[Biblemat] HOW IS UNITY POSSIBLE/ - Number 3

[GLClair at aol.com]

HOW IS UNITY POSSIBLE? – Number 3 
As we finished  lesson number 2 of this series it became evident that there 
is much more to the  subject of unity than we had first thought. 
Unity is impossible unless religious  minded people return to the attitude 
that prevailed according to Gen  11:1-6, “1 And the whole earth was of one  
language and of one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that  
they found a plain in the land of Shinar. And they dwelt there. 3 And they  
said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they  
had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 4 And they said, Come, 
let  us build us a city, and a tower, whose top (may reach) unto heaven, and let 
us  make us a name. Lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole 
earth. 5  And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the 
children of men  builded. 6 And Jehovah said,  Behold, they are one people, and they 
have all one language. And this is what  they begin to do. And now nothing 
will be withholden from them, which they  purpose to do.” ASV 
CONSIDER  THIS: 
As we can observe by  reading the account of the construction of the tower of 
Babel, whenever mankind  unites in such a way as to cause all of the people 
to have one mind and one  desire [i.e. hope], great accomplishments will 
follow. Indeed, these people  united to build a tower to heaven – perhaps thinking 
that they could go to the  place where God exist. Of course this was impossible 
but God saw a wicked streak  in the people He had created. Apparently God 
understood that the kind of  unity that these people possessed was contrary to 
HIS WILL, consequently he made  a decision to stop this kind of unity –-- 
unauthorized unity for an unauthorized  project. 
>From these facts we may  deduct that man cannot attain to unity of religion 
until a decision is reached  by all to work toward unity with one heart. 
Whenever people unite they could  perhaps attain to unity but the history of mankind 
since the tower of Babel indicates that they will not as a  whole people 
appeal to GOD for instruction pertaining to God approved  matters. 
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR 21st Century man to agree whole  heartily on acceptance of 
the BIBLE [i.e. the Written Word of God], in all  things religious with one 
accord.    I do not know if this is  possible! Man has proven himself in past 
history to be stubborn and hard-headed  when dealing with God’s Word [i.e. 
instructions]. Since God does not  speak from a smoking mountain and does not 
communicate directly with man  [example, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, etc] but 
communicates with  mankind today through His Written Word it require all men of 
all nations to  accept this BOOK [i.e. the BIBLE] as a standard in all 
religious  questions. Until all of those seeking religion’s unity come to the Bible 
as the  only rule of faith and practice there can never be a return to the 
Tower of Babel type of unity [i.e. where the people  are of one mind]. 

_glclair at aol.com_ (mailto:glclair at aol.com)  
considermagazine.com



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