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How and good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in unity (Ps. 1331).
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I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech
you to walk worthy of the calling with which you
were called, with all lowliness and gentleness,
with longsuffering, bearing with one another in
love, endeavoring to keep the unity the Spirit in
the bond of peace.
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The Unity of the Spirit

• Gods Answer to
• Denominationalism and Ecumenism

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One God and Father of all

• Over allsuggesting His authority over us
• Through allsuggesting His power in us
• And in allsuggesting His likeness by us

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One God and Father of all has given to man one
Lord

• That one Lord is His Son, Jesus Christ (Eph. 13)
• Our allegiance is totally to Him and to no one
  else!

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One God and Father of all has given to man one
Lord accepted by one faith and one baptism
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The one faith is the teaching that we believe
when we hear the gospel (Eph. 113)

• That we are sinners who violated the law of God
  (Eph. 21)
• That Jesus died for us, that he was buried, that
  he was raised for us (Eph. 52 24-10)
• And that through Him we can have forgiveness of
  sins (Eph. 17)

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The one baptism is the culminating manifestation
of the acceptance of the gospel.

• He who believes and is baptized shall be saved
  (Mk. 1616).
• It is immersion in water in the name of Jesus
  for the remission of sin (Ac. 238)

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One God and Father of all has given to man one
Lord accepted by one faith and one baptism making
us one body
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All those who embrace the one Lord in one faith
and one baptism enter the one body.

• For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one
  bodywhether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or
  freeand have all been made to drink into one
  Spirit. (1 Cor. 1213)

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The one body is the church of Christ.

• And He put all things under His feet and gave
  Him to be head over all things to the church,
  which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills
  all in all (Eph. 122-23)
• For the husband is head of the wife, as also
  Christ is head of the church and He is the
  Savior of the body (Eph. 523)

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One God and Father of all has given to man one
Lord accepted by one faith and one baptism,
making us one body,indwelt by one Spirit,
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That one Spirit is the Holy Spirit whom we
receive when we unite with the body of Christ.

• All those who enter the one body drink of one
  Spirit as the source of their spiritual life (1
  Cor. 1213).
• All those who enter the one body filled with the
  one Spirit who is the source of their power (Eph.
  316)

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One God and Father of all has given to man one
Lord accepted by one faith and one baptism,
bringing us into one body, indwelt by one Spirit,
possessing one hope.
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That one hope is eternal life.

• Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of
  Jesus Christ, according to the faith of Gods
  elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which
  accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life
  which God, who cannot lie, promised before time
  began

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• Ecumenism is inadequate because it ignores most
  of the seven ones that unite Gods people.
• Denominationalism is inadequate because it
  subjects the seven ones to multiple definitions
  and interpretations, destroying their content.
• The unity of the Spirit requires acceptance of
  the Spirits teaching on all seven ones.