August 18, 2020
Today’s Tuesday’s Thoughts on Scripture comes from Romans 12:4-5: For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. (NRSV)
Have you ever wondered why there are so many denominations in the protestant church? Isn’t the church the one body of Christ? And isn’t the church the people, all around the world, who believe in and follow Jesus (or attempt to)? So why isn’t there just “one?”
And why do we disagree over so many “little” things? Things that don’t really seem to matter in the end? I know it is confusing to me as to why there are the divisions. And it also makes me sad. Because we bicker over our differences, and let them divide us, as if one is right and all the others are wrong.
And if we are honest with ourselves, we know we do similar things (argue, divide, bicker) in each of our denominations and even in our individual congregations. What if, instead of trying to figure out who is right and/or wrong, we considered each of us as parts of the same body with different functions? Hmmm….what if?!?!
Blessings. And prayers.
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