He Is Our Peace

For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

Ephesians 2:14-22

The book of Ephesians talks about the unity of believers in Jesus by referring to the oneness of “the household of God.”

We are brought together as Jews and Gentiles alike. We are united, and that unity is to permeate the efforts of the Christian community today.

Believers in Christ are commissioned to undertake the most important rescue effort of our life on earth. People are dying without Christ. Praise God that united mission efforts are bringing hope, salvation, education, and relief to desperate people around the world. That is what the brotherhood of Christ is all about.

A healthy church

is the best witness

to a hurting world.

Our Daily Bread – January 17, 2009