Pentecostal Unity

The unity after Pentecost was a thick unity. And it is a unity that we not only want to replicate but have a warrant to replicate. We still live post-Pentecost, with the Spirit being poured out on the church in power. A key to our unity is that we communion with Christ and each other at this table. Every covenant brother is your brother. And God has made promises to him as much as He has to you. As you come, trusting God’s promises to you and your household, come also trusting God’s promises to your brother and His household.

This is a remarkably helpful question when there is crackle between brothers. You do not like something that a fellow saint is doing. OK, “Has God promised to sanctify Him as He has promised to sanctify you?” It is impossible to say, “No.” And it is quite hard to say, “Yes, but I’m not happy about that.” At least with a straight face. The question reminds you immediately that, whatever the trouble is, God has promised to sort it out for His covenant people in due time. 

In other words, faith is the key instrument in our unity. And you will find that bitterness and division have to leave the premises when faith arrives. Related to all of this is the truth that you should just let some things go. You think that you are not quite on the same page with your brother. And you are quite right about that. But who said that has to be a road block to your fellowship? Love really does cover a multitude of sins. And a childlike faith doesn’t protest that every member of the body agrees with you about a particular skuffle in order to eat and drink together. Trust the Lord to fix the splinter you see in your brother as you trust Him to fix the two-by-four impaled in your rib cage. Come in faith and welcome to Jesus Christ.

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