Keep the Church Unity That Is Yours - Part 2 of 3

I. Introductory Perspectives

1. Church unity is simultaneously a present reality and also must be our passionate pursuit. 2. Church unity is possible, but not unity with the world. 3. Church unity is an important priority. 4. Church unity is not uniformity. 5. Church unity is local and it is also universal. 6. In church unity and all virtues, being precedes doing. II. Keep the Church Unity (vv. 1-3) A. The exhorter: the Lord's prisoner. B. The foundation: your calling. C. An urgent appeal: beseech or beg. D. conduct consistent with calling: walk worthy. E. The inner virtues necessary for unity: humility, gentleness. F. The relational virtue necessary for unity: patience. G. The fruit of patience toward individuals: forbearance. H. The fruit of patience toward the body: maintaining the unity. III. The Unity That Is Yours.