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NASB | Ephesians 4:3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:3 Make every effort to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the bond of peace [each individual working together to make the whole successful]. |
Bible Question: One family member of mine I feel strongly wants me to be a Baptist, but my heart and soul is walking in the path of Pentecostal. Is there a big difference between the two, and will it hurt that family member? |
Bible Answer: ddethdan, I hope the following is helpful. Faith in Christ is the key. Our love of Him and of others is able to smash the barriers we have put in place by our arrogance and tradition throughout history. Walk worthy of the calling my friend. Personally, I know Baptist’s who have a true love for their savior as well as Pentecostal’s. Wherever you may end up, remember this, focus on the Word of God, there you’ll find the truth. Ephesians 4:1-7: 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. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. “Observe, Christians ought to accommodate themselves to the gospel by which they are called, and to the glory to which they are called; both are their vocation. We are called Christians; we must answer that name, and live like Christians. We are called to God's kingdom and glory; that kingdom and glory therefore we must mind, and walk as becomes the heirs of them.” – Matthew Henry “This unity of the Spirit is caused by a similarity of nature. Find a drop of water glittering in the rainbow, leaping in the waterfall, rippling in the rivulet, lying silent in the stagnant pool or dashing in spray against the vessel’s side—that water claims kinship with every drop of water the wide world over because it is the same in its elements. And even so there is a unity of the Spirit which we cannot imitate which consists in our being begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” – C. H. Spurgeon “A Church that would keep the unity of the Spirit, again, must not consider itself to be so infallible that not to belong to its membership is sin. What right has any one Church to set itself up as the standard, so that those who do not join it are necessarily Dissenters? It is true my Episcopal brother is a Dissenter—he dissents from me! It is true he is a Nonconformist, for he does not conform to me—I would not, however, call him by such names lest I should arrogate to my own Church to be the one true church and so should break the unity of the Spirit.” – C. H. Spurgeon “Let us meet on equal ground! Let us lay aside all pretences to superiority! Let us really aid and not oppress each other! Let us mingle in prayer. Let us unite in confession of sin. Let us join heartily in reforming our errors and a true Evangelical Alliance will cover our land! If any church will take the Bible as its standard and in the power of the Spirit of God preach the name of Jesus, there are thousands of us who will rejoice to give the right hand of fellowship with a hearty greeting to all such!” – C. H. Spurgeon Spurgeon quotes taken from TRUE UNITY PROMOTED and can be read at the following: http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols10-12/chs607.pdf Stand in His grace, WOS |
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