Psalm 16:10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. NKJV

The New King James Version replaces hell with Sheol. Sheol is the Old Testament expression of the grave. There was little understanding of the resurrection and many scholars of the temple were divided over the issue.

Mark 12:18a Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection;

It was common to view all that were dead to abide in one place, since all were dead. One of the original meanings is hollow, perhaps to indicate a burial tomb.

Exodus 27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

This hollow is a description of the Ark of the Covenant. No one in those days connected Sheol with the hollow of the Ark because the Ark was in the Holy of Holies and no corrupt thing could enter therein. In Psalm 16:10b it so states His Holy One would not see corruption.

What does one have to do with the other?

John 15:4a Abide in me, and I in you.

If you are in Christ, and He will not suffer corruption, then you will not suffer corruption. This is positional sanctification. I am in Christ therefor sin cannot touch me.

Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

How many souls does it take to fill the heart of God? As many stars as there are in the universe? Perhaps, I don’t know. I just know that I am one.

Work It by Larry Perry

Ephesians 4:1-3 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

It is a mistake to think this only applies to vocational workers such as pastors, preachers, teachers, deacons and elders. This applies to all of us. I admit there are times when I do not feel my fellow believers are doing their part. Bear with me, as I bear with you. None of us are perfect but we should not allow that knowledge to hamper our efforts to at least try.

Granted the immature in Christ need a little more grace but they also need instruction, correction and discipline. That takes work on everyone’s part to promote that bond of peace. Unity in the Spirit does not happen by accident. It takes work on everyone’s part.

Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

The repeated emphasis on One is unity. You are one part of one body but that does not make you different because we are called to be fitted into place jointly together, so the whole body is not missing any one part.

Colossians 2:18-19  Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

We are not made to be more as individuals but rather more together.