KEY SCRIPTURE: John 17:21 KJV” That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”

The Lord Jesus once again expresses His longing for the unity or oneness of the church. Our key scripture, put it this way, ” that they all may be one….” His desire is for ALL to be one. He goes further to explain the type of oneness He anticipates. He says they should be like His relationship with the Father. He said as the Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son, so should they all be one. In the relationship between the Father and the Son, they are virtually one person. They have one mind, one emotion, and one word. We see them as two distinct personalities, yet they are one. This is the kind of oneness He anticipates for the church

The Lord prayed that the church would be so united that their language or views about various matters would be one. There would also be such a great love expressed towards one another. He added that such love and oneness would easily make the world know that He, Jesus came from the Father.

Now as much as this is a desire of the Lord, it is also an instruction or a command for the church to strive towards being one. Has this desire or prayer been achieved? I believe the early Church had that oneness Now, it seems things are different. A look at the church’s history will reveal conditions have changed from what they used to be at the early church. It is now the duty of enlightened Christians to stand in the gap and intercede for the church of God. Such intercessory prayers would bring in the hand of God, working through His angels to create conditions that would cause the church to align with the purposes of God.

THOUGHT: THE CHURCH NEEDS INTERCESSION FOR UNITY NOW THAN EVER

FURTHER STUDIES

Isaiah 59:16 KJV” And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.”

John 17:22 KJV” And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:”