Hey Church! I have a bone to pick with you. Yeah you–the whole Church–all you people who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ. Do you remember what Jesus prayed for you before he was crucified? He prayed that we would all be ONE–just like he and the Father are one. And do you remember why he prayed that? So that the world would KNOW that God sent Jesus. Well guess what? You have fractured the church into so many opposing groups that the world looks at you and says, “Ok, so which one of these factions should I believe in? They all seem to disagree. So why should I believe in Jesus, if his prayer for his church didn’t even work? How can I be any worse off by not believing in what any of these groups say?”
Real nice job church! You’ve made quite a mess of Christ’s prayer.
So how about working on that problem? Why don’t you start living like Jesus did…in PERFECT unity with God. Don’t let there be even a hint of immorality and sin in you. Let the world see a body of believers who live pure lives from pure hearts made pure and kept pure by cooperating with the power of the Holy Spirit. Do you remember how upset Jesus was by those who claimed to be “religious” but were really just religious hypocrites? Don’t be anything like that. Let your life be lived the way your Lord commands it to be lived–RIGHTEOUSLY!
I guarantee if every person who claimed to follow Jesus actually lived like Jesus, that the world would have no choice but to understand exactly who Jesus is and that God sent him into the world. And, if the church (the whole church) lived in perfect unity with Jesus and obeyed all of his commands, she would automatically live in perfect unity as the “body” of Christ. The church would be ONE.
Read John 17 and think about it.
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good post…. holiness is what unifies….sin is what divides! All those in favor of unity…. live holy…