FOCUS ON WHAT UNIFIES AND NOT UNITY (7 OF 10)
Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:14-16, 1 Timothy 4:1-4
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Focus on What Unifies and Not Unity (7 of 10)
Series: 1 Timothy
Robert Dawson
1 Timothy 3:14-4:4
I never cease to be amazed by the complexity of all the different mechanical systems that exists today. It amazes me how all these inventors, scientists, engineers, tech specialists and mechanics can get so many different parts, even moving parts, to fit together and allow us to operate and use everything from cars, plans, factories, phones and so many other devices today.
But in order for a machine of any kind to work properly, all the parts have to move and work together in unity according to design. If they are out of rhythm or balance then things start to tear up, break down and fail to function properly.
The same is true of people. For a family, group or organization to function properly with all its moving parts of people they have to work together. There is a rhythm, balance and unity that must be achieved and maintained if they are to be successful in accomplishing their purpose or mission.
It is my opinion that it is much harder to organize people and create unity within the diversity that exists between individuals than it is to create a working and unified order out of inanimate, unmoving, unthinking, unfeeling and amoral machine or electronic parts than people.
Unifying people and getting them to work together to achieve a common goal or achieve an agreed upon task can be very, very challenging. The church is no different. God has a plan and a purpose for His church. There is a design that God has put into place as to how His church should function and what they are to do.
God is concerned with how we conduct ourselves within the church. This is why Paul writes to Timothy and why Paul intends to come to Timothy and the church in Ephesus.
1. 1 Timothy 3.14-15 - I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; 15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the ho ...
Series: 1 Timothy
Robert Dawson
1 Timothy 3:14-4:4
I never cease to be amazed by the complexity of all the different mechanical systems that exists today. It amazes me how all these inventors, scientists, engineers, tech specialists and mechanics can get so many different parts, even moving parts, to fit together and allow us to operate and use everything from cars, plans, factories, phones and so many other devices today.
But in order for a machine of any kind to work properly, all the parts have to move and work together in unity according to design. If they are out of rhythm or balance then things start to tear up, break down and fail to function properly.
The same is true of people. For a family, group or organization to function properly with all its moving parts of people they have to work together. There is a rhythm, balance and unity that must be achieved and maintained if they are to be successful in accomplishing their purpose or mission.
It is my opinion that it is much harder to organize people and create unity within the diversity that exists between individuals than it is to create a working and unified order out of inanimate, unmoving, unthinking, unfeeling and amoral machine or electronic parts than people.
Unifying people and getting them to work together to achieve a common goal or achieve an agreed upon task can be very, very challenging. The church is no different. God has a plan and a purpose for His church. There is a design that God has put into place as to how His church should function and what they are to do.
God is concerned with how we conduct ourselves within the church. This is why Paul writes to Timothy and why Paul intends to come to Timothy and the church in Ephesus.
1. 1 Timothy 3.14-15 - I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; 15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the ho ...
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