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  (SERMON CLIP) UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THE LAST DAYS
  by Chip Brogden
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of unity in the body of
Christ, highlighting that true unity is not about agreeing on every
detail but being baptized into one Lord, one faith, and one spirit. It
discusses how the Holy Spirit binds believers together despite
differences in beliefs, practices, or worship, emphasizing the love that
unites them. The message calls for a focus on what unites rather than
divides, empowering believers to be witnesses and ambassadors for Christ
in unity.

Topics: "Unity in the Body of Christ", "Love that Unites"
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 12:13, Romans 12:4, Ephesians 4:3, Colossians 3:14, John 17:23

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of unity in the body of Christ,
highlighting that true unity is not about agreeing on every detail but
being baptized into one Lord, one faith, and one spirit. It discusses
how the Holy Spirit binds believers together despite differences in
beliefs, practices, or worship, emphasizing the love that unites them.
The message calls for a focus on what unites rather than divides,
empowering believers to be witnesses and ambassadors for Christ in
unity.

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As one body in Christ, one body in Christ, and the surest sign that we
are walking in the flesh and that we are carnal is the fact that we're
not in unity. And by unity I don't mean like-mindedness in that we all
agree on the same Bible translation, we all agree on the same doctrine,
we all agree around the same teaching, but like-mindedness in the sense
that we are all baptized into one Lord, one faith, one spirit. First
Corinthians 12 13 says, by one spirit we were all baptized into one
body.

By one spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or
Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one
spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many. So we are many
members and many different members, many different opinions, and yet one
body in Christ, and that's what we have to focus on.

We have to focus on things that bind us together in Christ, and only the
Holy Spirit can empower us to do that. Have you ever been in a group or
with other believers and there was a difference in belief, a difference
in practice, a difference in worship, and so you sensed a clash there,
but at the same time you sense that the Holy Spirit was there binding
you together and there was a love that you had, a love that was more
important than what you were in disagreement about, a love that bound
you together in a way that overshadowed whatever differences that you
might have had. That's the power of the Holy Spirit, working together to
bind us together into one body in Christ, and it's so critical in these
last days.

We've got to stop dividing the body of Christ based on stupid things and
begin to focus on the things that we are in agreement on so that the
Holy Spirit can empower us and give us strength to be witnesses and
ambassadors for Him in these last days, and we can't do that if we're
fighting with one another.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/Bes2j2iFxx8.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/chip-brogden/sermon-clip-unity-in-the-body-of-christ-in-the-last-days/
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