BROTHERHOOD OF THE SEA

READ; Ephisians 2:14-22
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Now, therefore, you are...fellow citizens with the saints. - Ephisians 2:19
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    On August 8, 2005, the world learned of the dramatic rescue of seven Russian sailors trapped in a small sub entangled in a fishing net. The men had survived 3 cold, dark days on the bottom of the ocean and had lessthan 6hours of oxygen left. Meanwhile, up above, a frantic, unified rescue effort by Russian, Japanese, British and American personnel was underway. finally, the sub was freed. The Russian Defense Minister praise the operation, saying, "We have seen in deeds, not in words, what the brotherhood of the sea means."
    The book of Ephisians talk about the unity of believers in Jesus by referring to the oneness of "the house hold of God"(2:19). The Gentiles, who were once "aliens" and "strangers" (v.12), had now been "brought near by the blood of Christ"(v.13), uniting them with their Jewish brothers & sisters. This unity is to permeate the efforts of the Christian community today.
   Believers in Jesus are commissioned to undertake the most important rescue effort. People are dying without Christ. Praise God that United Mission effortd are bringing hope, salvation, education, and relief to desperate people around the world. That's what the brotherhood of Christ is all about. -Dave Egner

In Christ there is no East or West

In Him no Sourth or North,

But one great fellowship of Love

Throughout the whole wide earth. -Oxenham