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Stumbling block (s)
God is not the God of confusion (1Cor14:33) but of unity that comes through faith in Christ (Eph4:11-13; Rom6:5).
But there is much confusion in this world regarding Christianity.
It can be a stumbling block.
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In all the churches (meaning places)
He is the God of unity through faith.
to help with unity of all the churches he gave gifts to THE CHURCH to bring unity of the faith.
How about this one
Unity starts with unity with Christ and that is in His death and his resurrection.
Again, we are to be united and not a stumbling block.
Stumbling Block Picture
Stumbling blocks.
We can’t ignore them as if they don’t exist for they do.
Even the scripture tells us that (1Cor8:9) they exist and we need not be a stumbling block.
Stumbling blocks are out there, people telling you you need to do this to be saved or not this, and you must go here, not there, they are a cult, they are not the true church.
There are conflicting doctrines (teachings) conflicting practices.
But we are to be simply Christians that are united in Christ.
There are differences in teaching (doctrine) but as a simple Christian we need to be unified by what the Bible says.
We believe in the necessity of Baptism (as do others)
We believe there should be a method, pattern to our worship (as do others)
We believe in the virgin birth (as do others)
We believe in the presbytery (elders, etc) (as do others)
We believe in the working power of the Holy Spirit (as do others)
So the disunity happens when you take one instead of all of these things, or you add to what the scripture says or take away from the whole counsel of God.
Jesus is the way out of religious confusion.
When we stay to the Word of God there is no division.
When we follow the ways of Christ there is no conflicting doctrine we then are just simply Christians studying God’s Word together.
Jesus wanted unity, Paul preached unity knowing God is not the God of confusion (1Cor14:33)
Jesus prayed for unity (Jn17:20-21); wanted unity through the Apostles doctrine (Act2:42)
There was unity that came through the apostles doctrine.
There was even in the early church, just like with the Israelites, people that added to what God said, making doctrine of man not of God.
Taking things out of context from the bible which in turn makes things unbiblical.
We have to be honest and say for the most part all these people love the Lord, they are trying to serve the Lord, but are they accepted by the Lord?
The Lord knows and we have to say what the Bible says and not be the judge for all judgment has been given to Jesus.
We have the Truth of God’s Word to share with people and the Holy Spirit prick hearts or to lead people to know more accurately like Apollo’s did and like Saul who became Paul did.
Stumbling block picture again
Stumbling blocks can keep people from responding (obeying) the gospel, or even accepting the gospel at all.
We can be a stumbling block to people if we do not share the Truth of the Word in love (1Cor13:1-3)
1Cor13:1
Stumbling blocks in early church (1Cor1:10-13; 1Cor3:3-4; Gal5:19-21)
1COr1:13
There again is no division in the church when we know who we belong to and how that happened.
We are not baptized into a certain body of believers, but baptized into the church.
There is no division when we follow Jesus!
1cOR3:3-4
Don’t be mere men that follow other men, let’s be of Christ and follow Christ.
Do not be divisive and fall into sedition or heresies
Sedition (N) - conduct or speech inciting people to rebel
Heresies (N) - belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine (Especially Christianity)
One more passage on this before moving on.
Christ’s desire
They all may be unified (Jn17:20-21)
Paul’s desire
There be no divisions
Be perfectly joined
Be of the same mind, mind of Christ (Php2:2; Php2:5)
PHp2:
It is possible to be simply a Christian today in spit of the religious divisions we see around us at times.
For may we remember that Jesus is the way out of religious confusion.
Jesus showed us the way
In the days of Jesus we have a simple Israelite that came to set a path to become a simple christian when He fulfilled the Law.
In Jesus time, the time of His coming was the fulfillment of God’s promise that Isreal was God’s chosen people.
Chosen people to bring the messiah into the world, but they had division within themselves too.
There were religious sects, or parties withing the Hebrew people.
Religious sects at the time:
Pharisee’s - zeal for traditions; considered themselves, more religious, and better than all others.
Sadducee’s - this is the aristocrats, worldly minded; thought of themselves as superior to all the rest.
Herodians -Jewish political sect in line with Rome - they thought they were right and were more aggressive than the rest.
This is the culture that Jesus came into the world to.
You would think that a religious person would belong to one of these sects, but Jesus did not.He was simply a Jew living under the law and came to fulfill the Law.
Jesus showed the way by fulfilling the Law (Mt5:17-20)
Mt5:17-18
Jesus encouraged people to keep the law and exceed the religious zeal of the scribes and Pharisee’s or they will not enter the kingdom of God.
This simply an Israelite set a path, an example, for man to be reconciled to God because we could not surpass the righteousness of he Pharisees on our own.
What do you think Jesus be today?
Simply a Christian
Simply a Christian, not a part of any sect or denomination.
But a true Christian who followed the scriptures.
One who is truly a disciple who was called a Christian (Act11:26)
Barnabas had set out to find Paul and come to him and brought him back to Antioch and that is where they were first called Christians.
Paul wanted to reach people no matter where they were so they too could be Christians, simply Christians (1Cor9:20-21)
We too should be satisfied and identified as simply a Christian a member of the Lord’s church; the church He built (Mt16:18), the church He is the head of and is over(Eph1:22).
Oh, sorry, can’t us that scripture by itself.
But it is a set up to our next point.
The Lord’s Church
Jesus clearly tells us how the church was to be built and how many churches there are to be.
The church was to be built, and is now built, on the truth that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, the Messiah.
He would build the church.
The church comprises of the ekklesia, the called out, the assembled.
So, how were we called?
The Lord’s Church
Called by the Gospel and resulted in obedient faith (Act2:38-41) and the results were being added to the church (Act2:47)
added to the numbers, the numbers of those being saved
Called out to act by faith
The local church that was born in Jerusalem and it quickly grew from 3000, to 5000, to multiplied
The church was not without tribulation (Act14:21-23; Jn16:33)
just as Jesus said would happen
Jn16:33
So track with me a little longer
So from the preaching, came the faith, from the faith came obedience, from obedience the church was born.
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