Christian Union Through Christ
True Christian Union is not union of mere sentiment or feeling, nor is it even a union of principles abstractly considered; it is a union of life and nature. Oil and water will not unite and blend into one homogeneous mass. They may be poured together into the same vessel, but they will not mix; they will not become one. Their natures are unlike. Some other liquid dominating both is necessary to their mixture. So with humanity. All men are naturally selfish; each one seeks his own. They can not in themselves unite. They must submit to a higher power, a power to which each is willing to submit. This necessity is met in Jesus Christ. When men submit to Him, there is no more need to worry over Christian union. It will come of itself through the one Life.