Return to the Word of God Part 4

Good Friday to all! I hope you all have a great day. It is raining here and everything is turning very green!!!

On to the devotion!

So far we have looked at 3 signs that out nation is not 84% christian as reported by a Cable news station during the Presidential election. I have one more sign I want to look at before we move on with some other thoughts. So here it is:

4. The church can't even get along!

Why do you think there are so many denominations? Basically it comes down to a difference of opinions about the Word of God or maybe it don't even have anything to do with God's word. So instead of working the problem out in love we split. What do you think God thinks about this? What are we gonna do when we get to heaven and we are all together? Let's look at God's word.

Romans 14:10-13

10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written:


“ As I live, says the LORD,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”

12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.

As always we find in God's word what we suppose to be doing. It says not to be a stumbling block. Now let me be clear there are some things in God's word we must not be moved on for example.....virgin birth, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Those are fundamentals and there are many others but there are many things in God's word that are open for interpretation as God reveals to each individual. Here is where the problem lies though....many do not read their Bibles for God to reveal it to them they just take it from hearing another person not learning from the Holy Spirit through Bible study!!

Oh brothers and sisters in Christ....how can we bring others to Jesus when we argue and split over silly things like what color the carpet is going to be? Of my years in the church most of the problems arise over something that is of very little importance to the Kingdom of God.

So church lets get our stumbling blocks out of the way for one day we will stand before and give account for ourselves!

Chew on this for a while and let me know what you think....God bless.....Tom