A Divided Church!

1Corinthians 1:10 "Now I beseech you, brethen,by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,that ye all speak the same thing,and that there be no divisions among you;but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment".

The church at corinth was in a sad state.The fellowship among believers had deteriorated to such a degree that it was about to crumble and collapse.There was severe division and dissension in the ranks:differing opinions,power struggles,envy,grumbling, griping, murmuring,attacking and gossiping. Believers stood against believers, and the church was divided.

Does any of this sound familiar? The bible says Jesus is the head of THE church,which leads me to believe there is only one,yet we have divided the body of Christ with man made denominations, self serving messages,and personal ambitions.We evenproclaim that one denomination is better than another,is Christ divided? Is one part of Him better than another?When the church is divided the ministry, mission and message of the church can not effectively go forward.Until we come together with a singleness of mind, with one purpose and proclaim a single message the world will continue to wonder aimlessly in darkness, lost to the message of the Lord.Worship, exhortation, missions,reaching and ministering to people, the very cause of Christ,the very reason He came to the earth and died,are effected and will continue to be, until we who profess to be part of his glorious body come together as one.Division within the body of Christ is one of the most serious problems the church faces today.With all of the man made differences we have allowed to collect with in the congregations, we as a Church most focus on the one thing we all have in common.It alone must be the single message which comes out of every part of the body,no matter the denomination.

The cross; the cross alone is the answer to a divided church,not words or human wisdom.Human wisdom can never solve the division in the church, nor the division with in the world.Why? Because of Love,love among all persons,is the only remedy for division.And the greatest demonstration of love ever witnessed upon earth is the cross of Christ.It is the cross that reveals the love of God to a unbelieving world,and this cross challenges man to love his fellow man.The cross is the answer to the division among mankind,for Christ died to save all mankind; and the cross is the answer to a divided church , for it was Christ dying on the cross that purchased the salvation for his church, regardless of the denomination.