The Lord's heart-felt prayer, how can it be fulfilled

The church which is the body of Christ, the true believers, can be perfectly united in mind and thought if they all believe and practice the system which Jesus Christ has ordained and established for them to follow. It is the heartfelt desire of Jesus Christ for His church to be at one with each other as illustrated by Hs prayer to the Father stating; “Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are…And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one” (John 17: 11,22).

The apostle Paul also echoed similar sentiment by urging the members of the church saying; “Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment…Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind” (1Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 3:16).

I therefore beg to ask the question, why are the Lord’s heart-felt prayer to the Father on behalf of the church and the Apostle Paul’s plea to the church not being realized to day? What is the root cause of the problem? Finding the root cause of the problem believing it and applying it will definitely help resolve this issue

The root cause of this division in the body of Christ (the church) is “IRREVERENCE” which is lack of due respect or veneration or being disrespectful to the Sovereignty, Majesty and Kingship of the heavenly Father.

Remember, Jesus Christ paid the price of sin for everyone for we have been duly instructed saying; “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again” (2Cornthians 5:14-15).

It is also a fact that we all raised together with Him as we have been duly instructed saying; “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:4-6).

We have also been duly instructed saying that, “He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man's devising” (Acts 17:26-29).

Our status therefore is, “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3: 25-28).

We have also been given a stern warning saying; “Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.” And, “There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?” (Romans 14:4; James 4:12).

But does this means that one is at liberty to do as one pleases? Or are there specific guidelines as to how one should live? The crux of the matter is, no one is an independent creature one is either a slave (servant) of sin or a slave (servant) of righteousness as we have been duly instructed saying; “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? And the truth of the matter is, the one who is a slave of sin is free from righteousness and likewise, the one who is a slave of righteousness is free from sin (Romans 6:16; 18; 22).

It is therefore imperative that we all know, understand and believe this act of obedience which leads to righteousness and then to holiness and ultimately leads to everlasting life or the immortality of the human body.

The plan which God has ordained for the unification of His church is being administered in four (4) distinctive ways and four integral parts namely; the four cornerstone of our salvation; the second established will of the Father; the reformation and the new and living way to the Father, which if every believer knew, understand, believe and put into practice would fulfill the Lord’s heartfelt prayer on behalf of the church.

To be continued

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph