Winning the World

252 Wi nn i ng the Wor l d: Fac i l i tat i ng Urban Chur ch P l ant i ng Movement s

That We May Be One, continued

with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

2. John 17.11 (ESV) – And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. B. The organic unity between the Father and Son, and the people of God , John 17.21-22 (ESV) – that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. [22] The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one. C. Our unity leads to a common effort in glorifying God the Father of our Lord , Rom. 15.5-6 (ESV) – May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, [6] that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. D. God’s will for the body is unity in mind and judgment , 1 Cor. 1.10 (ESV) – I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. E. The Holy Spirit’s baptism has made us of one spiritual body and spirit , 1 Cor. 12.12-13 (ESV) – For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. [13] For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – Jews or Greeks, slaves or free – and all were made to drink of one Spirit. F. The very essence of biblical faith is unity , Eph. 4.4 (ESV) – There is one body and one Spirit – just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call [5] one Lord, one faith, one baptism, [6] one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.