Michigan Camp Meeting 2025: He Must Increase

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Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The Power of Unity: Reflecting Christ in Every Relationship

Tom Hubbard

01 Unity in Diversity, Part 01

02 Unity in Diversity, Part 02

03 Unity in Diversity, Part 03

04 Conflict Resolution

05 As for Me and My House

You're about to enjoy a presentation recorded at the 2025 Michigan Conference Camp Meeting held at Cedar Lake, Michigan.

We pray that the Lord will bless you as you listen.

Father in heaven, we are so thankful for a good night's rest.

Lord, it's been a wonderful camp meeting and surely we know that the power of the Holy Spirit is in this place.

Lord, as we spend this time together, it's my prayer that you would bless this time.

Father, as I share these things, Lord, we want to make application to our own lives.

So I pray through the power of the Holy Spirit that you would take what is spoken and apply it into each specific life as only you can.

Thank you for your faithfulness to hear and answer our prayers.

Yesterday, we looked at the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, right?

We talked about in order to have true unity, we need to understand what that mission is.

And of course, that mission is founded where?

And this is what brings that unity and brings us together.

In the book of Acts we saw the disciples of Christ being filled with the Holy Spirit proclaiming a most powerful message, 1 that caused the priests and the rulers certainly to be threatened and marvel really at the words that they heard Because they thought these guys were just simple Uneducated and yet they could not deny that they had been with who?

And as a result, and the Holy Spirit's power, many who had gathered, believed and became a unified group and moved this work forward with what I would just call great success.

We looked at Acts chapter 4 and verse 32.

We talked about the multitude, great numbers of people.

There's a lot of implications right there.

Of those who believed were of how many hearts?

Neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had how many things in common?

The multitude of believers were of 1 heart, 1 soul, had all things in common.

We see that the mission was clearly set before them to each 1 and of course that mission, as I mentioned, was based on the Word of God moving forward.

But then the question was asked, because they're of 1 heart, 1 soul, and had all things in common, does that mean that they were all the same?

They came from different places, different backgrounds, had some different ideas, different opinions, just as each and every 1 of us in this room in 1 area or another.

We're not going to agree on every last thing.

That's why it's so important in God's church and as we've discussed I'm not just talking about God's church, I'm talking about, well what was the other thing, those of you who are here?

That home unit because whatever takes place in the home really affects everything outside of that.

And we established that while they had very many similarities, They were anything but the same.

They possessed different strengths, different weaknesses, and so on and so forth.

The list could go on and on, and yet despite all of this, they were able, amongst all their differences, to accomplish great things for the cause of Christ.

Incredible things for God because they were filled with the Holy Spirit and they finally realized that there was great strength in their diversity of gifts.

Instead of fighting against 1 another because we're not all the same, we don't always think the same, understanding that this brings balance, this brings harmony, this brings strength when it's handled correctly and when it's all based on the Word of God.

Over 2, 000 years ago, construction began on 1 of the greatest wonders of the world.

It was constructed of dirt, rocks, bricks, and mortar.

I don't know what this room is, but it's gotta be pretty close, right?

30 feet wide, and it stretches over a distance of 13, 000 miles.

I think the resounding was the Great Wall of what?

That means, just to give an idea, I don't know how you are, I like to be able to visualize some things, 13, 000 miles seems like a really long ways because it is.

You could go from coast to coast 4 and a half times and you'd come to right about the length of the Great Wall of China.

1 can even begin to imagine how much it cost to build.

How much it cost to build, not to mention the man hours.

All of this time, all of this effort to keep the enemy out, that they could be ultimately, what do you suppose?

This is somewhat of a tender topic, I know, to ask here.

You're going to build a wall to try to keep something in or keep something out.

We built a wall of sorts around our garden.

She sent me a picture with her stacking boulders up at the base of it where he tunneled under.

And just the way you're laughing, I think he's laughing this morning probably as well.

But they built this so that they could be safe.

Unless it was exceptionally important to you, exceptionally important to be safe.

It's a feat of an incredible engineering.

You know what's amazing to me and this is my point, I'm bringing this up.

It's amazing to me that when the mission is clearly set before and everybody can see its value, in this case it was safety, we are so willing to come together to lock arms, join arms, and move forward, and really sacrifice for the cause.

It happens when the mission becomes paramount.

Series

The Power of Unity: Reflecting Christ in Every Relationship

02 Unity in Diversity, Part 02

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

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Seminars

Under the Spell of Revolution

57m

The Power of Unity: Reflecting Christ in Every Relationship

04 Conflict Resolution

55m

The Book of Zephaniah

02 Prepare to Meet Thy Creator

55m

Will the Adventist Church Fall?

1h 20m

When the Earth is Filled with the Glory of God

1h 14m

Spiritual Formation, Ellen G. White, and Daniel 11:30-36

1h 22m

Through the Bible

1 & 2 Corinthians: One Body

35m

His Invitation

01 Reconciliation, Unity, and Latter Rain Power

59m

Morning Worship

Power of Two

31m

The Godhead

The Godhead Part 4

58m

Disunity in the Name of Unity

52m

GYC SE 2011 Seminar: Devotional Life

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