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Introduction:
Congregation we have a problem.
The problem defined.
Contention within the congregation.
A contentious spirit characterizes the unconverted.
Romans 1:28–29 (ESV)
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice.
They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.
They are gossips,
Galatians 5:19–20 (ESV)
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
A divided church communicates a distorted gospel.
1 Corinthians 1:12–13 (ESV)
12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
13 Is Christ divided?
Was Paul crucified for you?
Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
The gospel doesn’t bring division.
Division is incompatible with the gospel.
The gospel brings reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18–19 (ESV)
18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
The body of Christ cannot be divided.
Biblical agreement doesn’t diminish personal perspective.
God made you uniquely you!
Mike Bice - gave me a Duck and said welcome.
Biblical agreement means congregational alignment.
1 Corinthians 1:10 (ESV)
10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
We must all be on the same sheet of music.
We must see everything from the same vantage point.
We must see eye to eye.
Isaiah 52:8 (KJV 1900)
8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; With the voice together shall they sing: For they shall see eye to eye, When the Lord shall bring again Zion.
To see eye to eye means to agree with someone, to hold the same opinion as someone else, to understand each other in a profound manner.
The phrase see eye to eye is taken from a biblical passage, Isaiah chapter 52 verse 8 of the King James Version: “…for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.”
In this passage, the expression see eye to eye means to meet face-to-face, or in person.
Today, the idiom see eye to eye means to agree with some one, the idea is that one’s eyes are on exactly the same level as the other person’s eyes.
Related phrases are sees eye to eye, saw eye to eye, seeing eye to eye.
Note that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term is not hyphenated.
1 Corinthians 1:12–13 (ESV)
12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
13 Is Christ divided?
Was Paul crucified for you?
Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
How can we maximize unity and minimize division.
We must focus on the cross!
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