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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2020 13:18:29 GMT
I Corinthians 1:12-13 (ESV) "Each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided?" From which passage I conclude that, if following Paul, Apollos, Cephas and Christ constituted the 'Division of Christ', then so too does following whoever you consider to have originated the Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Brethren, Quaker, etc., denominations (instead of simply following Christ). In which context I conclude "Is Christ Divided" to be a the most dominant and exponentially expanding question since the post Reformation denominational explosion.
Is Christ Divided?
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Post by ivor on Apr 16, 2020 15:52:21 GMT
yes
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Post by james on Apr 16, 2020 19:51:28 GMT
My answer to the final question is obviously no, Christ is not divided. The question Paul asked was rhetorical meaning "how come one says he is of this and another of that when Christ is not divided". Jesus said "a house divided against itself cannot stand". We have the unity of the spirit we fail to keep it because we break Gods Bond of Peace. He never changes, his covenant of peace remains, yet we sometimes find it impossible to live in peace with all men.
Note that Paul found the fact that those of his time laid claim to a certain origin the cause making a division. Should we not rather say I attend a baptist church but follow Christ. I am of Christ and meet with his body in an Anglican church building.
In the same way I was born in England but I am a son of God and come from above.
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Post by ivor on Apr 17, 2020 7:32:01 GMT
We should view we are of Christ and Anglican but people don't they are Anglican or Catholic or Pentecostal first - they belong to.....
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