Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 19; 1 Corinthians 1; Lamentations 4; Psalm 35
1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Can you hear the apostle begging this church? To beseech means to implore passionately. He wanted this for them in a big way! It is not that this was just Paul’s idea that he dreamed up – he is beseeching them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the will of God for the church. This is the will of Jesus for us today! Can you imagine what a wonderful fellowship a church would have that all speak the same thing?
Now does this means that Jesus wants a bunch of clones? That is to miss the point. It means that when it comes to a Biblical worldview, the church is one with do divisions among them. To have the same mind and the same judgment or discernment is God’s will for the church. What would that look like?
It would be a church that was so steeped in the Word of God that they were all listening to the Holy Ghost. If we are all following Jesus, he is only going in one direction! It is men with agendas that lead us in different directions. If we are all following Jesus, we will all be going the same direction! No divisions, no sects, no selfish agendas! How do we get there?
Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
To have the mind of Christ, we need the humility of Christ. We need to be teachable disciples who are constantly feeding on God’s Word. Would you become a servant for the sake of the name of Jesus? Would you do away with selfish ambition and replace it with a Godly ambition that longs for Jesus to be glorified above all else? Would you see God’s church as a family with a common purpose to glorify God?
In Christ,
Rody
