We Are All One in Christ (Video)

Being a follower of Jesus is a package deal.  If we have God as our heavenly Father, through Christ, then because of that, other Christians are our brothers and sisters in Christ.

St Paul tells us in Galatians 3:36-29 that, because of our shared union with Christ, the usual cultural distinctions and separations between people no longer apply.  Our unity with each other is grounded in and flows out of our union with Christ.  We don’t come together as a congregation simply as a human arrangement, but because God has drawn us to himself and  made us part of his family.  This is not our doing, but his.  It is a gift of grace!

Our unity as Christians is a gift – and this precious gift is what that determines our identity.  Who am I?  I am God’s beloved and forgiven child, through my union with Christ.  And who are we?  We are God’s beloved and forgiven family, though our union with Christ.  That’s how we are to think of ourselves and of each other.

We are one in Christ – praise God!  Let’s live that way!