Perfectly Joined Together

[655 words] Jesus had a vision of unity among believers that the apostles came to share. The Lord prayed for unity; “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me” (John 17:20-21). Notice that Jesus, as He prayed for the apostles, prayed for us as well. “Those who will believe in Me through their word” are us. And that prayer was all about us all being “one.” Yet for sometime now diversity in religion, the exact opposite of the Lord’s prayer, is encouraged and embraced. A few years after Jesus’ prayer for unity, the apostle Paul came on the scene. Paul was not present to hear that…