Without question, Paul urges the unity of the Lord’s disciples: “Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus: that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Rom 15:5-6) But such unity is not automatic. It must be earnestly sought, not simply by teaching the great unifying facts of the gospel, but by manifesting the unifying spirit of patient, longsuffering love (Eph 4:1-6). And that spirit will be absolutely essential, because in spite of the disciples’…