One enemy
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4- 3-5
The above verse tells us to keep the unity of the spirit and explains the ones below.
One — Body
One–Spirit
One-Hope
One–Lord
One-Faith
One-Baptism
One-God
A bible teacher beautifully explained there is one more “One” which we need to add here which is One–Enemy which is satan. We know this truth but most of the times we forget this. This truth is forgotten in our churches today and there is no unity within the church believers.
There is a saying in the world “My enemy’s enemy is my friend”. This is true and even the world agrees upon it. Today we see nations forming unions with one another to stand against their common enemy, political parties even though they have different ideologies and plans they form union to defeat the ruling party. But this commitment is not there in today’s believers that we need to stand united in Christ to defeat our One-Enemy-satan.
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Ephesians 4-16
From the above verse we are firmly united with one another with the body of Christ so that we can grow in love, peace and do the will of God as a church. So we have to put on Christ to be in peace and unity with one another and follow the below teachings from the Holy Spirit for the church to stand united as disciples of Christ.
Eph 4-25 – To speak only the truth to one another
Eph 4-26 -Not to be angry
Eph 4-27 – Neither give way to Devil
Eph 4-28 -Not to steal
Eph 4 -29 – Not to speak bad or useless words to one another
Eph 4 – 30,31- Not to have anger or bitterness with one another
Eph 4- 32 – and if one does something wrong against us, we need to forgive the same way Christ forgave our sins.
“United we stand, divided we fall”
Prayer:
Lord we thank you for the unity you have created in us as one body of Christ. We pray that we are all in one like you prayed the same for us in John 17-22 that we should be always be united to stand against the enemy and win the battle against satan. In Jesus name i pray. Amen.
Sol.Leo