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That They Might All Be One 3The Gathering

Pastor Kerry Wilson

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The Gathering Ephesians 1.10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of

times he might gather together in one all things in Christ,

both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: The Sound What Does Unity Accomplish? Acts 2.1,42 44 And when the day of Pentecost was fully

come, they were all with one accord in one place. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles doctrine

and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

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The Gathering Acts 4.32 34a And the multitude of them

that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the

resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked:

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The Gathering Acts 5.12 14 And by the hands of the

apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people;( and they were all with one accord in Solomons porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers

were more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

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The Gathering Acts 8.4 8 Therefore they that were scattered

abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. And there was great joy in that city.

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The Gathering Results, Results, Results The Why ? What were Doing Harmony Presence of God Kingdom Advance

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Personal Unity Spiritual Confusion and the Origin

Our Understanding

Based on Two Things 1. Holy Spirit draws people unto Jesus, then we make

a decision whether or not we are going to listen, the characterization of His sheep is that they hear His voice. John 10 One Shepherd, One Flock

2. Gathering unto Whom? We have found that people are rallying around many causes, and some of them worthy, but they will never supplant the eternal plan of God through Christ Jesus.

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Personal Unity Several week ago we talked about choosing, we

decide what we are going to do, there are many influences in our lives, and even our own desires that are outside the will of God. However if we are going to be a part of this gathering we are left with the choice of being Spirit led and Spirit filled.

James 4.5 Do you think that the scripture saithin vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy.

Dependence vs. Independence

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Personal Unity We are learning to walk and live in the Spirit, our

measure determines our flow. God created us for relationship with Him. We need understanding or revelation to know that it is His will or His way.

How we measure is very important to unity You see you have discern the nature of this

gathering for your position to be intact. It must be vertical before it can ever be horizontal. It starts with me.

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Personal Unity Ephesians 4.13 15 Till we all come in the unity

of the faith (doctrine), and of the knowledge of the Son of God (by the Holy Spirit), unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in

wait deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

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Personal Unity Fact: If you are not in this process, you are

vulnerable to

deception.

You

see

you

cant

figure

it out on your own. You see how unstable we are inside of natural spiritual growth, envision trying

to navigate

without

the

Holy

Spirit.

Fact: Your responsible for your position and your position only. When you are in position you are in

unity with the body. This is why you cant compare yourself with others, they are not the measure.

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Personal Unity Fact: No matter what you say, if your body life

relationships and not in line with the Word, you are having vertical problems which will bring disaster to your horizontal relationships.

God and I are getting along great, but it is all these other people that you created and called that are messing things up.

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Personal Unity To have personal unity in the spiritual realm,

we must

have

substantial

healing

inside

of

the

church and then healing that has scars behind to remind us that the past is real.

I hate what sin and the effects of sin has done to people. We become products of our environment, and the emotional damage that people have endured is life long until the saving and forgiving grace of God intervenes.

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Personal Unity When conflict and hurt or controversy comes, if

we arent filled we automatically revert back to what or who hurt us. We begin to bring that hurt back to substantiate our reaction in the now.

The original cause of our fear, pain, anger, security and grief is dealt with at the cross.

Consider the amount of material that our world has published on relationships and then ask the question, why are they so important.

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Personal Unity The failure in our world to resolve conflict and

hurt has left a society that is now becoming individualistic and isolated.

The definition of love has been so distorted and defined that the religious world and evangelicalism is now using that term as an ecuminical term to embrace diversity.

Diversity is the miracle of the body of Christ