that would divide us. Every believer in Jesus has had the love of God shed abroad in our hearts. But it is the choice of every individual believer to walk in this divine love.
Oh that the body of Christ would put aside our differences over lesser things that don’t have eternal significance and commit to pursue what we have in common: Our glorious Lord Jesus Christ and the unstoppable joy of continuing to know and express him together, now and into eternity.
This song is called “Only One“.