Is There Unity in the Community Psalm 133

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Is There Unity in the Community?Psalm 133
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• Psalm 1331-3
• A Song of Ascents, of David.
• Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
  brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like
  the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon
  the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming
  down upon the edge of his robes. It is like the
  dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of
  Zion for there the Lord commanded the
  blessinglife forever.

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• Big Idea
• When were unified as a church family we can
  enjoy Gods incredible blessings.

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• Historical Context
• Psalms 120-134 Song of Ascents going up to
  Jerusalem
• All males required by law to attend three major
  festivals in Jerusalem
• a. Unleavened Bread (Passover)- spring
• b. Weeks (Pentecost)- early summer
• c. Ingathering (Booths)- early fall

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• Historical Context
• Ascent songs prepared the hearts of the
  worshiping community and filled them with
  expectation.
• I was glad when they said to me, let us go to
  the House of the Lord. (Psalm 1221)

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• Is There Unity in the Community?
• Unity Flows from Community (1331)

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• Community Words
• Brothers- Abraham Lot
• (Genesis 131-8)

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• Community Words
• Brothers
• Dwell- living and relating well

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• Community Words
• Brothers
• Dwell
• Together- emphasizes fellowship
• Literally united in unity

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• Community Words
• Brothers
• Dwell
• Together
• Unity- demonstrates community

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• 1 Chronicles 1217
• David went out to meet them, and said to them,
  "If you come peacefully to me to help me, my
  heart shall be united with you
• Unity (yachad) defined will become one with

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• What does God say about
• unity in the community?
• Good

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• What does God say about
• unity in the community?
• Good (tob) pleasant, delightful, delicious,
  be pure and clean
• Genesis One Creation Account
• Then God said, "Let there be light" and there
  was light. God saw that the light was good and
  God separated the light from the darkness.
  (Genesis 13-4)

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• What does God say about
• unity in the community?
• Good
• Pleasant- delightful, lovely, beautiful

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• What does God say about
• unity in the community?
• Good
• Pleasant
• Principle Unity in the community is the
  evidence of our Creators beautiful handiwork!

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• Augustines Quote
• In the essentials- Unity
• In the non-essentials- Liberty
• In all things- Charity

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• Applications
• Am I a UNITY-BUILDER or a UNITY-BUSTER?
• Anyone I need to forgive?
• Anyone I need to ask their forgiveness?

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• Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be
  called sons of God.
• (Matt. 59)
• Resource Peacemaker Ministries
• www.hispeace.net
• The Peacemaker, by Ken Sande

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• Resolving Conflict
• Four Gs
• Glorify God
• Get the log out of your own eye
• Gently restore
• Go and be reconciled
• Source Peacemaker Ministries

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• Is There Unity in the Community?
• Unity Flows from Community (1331)
• Unity is Described (1332-3a)

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• Unity Descriptions
• Precious oil

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• Exodus 291-7
• "Now this is what you shall do to them to
  consecrate them to minister as priests to Me
  take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
  and unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed
  with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil
  you shall make them of fine wheat flour. "You
  shall put them in one basket, and present them in
  the basket along with the bull and the two rams.
  "Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the
  doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with
  water. "You shall take the garments, and put on
  Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod and the
  ephod and the breastpiece, and gird him with the
  skillfully woven band of the ephod and you shall
  set the turban on his head and put the holy crown
  on the turban. "Then you shall take the anointing
  oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

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• Unity Descriptions
• Precious oil- lots and lots of oil
• it was holy so must be our brotherly love
  toward each other
• Matthew Henry

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• Unity Descriptions
• Precious oil
• Dew of Hermon

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Mount Hermon
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• Unity Descriptions
• Precious oil
• Dew of Hermon
• Unity from the highest point
• Unity is a blessing from God
• Unity is refreshing

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• New Testament Teachings
• The Body of Christ (1 Cor. 1214-27)
• Love is most important (1 Cor. 13)
• Deal with conflict (Matt. 523-24)

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• Scripture Reading Ephesians 41-6
• Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore
  you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling
  with which you have been called, with all
  humility and gentleness, with patience, showing
  tolerance for one another in love, being diligent
  to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond
  of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just
  as also you were called in one hope of your
  calling one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one
  God and Father of all who is over all and through
  all and in all.

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• Is There Unity in the Community?
• Unity Flows from Community (1331)
• Unity is Described (1332-3a)
• Unified People are Blessed (1333b)

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• Applications
• Anyone I need to forgive? Anyone I need to ask
  their forgiveness?
• GBC Vision Raising up next generation leaders
  to reach our world for Jesus Christ. What is my
  part?
• Am I connected with a community of believers?
• Join us in a study of The Essentials of the
  Faith.