1. THE NECESSITY OF UNITY
John 17:6-12, 20-23
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2. Unity is essential for ministry to be effective.
Truth to Take with You
Unity is essential for ministry to be effective.

3. The Meaning of Unity
…so that they may be one as we are one. John 17:11 ...that all of them may be one, Father… John 17:21 …that they may be one as we are one… John 17:22

7. The Meaning of Unity
…so that they may be one as we are one. John 17:11 ...that all of them may be one, Father… John 17:21 …that they may be one as we are one… John 17:22 May they be brought to complete unity… John 17:23

8. The Source of Unity …so that they may be one as we are one. John 17:11
…that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.
John 17:21

9. John 5:19-20
I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.

10. John 8:28b-29
I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me… I always do what pleases him.

11. John 14:9b-10
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father… Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.

14. John 10:30
I and the Father are one.

15. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
John 15:3
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

16. How We Attain Unity
…that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us… John 17:21 …that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. John 17:22-23

17. John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

18. The Power of Unity
My prayer is…that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. John 17:20-21 May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. John 17:23

19. Unity is essential for ministry to be effective.
Truth to Take with You
Unity is essential for ministry to be effective.

20. Strive for unity in the church.
Challenge
Strive for unity in the church.
Value unity.
Pray for unity.
Work for unity.
1. Thoroughly examine your own heart.
2. In love, confront a person causing or contributing to disunity.