Sermon
Rethinking the Holy Spirit: Unity
Cross Church
Speaker: Nick Floyd
May 24, 2021 · 48 min
Summary
Paul teaches that the Holy Spirit creates supernatural unity among believers in the church—deeper than family bonds—requiring humility, gentleness, patience, and grace. This unity is not uniformity but a commitment to love despite disagreements, modeled through restored relationships and complete obedience to Christ.
Highlights
Unity is not uniformity. God doesn't ask us to be all the same so that we can agree on everything. Unity is much, much, much deeper than uniformity.
It's supernatural to tear down walls. I can tell you something, spiritually, I can build walls with the best of them, but it's not until the Holy Spirit has done a work in my heart of love that I've experienced tearing down walls with people in my life.
The church must not reflect the culture as it relates to division. We can move together forward because of the unity of the Spirit.