What an outrageous claim!
What is the requirement of unity? The statement that speaks most to my heart on this topic comes from the story of Enoch. It was said of his people, "They were of one heart and one mind — they dwelled in righteousness and there was no poor among them."
One heart?
One mind?
Righteousness?
No poor?
Look across the street (or hallway, or room). Can you say you are of one heart with the person living there? Is your mind unified? Is your life governed by righteousness? Is there material distinction between you?
Again, do you value the same things as your neighbour? Do you see your life as intertwined with theirs? Do you analyze your actions and potential actions through the lens of their benefit to him? Are you working toward the same goal? Espousing the same standards? The same virtues? Are you living in a consensual state of harmony with the laws that lead to light, strength, power, and love? Do you view your possessions as rightly theirs as much as yours? Can you even see how your resources might be used in such a way that you both could be edified by them?
"Consider how different our relationships with [people] would be if we were as concerned with increasing [the power of God in us] as we are with increasing our personal power at work, or the balance of our bank account."
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Did Goliath and the Philistines know the God they were mocking? Could they have spoken so scornfully against Him had they known His power and character?
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