We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.” “Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.” “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.“ “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters. “Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God?” “How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!” “At the same time, God’s hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the Lord.” Our unified power is something Satan can never touch.īegin renewing your mind to the unity God desires for you to walk in by meditating on these 20 powerful scripture verses about unity: Believe the best of others, and pursue unity with your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Do and say everything with a spirit of love.
Don’t let Satan stop your spiritual growth by giving in to the spirit of division. His goal is the same as it was in Corinth: to bring envying, strife and division and to stunt our spiritual growth.īut we don't have to yield to that spirit. So, he has assigned a spirit of division to operate in our personal lives, our church lives, our social lives and our family lives.
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He also knows if we all come together in the unity of our faith, we'll arrive at the full stature of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 4:13). He knows that a house divided against itself will fall.
Satan has sent the same spirit of division among us today. It had so stunted their spiritual growth that they couldn't understand the things the Apostle Paul wanted to teach them. Just as Paul in the New Testament taught that the Church is a body with each part adding beauty and purpose to the whole, so too does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints experience strength from its diversity.Envying, strife and divisions had reduced the early Corinthian Christians back to the natural, or carnal, state that they were in before they were born again. In December of 2014 the Church exceeded 15 million members, bringing the total wards and branches (congregations) to just over 29,000 around the globe. In 1996, the number of members living outside the United States surpassed those residing within it, and by the year 2000 the majority of the membership was non-English speaking. Since the 1900s the Church has grown from congregations comprised mainly of northern European immigrants to the United States to a global Church whose members live in 190 countries and speak over 120 languages. The composition of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has changed over time and continues to change every day.
Similarly, the Church’s semiannual conference, which is broadcast around the world, allows members the opportunity to learn simultaneously from the prophet, apostles, and other Church leaders. Organizations for the children, youth, and adults unite individuals around the world each year in a common area of focus. Unity is also built in each congregation as individuals teach and worship from similar hymns, scriptures, lessons, and sacramental prayers each Sunday. This knowledge builds a feeling of unity in every building and worship service around the world and ties all members of the Church together. They know He loves each of His children equally. Regardless of ethnicity or outward appearance, all Church members are united in the knowledge that they are children of a Heavenly Father. Because of the Savior’s invitation that all God’s children come unto Him (see Matthew 11:28 Doctrine and Covenants 10:67), no two congregations in the Church are the same. Cultures and peoples throughout the world gather together by geographical location to form local congregations that worship together. The diversity of the Church’s worldwide membership is a notable characteristic of Latter-day Saints because the gospel of Jesus Christ transcends every culture, race, nationality, and language. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a world religion, not only because its members are found throughout the world, but also because it seeks to share God’s message of truth with the entire world.
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