The document discusses how Christians can fulfill God's command to be united. It provides 4 D's for achieving unity: 1) Devote ourselves to others through continuous, intentional love; 2) Dedicate towards the same purpose through unity in diversity; 3) Denounce selfishness by considering others better than ourselves through humility; 4) Desire the interest of others more than our own by regarding others' interests as our own. The Tower of Babel story shows how powerful unity can be when united for the right reasons, and Christians ought to pursue unity as Christ laid down his life to make it possible.

2. TOWER OF BABEL (GENESIS 11:1-9)
- People are united for the wrong motive/reason –
“Let us make a name for ourselves”.
- God Himself declared that UNITY is not only
possible, but most of all POWERFUL (Gen. 11:6)

3. HOW WE CAN BE ONE
4 D’s ON HOW WE CAN FULFILL THE COMM AND TO BE UNITED
1. DEVOTE OURSELVES TO OTHERS
(verse 2b) “HAVING THE SAME LOVE”
- The participle “HAVING” is in the present tense and it is an active sense that
means do it continuously and intentionally because being devoted to each other
is never accidental and temporary.
NOTE : We decided to LOVE and keep on loving each other because it
says in Romans 12:10 “Be devoted to each other in brotherly love.”

4. 2. DEDICATE TOWARDS THE SAME PURPOSE
TOGETHER
(verse 2c) “BEING ONE IN SPIRIT AND PURPOSE”
- THE CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION TRANSLATED THE CLAUSE THIS WAY
“BE UNITED IN WHAT YOU THINK AS IF YOU WERE ONLY ONE PERSON”.
- LET ME REMIND YOU THAT UNITY IS NOT UNIFORMITY.
- THERE CAN BE UNITY IN DIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY IN UNITY
NOTE: NO TWO CHRISTIANS WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING EXACTLY
ALIKE, BUT THEY WILL NOT ALLOW INCONSEQUENTIAL DIFFERENCES TO
DEVIDE THEM OR HINDER THEIR SERVICE FOR THE LORD

5. 3. DENOUNCE SELFISHNESS
(verse 3) “DO NOTHING OUT OF SELFISH AMBITION OR VAIN CONCEIT BUT IN
HUMILITY CONSIDER OTHERS BETTER THAN YOURSELVES.”
CHARACTERISTIC OF A SELFISH PERSON
1. SELF-SEEKING PERSON (ME-CENTERED)
2. CHALLENGING OTHERS TO RIVALRY
3. JEALOUS HIMSELF AND WILLING TO FIGHT TO PROVE HIS IDEA IS RIGHT
4. BRING THEMSELVES UP BY BRINGING OTHERS DOWN
NOTE : IF WE THINK OURSELVES ONLY, WE WILL NEVER ACHIEVE
ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT IN LIFE. SELFISHNESS IS CONTRARY TO UNITY

6. THE ANTIDOTE OF SELFISHNESS IS “HUMILITY”
(VERSE 3) “BUT IN HUMILITY CONSIDER OTHERS BETTER THAN OURSELVES”
HUMILITY – INDICATES THE RECOGNATION OF ONE’S INSUFFICIENCY BUT THE
POWERFUL SUFFICIENCY OF GOD
SELFISHNESS IS BRINGING PEOPLE DOWN IN ORDER TO BRING OURSELVES UP, WHILE
HUMILITY IS LIFTING PEOPLE UP.
ROMANS 12:3 SAYS “DO NOT THINK OF YOURSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN YOU OUGHT”
NOTE: DON’T COMPARE OR COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER BUT CONSIDER
OTHERS MORE IMPORTANT OR MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN OURSELVES.

7. 4. DESIRE THE INTEREST OF OTHERS MORE THAN
OUR OWN
(VERSE 4) “EACH OF YOU SHOULD LOOK NOT ONLY TO YOUROWN INTEREST, BUT ALSO TO
THE INTEREST OF OTHERS.
NOTE THE WORDS
“ONLY AND ALSO” – IT DOESN’T MEAN WE NEGLECT OUR OWN NEEDS BUT ITMEANS THAT
WE CARE MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OTHERS RATHER THAN OUR NEEDS ONLY.
“LOOK’ – MEANS TO CONSIDER, TO REGARD AS ONE’S AIM. IN SHORT, WE ARE TO TAKE THEIR
INTERESTS AS OUR INTERESTS.
“EACH OF YOU” - MEANS THIS IS FOR EVERYONE OF US.IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

8. ILLUSTRATION:
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE FOUR MEN NAMED EVERYBODY,
SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND NOBODY. THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT JOB
TO BE DONE AND EVERYBODY WAS ASKED TO DO IT. BUT EVERYBODY
WAS SURE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD DO IT. ANYBODY COULD HAVE
DONE IT. BUT NOBODY DID IT. SOMEBODY GOT ANGRY ABOUT IT,
BECAUSE IT WAS EVERYBODY’S JOB. EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT
ANYBODY COULD DO IT. AND NOBODY REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY
WOULDN’T DO IT. IT ENDED UP THAT EVERYBODY BLAMED SOMEBODY
AND NOBODY DID THE JOB THAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE DONE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.

9. CONCLUSION:
REMEMBER THE “TOWER OF BABEL” – IMAGINE HOW POWERFUL IT COULD BE IF WE UNITE FOR
THE RIGHT REASON.
1 JOHN 3:16 JESUS CHRIST LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
US. AND WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR
OUR BROTHERS.
SINCE CHRIST MADE UNITY POSSIBLE…
LET US PURSUE UNITY!
LET US BE ONE IN
THE LORD!