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The Oneness of the Church with Jesus Christ

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On Sunday April 6th, 2025 I shared a message at Bethel Fellowship in Montour Falls entitled The Oneness of the Church with Jesus Christ. <—Click the link for the Facebook livestream video. This message is about part 40 of the gospel of the kingdom messages that I have been prayerfully writing and compiling and posting introductory YouTube videos for.

FOUNDATIONAL SCRIPTURE FOR THE MESSAGE:

HEBREWS 3:1 WHEREFORE, HOLY BRETHREN, PARTAKERS (PARTNERS, COMPANIONS) OF THE HEAVENLY CALLING, CONSIDER THE APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST OF OUR PROFESSION, CHRIST JESUS; 2 WHO WAS FAITHFUL TO HIM THAT APPOINTED HIM, AS ALSO MOSES WAS FAITHFUL IN ALL HIS HOUSE. 3 FOR THIS MAN WAS COUNTED WORTHY OF MORE GLORY THAN MOSES, INASMUCH AS HE WHO HATH BUILDED THE HOUSE HATH MORE HONOUR THAN THE HOUSE. 4 FOR EVERY HOUSE IS BUILDED BY SOME MAN; BUT HE THAT BUILT ALL THINGS IS GOD. 5 AND MOSES VERILY WAS FAITHFUL IN ALL HIS HOUSE, AS A SERVANT, FOR A TESTIMONY OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE TO BE SPOKEN AFTER; 6 BUT CHRIST AS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE; WHOSE HOUSE ARE WE, IF WE HOLD FAST THE CONFIDENCE AND THE REJOICING OF THE HOPE FIRM UNTO THE END.[1]

[1] The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Heb 3.

In this passage the word partners from teh KJV would have been better translated as partners or companions. And it is translated as such in several other English translations.

THE CHURCH IS INTENDED TO ENJOY A ONENESS WITH JESUS CHRIST. AND THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY AND EXPERIENCES OF CHRISTIANS FROM THE LORD. THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO THIS ONENESS BUT IN THIS MESSAGE I ATTEMPTED TO POINT TO SIX OF THEM, THERE ARE MANY BUT FOR THIS MESSAGE ONLY 6, AND I ONLY HAD TIME FOR 4.

  • ONENESS IN LIFE – WE ARE TO SHARE IN THE DIVINE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST THAT IS THE NATURE OF ETERNAL LIFE TO SHARE IN A GOD-KIND OF LIFE.
  • ONENESS IN PURPOSE – OUR PURPOSE AS BEARING THE IMAGE OF GOD IS SHARED WITH JESUS CHRIST
  • ONENESS IN SUFFERING – WE PARTAKE IN THE SUFFERING WITH JESUS CHRIST AND SUFFERING HAS A PURPOSE.
  • ONENESS IN HIS MINISTRY AND ANOINTING – WE HAVE A MINISTRY AND AN ANOINTING FOR A MINISTRY THAT IS UNIQUE AND SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST. A MINISTRY OF TESTIMONY AND A MINISTRY OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. WE ARE TO REFLECT OUT THE GLORY OF GOD FROM THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST
  • ONENESS IN DEATH AND BURIAL – NEXT TIME
  • ONENESS IN HIS HEAVENLY GLORY – NEXT TIME

IT IS ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO SHARE ANYTHING WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. MY PRAYER IS THAT IT WAS EDIFYING FOR ANYONE WHO LISTENED, AND I APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE.

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Three Antidotes for Gossip

Gossip Is Like Poison

Dave Ramsey said in his entreleadership blog post here that gossip is like poison.

A few years ago I was visiting friends where we were gossiping about a certain person, (myself included unfortunately.)

At one point during the conversation I said “yeah and I am the only person who has ever called this person out on their behavior, I am the only person who cares enough to actually say something to them”. Which was true, I have gone to this person before in an attempt to call them out.

In response to this: “Yeah but there is no point in saying something to them…they are never going to change”

That struck me, it was then that I realized the foundation of gossip. The foundation of gossip is abandonment, she might as well said “I don’t care about them and, I dont care enough about them to help them change.” Long-term gossips don’t really want people to change, I think they need people to feel superior too.

I felt discouraged after I left my friend’s house. This conversation had broken down respect and trust in the people I was talking to. And still the person we were talking about had not changed.

Gossip is a relationship poison which spreads like wild-fire in organizations from top down. It doesn’t only poison the victims but also the gossips.

Three Antidotes

If you are a gossip yourself or hate to see gossip here are three antidotes to this poison. Anyone can learn to use them.

  1. Go to the people being gossiped about and gently ask them rather than talk about them. If your relationship is too shallow to do this then there really is no point in discussing further. It is a waste of time and energy. Begin to care about how you spend your time and energy.
  2. Shoot it down when it starts, this takes a little courage and might start a fight, Dave Ramsey does this in his organization by immediately calling the victim into the room. He starts to ask them about the issue openly.
  3. Simply walk away, this is the easiest tactic that most people use to stop gossip. If done right this can be very effective.

In any case it takes self-respect and insistence on openness to stop gossip both in yourself and in others.

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Quote: Organizational Trust

When achieved, organizational trust is validated externally in corporate reputation and performance. – Mark Coleman

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