United in Christ

Scripture calls us to look at faith with seriousness. In Ephesians 4:4-5, it says, “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism.”

Paul wrote these words after urging the brothers and sisters to walk with humility, meekness, and patience, “endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:2-3). Unity does not come from human interest. It comes from the work of God in us.

When faith turns into a dispute, the heart begins to move away from what matters most. Christ did not call us to defend pride, preference, or position. He called us to live before Him as people reached by the same grace.

In 1 Corinthians 12:12, Scripture teaches that “as the body is one, and hath many members,” all the members form one body. This image helps us understand the church of Christ. Different people, different stories, different limitations, yet called to belong to the same Lord.

Every day, we need to return to the center of faith. Christ is Lord. When He has His rightful place in us, we learn to treat others with more care and reject anything that turns faith into separation.

1 ¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

2 ¶ With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.

12 ¶ For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.