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  OUR WORSHIP IS FUTILE WITHOUT UNITY
  by James Jennings
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of unity within the
church, highlighting the need for each individual to offer themselves as
a living sacrifice for spiritual worship that pleases God. It stresses
the responsibility of every member to avoid individualism and instead
recognize the essentiality of community. The message warns against
division within the church, as it hinders genuine worship before God,
referencing Matthew 5 and the importance of reconciliation with others
before offering gifts to God.

Topics: "Unity in the Church", "Living Sacrifice"
Scripture References: Romans 12:4, 1 Corinthians 12:12, Ephesians 4:3, Colossians 3:13, Philippians 2:2

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the importance of unity within the church,
highlighting the need for each individual to offer themselves as a
living sacrifice for spiritual worship that pleases God. It stresses the
responsibility of every member to avoid individualism and instead
recognize the essentiality of community. The message warns against
division within the church, as it hinders genuine worship before God,
referencing Matthew 5 and the importance of reconciliation with others
before offering gifts to God.

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CONTENT
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...as a church. We want to be able to be unified together, functioning
together. All of us offering our bodies as a sacrifice.

And as we do that, it's all going to be a spiritual worship together
that is pleasing to God. Do you and I have individual responsibility?
Yeah. We have individual responsibility to not be individualistic.

You and I are responsible to do that. We are responsible to recognize
our great need for one another. And when a church is divided, our
worship is futile before God.

Matthew 5, if you're offering your gift at the altar and you remember
your brother has something against you, leave your gift before the altar
and go. First, be reconciled to your brother. Then, come and offer your
gift.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/7FIw8iY-MVo.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/james-jennings/our-worship-is-futile-without-unity/
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