Maintain Unity for the Sake of the Gospel - Tim Conway

What is it that causes us to

fall out of ranks?

Brethren, it's petty indifferences

that we make into huge deals.

It's our own pride

seeking to set ourselves up over others.

Brethren, I'll tell you what

keeps the ranks in order

is humility.

What keeps those ranks tight

is when we're willing to be stepped on

that Christ might be glorified.

We're willing to be passed over

in honor, attention, recognition

that Christ might be exalted.

We can't build churches.

It's God that builds churches.

It's Jesus Christ that
establishes churches.

But as the weeks and
the months went by,

because I was here so often,

I developed a sense
that God was here.

No matter how small it was.

No matter how many
discouragements came,

there was a sense that
God was here,

and really, isn't that all we need?

To know that God is with us
and among us?

Brethren, I'll tell you what,

you start trying to start
a local church

full of nine members

here in the middle
of Satan's battleground.

He is going to seek to come in

and cause division in the church.

It's going to happen.

Brethren, you need to be committed

to something bigger than yourself.

You need to be committed to something

bigger than your own honor

and your own recognition.

There's absolutely no reason

that a new little church

on the edge of the ocean

down in Corpus Christi

cannot have an incredible impact

on the world.

Because Jesus Christ is
the Lord of the harvest.

And if we pray to Him

and He promises to give what we need

there should be no reason

that He cannot do very great things

for this church.

Lift up your eyes on Christ.

Love Him supremely.

Treasure Him.

Above all else.

Abandon yourself to Christ.

Strive to maintain unity

for the sake of the Gospel.

Shoulder to shoulder, brethren.

When your shoulders are together,

one is not way above the other.

You're side by side.

You've been chosen by the
God of heaven

to be His representatives at
this time and this hour,

this day, this age,
in this city.

I guarantee you, that there are

not massive numbers of people

in this city faithful to the
faith of the Gospel.

You are some of them.