The biggest cause of division in the church is strife which is often caused by pride. In the prayer of Jesus in John 17 he asked 4 times for unity in the believers. In the book of Acts, we read many times of how the apostles met together in one accord. The result of this was that their prayers were powerfully answered; they saw many miracles and exponential growth in the church.

There are many times in the epistles where Paul encouraged the church to live harmoniously and he told them how to do this. An example is found Phillipians 2:1-5. Paul asked them to live in harmony with the same mind purpose and love. He then told them to avoid strife and selfishness and: "in the true spirit of humility let each regard others as better than and superior to himself”. He then encouraged them to have the same attitude of humility that Jesus did.

I believe this spirit of humility is crucial for unity in the church, along with love, which enables reconciliation and also causes us to forget our petty differences and focus on Jesus and all those things which unite us.

When this happens there is no room for criticality and discord and the devil will have no way of causing strife and the church will be united and strong.

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