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Thursday 2 October 2014

1st Corinthians 1:12.

Certainly, there is diversity in Christendom and the emphases placed on segments of various testimonies of the early disciples and believers. Some will say the follow one disciple and some will say they follow another. This is just evidence of the frailty of our humanity and our human ego. But, diversity in emphases should not be conflict even if it is one teaching or emphasis that is preferred. A Different preference in emphasis should not be a right to claim more heavenly or social authority.  You could claim it but it doesn't mean that God will heal you faster or give you better eye sight because of your preference. Also, it does not mean that your claim to have more authority in this physical realm, if not the heavenly realm, entitles you to communicate your claim in having more authority by going into the tent of some other believer at Non-denominational Christian camp(cities and societies are also non-denominational) and scratching their camping lamp or putting lake water in their San Benedetto or Desani water bottles.  What does your claim to more authority and your inappropriate, self-indulgent compulsion to express your emotions as a result of that claim have to do with the love of God and of Christ?  Every believer is truly a Messianic Jew.  The Lord and His disciples pointed out the reality of human emotion, differences in emotional preferences, human ego and emphases but this should be put away to not only communicate the message of Christ in how different groups and cultures should treat each other in the faith but in communicating the message of Christ to non-believers.  We can see the different churches and the formation of so-called denominations as outlined in Revelations 2 and 3. But, there is only one Lord and in submitting to Him, you would have no emotional desire or motivation to tell anyone or any other Messianic culture that you are better, superior or more authoritative. How could anyone be serving Christ with such an anger and promotion of the self?  Leave your neighbor's Desani water alone in his tent in the non-denominational Christian camp or society.  You love Jesus; remember? With our egos to die, we should not beat each other but the cross with our anger and our burdens.   As such, you endeavor to be salt and light as you pick up your cross, deny yourself and follow Him. Everyone can feel good planting the seed of God's word or watering it as God causes the growth. Your explanation as to your preference in worship style or format is secondary to the love of Christ; the love as you would wish such love to be communicated to you.  What if seven different denominations competed for the attention, loyalty and acknowledgement of superiority within a certain population? You will always be authoritative doing the simple task to which you were called. See John 17. This is your denominational duty.   May everyone work to bring light to and season, with salt, the fertile ground of their population.  This is the common duty regardless of denomination.        

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