Solid Rock Devotional
13th January, 2018
TOGETHER AS ONE
‘This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.’ Ephesians 3:6
When God created Adam, He created an individual. When He created Eve, He created something different. He created community. With the sin of Adam and Eve, individuals fell and community fell apart. The fragmentation of humanity comes to a climax in only eight more chapters of Genesis, at the Tower of Babel where humanity became utterly fragmented geographically, socially, linguistically and spiritually.
We know the Gospel reconciles us as individual men and women to God. That’s the message of Romans. However, the Gospel also restores community. That’s the message of Ephesians. Christ is the answer to fallen individuals, but the Church is the answer to fragmented society. The Church is a demonstration of a new unity of humankind.
The Apostle Paul wrote of the Jew and Gentile divide, ‘For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility... His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near’ (Eph 2:14-17).
How are you experiencing the unity of His people, purchased by Christ? *The dream of the world living together as one is a God-given dream.*
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I humbly ask that you continue to help the world to love you and to live in harmony in Jesus name....Amen.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Matthew 10:1-15
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