The Church and The People

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If Satan could creep into the Catholic Church during the time of Reformation, tell me, isn't it possible that Satan would also has crept into the churches of Protestants?

The first sign of Satan's work is division among the churches. Denominations. It has been one of my greatest question to ask and I've been wondering, why denominations?

And the fact that I've learn, is that man, limited to our finite wisdom, interprets the Holy Bible differently. It has become my vision, to create an inter-denomination community in my blessed school. In fact, the inter-D atmosphere was already there even before I accepted Christ. With one respecting each other.

But the question still lingers, why denominations? Division is the core and division is caused by the church itself. Whenever a stronger group of people rises, the group which has the dominant says, of course, dominates the direction of the Church. And when the minorities, to a critical point, will choose to leave and form another Church which her direction is determined by her people of the same believe.

The first thing that Satan do is to cast doubt about God's Word, just as how the serpent deceive Eve, the same way Satan will deceive Her, the Church. Then the Church cracks further when a group of people started to discourage the others who do not interpret God's Word that way. With hard feelings without confession and forgiveness, the Church breaks.

We're all in the body of Christ. If we do not unite and the "leg" tries to take over the "hand", or breaks away from the body, the body is amputated. [1 Corinthians 12:14-20]

Who lords over the Church? Is the Church herself or Her Husband (Jesus Christ)? Her Husband of course! So if all "hands" and "legs" and other part of the body obey the authority of Christ and cling on to His Words, division will not happen.

The Church is a community of believers that encourages each other and welcome the non-believers with the works of Her hands that glorify God. Therefore, encouragement and upholding is important in a Church.

Lastly, it's not what we do that justifies us, but by faith and the grace of God we are justified. [Romans 3:22, Ephesians 2:8-9]

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