Ephesians 4:1-3

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

The ecumenical movement is calling for denominational walls to come down and a spiritual mountain of unity to be climbed. The battle cry of this movement is all for one and one for all with equality as its banner. Their ultimate goal is to reach the top of the mountain by whatever means of approach—be it Buddha, Mohammad, or Christ, as long as you reach the pinnacle--that is all that matters. They believe when all the sails of this false movement are finally windless, their harmonious flagship will be fixed on the rocks of unified love and they will be eternally secure.

However, this movement is built on nothing more than man’s feeble attempt to gather those who are willing to compromise their beliefs along with the godly principles their forefathers held dear and stood against the wiles of the wicked one down through the ages. The modern day ecumenical movement is nothing more than an attempt to blaspheme the blood of Christ and discredit the cross of Calvary by laying aside biblical truths for the so-called cause of the “spirit of unity.” The enemy of our souls has duped us into believing that if we can inbreed denominational truths with error then we will have the right to make a proclamation of peace and a declaration of divine unity because we can agree to disagree. When in fact, the outcome will be a man-made manifestation that will produce no fruits and actually cause more division in the body of Christ by creating confusion.

Why is this so--because a spirit of unity is not scriptural--because a spirit of unity can be found in any inner city street gang that is about to murder a rival member from another gang. Someone yells out, “Should we kill him?” The entire gang responds in unity, “Yes, kill him, we all agree; we want to kill him.” This is a spirit of unity. It is born of the flesh and can be satanically motivated as are many of the man-made gatherings and forums on unity that are being promoted today as the means of bringing the body of Christ into unity.

A spirit of unity is neither born of God nor led by God. Wherever you may find a group under the umbrella of a spirit of unity, no matter how good their intent, God may not be in the midst of it. Why, because there is a difference between a spirit of unity and the unity of the Spirit.

A spirit of unity may be spawn by man, while the unity of the Spirit is born of God. The unity of the Spirit is accomplished when the Holy Spirit begins to draw us around one common denominator. The unity of the Spirit draws us toward one universal truth. The unity of the Spirit leads us to one eternal goal and it is Christ and Christ alone.

In these last days, the unity of the Holy Spirit is fitly framing Christ’s body as one mature perfect man and contrary to many prevalent beliefs, it will never meet on a hill or valley somewhere or in a mega stadium led by one human personality. It will be a many-membered- body in total unity of the Spirit, yet at the same time scattered worldwide in diversities of ministries, a multiplicity of peoples of different kindred and tongues, keeping the commandments of God and having the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:12

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.