Unity In The Faith
Volume 2, Day 78
Aristides, a second century apolo- gist for the Christian faith, wrote this to the Roman emperor Hadrian about believers in his day:
“They love one another. They never fail to help widows; they save orphans from those who would hurt them. If they have something, they give freely to the man who has nothing; if they see a stranger, they take him home, and are happy, as though he were a real brother. They don’t consider themselves brothers in the usual sense, but brothers instead through the Spirit, in God.”
As human beings we all belong to the same family. Even though we are divided by all sorts of barriers and differences, ‘under the skin’ we’re all the same (Acts 17:26).
Whatever our differences—denominations, preferences or worship styles—as Christians, we are still one spiritual body that acknowledges the same heavenly Father (Eph. 4:4-6). The example of our spiritual ancestors can be an instructive challenge to us as disciples of Jesus in the 21st century.
Let’s do all we can to demonstrate our unity in Christ. Unity in our diversity is the most effective witness to this sin fractured world.
Author
vernon c. grounds
