DCLM Daily Manna 30 June 2019 Devotional by Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Prev: DCLM Daily Manna 29 June 2019
TOPIC: Unity That Counts
TEXT: John 17:20-26
20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21. That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
23. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
KEY VERSE:
“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” – (John 17:21).
MESSAGE:
The byword at the top echelon of the mainstream Christendom today is “ecumenism”. Ecumenism is derivative of a Greek word “oikoueme”, which denotes universality, in this case of Christianity. The Church today is desirous of unity in the body of Christ. Since the Reformation Schism of the 1500s, and the later splintering of the Protestant Movement into different denominations, there exist today a new spirit of reconciliation, forgiveness and fellowship. The slogan of “ecumenism” is “service unites but doctrine divides”.
DCLM Daily Manna 30 June 2019 – Unity That Counts
All the denominations are expected to downplay on the biblical doctrines that divided them in the first instance. Consequently, you will discover under the ecclesiastical canopy, people who believe in eternal security, those who propagate polygamy and polyandry, those who are championing the cause of same-sex marriage, those who do not accept that there is hell-fire somewhere. According to the ecumenists, faith In Christ supersedes all the doctrine of Christ.
In the valedictory priestly prayers of the Lord Jesus Christ for His burgeoning Church, He specifically prayed for the sanctification of each member of the Church. It is the sanctification that brings the unity; when each member of the Church is born-again and sanctified (made holy), there exists homogeneous characteristic between each member of the Church, Jesus Christ and the Father in heaven. The prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ was to subsume the Church into that holiness, so that there is a common characteristic in the whole.
Jesus Christ paid the supreme price with His blood so that we can be united in righteousness, not in unrighteousness.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Unity in righteousness, we stand; unity in unrighteousness, we fall.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Kings 21-22
DCLM Daily Manna 30 June 2019 Devotional was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.