Remember, He will not present it (the Church) unto Himself, until He sees a reflection of the unity that is in heaven.
The degree of unity that is purposed by God for His children is far greater than many Christians seem willing to embrace. The majority of Christianity appears to be content with denominational divisions. They apparently regard this type of division as some¬thing that must be tolerated. But God’s Word makes no allowance for an indefinite toleration of divisions among brothers and sisters in Christ.
To the contrary, Paul’s vision of Christian unity as expressed to the Church at Corinth was, “…that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10).
In giving us the record of Christ’s prayer on the eve of His betrayal, John quoted Jesus as follows: “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me” (John 17:21-23).