One God, One People

Good Morning, Don't Let Your Differences Divide You!!  People that think church people are perfect, or that you must get yourself right to go there, have not read the bible. They've most likely gotten their info from someone else, who has not really read the bible either. Paul in Ephesians, all but tells us that Christians can be a troublesome bunch,...and that getting along in the church means putting up with a lot of stuff and people that annoys us.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.—Ephesians 4:4-6 (NIV)

Despite our splintering, there is one body (v. 4a). Despite our disagreements about speaking in tongues, there is one Spirit (v. 4b). Despite our hassles about postmillennialism, amillennialism, and premillennialism, there is one hope (v. 4c). Despite our disagreements about law and grace, there is but one Lord (v. 5a). Despite our denominations, there is one faith (v. 5b). Despite our modes of pouring and submerging, there is one baptism (v. 5c). Despite our disagreements about gender-inclusive language, there is one God and Father of us all (v. 6).—Ephesians 4:4-6

Looking at it like this,...there is far more that unites us, than separates us. Living peaceably with the saints may not be a picnic,...but there is a reason for doing it. Because God said so,...and anything else only takes the focus off of Him.

We are either Christian, or we are not.

 

Help us, Lord God, to look beyond our differences and to celebrate the unity which we have in and through Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

" The proof of our love for God,...is our obedience to the commands of God."