In John 17:23, Jesus prays for all believers (present and future Christians) saying, "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."
On Sunday, Craig Loibner spoke at Fellowship in North Little Rock mentioning both of the above verses. Christians have tried so many different tactics to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19).
We have ...
- sent missionaries all over the world
- passed out tracts
- put on conferences
- organized Christian concerts
- preached hell-fire and brimstone
- preached Grace
- invited youth to summer camps
- made marathons of alter calls singing a hymn 150 times
- fought in wars
- debated
- fasted
- prayed
- tortured
- killed
Some of these are good, others are not. We have done none of them as a unified Church.
Why do we (the body of Christ) ignore unity as a method, possibly The Method, of fulfilling the Great Commission?
Craig said some amazing things on Sunday. If you missed them, or want to hear them again, click here. If the link doesn't work, turn off your pop-up blocker (mine was Tools->Pop-up Blocker->Turn Off Pop-up Blocker).
