The members of The church of the Lord, the body of Christ tend to form many sub-groups.
There are those who are rich and they tend to mix together; the rich with the rich.
There are those who are professionals, nurses, doctors, lawyers, engineers, and they tend to form a sub-group of like-minded individuals.
There are those who are Chinese, Visayan, Ilocano, Capampangan, and they tend to join forces and help each other.
Then there are those who went to the same school, or they have the same surnames, or they belong to the same clan.
We can not avoid these groupings and sub-groupings, but when it increases schism, when there are divisions along these lines, then it is not a healthy aggrupation and therefore deserve to be disbanded immediately.
There is One church, with One Lord, One faith, One baptism, let us all be of the same mind one toward another, as we follow Christ.
Close friendships are good, even inside the church, but when it is pushed to the extreme so that when a friend is in error, then we commit the error with them, or defend or justify the mistake, that friendship is of the flesh and not of faith, and whatsoever is not of faith is SIN.
When we see a friend, a co-worker, a relative, angry; and that person is persuading us to go with him in his anger, let us look up to the LORD instead of the flesh. If they say, let's leave this church and transfer to another church, that is the time you are to be an INDIVIDUAL and not with the group. Judge righteously, conduct yourself in all godliness, and then make up your own mind, after much prayer.
There are those who are rich and they tend to mix together; the rich with the rich.
There are those who are professionals, nurses, doctors, lawyers, engineers, and they tend to form a sub-group of like-minded individuals.
There are those who are Chinese, Visayan, Ilocano, Capampangan, and they tend to join forces and help each other.
Then there are those who went to the same school, or they have the same surnames, or they belong to the same clan.
We can not avoid these groupings and sub-groupings, but when it increases schism, when there are divisions along these lines, then it is not a healthy aggrupation and therefore deserve to be disbanded immediately.
There is One church, with One Lord, One faith, One baptism, let us all be of the same mind one toward another, as we follow Christ.
Close friendships are good, even inside the church, but when it is pushed to the extreme so that when a friend is in error, then we commit the error with them, or defend or justify the mistake, that friendship is of the flesh and not of faith, and whatsoever is not of faith is SIN.
When we see a friend, a co-worker, a relative, angry; and that person is persuading us to go with him in his anger, let us look up to the LORD instead of the flesh. If they say, let's leave this church and transfer to another church, that is the time you are to be an INDIVIDUAL and not with the group. Judge righteously, conduct yourself in all godliness, and then make up your own mind, after much prayer.
