Today's Journal
UN-UNIFIED UNITY
J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) Anglican bishop and author wrote:“Unity which is obtained by the sacrifice of truth is worth nothing. It is not the unity, which pleases God.”
This of course leads to the question: ‘What is truth?’ It’s the same question that Pilate asked Jesus in the Praetorium (governor’s house or judgment hall) examination in John 18:38. The verse before gives a strong indication: “I came into the world—to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” (John 18:37)
What Jesus said, who he was and what he did and accomplished is truth. For example: The Sermon on the Mount…‘he came into the world to testify to this truth.’ This is truth that must not be sacrificed for some kind of false religious unity, some secular ecumenical nonsense, or some ‘can’t we all just get along’ New Age theology or ‘we are all one people’ idea of spirituality. As Ryle said, “Unity which is obtained by the sacrifice of truth is worth nothing. It is not the unity, which pleases God.”
“The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one—I in them and you in me—that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.” Jesus
