Quotes about Unity

You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.

Without me you can do nothing.

We must cast away by any contrivance, and cut out by fire and sword and contrivances of all kinds, disease from the body, ignorance from the soul, luxury from the belly, sedition from the state, discord from the family, excess from all things alike.

The fruit which is an hundredfold and that which is sixtyfold both spring from one seed

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

I believe in the unity of all living things. God is in us and in all that exists." "So, when you eat a carrot, aren't you eating God?

A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.

This is fellowship: sharing with one another what God is teaching through the Scriptures, and this is an important part of true community.

It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact that we share a common life in Christ.

Biblical community, then, incorporates this idea of an active partnership in the promotion of the gospel and the building up of believers.

Without this relationship with God, there can be no spiritual relationship with one another.

Fellowship is much, much more than food and fun and even more than reading and studying the Scriptures with another believer. Fellowship at times may involve blood, sweat, and tears as we stand side by side with our persecuted brothers and sisters.