{"id":2709,"date":"2012-03-05T03:50:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:35:55","slug":"the-blessing-of-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2012\/03\/05\/the-blessing-of-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blessing of Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The secret of the blessing the early Christians enjoyed, and the power they were for good, may be summed up in one word-“Unity.” This is seen in connection with those trite and telling words, “One accord,” which occur again and again in the Acts. Mark “Accord,” not “Discord.” The Church should be like a well-tuned harp, upon which the Master of Assemblies can play the melodies of righteousness and holiness of life, love to each other, and glory to God in the highest.<\/p>\n

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Jesus Himself prayed for this unity in John 17:11, “Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” By God’s grace, may we strive for:<\/p>\n

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  1. Unity in Prayer. “These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication” (Acts 1:14<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  2. Unity in Obedience. “They were all with one accord in one place” (Acts 2:1<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  3. Unity of Presence. “They were all with one accord in one place” (Acts 2:1<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  4. Unity of Purpose. “Continuing daily with one accord in the temple.” “Praising God” (Acts 2:46, 47<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  5. Unity in Praise. “Lifted up their voice to God with one accord” (Acts 4:24<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  6. Unity in Service. “They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch” (Acts 5:12<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  7. Unity in recognizing God’s Servants. “It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul” (Acts 15:25<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The secret of the blessing the early Christians enjoyed, and the power they were for good, may be summed up in one word-“Unity.” This is seen in connection with those trite and telling words, “One accord,” which occur again and again in the Acts. Mark “Accord,” not “Discord.” The Church should be like a well-tuned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9278,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions\/9278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}