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Brethren in Unity · Faith-Feed

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Speaker 1: For unto us was the gospel preached as well as
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Speaker 1: one to them. But the world preached did not forfeit them,
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Speaker 1: because their feit did not feed on the world. The
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Speaker 1: water God is the life support of our feet. We
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Speaker 1: live by the world of God. God. Blessed be God
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Speaker 1: for ethality. Blessed be God for eternity. Psalms one hundred
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Speaker 1: and thirty three, reading from verse one, a song of
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Speaker 1: degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it
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Speaker 1: is for brethren to dwell together in unity, For breadren
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Speaker 1: to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious
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Speaker 1: ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard,
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Speaker 1: even Aaron's beard, that went down to the skets of
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Speaker 1: his garments, as the dw of Femon, and as the
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Speaker 1: dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion. For dear,
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Speaker 1: the Lord commanded the blessing even life forevermore. For dear
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Speaker 1: the Lord commanded the blessing even life forevermore. Welcome to
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Speaker 1: fate feed Episode one hundred and fifty five. The Brethren
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Speaker 1: in unity, Brethren in unity. Many are times in the
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Speaker 1: Body of Christ we realize that we cannot do things separately.
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Speaker 1: We cannot survive individually, we cannot prosper unless we are
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Speaker 1: joined together in unity, in wareness with the brethren. This
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Speaker 1: means that for the Gospel to spread forward, to advance,
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Speaker 1: the most be unity among the brethren. And now the
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Speaker 1: Summons is trying to let us know that it is
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Speaker 1: a good thing, it is a pleasant thing. That means,
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Speaker 1: in the sight of God, unity is paramount. That is
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Speaker 1: why God established the marriage, has a system to showcase
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Speaker 1: His unity in the spirit. For the god Head is
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Speaker 1: the symbol of unity, an example that we as believers
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Speaker 1: should be worn in Christ. Despite our differences, despite our characteristics,
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Speaker 1: despite our aution, we must be one united in Christ.
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Speaker 1: And the only way that we can be united in
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Speaker 1: Christ is when we understand our functionalities, our purposes, yes
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Speaker 1: our That's why he began to say in the next
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Speaker 1: ess that it is like the precious ointment, and upon
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Speaker 1: the head that run down. He began to describe the
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Speaker 1: fact that a man who is ordained, whether it's your
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Speaker 1: fellow believer, that is, an apostle, a bishop, a pastor,
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Speaker 1: he has been ordained you most respect. That is the
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Speaker 1: beginning of understanding of being united one in the body. Yes,
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Speaker 1: there are many differences, Yes there are many ideologies. There
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Speaker 1: are several characteristics, but we must embrace that honor. So
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Speaker 1: the Bible was trying to describe the process of honoring
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Speaker 1: a man, because when God amoins a man, he honors
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Speaker 1: that man. It's a sign that that man be a blessing,
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Speaker 1: will be favored. Because the Bible says that as the
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Speaker 1: due surrounds us, as the due of him. He says,
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Speaker 1: for yeah, the Lord commands the blessing. That means the
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Speaker 1: unity of the brethren is where the blessings of God
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Speaker 1: is found. For the blessings of God make a triach
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Speaker 1: and added monsorro. If a man leans to work in
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Speaker 1: unity in his family, that family will be blessed. So
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Speaker 1: what makes the question now is what makes people united?
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Speaker 1: What makes people stand strong as well? That is what
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Speaker 1: we must be focused on, not criticism. Yes, there is place,
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Speaker 1: there is a place for adjustment. There is allowed once
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Speaker 1: For the Bible tells us it's some one tity before
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Speaker 1: it comes to some one tety three, that there is forgiveness.
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Speaker 1: There is forgiveness with God that he may be loved.
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Speaker 1: That means God wants to forgive us. God wants to forgive.
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Speaker 1: So if God is willing to forgive. How much more
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Speaker 1: we we should be willing to forgive our brothers a
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Speaker 1: commodate one another, our neighbors, our friends, people around us.
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Speaker 1: There is allow once. It is important that we have
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Speaker 1: this mindset about the brethren unity if we must advance
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Speaker 1: as believer us in the Kingdom of God. Acts of
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Speaker 1: their apostles. The Bible shows us how the brethren got
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Speaker 1: that together, and they were united, and the Lord added
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Speaker 1: to them as many as they resaid. So it is
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Speaker 1: a symbol that when there is unity. So what our
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Speaker 1: pastors should be after, what our leaders should be after,
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Speaker 1: is the unity, not just the groups, because it's when
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Speaker 1: they are united. When the people are united, the church
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Speaker 1: we grow. People are not united. Many people are not
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Speaker 1: one in mind, they are not one in spirit. The
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Speaker 1: Bible says, lady's mind being you, which was also in Christ,
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Speaker 1: lead this mind be in you, which was also in Christ.
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Speaker 1: Philippians Chapter two, vers. Five, who, being in the form
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Speaker 1: of God, in the form of God, thought it not
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Speaker 1: well to be equal with God, but made himself, Now
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Speaker 1: see the important part, made himself of no reputation, and
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Speaker 1: took upon him the form of a servant, and was
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Speaker 1: made in the likeness of it, Untie, you have this mind,
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Speaker 1: this mind of the form of a servant. Until you
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Speaker 1: know that you are serving your brother, you will not
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Speaker 1: work in unity with the brethren. Until you learn to
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Speaker 1: humble yourself, you will not work in You will not
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Speaker 1: be united in spirit, in oneness, in purpose with the brethren.
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Speaker 1: And when there is no unity, it is difficult for
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Speaker 1: God to command the blessing to command to add. Remember
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Speaker 1: Acts Chapter two. Let's read from verse twenty four says,
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Speaker 1: and all that believed were to get that unity and
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Speaker 1: had all things common unity, and sow their possession. Now
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Speaker 1: this is just an expression of the kind of unity,
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Speaker 1: of oneness of mind that they all had. It says
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Speaker 1: that the expression is and they sowed their possessions and
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Speaker 1: goods and patted them to all men as every man
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Speaker 1: had need, as every man had need. And they continued
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Speaker 1: in your stuff. They continued daily with warner Lord in
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Speaker 1: the temple. This is the power of what oneness, of
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Speaker 1: what oneness of one minds unity, And breaking bread from
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Speaker 1: house to house did it their meat with gladness and
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Speaker 1: singleness of heart. Now it is very important to mark
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Speaker 1: the world. Singleness of art will come to it. Verse
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Speaker 1: forty seven, praising God and have been favored with all
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Speaker 1: the people. You see, that's the blessings of God and
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Speaker 1: the Lord added to the church daily. Such as should
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Speaker 1: be safe. So there are techniques to win souls about
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Speaker 1: and all that. But unity, unity among the brethren is powerful.
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Speaker 1: Love among the brethren is powerful. That is what we
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Speaker 1: preach to the world. That is what the world says.
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Speaker 1: And come to the body of Great and come to
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Speaker 1: the House of the Lord, which will be exalted upon
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Speaker 1: the mountains. Now remember the word singleness of heart. The
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Speaker 1: reason why people cannot stay in the unity of the
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Speaker 1: brethren is because they lack this singleness of heart. They
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Speaker 1: are always double minded. They are always looking elsewhere. They
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Speaker 1: are always looking at things that are not important, arguing
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Speaker 1: about matters that are not important to the faith, that
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Speaker 1: are not important to the unity, that do not help
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Speaker 1: the unity of the brethren. No, singleness of heart. Singleness
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Speaker 1: of heart is what gives Allowanceing is what helps you
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Speaker 1: embrace your brother without judging him. It is what gives
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Speaker 1: you the power to have faith in God for your brethren.
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Speaker 1: So the unity of the brethren is not about perfect
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Speaker 1: people coming together. It is about imperfect people recognizing this
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Speaker 1: singularity of Christ being the perfection that is made an
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Speaker 1: expression in their lives that is made significant and brings
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Speaker 1: them together. So the common point is Christ, Christ crucified,
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Speaker 1: Christ died. Christ died so that we can love one another.
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Speaker 1: Christ died so that we could accommodate one another. Yes,
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Speaker 1: many people find it difficult and embracing this singleness of
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Speaker 1: heart because they believe that people will take advantage of them.
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Speaker 1: But my brother and my sister, if the Lord must
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Speaker 1: command the blessing, then you must release your heart. Your
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Speaker 1: heart must be enlarged. You must release your heart to men.
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Speaker 1: Allow God to chat your costs, allow God to use you.
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Speaker 1: Don't chat it yourself. Be free with everybody. Allow the
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Speaker 1: liberty of spirit to have its expression in your life.
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Speaker 1: Singleness of heart. Behold, it is a good thing that
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Speaker 1: you dwell. You set aside the things that so easily
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Speaker 1: beset you. You set aside your heavy bodies, and well
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Speaker 1: with the brethren in unity. Blessed God for eternity. Faith
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