10th August 2021
THE DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF 1+1=1
David Abankwah
READ: Genesis 1:26; 2:24
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.
-Matthew 19:6 | NKJV
Matthew 19:6 is normally used for preaching when marriage is due, but today we will learn something new as the Lord will walk us through. Will two people become true friends if one is against the other? Or will they become close, if all the time, they always fail to agree with each other? Certainly not! Everyone has his or her opinions, beliefs, values, behavioural patterns that determine their habits and characters, but when we want to become friends, there must be an agreement between us in order to merge our differences together. In this case 1+1≠1 but 1+1=1 because of the power of ‘CLEAVING’ – Genesis 2:24. In Mathematics 1+1=2, and not in Christianity.
This principle of 1+1=1 makes every relationship work and not only in marriage. This Biblical principle is the universal law that God had proposed before time and it is the underlying factor behind every type of success. Virtually, every successful corporarion is using this principle. The reason there is always war, conflict, misunderstanding, breaking of truces, allies or friendships, and lots of divorces we have around us is that we are not one. Do you know why God is One? God is One because of this Principle of (1+1+1=1). They are three in essence, but one in purpose.
Even though three people are in God, they have one mind, purpose, vision, and mission.
The mind of God the Father (Yahweh) is not different from the God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit. The mind of the Son is not different from God the Father and the Holy Spirit. The mind of the Holy Spirit is not different from the Son and the Father. That was why Jesus Christ could say that I and my Father are ONE (John 10:30). Note that, that time, the Holy Spirit was in Him (descended as a dove during His baptism). So, ‘I’ was not only referring to Himself but the Holy Spirit who was in Him. Thus, 1 (Son) + 1 (Holy Spirit) on earth + 1 (God the Father in heaven) = 1 (GOD). God is not One just because there is a single Person but unity of three Persons.
That is why God the Father (Yahweh), the Leader of the Godhead said: LET US (the Father, the Word, and the Spirit) create man in OUR image and not LET ME (single person). This means that what constituted God was not just one, but more. God the Father is God on His Own. The Son is God on His Own by nature and the Holy Spirit is God on His Own. But for them to be One God and not three Gods, they needed to have ONE MIND. If the whole world can develop one mindset, we will all become one, irrespective of the colour, race, language or country we are in. 1+1=1 creates unity, peace, harmony, success, and power. If you don’t have the mind of God, you can’t make it to New Jerusalem.
•| Prayer Diary |•
¹Lift up prayers to be delivered from the Spirit of division especially in the house of the Lord that propel you to sow discord among brethren. ²Lift up prayers for love to connect or bind the members of the church together. ³Lift up prayers and intercede for everyone who has been a victim of church division. ⁴Lift up prayers for the mind of oneness to flow in unity at everywhere you find yourself in the name of Jesus Christ.
Quote
“Marriage is like-mindedness. It is like-mindedness that makes two people one
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