By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 4:
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Each of us makes up the Body of Christ as members who are to supply one another in unity. FATHER is above us, through us, and in us which denotes we are fully immersed IN HIM. We are to become one with HIM as we draw near and take on HIS Character of Love. The previous verses to the above passage explain the process:
1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
We come into fully unity by walking in THE SPIRIT as Paul wrote in Galatians chapter 5:
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
The fullness of the expression of Love comes forth through those who have embraced the Love of FATHER in their lives. That fullness produces the fruit of THE SPIRIT as listed in the above passage. The intent of that fruit is to ultimately bring forth the Kingdom on earth. There is no longsuffering required in Heaven but instead there is a substantial need here on earth. Kindness is directed to those in need of kindness even though they don’t realize the need themselves for they are blinded in their own walk. We must forgive our enemies as Jesus stated in Matthew chapter 5 with the following expectation: “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
In Romans chapter 5, Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT:
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
The Holy Spirit carries forth the Love being pour out into and through our hearts in the form of the outworking of fruit mentioned above. As we submit to HIS SPIRIT, this life flows to us and through us to minister life to mankind. As we embrace this flow we therefore keep the unity of THE SPIRIT in the bond of peace and become the full expression of FATHER to all we encounter. FATHER’S Spirit is like the wind or air movement. We either go against the wind and resist it or we have our backs to the wind and flow with it. When FATHER breathed life into Adam he became a living being. Without the Spirit, Adam was simply as dust of the earth. As we flow with HIS SPIRIT we will be able to walk in unity as individual parts of HIS Body and become one with Christ without spot or wrinkle.
There is a time of preparation and a time of fulfillment of unity. Let us move forward into the full stature of maturity which will result in perfection of being one with FATHER.