We often think about common ideas or beliefs holding the church together. The truth is both at the local congregational level and for the church worldwide, our unity is in Jesus Christ. In Christ, the universe was created. In Christ God became human and reconciled all creation back to God through the blood of the cross. Christ is the head, unity and foundation of the church. When we cling to him, there's nothing we can't do as a church.
God bless,
Sam
Colossians
1:11-20
11May you be made strong with all the
strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure
everything with patience, while joyfully
12giving thanks to the Father, who has
enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13He
has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom
of his beloved Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of
sins.
15He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation; 16for in him all things in heaven and
on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for
him. 17He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold
together. 18He is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first
place in everything. 19For in him all the fullness of God was
pleased to dwell, 20and through him God was pleased to reconcile to
himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the
blood of his cross.
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