I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. (I Corinthians 1:10 ESV)
Fear Not… Then Unity
A good friend in elementary school would only eat Chocolite Bars. “Anything else,” he claimed, “is not really chocolate.” Others of us disagreed.
It seemed to us that what makes a candy bar, “chocolate” is… well… chocolate.
A man who attended a different church then me once uttered, “I think we should all join together in one church. As long as it is MY church. You all have so many things wrong”
He was right in one sense. The Church is not Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, or Non-Denominational. The church is composed of those who lean solely on Christ Jesus for life, and life hereafter.
But we are not expected to agree on everything. That is not the unity Paul describes. He did not mean that we should only speak in unison. He did not mean that we all must understand God’s Truth in exactly the same way.
But what makes a church, “Christian” is… well… Christ.
The way forward in our tumultuous times is unity in Christ.
I believe that today, I am correct in most of my particular, detailed articles of faith. And we might disagree with some of those articles. You or I are probably wrong about some of them.
But that does not cause insecurity or fear.
Because at the core of our belief, we can stand as one. Where Jesus stands, we can stand as one.
Fear not, then unity.