Unity of the Body of Christ

  "Unity of the Body of Christ"

One of the notable message that the Book of Nehemiah emphasize is the importance of the Unity in the Body of Christ . In Nehemiah Chapter 3, we see here the repetition "Next to". Meaning, the whole congregation of Jews are working next to each other in building the walls of Jerusalem which will. Serve as their protection from their enemies. Next to each other is telling us that there is no gap in the body. They function well by building the wall opposite to their houses. Meaning, church members should do their part in the body. Whether you are the feet, the arms, the hand, the mouth, the nose or the eyes, everyone has their part. 

If we jump to chapter 13, after returning from Shushan palace, Nehemiah found out that there were no longer Levites who serve the temple because people failed to bring their tithes and the Levites were force to do field labors. Because of that, there were no longer priest and Livites who are guarding the House of God, and Eliashib, the priest, find a way to bring Tobiah, the Ammonite inside and make a chamber for him there. Tobiah is like our secret sins hiding on the secret chambers of our hearts. If we failed to do our part and obligation on the Body, the members will lose the vision and turn to the love of money. They will turn back on chasing their own dreams or simply just do their secular work, completely forgetting the Church. When the Church is unstable, our walls of protection is also unstable because we are unguarded. When that happens, secret sins will made room in our hearts.

Ask yourself, how many Tobiahs do you have inside?