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This is a brief consideration of the central relationship in
the body of Christ. To man’s logic, God should have created one church for
Jews, one for Gentiles, one for masters (slave owners) and one for slaves. Further,
He should have created one fellowship for males and one for females. However,
in God's wisdom He created “one body”—hence the term, “one another.” How Jews
and Gentiles, slaves and masters, males and females would manage to cling
together was the great mystery. Before and during the 1st Century, Jews
despised Gentiles. Masters had full control, i.e., life and death power, over slaves. Males were fully dominant
over females. Yet, in Christ all were made “one.” Such integration had never
before been attempted, much less effected. The binding tie was found in the
marvelous words, “one another.”
That there is a need for a study of this type today, few
would deny. The failure of some Christians to get along together has always
been, and will always be, a great hindrance to the progress of the work of the
Lord Jesus Christ. The verses in the New Testament using the expression “one
another,” are the basis for this brief study. None of these verses are omitted,
but some have been grouped under a single heading. These verses do not begin to
exhaust the subject of Christian relationship, as taught in the Word of God.
Much of the teaching of our Lord deals with it, especially the Sermon on the
Mount. In most of Paul's epistles we have teaching on this subject, especially
in Timothy and Titus. James, 1 Peter and John's epistles also have much to say
on Christian relationship.
This brief look at “one another” has been prepared in a format
offering simple and easy reading. Hopefully, Christians will find it so, as well
as enjoyable and helpful. To some tender hearts, through serious study, parts
of it may bring pain. However, our purpose is not to bring pain, but to heal. We
pray that this look at “one another” will be only a beginning to your in-depth
and serious study of the subject. In fact, if only in some small measure this brief
consideration actually brings about a better Christian relationship to just one
child of God, then all efforts preparing it will have been more than worthwhile.
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