Read: John 17 “I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.” (John 17:15, NLT) I cannot think of a more difficult assignment that you have today than to live in the world but not be of it. Yet [...]
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John 17
Paul says we are to “make every effort” to attain and maintain unity in our church. Frankly, it takes hard, focused, continual, intentional and strategic effort individually and corporately to keep the church united as one. The word “effort” means to be diligent, to be zealous, to make haste to do something, in this case, being eager and fully dedicated to maintain the unity of the Spirit. It refers to a holy zeal in guarding our Christian unity. Why do we need holy zeal? To counter Satan’s unholy zeal in dividing us.
