{"id":6011,"date":"2017-06-15T08:08:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T12:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6011"},"modified":"2017-06-15T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T12:11:10","slug":"behold-how-good-and-how-pleasant-it-is-for-brethren-to-dwell-together-in-unity-psalm-1331-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/behold-how-good-and-how-pleasant-it-is-for-brethren-to-dwell-together-in-unity-psalm-1331-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!&#8221; (Psalm 133:1 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not uniformity, as some would see it, but unity. The first demands outward conformity, but the second is oneness of heart that allows for diversity. For &#8220;there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit&#8221; (1 Cor. 12:4). This &#8220;good and pleasant&#8221; unity cannot be accomplished by human means, but is the work of the Holy Spirit. As the apostle Paul wrote, &#8220;There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus&#8221; (Gal. 3:28). This unity comes from having a new spiritual identity in Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not uniformity, as some would see it, but unity. The first demands outward conformity, but the second is oneness of heart that allows for diversity. For &#8220;there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit&#8221; (1 Cor. 12:4). This &#8220;good and pleasant&#8221; unity cannot be accomplished by human means, but is the work of the Holy Spirit. As the apostle Paul wrote, &#8220;There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus&#8221; (Gal. 3:28). This unity comes from having a new spiritual identity in Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1466],"oyb_day":[1693],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6011","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1466","oyb_day-june-15"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6011"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6011"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6011"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6011"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}