We believe in one holy Church. God's Church consists of every believer in Jesus throughout all of history. And because God is three-in-one, he's made his Church one and given us unity in Jesus Christ. Our responsibility is to maintain it. Unity isn't uniformity, it's unity of heart where it's all about Jesus, and it's not about me. Our temptation is often to make it about our own preferences. But to maintain unity I must be willing to lay down my preferences in favor of loving one another. As Paul commands, we must work to "outdo one another in showing honor to each other!" God has made us one, so we must maintain that unity and grow up together into Christ.

Scripture References: Ephesians 4:1-16

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From Series: "What Christians Believe (The Nicene Creed)"

The Nicene Creed is 1,700 years old—and it's still the most widely shared statement of Christian faith in the world. Written in the heat of a controversy that threatened to redefine who Jesus truly is, it answers a question every generation faces: what do Christians actually believe? Over seven weeks, we're working through the creed—what the church has confessed for two millennia, why it was worth fighting for, and why it still matters today.

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