There
will always be false unity movements in Christian circles; but the
Bible says there is also the true unity. In fact, Jesus prayed — and
thereby prophesied — that we may be perfected in His unity. Here is
His quote:
I
do not ask in behalf of these (disciples) alone, but for those also
who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be ONE; even
as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in
Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me. And the glory
which Thou hast given to Me I have given to them; that they may be
ONE, just as We are ONE: I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be
perfected in unity, that the world may know that Thou didst send Me,
and didst love them, even as Thou didst love Me. (John 17:20-23
KJV)
[Emphasis added]
Was this prayer just wishful thinking on
Jesus’ part? Or was this prayer — and all of His prayers — a prophetic
promise? Jesus said: The words that I say to you I do not speak
of My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works
(John 14:10
NASB). And Revelation 19:10 says,
“The testimony of Jesus is prophecy.”
And Hebrews 1:1-2 says, “In the past
God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in
various ways, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son”
(NIV).
This verse says that Jesus was a prophet.
Paul confirmed this (in 2 Cor. 1:20) when he
said: “No matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes”
in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory
of God” (NIV).
It should be self-evident that if Jesus is who He said He is, very
God, then all of His prayers are a prophetic promise!
Not one time did Jesus ever pray amiss.
Every time Jesus prayed, He revealed the perfect will of
His Father. To hear from Jesus was — and is — to hear from God. To say
it another way, the words of Jesus were actually the “Word” of God —
the second Person in the Trinity (John 5:19).
When God speaks, He always reveals what He is going to do — not what
He wants us to do for Him (John 1:1-3).
When Jesus prayed, “that they may be in us,” He was saying that all
Christians can be ONE in the Trinity even as the Trinity is ONE in us.
When we allow the Spirit of Christ IN US to flow with the Holy Spirit
and the Spirit of God IN US, then we will begin to understand how our
eternal human spirit can be in unity with the Omnipresent Spirit of
God.
We must come to understand that the Spiritual unity Jesus prayed for
can only be between God and man, never between man and man. We must
get past the notion that unity in the Spirit means: all Christians
being in unity with each other.
Unity movements that attempt to unite Christians “in the faith of
man”, or “in the spirit of man (small ‘s’)”, are always false unity
movements because they are of the flesh.
When more of Christendom
understands this Spiritual truth, an ever-increasing number of
Christians will come into Spiritual unity with Christ.
If our only thought,
purpose, and intent is to know Jesus’ voice, have faith in Him, and do
His will, we will be in perfect unity with Him. We will be in tune
with Him as a piano is in tune to a tuning fork. Pianos tuned to the
same tuning fork will also be tuned to one another. Yet, these pianos
will play many different tunes. After all, unity — not uniformity — is
God’s perfect will.
Allow me to simplify
this statement.
When we know His
voice (according to John 10:27) . . .
And know His will for our lives
And are totally obedient to His will
And glorify Him in our every thought and
deed (as Jesus does unto His Father)
Then we are in
perfect unity with Jesus.
The Song of Solomon says
such a romance with the Groom is more than possible, it is the very
heart of God, and God’s love is perfect!
Since Jesus prayed for
unity, there can be no question as to whether unity will come.
The remaining question is: when will this happen?
Why not right now? Will you confess RIGHT NOW that Jesus’ prayer was
indeed a prophecy that will be fulfilled, and that you want to be in
unity with Him?
Was
that interesting? There is so much more in this chapter that you will
want to read. Is this a good time to order the book?
