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Col 1:18
A Church Divided Over Leaders
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
1 Cor 1:10-17
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body.
Eph 5:23-30
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” 48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 12:46-50
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Christian, and I heard people ask me "so what denomination are you from?" As a young person I do not understand it, I thought Christians are Christians, why should there be different groups? And when I'm older I came to understand each groups distinctiveness and why they form them. As time pass by in history, christians begin to be divided, even waging war against their own brothers and sisters because of their disputes in the Truth. God called for peace and unity, not division and strife. Is that the price for the truth to be accepted, to do away with the false understanding that are imposed? With the cost of blood? Surely there should be better way. The price was paid at a terrible cost. Now, churches have evolved, with corporate structures and new technology, with their own guidelines and way of doing things. But that's another story for another day.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Christian, and I heard people ask me "so what denomination are you from?" As a young person I do not understand it, I thought Christians are Christians, why should there be different groups? And when I'm older I came to understand each groups distinctiveness and why they form them. As time pass by in history, christians begin to be divided, even waging war against their own brothers and sisters because of their disputes in the Truth. God called for peace and unity, not division and strife. Is that the price for the truth to be accepted, to do away with the false understanding that are imposed? With the cost of blood? Surely there should be better way. The price was paid at a terrible cost. Now, churches have evolved, with corporate structures and new technology, with their own guidelines and way of doing things. But that's another story for another day.
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