Good morning ladies. I open you all had a blessed Thanksgiving with all your friends and family. I know at my home we had a wonderful day. I think I cooked from the time I got up until we say down to eat last night. This was my first Thanksgiving meal I cooked alone and everything. I have to Thank God for allowing everything to go smoothly. Before we go on please take the time to spend in prayer. 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 New King James Version (NKJV) Sectarianism Is Sin 10 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. 11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. 16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. Oh, how important it is to stand side by side united in our faith and the cause of Jesus. We are brothers and sisters in Christ. We should have the same purpose and goal in spreading the gospel. I know there can be many differences in the family of God, but to me there seems to be a lot. There is so much arguing and debating, and some of the things we argue over are trivial. Some issues we argue over we should be in agreement on. The watching world ends up confused, or sees us as being divided. They may even look elsewhere! No one is going to respond to the gospel of Christ when all they see are differences in opinions. One way to overcome this is to align our beliefs to the word of God. Weve got to stop listening to the world and listen to the word. So much of our thinking can be conformed to the worlds thinking, and then we find scripture to support it - but end up misinterpreting it and take it out of context. Jesus wants us to be united. For by being united and standing side by side, we are stronger. We are the army of God. No army can fight victoriously when they are not united together for the same cause. They only end up wounding one another, likewise the church. So let us be mindful of this and instead of arguing, encourage, edify and build up. Yes, there will be times when we need to speak the truth from Gods word for correcting error - but in a spirit of love.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:30:20 +0000
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