Church Division.......
How can WE the Church succeed at the mission of spreading God's word if we are divided? What I mean is, how can the Word of God be spread as He wants if we are divided and conquered. I say the modern day church is divided and conquered because my experiences show that there is more pride in being tied to one's denomination of choice vs being a Christian, or child of God.
When people are asked, "what's you're faith/religion?", the general response given is "I'm of catholic, baptist, protestant, methodist, etc faith!" Your choice of denomination IS NOT YOUR FAITH!!! Our faith is being a child of God, end of story!
The church is so hung on denominational beliefs that the denominations can't and in a lot of cases will not co-exist for the common good of their communities, or to spread God's word in proficient manner. Politics, hierarchical design, and a few other things have allowed the church to be viewed as a corporation, which to me is a sin, and a mockery of the church Christ let behind for us. The difference between each denomination is set in their doctrines primarily. I have no issues if Jim, Erica, Kelly, Wade, and I want to praise God differently, within reason. My issue is simple, Jesus nor God ever gave us the denomination. The command was to spread the Gospel to all inhabitants of the Earth, not go divide God's people, the church.
The church is conquered by greed, deceit, and ego...... all the qualities of Lucifer, the Antichrist. The division of the church has allowed him to enter and corrupt a lot of the church. More and more we hear stories of theft, child abuse, and all sorts of other negativity coming from the church, and less about good deeds. Granted, a great of this is because the media reports on the negatives and omits a large part of the good the the church does. However, there is still more negative everyday.
We all need to reunite a 1 church in, of, and for God, the spread of the Gospel, taking care of our communities and uplifting each other, and to change the common view of the church these days by acting like children of God should, as well as put God back as head of the church, and make ourselves available to His will, and allow Him to guide us and use us. I close with the following Scripture, Matthew 16:16-25. Please please please, I pray it be the Lord's will that we as the church can fix our issues and become more like the vision he left behind.
How can WE the Church succeed at the mission of spreading God's word if we are divided? What I mean is, how can the Word of God be spread as He wants if we are divided and conquered. I say the modern day church is divided and conquered because my experiences show that there is more pride in being tied to one's denomination of choice vs being a Christian, or child of God.
When people are asked, "what's you're faith/religion?", the general response given is "I'm of catholic, baptist, protestant, methodist, etc faith!" Your choice of denomination IS NOT YOUR FAITH!!! Our faith is being a child of God, end of story!
The church is so hung on denominational beliefs that the denominations can't and in a lot of cases will not co-exist for the common good of their communities, or to spread God's word in proficient manner. Politics, hierarchical design, and a few other things have allowed the church to be viewed as a corporation, which to me is a sin, and a mockery of the church Christ let behind for us. The difference between each denomination is set in their doctrines primarily. I have no issues if Jim, Erica, Kelly, Wade, and I want to praise God differently, within reason. My issue is simple, Jesus nor God ever gave us the denomination. The command was to spread the Gospel to all inhabitants of the Earth, not go divide God's people, the church.
The church is conquered by greed, deceit, and ego...... all the qualities of Lucifer, the Antichrist. The division of the church has allowed him to enter and corrupt a lot of the church. More and more we hear stories of theft, child abuse, and all sorts of other negativity coming from the church, and less about good deeds. Granted, a great of this is because the media reports on the negatives and omits a large part of the good the the church does. However, there is still more negative everyday.
We all need to reunite a 1 church in, of, and for God, the spread of the Gospel, taking care of our communities and uplifting each other, and to change the common view of the church these days by acting like children of God should, as well as put God back as head of the church, and make ourselves available to His will, and allow Him to guide us and use us. I close with the following Scripture, Matthew 16:16-25. Please please please, I pray it be the Lord's will that we as the church can fix our issues and become more like the vision he left behind.
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed[a] in heaven.”
20 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection
21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.
22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”
23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Take Up the Cross and Follow Him
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Amen, God bless, and God be with you always :)
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