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It seems that God is in the process of putting the church in order, everywhere I go that is the main message being taught and emphasized on. I believe God wants to cut out all the confusion and chaos and restore the church to its rightful order, because as we all know confusion is of the devil. And it’s a plan fact that a house divided house cannot stand, even the forefathers of this country knew and understood the importance of that.
A divided body is an epidemic everywhere not just in any one certain church. Even in Old Testament times we see Paul addressing the same issue in the church of Corinth. Paul encouraged the Corinthians to agree on the necessaries and not to let the body be divided by petty differences. The biggest necessity of which is spreading the Gospel of Christ, fulfilling the great commission. The congregation was fighting amongst themselves and following different Christian leaders and placing that leader in a position above God Himself. No one is above God, point blank. God gives us the opportunity to be used by Him to further the kingdom, but we should never think ourselves better than our Creator. We are replaceable and when the pronouns Me, My and I come into the picture you’ve left no room for God.
I believe the worst spirit a church could have is the spirit of dissention, when dissention enters a church it allows the adversary room to move about and destroy. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (John 10:10 NKJV). When the body of Christ (the church) is in disarray it doesn’t allow for God to work the way He needs to and this fighting amongst ourselves is even causing a stumbling block for some and turning others off from joining the church to begin with. We are a community and are suppose to be showing Christ to the outside world and when we act unbecoming of Christians we’re not setting a very good example.
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. (1 Corinthians 1:10)
For you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? (1 Corinthians 3:3)
“Where there is unity there is always victory.”--- Publilius Syrus
A divided body is an epidemic everywhere not just in any one certain church. Even in Old Testament times we see Paul addressing the same issue in the church of Corinth. Paul encouraged the Corinthians to agree on the necessaries and not to let the body be divided by petty differences. The biggest necessity of which is spreading the Gospel of Christ, fulfilling the great commission. The congregation was fighting amongst themselves and following different Christian leaders and placing that leader in a position above God Himself. No one is above God, point blank. God gives us the opportunity to be used by Him to further the kingdom, but we should never think ourselves better than our Creator. We are replaceable and when the pronouns Me, My and I come into the picture you’ve left no room for God.
I believe the worst spirit a church could have is the spirit of dissention, when dissention enters a church it allows the adversary room to move about and destroy. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (John 10:10 NKJV). When the body of Christ (the church) is in disarray it doesn’t allow for God to work the way He needs to and this fighting amongst ourselves is even causing a stumbling block for some and turning others off from joining the church to begin with. We are a community and are suppose to be showing Christ to the outside world and when we act unbecoming of Christians we’re not setting a very good example.
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. (1 Corinthians 1:10)
For you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? (1 Corinthians 3:3)
“Where there is unity there is always victory.”--- Publilius Syrus
