Unity in Our God - July 25
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🗓️ 25 July 2018
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Summary
As we continue our week on Jesus’ High Priestly prayer, today we’ll explore God’s desire to see his people unified. Why would this be important to him? What good could be in unity for us and others? What is Jesus trying to communicate to the world through us? May our hearts be open to the answers we discover today as we take a deeper dive.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 17:10-11, and today's worship is O Praise The Name (Anástasis) by Hillsong Worship featuring Marty Sampson.
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| 0:00.0 | As we continue our week on Jesus' high priestly prayer, today we'll explore God's desire to see |
| 0:10.6 | His people unified. Why would this be important to him? What good could be in unity for us and others? |
| 0:17.8 | What is Jesus trying to communicate to the world through us? May our hearts be open |
| 0:22.5 | to the answers we discovered today as we take a deeper dive. Welcome to the Verse 15 podcast. Our scripture today comes from John 17 10 through 11. |
| 0:43.3 | In it Jesus prays, all mine are yours, and yours are mine. |
| 0:49.3 | And I am glorified in them. |
| 0:51.3 | And I'm no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I'm coming to you. |
| 0:57.4 | Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. |
| 1:06.7 | We were created for unity with fellow believers. It's in the pursuit of unity that the bonds |
| 1:12.8 | of selfishness and pride are often broken. It's in the surrender of opinion and selfish |
| 1:18.9 | ambition that we find the abundant life that comes through sacrificial living. And most |
| 1:24.9 | importantly, it's in unity that Jesus is most glorified. So to read this again, |
| 1:31.2 | Jesus says in John 17, 10 through 11, all mine are yours and yours are mine. And I am glorified in them. |
| 1:39.1 | And I'm no longer in the world, but they are in the world. and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in |
| 1:46.9 | your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. Unity between two humans |
| 1:55.8 | is only truly possible by the working of the Holy Spirit. Apart from God dwelling and transforming man, |
| 2:03.2 | we will never be able to live sacrificially with any level of consistency. It's for that reason |
| 2:09.9 | that Jesus is so glorified in our unity. And it's for that reason that pursuing unity between believers |
| 2:17.1 | is of the utmost importance. |
| 2:20.7 | What are we saying to the world when we bicker, slander, and give up on unity with fellow believers? |
| 2:27.8 | Why would the lost want anything to do with a group of dramatic, hateful, judgmental, and selfish Christians. Christ has charged us with a |
| 2:38.0 | command to be his hands and feet. He's commanded us to make disciples, and our ministry is nothing |
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