New Humanity

This past Sunday we explored something Paul writes about called the "unity of the Spirit," we learned he isn't talking about everyone thinking the same, looking the same, or sharing the same preferences.

He's describing something far more remarkable and dynamic.

The early church brought together people who, for centuries, would never have shared the same table. Different ethnicities. Different histories. Different traditions. Different ways of seeing the world.

Yet in Christ, God wasn't simply creating a better version of those divisions.

He was creating one new humanity.

Here are a few ideas we explored together:

• Biblical unity is not the absence of difference. It is the absence of hostility in the presence of difference because Christ has made us one.
• Unity isn't something we create. It's a reality Christ has already established that we are called to protect and preserve.
• Uniformity moves people toward me. Unity moves all of us toward Christ.
• The movement of unity isn't getting people to become more like us. It's moving together toward the new reality Christ has already created.

One of the applications that emerged from this passage is our vision of becoming a Home for Humanity. A community where people from different stories, backgrounds, perspectives, and seasons of life discover that Christ is greater than the things that have historically divided us.

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Have a great week!