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Lesson 5: The Common Enemy

November 17, 2013

If you were in Addis on Saturday November 16, 2013 you would completely see where am going with this. I started noticing this wave of unity around noon as left the house to meet up with a friend. I have never heard the phrase "yehager fiker" be used these many times in a short time span. For those of you who don't understand Amharic ( National language of Ethiopia) it means love one has for one's country. You might ask, " What was happening that day that was so special?" There was a crucial soccer match between the Ethiopian National Soccer team (Waliyas) and the Nigerian National Soccer team (Super Eagles). This match determined whether or not Ethiopia made it to the world cup. The game was set to take place in Nigeria at 6pm local time. The crowd, the hype and the unity is one I had never witnessed. It was almost like non of the differences Ethiopian people had mattered. Nothing was as significant as the Unity. 

It got me thinking. The true enemy of humanity is brought forth by evil. The common enemy we have is the devil and his minions. The common thing that we should unite against is sin and any deeds of darkness. As Paul puts it, we are different parts of one body. 

"12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many."  1 Corinthians 12: 12-14

"27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?"1 Corinthians 12: 27-30


Today let our focus be on the Unity we have in Christ and let us forget our petty differences. When we stand  in unity against a common enemy we are always the strongest. And our real enemy is the devil!

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10

Stay Blessed<3

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