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It is popularized in the movie Mean Girls. In this parable, the groom is Christ. Many of the other problems were flowing out of this division within the congregation. You could spot the Navigators going up and down the streets of Honolulu. Why? Other divisions were to follow. So, just a few texts and there are so many more. I Corinthians 12:12,13 says, For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. Paul was the apostle to the gentiles. Not when one part of the congregation meets in one part of the building, and the other part of the congregation meets in another spot. I think today if church leaders focus on Jesus and only Jesus we would be so much healthier. 5-Members going to pagan courts to settle disputes. They embraced the values of their Roman society, which divided over ethnicity (e.g., Jews vs. Gentiles) and social rank (wise vs. foolish, powerful WebThe spirit that wrought such mischief at Corinth has been busy in the Church ever since. Gods people who are moving in revival (like we have been to experiencing right here in Brisbane these last few months) have no qualms about getting together to see the nation of Australia come to Christ. The first noticeable division would be among differing denominations. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, and whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. You and I cant have more of the Lord Jesus Christ, but we can give Him more of ourselves, and experience more fully what is already ours as children of God. There he indicates that the problem with cliquishness is that it tends to overemphasize the significance of the human leader. Will we do so by the strength which God alone can and will supply? In Matthew 12:25 the Lord Jesus says, Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself shall not stand.. He had received a report from the household of Cloe that there were quarrels among the members of the Corinthian church. The followers of Jesus may have believed in Jesus words only, and did not believe that the writings of Peter, Paul, and the other apostles were really Scripture. Are we willing and ready to pray for unity in His Church, and work at building a stronger unity among fellow members of the congregations where we fellowship and serve?