Nisan 10
Unity
“… until we all come to
the unity of the BELIEF …” (Eph 4:11, 13
ISR, emphasis mine)
Ireland has been
the home of one of the longest religious wars in the history of the “church”. Protestants against Catholics, and vice
versa, it seems that none of them can doctrinally agree, and probably never
will. However, according to our opening
verses, agreeing doctrinally is relatively unimportant; we are to unite
according to our emunah, our trust,
belief, and faith.
We can agree that
we believe in the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He is the eternal,
everlasting, and only true God. We can also agree in the belief that He is the Creator of everything there is, and
that His Word is absolute truth. We can
unite in our agreement of our Messiah, Yeshua of Nazareth, and His finished
work of redemption. And then we can come
into agreement concerning the future day of reckoning of all mankind, a day that is fast approaching.
It is not up to
us, individually, to try to change someone’s doctrine that they have believed
is correct for all of their lives. That
is not our job description. We are called to be His light to a lost and dying world, and if it is at all possible,
“let us pursue the
things of peace, and the things for building up one another.” (Rom 14:19)
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