In Unity 合而为一
John 17:22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.
约翰福音 17:22 你所赐给我的荣耀,我已赐给他们,使他们合而为一,像我们合而为一。
Dear friend, do you know how important unity is? If there is no unity in a family, then quarrel will happen which causes the family in losing the love, peace and joy; If there is no unity in a school, then division and argument will happen in the school which makes the school become not comfortable and not harmony; If there is no unity in a working place, then it will leads to pressure and staffs will compete with each others which causes the company cannot achieve another level; If there is no unity in a church, then the church will split and becomes stagnant as well as not able to grow; If there is no unity in between of friendship, then when there is problem occurs, it will easily affect the friendship and even lead to quarrel; If there is no unity in between of couple, then it will lead to argument and doubts; If there is no unity between God and man, then we can hardly trust in the God whom we cannot see, what's more walk together with Him.
Above all these, we could not unite based on our own love and patience as we all have different background and different perception over everything. Therefore, we really need the love of God, through His words and by the help of Holy Spirit, only then we would able to be united in His glory, because only in His glory, we can focus on God's love and forgiveness instead of man's weaknesses. By then, we can accept each other, love one another and stay in unity!
亲爱的朋友, 你可否知道合一的重要性呢?在一个家庭里面,若没有合而为一,家庭就会出现争吵、纷争,导致家庭没有了爱、平安、喜乐;在一个学校里面,若没有合而为一,学校就会出现斗争、结党,导致学校没有了和谐、舒适;在一个工作环境中,若没有合而为一,就会出现压力、争夺,导致公司没有办法更上一层楼;在一间教会里,若没有合而为一,教会就会变成一盘散沙,四分五裂的使教会无法成长,只呆在原处;在友谊之间,若没有合而为一,一旦遇到了问题,友谊就不再坚固,甚至会引起吵架;在情侣之间,若没有合而为一,就只会带来斗嘴、怀疑;在人与神的关系中,若没有合而为一,就无法相信那看不见的神,就更不可能与主同行了。
在这一切之上,我们无法单靠自己的爱和忍耐去合一,因为我们每个人的背景和见解都不同。所以,我们真的少不了神的爱,更是藉着祂的话语和圣灵的提醒,方能让我们在祂的荣耀里合而为一,因为唯有在祂的荣耀里,我们才能不看人的软弱,而是定睛于神的爱和宽恕。这样,我们就能彼此接纳,彼此相爱,并且合而为一了!