Category Archives: unity

forgiveness, access, ongoing benefits

Leviticus 16:23-25 Lev 16:23 “Then Aaron will come into the conference tent and will strip off the linen garments that he put on when he went into the Holy Place and will leave them there. Lev 16:24 And he will … Continue reading

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clothing the parts respectfully

1 Corinthians 12:23-25 1Co 12:23 Just like those parts of the body, which we think to be shameful; on these we put more respectful clothing, so that our unpresentable parts have a more respectable image. 1Co 12:24 but our presentable … Continue reading

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welcoming diversity

1 Corinthians 12:17-19 1Co 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing come from? Or, if the whole thing were an ear, where would its sense of smell come from? 1Co 12:18 But God has now … Continue reading

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all in this together

1 Corinthians 12:13-16 1Co 12:13 All of us have been baptised in one Spirit, now making up that one body — whether Jews or Greeks, bondservants or independent — and we all were given one Spirit to drink. 1Co 12:14 … Continue reading

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how it works

1 Corinthians 12:10-12 1Co 12:10 But to another he gives powerful abilities, to another he gives prophetic insight, to another he gives the ability to distinguish between opposing spirits, to speak different families of languages, but he gives another the … Continue reading

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helpful heresies

  1 Corinthians 11:17-19 1Co 11:17 But as I give this command, I cannot show appreciation, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 1Co 11:18 Because first, I hear that there are … Continue reading

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grace at the table

1 Corinthians 10:16-18 1Co 10:16 The cup of praise that we speak so well of, is it not a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing of the body of Christ? … Continue reading

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physical matters

1 Corinthians 6:15-17 1Co 6:15 Do you not yet get it — the fact that our bodies are parts of Christ? Should someone take the parts of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute? Absolutely not! 1Co 6:16 Do … Continue reading

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church without competition

RESIST RIVALRIES 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 10 But I am also appealing to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same way, and there be no schisms among you, but that you be … Continue reading

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misdirected unity

UNITY AT ANY COST? Mark 14:53-56 53 And they escorted Jesus to the high priest. And all the high ranking priests and the elders and the scribes came together. 54 And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into … Continue reading

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