Radical Christianity

I’ve probably posted something under this title already, whether on this blog or my blog at http://www.rosecreekvillage.com.

However,  it bears repeating. We should never underestimate the power of unity.

I don’t think American Christians, for the most part, have any idea what the Bible  says about the unity of Christians. It says a lot:

• Christian unity will prove to the world that the Father sent the Son (Jn. 17:20-23).
• Our growth as Christians hinges on Christian unity (Eph. 4:11-16; Col. 2:19). We’re supposed to grow together!
• Doing good deeds to one another is more important than showing love to those outside!!! (Gal. 6:10)
• The light that God intends to shine to the world requires us to be together (Matt. 5:13-16, where all the “yous” are plural, not singular).
• Christian unity–among those obedient to God–will prevent deception (Eph. 4:13-16; 1 John 2:26-27; again, the “yous” in 1 Jn. 2 are plural).

Do you realize that the Bible teaches that trying to grow alone, with just the Spirit and the Bible to guide you, is dangerous?

Hebrews 3:13 says, “Exhort one another daily, while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”

There is a promise that together we will be led into truth. That will not happen unless we are speaking the truth in love to one another. If that is not happening, then what you have is a constant danger of being deceived.

I’ve never heard of a deceived person who knew they were deceived. It goes against the very definition of the word. Deceived people think they’re right; they think they have truth.

Christian unity is worth working for. It’s worth giving up some of our doctrine for.

P.S. What Unity is Based On

The Bible says that we are to diligently maintain the unity of the Spirit. If we do so, we will be led into the unity of the faith (Eph. 4:3, then 13).

We will never achieve unity based on doctrine. However, a true unity of the Spirit will produce doctrinal unity, because together the saints have the promise that God will lead them into what is true (see above).

P.P.S. Sorry for the Time Between Blogs

I’m working on putting up a web site at http://www.christian-history.org. It dawned on me yesterday that this means I’m trying to write the whole history of Christianity in my spare time.

What am I thinking?

The site is going up bit by bit. I worked on the Reformation page some last night and this morning.

It’s slowing down my blogging, though.