Being United As Children Of God

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for January 27
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Being United As Children Of God

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Gal. 3:26.

We seldom find two persons exactly alike. Among human beings as well as
among the things of the natural world, there is diversity. Unity in
diversity among God's children-the manifestation of love and forbearance
in spite of difference of disposition-this is the testimony that God
sent His Son into the world to save sinners.

The unity that exists between Christ and His disciples does not destroy
the personality of either. In mind, in purpose, in character, they are
one, but not in person. By partaking of the Spirit of God, conforming to
the law of God, man becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ
brings His disciples into a living union with Himself and with the
Father. Through the working of the Holy Spirit upon the human mind, man
is made complete in Christ Jesus. Unity with Christ establishes a bond
of unity with one another. This unity is the most convincing proof to
the world of the majesty and virtue of Christ, and of His power to take
away sin.

The powers of darkness stand a poor chance against believers who love
one another as Christ has loved them, who refuse to create alienation
and strife, who stand together, who are kind, courteous, and
tender-hearted, cherishing the faith that works by love and purifies the
soul. We must have the Spirit of Christ, or we are none of His.

In unity there is strength; in division there is weakness.

The closer our union with Christ, the closer will be our union with one
another. Variance and disaffection, selfishness and conceit, are
striving for supremacy. These are the fruits of a divided heart, open to
the suggestions of the enemy of souls. Satan exults when he can sow
seeds of dissension.

In unity there is a life, a power, that can be obtained in no other way.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 36.