Sanctified and United

Jesus never intended for the Church He is building to be divided into groups with different interpretations of Him and His word. In John 17 He prayed for the Church He is building to be one with Him and with each other. He knew that the gates of Hades would try to divide and weaken the Church. Therefore, prior to praying for us to be one, He prayed for us to be sanctified with truth (John 17: 17). Will you allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify you with truth?

There are a lot of voices in the world and in various churches crying out for your mind and heart. Will you seek God until you know Him intimately? Will you study Hs Word under the teaching of the Holy Spirit until you are sanctified by truth? If people all over the earth with do so, great godly change will occur because the result will be a Church formed in the image of Christ and united in faith.

Note: There is a world of difference in coming together because of being sanctified by the Holy Spirit and truth, and trying to come together because of worldly principles such as agreeing to disagree and being constrained by some list of essentials that prevents true unity even if those essentials are taken from the Bible. These principles sound good to the mind of reasoning but ultimately lead to bondage and not freedom and will never result in true godly agreement and the fulfillment of our Lord’s Prayer no matter how positive the results may seem.