Confront the Scandal of Our Prejudices—Part 8
Are times changing? I hope so. It’s never too late to dream. But, I wonder, will minor differences or our fears of one another continue to keep us apart so that we’ll never know how strong we could have been, if only we had worked harder at being unified?
Let’s face the facts. It still befuddles the average non-Christian that the church has so many divisions. If Christians agree on the greater portion of their beliefs, why don’t they concentrate on that rather than on their differences? Let’s wake up. Our divisions absolutely bamboozle nonbelievers! We Christians should be equally concerned.
I have preached in many different denominational settings. I’ve never yet found a group I didn’t like, never! Mennonites, Wesleyans, Nazarenes, Friends, Moravians, they’re all wonderful people. Lord, bring us together!
I believe He wants to do just that. I truly am convinced God is almost forcing us to confront this scandal of our denominational prejudices, because it stands in the way of His dreams for us becoming reality.
There are so many Scriptures which speak to issues like these. In 1 Corinthians 1, the Apostle Paul writes: “One of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’; another, ‘I follow Cephas’; still another, ‘I follow Christ.’ Is Christ divided?” Paul asks in wonderment! (vv. 12-13)
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