Last Sunday we continued our conversation around the Unity of the Spirit by asking a very practical question:
What happens when the people Jesus brings to the table don’t agree with each other?
Because unity would be easy if we all thought alike!
In Romans 14, Paul writes to a community navigating very real disagreements about faith, food, sacred days, traditions, and how to faithfully follow Jesus. And rather than telling everyone to simply agree, Paul gives them a radically different way to see one another.
A few ideas we explored:
- Unity of the Spirit, ask me to trust Jesus with people I disagree with.
- Don’t confuse different expressions of faithfulness with an absence of faithfulness.
- The person across from me is Christ’s servant, not mine.
- Jesus is capable of forming people whose convictions may be different from my own.
- Unity of the Spirit isn’t about making everyone at the table more like me. It’s about all of us belonging to Jesus.
Imagine a table filled with people from different generations, cultures, church traditions, economic realities, political perspectives, and life experiences.
And Jesus says, “You’re family.”
What a beautiful invitation.
What if the Church could become the place where our differences don’t have to disappear for love, belonging, humility, curiosity, and genuine relationship to flourish?
That’s the kind of community we want us to keep becoming.
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Have a great week!
