I. Series: Unity of the Church
Lesson #3
Rom. 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning, that through patience and
comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Rom. 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant
you to be likeminded one toward another according to
Christ Jesus:

Rom. 15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth
glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom. 15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as
Christ also received us to the glory of God.
I. God Is Moving In A Very Definite Way To Bring Unity
To His Body.

  1. This has to be one of the major concerns of God in this
    end time. For the promise of God is, “I will pour out of
    My Spirit upon all flesh” (Acts 2:17). To do that, He
    has to have the body fitly joined together, in
    one accord. Only then can He command His life into
    that body. Let us remind ourselves that only through
    His body can God pour out His Spirit upon all
    flesh.
  2. The devil, who is always the imitator, has his
    perverted version of this unity. It is called The
    Ecumenical movement.
  3. Satan knows that wherever Bible unity is achieved, the
    Lord will command His life and blessings.
  4. In other messages on this same truth, we have seen that
    Bible unity is everyone in his right place.
  5. In our message today we go farther in the thought of
    what God is actually looking for. For it is absolutely
    impossible for you to lead people unless you
    know where God wants them to be. It is
    impossible for you to form this company of brethren,
    dwelling together in unity, unless you really know what
    God is after.
  6. So we look further into God’s meaning of unity.
  7. In that prayer, Paul declares the harmony between the
    attribute and activity of the word of God. “The patience
    and comfort of scripture…” (Rom. 15:4). Then the
    harmony of the attribute and activity of God – “The God
    of patience and consolation” (Rom. 15:5).
  8. This word means, “to draw one to God,” and to produce

in one a quality of endurance.

  1. The effect of this work of the word of God
    is to grant Christians to be likeminded one toward
    another.
  2. The word of God and the God of the word, work in
    the life of the believer to produce what Paul calls
    here, “a likemindedness.” All of this has to come
    through you, the man of God, who is the mouthpiece of
    God, God’s old man.
  3. You must know what God is saying, for
    unless you say it, it will not be said. If it is not said, then
    it can never have its creating effect in the body of
    believers that God intends.

III. The Word “Grant” Translates To A Word Which Means
“To Give.”

  1. activity of God.
  2. “Likemindedness” is never brought about by the efforts
    of man. It is a gift which must be granted by God. In
    other words, there is nothing professional about this. It
    cannot be organized into being. You and I cannot with
    any of our programs produce it. It must be granted by
    God as a gift from God. But God uses you and I as
    the instrument through which He works with

His word.

  1. The word “LIKEMINDEDNESS” is an from the
    infinitive, which means “to be of the same mind,
    to agree together, to cherish the same
    views.”
  2. It is found in Philippians 2:2, and the imperative verb
    form is used in Philippians 2:5 where Paul commands,
    Phil. 2:2 Fulfill my joy, that ye may be likeminded, having

the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Phil. 2:5 Let (that is the imperative) this mind be
in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: