Biting And Devouring
I've been noticing (and so have you) that among Christians there's an awful lot of back-biting taking place. Fundamentalists and some percentage of Evangelicals go on about how the Emergent crowd is off on a tangent and doesn't understand the law or the gospel. They just don't get it. In the Emerging church, one of their claims to fame is that they are able to present the gospel in context, in a relevant way, not like old-school Christians who are stuck in the past and just don't get it. Everybody knows Charismatics are loony, right? God doesn't move anymore! Man, they don't get it. Charismatics are the only ones who know that the Spirit has left all the dead churches and only dwells within their own church.
"Ello, Guvna!"
Remember what Paul said in Galatians 5...
"But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another."
It's not like we don't have enough adversity in the world, without attacking each other to boot. We're the body of Christ. Jesus prayed in John 17, "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are."
That they may be one, even as We are. Maybe your bothers and sisters don't say it just the way you would, but they're saying it. Maybe they're saying it the way someone needs to hear it, in order to take a step toward God. Encourage that. Encourage them. Let's not forget why we're here. The Body isn't all feet, or eyes, or arms. We need each other.
Labels: christianity, conflict, pride, religion
posted by DErifter @ 9/29/2009 06:11:00 PM
3 Comments:
You know what your problem is? You have to go and bring the bible into a discussion of Christian sectarianism. I mean come on, if individual Christians and most churches have left the bible out of their lives, sermons, and everyday lives, what gives you the right to try to bring it up now? What's next? Are you going to start talking about how Satan is trying to stir up strife and division to keep Christians from being salt and light in the world? The next thing you know, you will be talking about how we each will have to stand before God and give an account of our lives. Don't you know that the only trouble in our life is what is caused by other people? Come on we are all just victims here doing the best we can...
>Please note the sarcasm was intended<
Seth,
I can tell you're the kind of person who comes here, reads the post, and then leaves a comment.
Don't ask me how I know, I just do.
It's funny (sad), but I bet you could find people who would quote your comment without sarcasm. Hopefully they'll read the post. Or the bible. Great...now I'm starting to sound like THEM!
ps- "I-don't-have-a-url dot com"? Maybe you should GET one dot com!
I am so glad you took the comment in the spirit I left it in. As for the "I-don't-have-a-url dot com," I tried my google account, but it did not like it. But don't worry, plans are underway for me to actually get a blogging url. Stay tuned to my comment signatures for more details :)
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