Christians United in Christ

Preamble

Unity amongst all believers is Christ's desire and love is the root of true and lasting unity. Christian love is the fruit of walking in a living relationship with Jesus, and it is the proof that we are truly His disciples [John 13:34-35]. Jesus loved everyone He met, and.as Christian, we should strive to build and maintain loving unity with all true believers. Therefore, in order to achieve the unity that will transform the world, we commit ourselves wholeheartedly to this covenant that the grace, peace, power and love of Christ may flow freely between us and into our nation.

A covenant is a solemn commitment of trust, love, and devotion by one person to another. A covenant involves the commitment of the whole person to fulfill their commitment no matter the cost, and to sacrifice for the other person as a true act of love. Likewise, a covenant commitment should produce His life in our relationships because we are giving from our heart to the heart of another. Therefore, as you read this covenant commitment, you are agreeing to fulfill the commitments contained herein and will work to bring about unity among the believers in the Body of Christ wherever you live.

As a member of the Body of Christ, I want to walk in the footsteps of Jesus by building unity with my brothers and sisters in and through the love of Christ. I want to fulfill this covenant with other Christians because when we walk in loving unity with one another, the power of Satan will be broken and revival will be released to transform churches, believers, non-believers, cities and nations.

Jesus prayed, “Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are” [John 17:11]. Jesus prays to the Father that He will “keep” us in His name, that is, the Father will watch over us so that we can become one. He also prayed, “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. The glory which You have given 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 perfected in unity” [John 17:20-23]. Jesus is praying for His glory to come upon us that you and every believer will be completely united in order to achieve His goal of one Christian body in your community and beyond. Jesus began the work of unity and we are called to finish it so that we may be one just as He and the Father were, are and will always be one.

The Apostle Paul understood the vital importance of unity among believers and wrote that if we are united in His resurrection, our spiritual unity will bring life into our relationships [see Romans 6:5]. He also wrote that we should be united in “the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose” [Philippians 2:2]. We will do this when we “put on love which is the perfect bond of unity” which is the end goal of our coming together [Col. 3:14]. Finally, Paul instructs us to diligently “preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” because “there is [only] one body and one Spirit…one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all” [Ephesians 4:3-6]. We must vigilantly, eagerly and persistently maintain the unity of the Spirit and to not allow anything to hinder or divide us for any reason from one another.

The goal is to build unity and demonstrate love for one another. Therefore, we personally and individually make the following ten-part covenant:

Covenant Commitment:

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