PART ONE
The Bible teaches that God's word is settled in heaven (Psalm 119:89). There is not a single person in heaven that has a problem understanding every word of God, so why do we? No one in heaven is divided over what God's word teaches in every area of doctrine, so why are we? Christ is not divided in heaven, so why is He divided here on earth? Do we have to accept any kind of division in the body of Christ where Jesus Christ is the head and passively say, 'that's just the way it is'? Are we going to wait until we go to heaven to have the oneness that is God's perfect will on the earth? Does the Holy Spirit groan in us for the same oneness that He has with the Word and with the Father? Does the Bible teach us how God brings us into the unity of the faith (Eph 4:11-15)? Please read every word of the following passages;
Eph 4:1-6 'I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all'.
Six times the word 'one' is used. The trinity agree in one.
1John 5:7-9 'For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son'.
What would heaven be like if the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit did not agree? They all agree because they are One. They have eternal oneness in everything. On earth the Spirit, the water and the blood agree in One. That's very interesting. We who believe and are saved have received the Spirit, the water of the word as the incorruptible seed and the blood of Christ has cleansed and covered us from all sin. Every believer has all three on earth and they agree in one but we who have these three are divided. That must be a very strange thing for God, the Word and the Holy Spirit to observe in heaven.
God wants everything done decently and in order (1Cor 14:40). How can that happen when the many members of God's one body do not agree? How can that happen when we do not have the unity of one Spirit? If the Spirit agrees with the Word and the Father and we do not agree with the Spirit, then we do not agree with the Word or the Father who bear record of this in heaven. We also do not agree with the water of God's word and the blood that bears witness on the earth. We have a record in heaven and a witness on earth that we are divided as members of God's one body. How does that happen?
The Bible teaches that God's word is settled in heaven (Psalm 119:89). There is not a single person in heaven that has a problem understanding every word of God, so why do we? No one in heaven is divided over what God's word teaches in every area of doctrine, so why are we? Christ is not divided in heaven, so why is He divided here on earth? Do we have to accept any kind of division in the body of Christ where Jesus Christ is the head and passively say, 'that's just the way it is'? Are we going to wait until we go to heaven to have the oneness that is God's perfect will on the earth? Does the Holy Spirit groan in us for the same oneness that He has with the Word and with the Father? Does the Bible teach us how God brings us into the unity of the faith (Eph 4:11-15)? Please read every word of the following passages;
Eph 4:1-6 'I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all'.
Six times the word 'one' is used. The trinity agree in one.
1John 5:7-9 'For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son'.
What would heaven be like if the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit did not agree? They all agree because they are One. They have eternal oneness in everything. On earth the Spirit, the water and the blood agree in One. That's very interesting. We who believe and are saved have received the Spirit, the water of the word as the incorruptible seed and the blood of Christ has cleansed and covered us from all sin. Every believer has all three on earth and they agree in one but we who have these three are divided. That must be a very strange thing for God, the Word and the Holy Spirit to observe in heaven.
God wants everything done decently and in order (1Cor 14:40). How can that happen when the many members of God's one body do not agree? How can that happen when we do not have the unity of one Spirit? If the Spirit agrees with the Word and the Father and we do not agree with the Spirit, then we do not agree with the Word or the Father who bear record of this in heaven. We also do not agree with the water of God's word and the blood that bears witness on the earth. We have a record in heaven and a witness on earth that we are divided as members of God's one body. How does that happen?