1 Corinthians 1:10 "I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you
agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you
may be perfectly united in mind and thought."
Sweet Saviour! It must grieve You to see all of the different factions of Your church! All one has to do is to drive around in any town or village that has more than one church to see the splits:
First Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Full Gospel Baptist, Southern Baptist, Northern Baptist, American Baptist, Bible Baptist, Bible Baptist Fundamentalist/ Community Baptist, Libertarian Baptist, Conservative Baptist, Charismatic Baptist...and the list goes on with all of the different Methodist, Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Anglican, Church of God, Church of God in Christ, Assembly of God, Reformed, Dutch Reformed, Christian Missionary Alliance...ad infinitum.
Their beliefs range from the strictest legalism to the most liberal of liberalist!
Our enemy knows that he could never succeed an attack on a united church, so he fragments those who are not biblically literate injecting falsehoods wrapped in piety. Soon even those who have never trusted in You or Your completed work for their salvation call themselves Christians. In our day, we have had to resort to calling true Christians "Christ Followers" as a distinguishing nomenclature.
As much as I hated to hear it, our president said we were not a Christian nation. Oh, we were formed on Christian Judeo principles, but the nation as a whole has defiled the name, prostituting itself with falsehood and depravity. Oh, Lord revive us!
One cannot be a "casual Christian" and not be deceived. Just the term itself tells the mindset of their faith. We must come back to the TRUTH of YOUR WORD, rightly divided, studied and prayed over daily lest we be drawn away. I must never come to Your word with some preconceived idea to prove what we think...Satan loves that! I must come seeking You with an open mind so You can tell me what is true and what is not. I must measure everything I am told by Your word to see if I am being told the truth. I do not ever want to be drawn away.
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