Meditate: Acts 2:44
Oftentimes, you’ll hear non-Christians ask, “If you’re all following the same Jesus and the same Bible then why are there so many different kinds of churches?” There are three or four main answers to that question. Let’s take a look.
Probably the most overlooked answer here is one of the most obvious. Harmony requires a variety of instruments playing in different ranges. It wouldn’t be an orchestra if it was all timpani drums pounding out the same rhythm. Or bassoons all playing all the same notes in perfect unison. Sure the timpanists or bassoonists might be more comfortable but what would it sound like? And (no offense) who would want to listen?
Should it be any different in God’s symphony? The Bible uses the human body as an example to talk about the Church (thus the expression “Body of Christ” for the Church.) “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body…God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.” So why all the variety? God wants it that way. That’s good news until you realize that this means any problem with variety is ours.
· Do I accept that other congregations (or traditions) are part of God’s will?
Pray:
Praise: You are Lord of All. All glory and honor and power are Yours.
Confess: Often I’ve been more willing to listen to my ideas about who could be Your child rather than in letting You show me.
Thank: Aside from Your grace and mercy I would be eternally lost.
Ask: Father, give me eyes to recognize Your family when I meet them?
Digging Deeper: I Corinthians 10:14-11:34
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