United as Christians

Hi Everyone!

To be honest, I’m not sure how to say this, but I’m a believer in doing all we can to build up the strength of other believers. So I have something I wanted to share with all of you.

I was raised in the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination all my life. My family has been Adventist three generations back. I attend a Seventh-Day Adventist church and Seventh-Day Adventist school. But I myself am not an Adventist.

I am a Christian.

Since we all worship the same Jesus, why are we divided into different groups (denominations) as Christians? The early church was not divided. In fact, they were warned against it:

“But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized” (1 Corinthians 11:17-19).

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:12-13).

“I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, ‘I follow Paul,’ or ‘I follow Apollos,’ or ‘I follow Cephas,’ or ‘I follow Christ.’ Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?” (1 Corinthians 1:10-13)

I also do not believe that certain days of observance matter. We all worship Jesus.

“You observe days and months and seasons and years! I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain” (Galatians 4:10-11).

“One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since she gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God” (Romans 14:5-6).

“Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ” (Colossians 2:16-17).

“And he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath'” (Mark 2:27).

I don’t want to offend anyone by anything I’ve said! I just believe we should all be of one mind and one body. I pray we can be united as Christians! Thanks for listening, my Kingdom friends! 🙂