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Show WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH A PLAN WHEREBY UNITY CAN BE HAD By BOB REYNOLDS The mere removal of the causes of division will not produce unity. A positive basis of agreement must be found to replace the present system. Many past unity efforts ef-forts have failed because they sought to unite men with one another insted of uniting them first with Christ. Christ is our common denominator. We may never completely agree with each other, but we should be able to agree with the Savior of mankind. Unity with Christ implies complete acceptance of His absolute authority. The teachings of Jesus are found in the New Testament. Therefore, to unite with Christ we must accept the complete and solo authority of the New Testament. All of us who believe hat the Bible is divinely inspired re?ognize that the New Testament is authoritative. authorita-tive. We agree that the things written therein are truth, and while we may not agree upon every small interpretation, interpreta-tion, so long as we will speak in the words of inspiration and leave our own opinions out, we may find unity on the Word of God. |