SPEAK THE SAME THING
1Co 1:10 Now I
plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and
that there be no divisions among you, but that you
be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in
the same judgment. The many
groups, which now exist, that came from the Worldwide
Church of God; do not speak the same thing. Many
members have put their own slant on doctrine, and
taken a group with them, who are likeminded. This is
simply Sabbath keeping Protestantism. None of these
groups will be corrected by the Bible. They all
profess to want unity: but that unity has to be on
their terms. The Bible is not the underlying factor in
their reasoning. As a result:
we have hundreds of divided groups of ex members, who
claim to be God’s church. The above scripture is
ignored. Being wrong
and making mistakes; is a big part of our Christian
life: but God wants us to admit it, when we see from
the Bible, that we were in error, and change to agree
with the Bible. This is the only way that God’s people
will grow in unity, and knowledge. Only God can
teach us His truth. Psa 86:11 Teach me
Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite
my heart to fear Your name. Eph 4:13 till we
all come to the unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to
the measure of the stature of the fullness of
Christ; Eph 4:14 that we
should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of
deceitful plotting, God’s church
will have made itself ready. God’s church will be
united in love and doctrine. Rev 19:7 Let us be
glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made
herself ready.” We must all
come to the knowledge of the truth. 1Ti 2:4 who
desires all men to be saved and to come to the
knowledge of the truth. God’s people
know that they must live in this sinning world. We
must try to live in peace with all people. This is
vitally important to God. Heb 12:14 Pursue
peace with all people, and holiness, without which
no one will see the Lord: This is not
always possible, but we must do our part. Rom 12:18 If it is
possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably
with all men. We must try
to get on with people of the world, but we must avoid
those in the church, who cause division. Rom 16:17 Now I urge
you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and
offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you
learned, and avoid them. There is a
terrible penalty for knowingly teaching an incorrect
gospel. It is of vital importance, that pastors of
God’s church preach the gospel that the apostles
taught. Gal 1:8 But even
if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other
gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let
him be accursed. God requires
us to prove, from the Bible, that we are not accepting
a false gospel. 1Th 5:21 Test all
things; hold fast what is good. We are
warned against adding to or taking from the word of
God. Rev 22:18 For I
testify to everyone who hears the words of the
prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these
things, God will add to him the plagues that are
written in this book; Rev 22:19 and if
anyone takes away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book
of Life, from the holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book. It is
absolutely necessary that we be corrected by the
Bible. Only God can teach Godly knowledge; but He can
only teach if we believe Him and change from our
incorrect belief, as we see from the Bible, where we
were wrong. God’s church
will be united in the truth of God. They will not and
can not be united in lack of knowledge. Rom 10:2 For I bear
them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not
according to knowledge. Rom 10:3 For they
being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking
to establish their own righteousness, have not
submitted to the righteousness of God. God’s church
will be united in truth, and only God’s called out
ones will hear and understand the truth as God reveals
it to them in the last days. Joh 10:3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and
the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own
sheep by name and leads them out. Joh 10:4 And when he brings out his own
sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow
him, for they know his voice. Joh 10:5 Yet they will by no means follow
a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do
not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus Christ
will build His church on the knowledge that He is the
Son of God from the beginning. The church
will have the knowledge of the truth, which will
eventually fill the whole world. The church
that Jesus Christ builds will be made up of members
who all speak the same thing. |