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Good morning!
It is my privilege to bring the word again today.
If you
would open to Nehemiah chapter 3 today, we’ll continue our study there.
Interestingly, both Autumn and Charlotte talked about unity and community in the
past few weeks because that’s the topic this chapter brings up as well.
How many
of you know that if God says something multiple times to us, there’s a good chance
that He really, really wants us to get it?
Honestly, I don’t think God wants us to keep talking about unity and
community because we don’t understand or aren’t doing it right now.
I can say
with confidence that you all are some of the most friendly people I’ve ever known,
and you all do a great job relationally loving each other.
I think we understand that
God cares about whether or not we get along and that we generally want to be in
step with one another.
But I believe God wants us to talk more about this topic because He wants
us to become a prophetic community that moves into the power dynamic of being
in complete unity, where ‘no man is left behind,’ so to speak.
We want everyone to
experience the presence of God and be ministered to by Jesus, and the more unity
we have, the more dynamic and powerful it becomes.
When I say God wants us to become a prophetic community, I don’t mean
that we go around trying to predict the future for people as a group.
I’m also not
talking about the manifestation (or the use) of the gifts of the Spirit in the church
community.
I’m talking about a prophetic community in terms of the heart of
prophecy, which is helping people see Jesus Christ.
Revelation 19:10 AMP “the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy [His life and teaching are the heart of
prophecy].”
The heart of prophetic ministry is that we would be in a deep relationship
with Jesus (so we share in His life) and grow in following His teaching.
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And a big part of our relationship with Him is how our time with Jesus flows
out to others and affects them.
And how that is supposed to look comes from His
teaching on how we operate in church community.
It’s about how we relate to
those inside our church family and those outside.
Jesus said in John 13:34-35 NKJV A new commandment I give to you, that
you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By
this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
How is this new?
Doesn’t it say in the old testament to love God and others?
It’s
new because now it’s the only commandment.
I might add that this is impossible to
do on our own.
We have to let the Holy Spirit birth a new kind of love in us for others, and
as He does that, everyone will see the type of love that breaks chains, soften hearts,
moves in compassion to help in times of need, and ministers God Himself to the
hurting and broken.
It’s a new kind of love, a new quality of love that never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NKJV “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not
envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does
not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but
rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things.”
This kind of love is impossible without the power of the Holy Spirit enabling
us to do it.
And as we stick close to Jesus and abide in His love and presence, our
hearts towards people will start to change to the point where this becomes a way of
acting towards people that just feels natural.
Or supernatural, we might say.
My point here is that God wants us to be a prophetic community.
When we
walk in love and unity with one another, it’s a prophetic way of operating because
not everyone is doing it!
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Or in other words, when God’s people love one another, the entire group
becomes prophetic because the outside world sees the love of God and is totally
and completely amazed by it.
The way Christians love one another and operate in
unity of mind, purpose, and worship should dumbfound those who aren’t
Christians because there’s so much grace, peace, and love flowing through all of us
that it doesn’t make sense.
And the Holy Spirit will help us love another.
We don’t have to grind out
teeth and suffer through our time with one another - the Holy Spirit will birth the
same love for people in us that Jesus has.
Romans 5:5 CEV “God has given us the
Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.”
My point is that God will make us into a community of believers that
ministers in a mighty way to others as we grow in love for one another and unity.
He’ll make us a prophetic community to the world.
That was a little pre-message
message, I suppose.
But let’s pray before digging into scripture a little more.
Father in Heaven, thank you for this time we have together.
Thank you for helping
us love one another.
I ask that you would fill our hearts with your agape love today
as we submit to Your word and Your Holy Spirit.
God help me to get out of the way
as I speak your word, and may You minister to us today in power and grace.
Holy
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