1. TRUE UNITY
IN CHRIST
Presented By Pastor Ron Millevo

2. Scripture Reading:
 HEBREWS 10:23-25
 23
Let us hold fast the profession of
our faith without wavering; for he is
faithful that promised;
 24
And let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works:
 25
Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of
some is; but exhorting one another:
and so much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.

3. Ephesians 4:11-13 –
The 5-Fold Ministry
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11 And He gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ:

4. UNITY, defined
 Oneness
of mind, harmony, or
agreement
 The presence of a common goal
or common denominator for all
 The totality of combining all
parts into one –Teamwork
 Absence of diversity or unvaried
thinking

5. Why we go to Church?
 It’s a Celebration of God’s Love
 To Eat and Feed on the Word of
God
 To Fellowship with your Family in
Christ
 To Thank God for your life and
blessings
 To worship God in Spirit and in
Truth
 To minister your gifts and talents
to others

6. You need a home church
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“Every man ought to have a church home.
You ought to have a place, not just to float
about from pillar to post, but have
somewhere that you go to church and you
call it your church, somewhere you pay
your tithe, and somewhere that you help
support the cause.
Take your choice, but then don’t never
disfellowship the other man because he
don’t belong with your group. See? Discern
his spirit and see if he’s got the same
purpose in heart, then you got fellowship
one with another. You’re working for one
great cause. That’s the cause of Christ. I
think that that is absolutely true.”
(DISCERNMENT.OF.SPIRIT.title PHOENIX.AZ)

7. What the Church Ought To Be
 A place
of Refreshing
 A Place of Encouragement
 A Place of Healing and
Forgiveness
 A Place of Liberation
 A Place of Restoration
 A Place of Celebration
 A Place of Preparation

8. You can’t stay home and be a
Good Christian
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We need one another more now than we
ever did need each other, is now. When
you get yourself singled out from the rest of
them making yourself just a little different,
you don’t want to associate with them
because they believe this, and don’t want to
associate with that, you’re getting on
dangerous ground, right then, keeping
away from church.
Find the one of your choice, and remain
there, and be a Christian brother to all of
them. That’s the way to be a real Christian.
Then we’ve got fellowship, protection;
people love you and pray for you.

9. You can’t stay home and be
a Good Christian
People say, “I can stay at home, be just as
good a Christian as I can at church.” You
can’t. The Bible said, ―Not forsake our assemble
ourselves together, and that much more as we
see the time coming.‖
 If you’re a Christian, you long to go where
other Christians are, and fellowship with other
Christians. So you cannot stay away from
church and live the same life. You can’t do it,
because it’s like, ―I’m hungry, but I’ll never go to
a table. I’ll never eat. I just—I ain’t going to do it.‖
See? You’ve got to go and feed on the Word of
God, and fellowship one with another.
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(CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY.title JEFF.IN V-3 N-7 63-0728)

10. What Christianity ought to be
 Christianity
is not a competition; it
is a teamwork.
 We encourage, not discourage.
 We edify, not crucify.
 We pull each other up, not pull
each other down.
 We are a family.
 We are one body in Christ Jesus.

11. God’s desire upon His Church
 God
values His church; He paid
the highest price for it – His own
Blood
 He wants to protect it from
division, conflict and discord
 You, as an individual, are
responsible of preserving the
UNITY, to protect the fellowhip, and
to promote harmony amongst

12. We are part of Christ’s Body
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1 Corinthians 12: 21 –
" And the eye cannot
say unto the hand, I
have no need of thee:
nor again the head to
the feet, I have no
need of you."

13. Don’t be clannish
I CORINTHIANS 1:12-13, "Now this I
say, that every one of you saith, I am
of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of
Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ
divided? was Paul crucified for you?”
 LUKE 9:49-50 -"And John answered
and said, Master, we saw one casting
out devils in thy Name; and we forbad
him, because he followeth not with us.
And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him
not: for he that is not against us is for
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14. Be good to one another
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"Try to be good to one another. Try
to shake hands and be friendly and
nice. Tear down all the walls of partition
around you, that's malice, and
different, ungodly, tear it down. Keep
doing good to one another. Every time
you meet one another, make yourself be
good to one another. And the first thing
you know, it'll grow around you, till a
bundle of love will wrap you up.
Hallelujah. That's the marking of God."
(WMB, 55-0311)

15. Malice, Envy and Strife
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"But if you still got malice, and
envy, and strife, you might've
run, danced, spoke in tongues,
shouted, preached the Gospel,
or anything. But you're lost until
that Blood has cleansed you
and set in a Divine love of the
Lord Jesus Christ in your heart,
in your life speaks of Christ
behind you. Amen." (-WMB, PERFECTION_

16. It will never amount to nothing
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"We can testify, and jump up-and-down,
and sing, and everything like that. But
until God makes us in such a condition
till we can recognize one another as
brothers, until all malice, envy, strife and
everything's gone out of us, our
jumping, shouting, praising God,
organizing, speaking in tongues, and
healing the sick, and performing
miracles, and everything else will never
amount to nothing. Come back and wait
in the cave till we hear the still small
Voice that calls us to the service of God."
(-WMB, WHAT.HEAREST.THOU.ELIJAH_ CHICAGO.IL 59-0609)

17. SEVEN (7)
EFFECTIVE WAYS
ON HOW TO
PRESERVE UNITY
IN THE CHURCH

18. 1. FOCUS ON WHAT WE
HAVE IN COMMON, NOT ON
OUR DIFFERENCES
No two heads are the same, no two
thumbmarks are the same… yet we
harmonize in Christ
 Accept first that we have different
personalities, backgrounds, races and
preferences – God is a God of Variety
 We have the same Lord, the same Faith,
the same purpose or goal – to glorify God
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19. 1. FOCUS ON WHAT WE
HAVE IN COMMON, NOT
ON OUR DIFFERENCES
 CONFLICT
is the destroyer of
UNITY
 CONFLICT is a sign that your
FOCUS has shifted from CHRIST to
other carnal issues
 The Bible admonishes us to LOOK
unto JESUS, the author and
finisher of our faith (Heb 12:1-2)

20. 2. PERSONAL CRITICISM
MUST BE AVOIDED
“Nobody is perfect” – we are all
sinners saved by grace
 God came to save “sinners”, not the
“righteous”
 Other believers might DISAPPOINT
you, but they are still your brothers
and sisters
 Do not be an “idealist”; avoid too
high expectations from others
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21. 3. CHOOSE TO
“ENCOURAGE”, RATHER
THAN TO “CRITICIZE”
 Do not compare nor judge others
 ROMANS 14:4- “Who art thou that judgest
another man's servant? to his own master
he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be
holden up: for God is able to make him
stand.”
 ROMANS 14:13- “Let us not therefore
judge one another any more: but judge this
rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or
an occasion to fall in his brother's way. “

22. 3. CHOOSE TO
“ENCOURAGE”, RATHER
THAN TO “CRITICIZE”
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MATTHEW 7:1-5
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1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged:
and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine
own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the
mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own
eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own
eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote
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23. 3. CHOOSE TO
“ENCOURAGE”, RATHER
THAN TO “CRITICIZE”
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“Don't never clan among one an--or
talk, make yourself clannish; we are one. I
couldn't say, "Left hand, I'm mad at you; I'm
going to take you away 'cause you're not a
right hand." He's my left hand. I want him to
stay there. Even the little tip of my finger, I
want it to stay right there, every little part of
my body stay right there. And God wants us
as a Body of believers to stay right exactly
with one another, right it with one another.
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24. 3. CHOOSE TO
“ENCOURAGE”, RATHER
THAN TO “CRITICIZE”
“Amongst a lot of people we find, where
emotions and so forth, there becomes
tattlings, and backbitings, and all kind of
ungodly things. Brother, that's sulfuric acid in
the church; it's demon power. Spirit of men
and women who get among one another and
try to push off and say, "This one's not right,
and this one's not right, and that's not right." If
you'll chase it down, nine times out of ten, it's
the very person making the stir that's not right.
Amen. God hates discord among brethren.”
ENTICING.SPIRITS_ JEFF.IN DE 79-112 SUNDAY_ 55-0724

25. 4. REFUSE TO LISTEN TO
GOSSIP
GOSSIP – “the passing of
information when you are NEITHER
PART of the PROBLEM nor the
SOLUTION”
 The Bible says, “Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy
neighbour”
 People who gossip to you will also
gossip about you; they cannot be
trusted
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26. 4. REFUSE TO LISTEN TO
GOSSIP
JAMES 3:5-6 – “Even so the tongue is a little
member, and boasteth great things. Behold,
how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And
the tongue is a fire…that it defileth the whole
body, and setteth on fire the course of
nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
 I JOHN 3:15 – “Whosoever hateth his brother
is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer
hath eternal life abiding in him.”
 If you can’t say anything good about a
brother or sister, don’t speak at all.
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27. SOME HINDRANCES TO
UNITY
HYPOCRISY
LEGALISM
HURTS
TAKING
ADVANTAGE

28. HINDRANCES TO UNITY
 ROMANS
thing”
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13:8 – “Owe no man any
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"Owe no man nothing." That's lingering
debts that you could pay. Pay them. You
don't... That's owing no man nothing. It
doesn't mean... My, we owe our rent, our
telephone bill, we--and whatmore. We--we
owe those things, and we pay them. But
an old lingering debt that you could be
paying on, pay it off. See? Now, don't go
with anything hanging on you like that.

29. HINDRANCES TO UNITY
II THESSALONIANS 3:10-11
 For even when we were with you, this
we commanded you, that if any
would not work, neither should he
eat. For we hear that there are some
which walk among you disorderly,
working not at all, but are
busybodies.
 I TIMOTHY 5:8 – “But if any provide
not for his own, and specially for
those of his own house, he hath
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30. 5. RESOLVE CONFLICT
ACCORDING TO THE
BIBLE WAY
MATTHEW 18:15-18
 15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass
against thee, go and tell him his fault between
thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast
gained thy brother.
 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with
thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or
three witnesses every word may be established.
 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it
unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the
church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man
and a publican.
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31. 6. SUPPORT YOUR
LEADERS
I THESSALONIANS 5:12-13 – “ And we
beseech you, brethren, to know them which
labour among you, and are over you in the
Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem
them very highly in love for their work's
sake.
 HEBREWS 13:17- “Obey them that have the
rule over you, and submit yourselves: for
they watch for your souls, as they that must
give account, that they may do it with
joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable
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32. The Admonition
of Jesus
 JOHN 13:34-35
 “A new commandment I give unto
you, That ye love one another; as I
have loved you, that ye also love
one another. By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another.”