Unity and Hope of Life

The Bible, the Word of God, teaches us how to live with others in unity. We are told to love our neighbours as ourselves (Matthew 22:37-39). We were all created by God, the true God, meaning we are all one, created in the image of God and we must also love Him.

We love God and His Word, because it teaches us to lead a genuine life before the Lord, in faith and good works and gives us hope of life everlasting promised through believing in Christ and his grace towards us.

The Word of God keeps us united if we really follow what it says; the only division which is within the Word of God is the separation of the righteous from the wicked. But if we are in Christ we are one because Jesus? followers are as one big family. Jesus is the Head, the leader of the church and we are members of his body, so is the body separated? No, the body works in union, let us learn from it. If you want to get something the thought comes into your mind first, then you use your hand to get it. If it is too far away you use your legs as well as your mouth to negotiate. Through all this your eyes will be watching where you are going and what you are doing

The body is united, every part depending on each other, all being started by the brains located in the head. So if Christ is the Head then he issues commands to his followers (members of the body) who in response, will depend on each other to do the job (preaching and keeping the commandments) enabling them to perform their duties in a righteous way. When we are baptised into Christ there will not be any difference, we will all be one (Galatians 3:26), so brothers and sisters, if we have received Jesus let us live in unity with one another.

Now after unity, we have to have total faith and good works which please the Lord. Remember, if we claim to be Christians (the claim which comes through believing in Jesus) be careful, because there are some things which may seem right to man but are unacceptable to God. The major reason we are Christians - or Jesus? followers - is that we want to inherit the Kingdom of God. So there are many things which we must not do if we really hope for everlasting life. As already said, some things sound as if they don?t cause any trouble but they are not righteous before our God. The apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:9 listed some of the people who will not inherit the Kingdom of God? He said "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the Kingdom of God."

If we are real Christians we will show the glory of God in whatever we do. Don?t let us be caught unawares when Jesus comes, live in faith and have patience. Even so, come Lord Jesus.

Bro. Bautie Mbewe (Chegutu, Zimbabwe)