Unity Centered Around You and Me is Not True Unity as God Intended it to Be. Actually, it’s Idolatry.
/Unity centered around you and me is not true unity as God intended it to be. Actually, it’s a form of idolatry. Any “unity” that calls for coming together while leaving God out will fail. It will fall. God will have no other gods before Him. Man made unity held together by worldly ideologies is a false god. It will will unravel at the seams, because it is far more destructive than it seems.
Disobeying God’s instruction always leads to destruction.
Just look at the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. In verse 4 we see the very reason for their construction of the tower was to protect or control their unity “lest they be dispersed over the face of the earth.” They sought man made unity by “making a name for themselves.” Man made unity will always give a false sense of security. What they created God frustrated. He confused their language and dispersed them.
When we do things our way, we will always be led astray, but when we do things God’s way, He will protect and bless as we obey.
Pastor Joe Green brought a WORD today on UNITY in the first of a two part sermon series centered around Pentecost.
Pastors, your people need you to boldly proclaim God’s truth in a world that is constantly feeding them lies. Today’s Godless culture is nothing new. It’s reminiscent of others that have made brick and mortar towers and golden calves, and more recently, these graven images appear in the form of Godless ideologies and man made philosophies.
Collin Hansen said “Many pastors are trying to have the “both and” mentality in an “either or” world and it’s pulling their churches at the seams.”
We are either for God or we are against Him. There is no “both and” in His “either or” call for devotion and loyalty. He requires an undivided heart. Hot or cold. Not lukewarm. We must choose between God’s way and the world’s. We cannot do both. When we choose one, we must reject the other.
“You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” ~ James 4:4 ESV
So, in the words of Pastor Green, let’s remember these 5 things:
“Man’s attempt at unity is and will always be false unity. There is no coming together in unity while in being in opposition to God.”
“Unity is never without God. It is always and only in Him.”
“If we keep falling for the world’s false unity, We are not only falling for it, we are participating in it, thus perpetuating it.”
“Christians cannot focus on fleshly solutions to overcome spiritual problems.”
“If the church looks like the world, the church isn’t necessary.”
If we are to function in UNITY, we must be the BODY of Christ — under His headship and authority. Just like a human body can fall prey to disease, the BODY of Christ, the Church, can experience dis-ease, too. We lack peace and the ability to function properly when we are not in sync with His Word and His headship. Our commands and signals come from our HEAD. A body is paralyzed if it is not responding to those commands.
“We cannot come up with solutions for this world devoid of it’s Creator.”
The Tower of Babel, along with so many other examples throughout history, teach us a valuable lesson about UNITY...
Our efforts and attempts at unity will always fall short no matter how hard we work or what heights we achieve. We can never rectify or sanctify when the world is our supply. Our efforts and attempts with worldly ways and Godless standards will always confuse, confound, and cause chaos.
Unity centered around you and me is not true unity as God intended it to be. Actually, it’s idolatry.
{I share some other thoughts about unity is this blog post from 10/22/2020 entitled Disparity is not a Rarity Because Our Humanity Disrupts Our Unity.}