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1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Here I have a large glass jar. In the jar there are several different objects. Keys, a toy, a little book, some food… What do all of these things have in common? They are all in the jar! In the same way that these different objects are united by being in the same jar. Paul helps us today to understand that all kinds of people are united in Christ by being in the same Spirit.  When Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthians he was concerned about how all the Christians in that one city had become divided in to varying factions. He wrote to them about the importance of unity. Last week we talked about Paul’s first of four sources of unity that God has provided for the Christian Church, the gospel of the cross of Christ, and him crucified, as the one thing by which we all are saved. Today’s message is about our unity in the Holy Spirit. There is only one Spirit of God and all Christians are united by being in the same Holy Spirit. The story of the gospe