Oh, that our Church Leaders at every level, Local Conference, Union Conference, Division Level, and at The General Conference, as well as ALL of Us as Brothers and Sisters in Christ might come together in UNITY as the Disciples/Apostles did with ALL THEIR different, peculiar ways...... The apostles differed widely in habits and disposition. There were the publican, Levi-Matthew, and the fiery zealot Simon, the uncompromising hater of the authority of Rome; the generous, impulsive Peter, and the mean-spirited Judas; Thomas, truehearted, yet timid and fearful, Philip, slow of heart, and inclined to doubt, and the ambitious, outspoken sons of Zebedee, with their brethren. These were brought together, with their different faults, all with inherited and cultivated tendencies to evil; but in and through Christ they were to dwell in the family of God, learning to become one in faith, in doctrine, in spirit. They would have their tests, their grievances, their differences of opinion; but while Christ was abiding in the heart, there could be no dissension. His love would lead to love for one another; the lessons of the Master would lead to the harmonizing of all differences, bringing the disciples into unity, till they would be of one mind and one judgment. Christ is the great center, and they would approach one another just in proportion as they approached the center. Desire of Ages, pg. 296.2....Let the Holy, Righteous Name of JESUS be PRAISED!!!!!!
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:14:28 +0000
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