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Don Schultheis
Chancellor, Director of Enrollment Management, and the Dean of the School of Theology at John Melvin Christin College in Pensacola, Florida.
Ten times in the first five Chapters of Acts, the word tells us that the early Church in Jerusalem was unified.
Folks, the people in that very first church loved each other. The atmosphere was warm and caring. They were devoted to the fellowship and all the believers were together. That first church grew very fast. Is it any wonder? We want our church to grow. It is growing! Could our unity and ability to work and play well together be one of the reasons why? I say yes! What are we willing to do to maintain what God is doing?
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ALLOW ANYONE OR ANYTHING TO MESS WITH WHAT GOD HAS DONE! NO DISTRACTIONS ARE ALLOWED. SATAN NEEDS TO STAY BEHIND US!
Aren’t you glad for one another?
The Bible is full of, “one another” phrases: …Romans 12:10 says that we are to be, "devoted to one another" … Romans 15:7 says to, "accept one another" … 1st Corinthians 12:25 tells us to, "care for one another” … Galatians 6:2 commands us to, "bear one another’s burdens.”… 1st Thessalonians 5:11 says to, “encourage … and build up one another" ... 1st Peter 4:10 says to, “serve one another.” And … 1st John 4:11 tells us to, “love one another."
We are God’s instrument to take the good news of Jesus to the world, but the instrument is crippled when “God’s People” cannot get a long and or work and play well together! Unity and the ability to work together was and is a divine requirement for the New Testament Church! What are you willing to do? What am I willing to do? What are we willing to do?
Over the past year, getting to this point was very easy. Now, what are we going to with what God has done?