It’s Not about Us Humans

Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Theme: Paul wanted the Church to focus on God and not on their own opinions and preferences. Key verses: “I appeal to you…that all of you agree wih one another so that there may be no divisions among you…” (v. 10) “One of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’…” “Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?” (v. 12-13) “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel — not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” (v. 17) What God said to me: So much confusion and dissention in my Church would dissolve away if my children would simply acknowledge me and seek my face. Often all they need is apply some common spiritual sense in a matter to realize the fallacy in their thinking and in their disagreements. Paul hit their divisional reasoning head on by asking some obvious questions that the leaders at Corinth had obviously failed to ask themselves. Who is this whole church thing about anyway? Is it about some person, some mere mortal, with mortal wisdom and mortal depravity? My Son is Lord of the Church. My Son died for the Church. How dare His body not consider the Head. How dare they fight among themselves, as though the hand has anything exclusively intelligent to say to the foot. Oh how I long for my people to live in unity and be in peace. It’s not a dream. It’s not some utopic pie in the sky. It can and should be reality for the Church of God on the earth. I designed it that way. Dwayne, keep the peace. Be a peacemaker. Don’t comprimise your convictions or my Word, but on areas that are gray or non-essential, don’t argue or fuss. Don’t loss your focus — and thus your power, the power of the cross of Christ. What I said to God: Holy Lord, I bow before You and humble myself. I acknowledge You as Lord of all and Lord of me and Lord of the Church. Thank you for reminding me today to keep my eyes and mind focused on You and on things that really matter – lost people, that’s what matters to you — Your church, shining Your light to those precious lost sheep, that where we should be passionate and concerned. Praise You.