Unity

Two weeks ago the Grace North student ministry went on a mission trip to New Haven, Connecticut.  While in Connecticut we worked with Christ Presbyterian Church.  For that week we were effectively one church.  We spent all day working together and then at night we split up and stayed at host homes.

Sin is a relational problem.  Because of our brokenness we are now in a state of enmity and animosity with our neighbors.  Thankfully God is doing something about our broken relations.  Christ died so that all people may be one.  Unity is a gospel issue.  In Ephesians 4:4 Pauls claims that there is "There is one body and one Spirit... one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all"  Note the repetition of 'one'.  Paul is driving home the point that if we are indeed Christians, we are in fact already united.  However, we do not always live this out.

In New Haven a church full of people associated with Yale University and a church full of Southerners from suburban Atlanta were united in Christ.  At the end of the trip there was a sincere since of loss because we had to leave our family in Christ in New Haven.  It was a beautiful experience, praise be to God.