This is grievous. I keep hearing that people are telling people not to hang out with people because they don’t go to Harvest
anymore. That is the work of the Enemy. And then there are other people saying don't hang out with these other people because they DO go to Harvest, and that is also the Enemy. Why
do you think the Lord said don’t be all like “I follow Paul, I
follow Apollos”, or "I follow James MacDonald or I follow this other guy, or I go here or I go there?"
3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? 1Cor 3:3-5
It is
exactly the kind of thing that causes division among the brethren.
And what does the Lord care about for His children? The same thing
we care about with ours: peace, unity, love.
3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called Eph 4:2-4.
There is one body. Not a bunch of little, autonomous bodies running around- we are to be one. That is how the world
will know that we are His own and want some of what we've got.
If we are a divided people, a divided house, we are not fulfilling
the command that God has placed before us: to LOVE ONE ANOTHER. No
matter where I am, or where I go to church, I'm not going to let
anyone tell me that I should not hang out with someone because they
don’t go to the same church that I go to. Those are the Enemy's
tactics, the Liar's plan- to divide the body. If you have a problem with the leadership at some other guy's church, fine, you don't have to ignore that. Hold your opinion, you're entitled to it. But you do not have to cut yourself off from all of your brothers and sisters who do go to that church who don't have a problem with the leadership there. And I would hope and pray that the reverse is also true.
I love the people who
go to my church, and I love the people who go to your church, and I
love the people who go to that dude's church over there... why do I
love them? Because they all are my brothers and sisters. If you don't
want to be my brother that's up to you. If you decide that you don’t
want to be my sister because I don't go to James MacDonald's church,
that's up to you, but if someone tells me I shouldn't hang out with you
because you go to Harvest, I'm going to tell the devil to get on out
of my way. As for me and my house, we are going to love you in the
Lord because we are His. Dang, people, don't let that lying,
conniving, evil one tear us apart. We are to be unified, in harmony,
like a song.
Live in harmony with one another. Rom 12:16.
But I am saddened in my heart, because there's one group
of people over there singing their separate song, and the other group
over there singing their separate song, and I'm not hearing many
harmonies.
