Yom Kippur: Unity
- Isabella Campolattaro
- Oct 2
- 2 min read
What does unity have to do with repentance? As it turns out, a whole lot.
Repentance acknowledges that we all fall short of the glory of God and need the Savior to rescue us from ourselves.
We humans like to “sin score,” attributing points for this sin or that—usually making our own sin seem less grievous or offensive.
And while there are some sins God highlights as compromising community more than others (1 Corinthians 5:10–13; Revelation 2–3), the fact is we all need Jesus to bridge the unfathomable gap.
At times, even entire denominations have formed around this misguided premise of grading sins, whether by emphasizing certain sins as especially damning or by excusing others.
The bottom line is that we all need Jesus, and we all need help to stay on the narrow way.
While pastor, shepherd, apostle, and prophet are all bona fide callings, the reality of authentic Christian community is closer to a flat org chart.
The Church has suffered greatly from the collateral impacts of idolatry—either putting leaders up on pedestals and holding them to a mystical standard, or leaders believing their own press and lording it over their blind sheep.
The reality is, we are unified by our need for Christ and by our love of the cross. We are equalized by our bodies of death and our propensity to sin.
Lord, have mercy. The list of sins that separate us from God is long—and democratic.
Jesus is the only answer for any of us.
PRAYER
Father, forgive us our sin scoring. Forgive us the audacity to believe that our sin is better than theirs. During these fractured times we need supernatural intervention to unify us and to refine us. Remind us that the ground is level at the foot of the cross. Help us, Jesus. Amen. Thank You. I love You.💖
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