dear sister

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. 

Colossians 3:14

Dear Sister,

I believe that most of us have been taught that the greatest threat to the Kingdom of God is the enemy.

I don’t think so.

I believe that the greatest threat to the Kingdom of God is a divided people attempting to represent a unified King.

Think about that for a moment. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have never disagreed about who God is. The throne of God has never experienced a church split. The throne of God has never suffered a leadership dispute. While the angels fell victim to competing visions for eternity, everything in heaven still moves in perfect alignment with the will of the King of kings. 

Isn’t it interesting that some of the very people commissioned to reveal heaven on earth often spend more time dividing than demonstrating? And somehow we expect the world to believe our message.

Jesus said, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). Notice what He did not say. He did not say they would know us by our sermons. He did not say they would know us by our buildings. He did not say they would know us by our denominations, titles, conferences, podcasts, books, or social media platforms. He said they would know us by our love.

Why? Because love is the visible evidence of unity, and unity is the visible evidence of the Kingdom of God.

The Kingdom of God has never advanced primarily through power. It advances through order. A king without order has no kingdom. A government without unity cannot govern. A body that fights itself cannot function. This is why satan’s greatest weapon has always been division. Not because division is powerful, but because unity is.

The enemy understands something many believers do not. He knows he cannot defeat what God has united–hint: marriages. Throughout Scripture, we see the undeniable power of unity. The Tower of Babel was unified around the wrong purpose, yet God Himself acknowledged the power of their unity (Genesis 11:6). The early Church was unified around the right purpose, and cities were transformed. One unity built a tower. The other turned the world upside down. The lesson is clear: unity multiplies whatever it touches.