Have you ever thought about the word unity? Unity is really a misunderstood word in the Bible.

It's not about what you create. It's about what you guard. And God expects for us to guard the unity

of our faith. What does that mean? Find out about that on today's podcast. Welcome to Everyday Truth

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let's join Kurt for today's episode. Welcome back, friends, to yet another episode of Everyday

Truth as we continue our study of the book of Ephesians. What a great and powerful book it is.

I know I say that so often, but wow, the book of Ephesians is just so power-packed with application.

And we learned a last episode about the very first applicational thought that Paul had.

After all that great doctrinal truths of chapters 1 through 3, was basically this,

hey, be humble, get along, put the onus upon yourself to love and forbear, to, to maintain the

unity that is ours in Christ. And that's really where I want to go today. Because yesterday,

we left off mid-sentence. I kind of left you hanging in verse number two. So let's jump right

back in, Ephesians chapter four. And let me bring us up to speed by reading verse two again. And then

we'll enter right into verse number three.

So with all lowliness and meekness,

with long suffering, for bearing one another in love.

That's how, that's how we're to walk worthy of our vocation.

Now look at verse number three.

Endeavouring, and this is so important,

endeavoring not to create, but endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.

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