Good r’sing, Readers! Are everything okay with you? Yes, I am. Today I want to discuss the topic of Unity. An unchristian man told Nicky Gumbel that he was not interesting in being argued with religious people. It is completely true! It’s how damaging the church members are! By disunited to each other! Jesus prays in John 17:23. And the apostle Paul’s passion for “perfectly united” in church. The word “unity” means “being united or joined as a whole”. Like the body of Christ, the church members perfectly united. Unity is at the heart of our faith. We believe in one true God. Disunity is the curse of humankind!
I read Proverbs 19:11 explaining how to control your anger. It’s challenging me to control my anger when it comes to offend my feelings. It is so easy for me to feel offended by the insults. And that causes me to end a friendship. I am trying to practice how to refuse to hold a grudge. It is hard for me to do. But a true friendship is of utmost importance to me.
I read 1 Corinthians 1:1-17. In AD 50, Paul went to Corinth to plant a church. He stayed with his friends Priscilla and Aquila. He got a job and started to preach the gospel. He started a church in a house and stayed 18 months until the spring of AD 52. Then he handed the church over to Apollos and moved on to plant more churches. Some time later, Paul received a report that in his absence all kinds of problems had developed, including division in the church. Three or four years after planting this church he wrote a letter to try to deal with some of the issues. Paul appealed for unity and love. Unity around Jesus is the most important thing in the sight of God. Choose a right church that can make a peace with you. Christ is not divided and neither should we Christians be. We worship the same Lord. It is called “fellowship” with Jesus. We all love Jesus deeply and intimately. A Christian is experiencing the grace of God. You are loved.
The Spirit of Jesus Christ lives in us Christians. Paul explained in the letter how each of us has spiritual gifts, because we have the Holy Spirit living in us. We all wait for the return of Jesus. One day we will be completely united in Him.
I am like Paul who is passionate about unity. I am not happy with disunity. I appealed to Freewill Baptist Church for perfect unity. But then I realized that no surprise for that church denomination. It is very likely Pharisee to me. So I decided to leave for good and will never go back to that place ever again. It is for my peaceful reason. But I pray for it members to be brought to complete unity.
If you ever feel offended by your church, pray to God for healing from the church pain. And for finding another church that can completely united. I hope that you have a great weekend. Light and love 💖❤️, Loi
Loiriam’s blog 