One Lord! One faith! One baptism! So, we celebrated the birth, the death, the burial and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Christ. Where do we go from here? What now! His last words of prayer for us, His body, were, …that they may be one! What makes us one? Do we continue to fight the battle of who’s the greatest among us? Do we continue to tolerate each other from a distance, walking in jealousy, strife and competition? Or, do we turn now to build one another by esteeming the brother greater than ourselves? Do we continue to avoid each other because of social and cultural differences? Or, do we run to every opportunity to heap coals of love fire upon our haters? Do we continue to defend our denomination or do we truly embrace the fact that God honors no body’s religion or denomination? For, there is only one Lord, one faith and one baptism.
Truth is, no one cares about our theology but those who exact it, except it is in line with God’s truth. No one cares about our secular degrees or even our traditions; even Christmas is losing its momentum in the hearts of the present generation. McDonalds and Burger King could truly become their meal for the day. There is a place, a season and a time for all things.
The richness of the Body of Christ is enveloped, woven and lies within our ability to embrace each part for its worth and strength; that regardless of our broken pieces our defense should stand on absolute truth. Everyone can learn from the other. If we stay among our own kind, race, religion, culture and nationality we are therein limited to these in knowledge and understanding. What is the true foundation of our beliefs, our piece? Are they scripturally founded? If your answer is I am not sure, then there is therefore room to grow. The tactic of confusion and fear is abolished in the Word of God…. If you ask me for bread, I will not give you a stone. But, if everyone is afraid of the others, where do unity, wholeness, oneness and harmony reside?
The root of our most deadly issues feeds from Isaiah 65:5…Which say… Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
The last truth I will declare today is that even the greatest among us, all sprung out of either lust of the eye, lust of the flesh or the pride of life, or all of the above.
Come now, today in 2014 people of God, let us make an effort to express love for all in a new and more fervent way. The Word of God does declare that the love of many shall wax cold. True that! There are some people who are hard to love or even entreat on a likable basis; but make your righteousness greater, that we may be one in Him!
Don’t forget….Bishop George G. Bloomer of TBN will grace our location May 7-8 at 7 p.m. See ad! 1024 Ethel Lane (35235).
