110 OF ONE MIND
110 OF ONE MIND
Jesus said that He has one church, with Him as the head [the part that does the thinking, decision making and has the final say] and that that church is fit together to form one body.
In the book of acts, the Holy Spirit would not come until they were all in ‘one’ accord.
Being of like mind or all thinking the same does not mean that you give up your independent thoughts but rather you join in, when the discussion is going on, and have your say but, when those, who are appointed to finally make the decision for any subject, make that decision, we all put aside our selfish pride, accept this decision as ‘God’s will’ and act on it with all our hearts.
Our responsibility is to be in the meetings with Godly people and to know who God put in charge of that meeting. If you don’t then you go to God and ask Him where you are to be and who you are to be subject to or you simply shut up. Unless you know God’s will or who is supposed to make the right decisions for God in any circumstance, your opinion is just that; ‘your opinion’ and not God’s.
This world has made people think that they are the most important being alive and that their opinion is the most important one there; we have been pampered, given in to and pumped up until we think this is what God wants also. This thought process will get you a hot and lonely place in eternity.
In God’s kingdom, no one individual is right and, those that are in it have learned to take and obey orders from others willingly and gladly, to join with others and work as a unit most of the time and to focus on others needs and projects and give them the attention that they require to succeed.
We have an election coming up; this is one of the most important events Christians can participate in, if they want to change this country for Christ but I continually hear ‘ho, the churches cannot get together on this’. Is God divided? No. Is God’s kingdom divided? No. Are this world’s churches divided? Yes.
So, whose fault is that; God’s? No. His people’s? I’ll leave you to answer that one; but, if we are not obeying God, who are we listening to and who are we helping to succeed?
Being ‘like minded’ is more serious than many think; the unpardonable sin is, to speak and work against what the Holy Spirit is trying to do. [To attribute the workings of the Holy Spirit to the devil]
When God appoints one of His people to run as a political candidate and you speak and/or vote against them, are you supporting God’s work?
When you speak against one of God’s people [pastor, deacon, usher, lay person, etc.], without speaking to them first, are you doing what God wants done?
When you condemn the workings of another when you have no knowledge of their reasons for doing what they do or it does not have anything to do with you or your life; are you doing what is right in God’s eyes?
When you speed around and/or tailgate one of God’s chosen children and endanger their life or make them afraid by your actions, are you sure that God wants you around His people for all eternity?
Yes, they are hard questions but better to answer them now, while you are still able to change, than later when it is too late.
