2. The Spirit and the Church
What Keeps Us United?

3. Ephesians 4:3
Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.

5. “Every time two people come into contact with one another an exchange takes place. Whether between lifelong friends or passing strangers, we encourage, we ignore, we hold out a hand, or we withdraw it. We walk towards or we walk away. We bless or we curse… And every single contact leaves a trace. The way that we treat and regard one another matters. It really matters.” --John Sutherland

6. Ephesians 4:4-6
For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.

7. 1. Divine Arithmetic

8. Ephesians 4:4-6
For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.

10. 2. Spiritual Breath

11. Ephesians 4:4-6
For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.

12. Homathumadon : “In one accord”; “of a single heart”
Acts = 12 times:
Homathumadon : “In one accord”; “of a single heart”

13. 3. Mysterious Atonement
At-one-ment

14. Ephesians 3:2-3,6
Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation…This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

15. “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another Standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become ‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.”