God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.(1Co 1:9-10)
Many times in my Ministry, I have seen strife, divisions, and contentions among the Church. We are a brotherhood of believers, we are of one mind, heart, and of one purpose.
God is faithful in His promises. There has never been one instance that God has not provided for His Children. There are although at times, that a member of the church, will enter into a work that was not ordained by the Lord.
When the Lord ordains, or commissions, a work for a member, that work will be provided for, and it will accomplish what the Lord intended it to do. But when we take it upon ourselves to do things outside of the will of the Lord, we are on our own.
Divisions,Understanding, and Knowledge.
A Division is; Disunion; discord; variance; difference.
There should be no difference between the children of God. For do not we all serve the same Lord? Do not we all believe in the same Christ? Are we not all taught by the Holy Spirit? Then why are there divisions among you, and among the other brothers in Christ?
There is a fine line between rebuking, and being harsh. There is a fine line between having a difference between members, and hating one another. As with the ministry, that the Lord has given me, I watch very closely for these things. I will not allow Satan to come between members, for we are the light of the world and if there be divisions among us, then who shall be the light?
What brings divisions among the members of the family of God? Lack of communication, knowledge, and understanding among the people.
A Lack of communication brings about differences, which brings about confusion. When two people are in disunion among each other, they must stop, come together, and reason one with another. “Come let us reason together”; saith the Lord.
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? (Job 15:3)
Bad communication brings about stress, conflict, and bad manners.
We must first come to know each other, their wants, wishes, dreams and desires of their heart.
This is where our communication begins. Knowing the brother is utmost important in becoming friends and in fellowship with one another. For as it is written; “ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Understanding.
Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; union of sentiments.
By understanding I mean that faculty whereby we are enabled to apprehend the objects of knowledge, generals or particulars, absent or present, and to judge of their truth or falsehood, good or evil. (Webster.)
There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding. (Job 32.)
We must understand one another. Sometimes a mans zeal for the work in the Lord, will cause him to overstep his authority or boundary for what the Lord had intended. We all know as we know, we understand to our own limits of understanding. But when it comes to the purpose of each man or woman, the Spirit must do the leading.
What do I mean by this? Lets take for example a two men say, “We are led by God to open up a clothing closet for the needy.” Each man goes and open his building. After a year, the first man closes his building, for no one wanted the clothing, but the second man has great success, and even convinced some to go to church and learn of Jesus. Which one do you believe was directed by God to open up this clothing closet?
We then understand the intentions of each man, but one was commissioned by God to do a work and the other wasn’t. This same thing happens many times in many different situations.
We must understand that each member of the family of God desires to do a great work in the Lord. We must also understand that many times words, or comments are made that are not meant to harm but are misunderstood. This is the time to go to your brother or sister and communicate one with another in love of Christ.
Knowledge.
Knowledge is; A clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the perception of the connection and agreement, or disagreement and repugnancy of our ideas.
“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” (Col 4:2-6)
We have been taught how to speak one to another. We have been taught how to answer one another. We are not of this world, we have become a separated people, a royal priesthood. “Let your speech be alway with grace.” This is what separates us from the world. I have been tried, tested, and yes even lied to, but threw it all, I have found the grace to be able to answer each man with understanding and love.
Sometimes we say things without thinking. This is an error of our own making. But we must be able to forgive and forget as we wish others to do for us.
If we forgive but never forget, then we have not forgiven. If we forgive but hold a grudge against a brother then we have sinned and must leave our offerings at the alter and make peace between each other. This is the way of the Lord. Brothers and Sisters, these are the end of days and what manner of people should we be before the world and the Lord. We have no promise of tomorrow and if it doesn’t come we must answer for our words and works preformed. The world doesn’t believe in the end of days, but we must believe, for it is the word of God concerning His creations.
The Temple of Spirit and Truth , A.R.Smith Ministries, is a ministry of Spiritual Guidance. I have taught total dependence upon God, love toward one another and the greatest thing, seeking out the lost souls for the Kingdom of God. Where do we go from here? We remain on the same path, trying to get all ministers, and ministries of Christ to join one with another, knowing one another, seeking out those of like faith, this all according to the will of the Lord concerning all that believe.
All of our wisdom,Understanding, and Knowledge comes from the word of God. As it is written; “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
For every man shall bear his own burden.
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.” (Gal 6:1-6)
Brothers and Sisters, I am nothing, I seek not any glory, for I only seek glory for the Lord. We must all remember who we are, servants unto the Lord.
Ars.
