Family, Let’s Cultivate the Garden in Unity

Part Two of Three in a Series: We Must Make a Kingdom Impact Now

By James Robison Published on October 2, 2018

God wants our life as Christians to become a well-watered, cultivated, fruitful garden. He wants our family to be led to build their lives on the unshakable rock of his love and truth. We must live to provide Kingdom oversight and wisdom for our neighborhood, community, city, county, state, the nation and make disciples of all nations. We must not be disheartened by those who reject the truth, but continue to be faithful witnesses and ambassadors for Christ.

Jesus left us here to faithfully allow the light of his life and truth to shine clearly. We must not allow the light to be covered with religious traditions of men, compromise or sameness. We allow the light to shine with the uniqueness of diversity and members of His body coming together, loving one another and submitting to the head.

The church — if full of God — is all we need to correct our course. Only the church and the gospel can change leaders. This is what changes minds, hearts and actions. The heart must be changed and then the mind must be trained. That is our call as Christians. Read Romans 12:1-2.

Supernatural Unity

We have been left here to do His will on earth and to see His will done. Jesus prayed that we would be in a close personal relationship with the Father. He wants a family that is fruitful. And he wants that family to love each other. He also wants to sanctify us by the Word. He wants the word of God to conform us to God’s will and not the ways of the world. That’s what His word does. Jesus prayed that true believers would live in supernatural unity. It is this unity that reveals to the world we are in fact His disciples.

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I think supernatural unity is an area the enemy has focused his fury on because he wants us to wrangle about words, even the Bible, to the ruin of the hearer. Christians often spend too much time arguing over petty points, and if they don’t come to an agreement, then call the other person a heretic. But a heretic is a person who deliberately tries to divide and hurt the church. It’s not someone who made a mistake, like your child might.

When you know the word but don’t let the word live in you, you can beat people up with it and divide the body with it. Be careful.

We’re right on the verge of an awakening if spirit-filled preachers will begin coming together and standing together.

Years ago, Jerry Falwell Sr. said to me, “You’re the most fundamental, conservative preacher on the planet. You make the rest of us look like liberals.” That was true. I often became mean-spirited and angry. I would defend what I thought even though I might have been wrong. God Almighty gloriously delivered me from what had become a form of spiritual bondage and defeat. I am now totally committed to proclaim and share His truth with unconditional love and redemptive purpose.

We must have indescribable, unconditional love for one another. When one of us in trouble, we must kneel at the edge of the pit — whether they fell in it, somebody threw them in, or they dug it with their own misdeeds — and lift them up, restoring them to an intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus and the freedom He offers. 

A Healthier Church

Today I’m watching the leaders of major factions not only love God but love each other. I’m watching the church become healthier. We’re right on the verge of an awakening if Spirit-filled preachers will begin coming together and standing together. Jesus wants us to love one another the way He and the Father love each other and the way He loves us. He wants us to love each other in such a way that the world will know we are His followers.

I am beginning to see that happen.

 

Read Part One of Rev. Robison’s series “We Must Make a Kingdom Impact Now” right here.

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