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History

Matthew 12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

History has proven this to be true. You do not have to be a believer to see it. Division unfortunately is a product of free will. Even if peace reigned throughout all the earth in loving concern for the wellbeing of the planet, division would still exist.

Division via freewill does not exist because our treaties of the mind but rather the condition of our hearts. Do you love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength? Then you are One with God. The other is one with the world. Doing the right thing for the love of the world is still on the other side of a world divided.

Peace on earth does not exist and history tells us that peace among men is illusionary. Every treaty has a side, an agenda, and a reason to keep the peace. Those things change, always have, always will. So if we cannot make a fragile peace, how can we live with hostile world?

Love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. Let love rule in your heart and leave the rest to God.

2 Corinthians 6:6-10 By pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

The left and right side of the body is for balance, not division. We are still One.

Dependent

Psalm 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

When you hear the word dependent what do you think? Child? Tax deduction? Needy? There are many ways to look at the word and for all practical purposes could be considered helpless. We do not like the word helpless. We shy away from such thoughts because there is little if any hope in that word. We always want to think there is a source of help and a hope.

In truth dependent means community. We are part of something bigger than just ourselves. We are always pointing to personal responsibility in relationship with God. Salvation comes to individuals based on personal acceptance. I am only saved by faith, my faith cannot save you. Yet once we accept that great salvation we become part of something much greater, the body of Christ.

We are dependent upon each other within a body, no one part supplies all needs. Each part is vital in order to achieve a whole healthy, complete body. Christ is perfect, AMEN? That being the case, and with us being a part of the body, we await the perfect completion of that body, so that we may be delivered a whole and perfect body to the wedding.

In this we are dependent on every soul that makes up that body and cannot be delivered until that last soul accepts Christ by faith. In this we are depending on each other to do the one thing we are all called to do within the body of Christ, no matter what part of the body you are, eye, ear, lip or little toe.

2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;