I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
--1 Corinthians 1:10
Even in Paul's day, there were divisions among the Christians. Since the beginning of the church, there have been disagreements, heresies and challenges to authority. Today there are hundreds of Christian denominations and independent churches all claiming to be "the way, the truth and the light."
Yet despite these disagreements on how we worship, when we worship and the ways we worship, Paul's call for no divisions still rings true. Which means in order for us to be perfectly united in mind and thought we all need to agree on one thing...the inerrancy of scripture. Just as there is one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, there is only one scripture. We may read different translations, but the Word of God is pure and true.
There is no "wiggle room" in scripture. It is what it says. And we are called to live the life that scriptures calls us to,; to love, be holy and pure and in communion with our brothers and sisters and Christ. If we can all agree on the purity of Holy Scripture we will take the first steps towards Paul's appeal that "there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought."
--1 Corinthians 1:10
Even in Paul's day, there were divisions among the Christians. Since the beginning of the church, there have been disagreements, heresies and challenges to authority. Today there are hundreds of Christian denominations and independent churches all claiming to be "the way, the truth and the light."
Yet despite these disagreements on how we worship, when we worship and the ways we worship, Paul's call for no divisions still rings true. Which means in order for us to be perfectly united in mind and thought we all need to agree on one thing...the inerrancy of scripture. Just as there is one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, there is only one scripture. We may read different translations, but the Word of God is pure and true.
There is no "wiggle room" in scripture. It is what it says. And we are called to live the life that scriptures calls us to,; to love, be holy and pure and in communion with our brothers and sisters and Christ. If we can all agree on the purity of Holy Scripture we will take the first steps towards Paul's appeal that "there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought."
RSS Feed
