True Unity in the Truth
Big divisions: 	
Galatians 3:28-29 	There is neither…
Martin Luther King 	When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
	
Church divisions: 	
Philippians 2:1-4 	If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:5-11
I Corinthians 3:8-9 	So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.  The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
James 5:19-20 	My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
	
Each one who is right with God will be right with the rest: 	
Romans 12:1-8 	Each has his own gifts, think of yourself with humility.
I Cor. 12:12-31 	Like a body, there are many different parts…
I Cor. 3:1-9 	Mere men quarrel and are jealous, each his own task.
Philippians 1:27-28a 	Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.  Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you.
	
The power of a united church: 	
Mark 2:1-5 	Four carried the paralytic and Jesus was pleased.
Acts 2:42-47 	The early church.
Matthew 18:19 	Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.  For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.
The last word will be His: 	
John 17:20-26 	Christ’s prayer for all of the saints emphasizes unity.  (If you call him Lord when you pray, wouldn’t you want to satisfy one of his most earnest desires.)
John 15:12-17 	“Love each other.”  “I have called you friends.”