Are you deluded?

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Timmy

What was the answer to the prayer of Jesus, "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us"?

Well, in God's sight we ARE one. There is only one Body of Christ made up of all who have been placed there by the Holy Spirit (ref 1 Cor 12:13). I'm not saying that God is ignorant of our different cliques/organizations but I believe He ignores them.

When the UPC was formed in 1945 it was an attempt to promote unity among Jesus Name Pentecostals. Ministers with differing doctrines of how a person is saved or born again came together and agreed to disagree. A fundamental doctrine statement was written ambiguously enough so that all could agree with it. But, over the years those who were divisive and judgmental worked at discrediting their brethren who did not see eye to eye with them. They used lies, slander, etc and even revised the fundamental doctrine statement in 1973 and passed the affirmation statement in 1992 to "sow discord among the brethren" (ref Proverbs 6:16-19). The UPC is not the only organization with hate mongers. Over the years I have belonged to three different organizations who had the words "Church of Jesus Christ" in their names and those folks have fought and divided and splintered over the years also.

What can we do? Ignore the political/religious organizations/cliques/denominations/schisms/factions/divisions/preachers' unions and accept anyone that Loves the Lord Jesus as our brother and sister