The Unity of God's children!

“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” – Psalm 133:1 NIV

If we are true followers of Jesus Christ and believe that we are children of God (1 John 3:1), we ought to live together in unity. This is because we are members of one another, since each one of us are members of one body, which is the Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:27)

The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:12-13)

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,  so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (Romans 12:4-5)

This is why the word of God proclaims: “let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.” (Colossians 3:15) It is also because we are the children of God through Christ Jesus, if we believe in Him. We can see this in John 1:12-13, which declares:

Yet to all who did receive him [Jesus Christ], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

The best method of peace is to love one another, since the love creates perfect unity. This is because the Bible states:

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. (Colossians 3:12-14)

For this reason, the second greatest commandment from Jesus is to love each other. (Mark 12:30-31) Because of this, the word of God declares:

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:8-10)

Therefore, since the Bible proclaims: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9)—we could say that we are blessed, if we are true peacemakers of one another. To be specific, if we are allowed to change this, we could proclaim: ‘Double blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. So theirs is the kingdom of God!’