BELIEVERS WALKING TOGETHER IN UNITY!

TEXT: PSALM 133:1-3

Unity means being united; harmony; agreement - a complex which is a union of related parts; continuity of purpose, action, etc.  Synonyms include oneness; indivisibility; individuality; inseparability; homogeneity; consolidation; accordance; reconciliation; being joined or combined, as one man!

WHAT IS OUR “ONENESS” OR “UNITY” BASED ON?

CHRIST:  

• Romans 12:4-5  For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:  So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.  

Being “one unit” is not determined by denomination (Baptist; Catholic; Methodist; Presbyterian; etc.) but by “CHRIST”!   

• Acts 7:48  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet.
• 1 Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
• 1 Corinthians 6:19-20  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  For ye are bought with a price:  therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.  

Temple is from the root word naos’, meaning to dwell.  God dwells (lives; resides; abides) within your physical body.  

Trust in What You Cannot See; Believe in What You Do Not Yet Understand

Focus Verse: John 3:8

To begin this morning, I want to share with you another God moment in nature.

One morning, Apostle Huntsman and I were sitting on the front porch, just talking and sharing.  Then  there were several moments when neither of us was speaking.  I was looking across the cul-de-sac at the tops of the tallest trees when I saw them begin to move, and I could hear the sounds of the wind blowing.  Every other plant around us was perfectly still, but the tops of those trees were swaying.  I made a comment to Apostle Huntsman, saying “Look at the tops of those trees and how they are blowing in the wind, but there is no wind blowing anywhere else around us”.

As we continued to watch this unfold, we could literally see the wind advance toward us as the trees,  shrubs, bushes began to sway and bend.  The wind was moving not just through the tall trees but through every leaf-bearing plant between the tall trees and the front porch where we were sitting.  It was like a wall of wind moving toward us.

It reminded me of a wave at the ocean building and forming from afar off and gradually moving toward the shore.    

In a matter of seconds, the trees directly in front of us were moving.  We had literally seen the wind blowing.  I knew that this was another God moment for me.  God has never shown this to me in this way before - seeing the wind as it blew from tree to tree advancing toward us.