28/07/2025
“Let Us Be of the Same Mind”
Fellow believers, greetings in Christ's holy name.
The “Body of Christ.” What does that mean? Does it quite literally refer to His body hanging on the Roman cross, or lying in the borrowed tomb, or His resurrected body, or present form? No! We, the faithful believers in Christ Jesus, the Living Son of God, children of His Father, are the “Body of Christ,” His Church.
As one body in Him, how must we function, how must we behave? As one, for just as our body has many parts, each designed by the Creator to function independently, so must they function together, as a whole for us to accomplish anything.
We Christians, though many, each our own unique individual, must join as one in unison to endeavor to enact His will on earth, and together, combat and rebuke the Evil one everywhere he is encountered. For as Christ Jesus teaches:
“For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20 [NKJV])
Apostle Paul, the greatest evangelist, missionary, church planter, and biblical author of all, expounds on the concept of our “oneness,” in his epistle (letter) to the church/Christians in the city of Philippi, while he was in chains and writing from behind prison walls, saying to them, and us as well:
“Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.” (Philippians 3:13-16 [NKJV])
“Oneness” in the “Body of Christ,” is a foundational doctrine and unfortunately, my eyes have seen and are seeing now such is not being upheld and exercised.
Lay down all malice, envy, jealousy, hatred, disdain, and contempt you harbor in your hearts right now for one or many of your Christian brothers and sisters.
Forgive them for whatever trespasses they committed against you, and seek their forgiveness in return for you having placed a cold, hard wall between you and them.
Do not let the sunset without having first sought and obtained such an exchange of forgiveness, for it is proper and fitting, and exactly what our Lord expects from us, for He teaches us:
“But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” (Matthew 5:22-24 [(NKJV])
And concluding with Paul, once more, as he reenforces our Lord's teaching on this, for the Holy Bible says:
“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.” (Ephesians 4:26-27 [NKJV])
This is the true Word of God, as written. Amen.
Go in peace, brothers, and sisters, and heed God's Word, always.
Evangelist Bill King
Senior Pastor
Bill King Ministries
“Glory be to God”
