"Perfect Bond of Unity"

August 12, 2015

“Perfect Bond of Unity”

Blessings folk!

We put on death to the old self and the flesh.
We put on the new self.
We have seen much in Colossians 3 as to what we are to do.

Watch the first Word of the next verse.
Then, what is said…

Col 3:14
Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.


Beyond…
Beyond all the things mentioned…
Beyond all these things, we are to put on love.

The Lord has much to say about love.
1 John is all about the love of the Believer.

Simply put…
If we truly love God, we will love one another.
If we do not love one another, then we do not love God.
If one says that he loves God, yet he hates his brother, then he is a liar and liars do not inherit the kingdom of God. He is not saved.
Jesus tells us that the world will know we are His disciples by our love for one another.

Therefore, put on love.

Love is the perfect bond of unity.

We as the Body of Christ are unified by definition.
We do not have to “seek unity”.
We are unified in Him.
Love is the perfect bond that strengthens and maintains the unity.
Much like (though it is an inferior example) mortar is to brick, so is love to unity.

Live unified.
Live love.

Put on the perfect bond of unity.