[Church_of_Christ] Re: The Swinging Door
I wasn't trying to make the point Ray.
You skipped the Apostles Pauls point and attempted to make it Clay's point.
This is/was the point:
They were well on there way to breaking up into the following
denominations at Corinth when he wrote his first letter to them.
denominations at Corinth when he wrote his first letter to them.
...The Church of Paul
...The Church of Apollos
...The Chuech of Cephas
...The Church of Christ
...The Church of Apollos
...The Chuech of Cephas
...The Church of Christ
Here's what he wrote Ray:
10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of
you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that
you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. 11My brothers, some from
Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12What I
mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos";
another, "I follow Cephas[a]"; still another, "I follow Christ."
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into[b] the
name of Paul? 14I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus
and Gaius, 15so no one can say that you were baptized into my name. 16(Yes, I
also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I
baptized anyone else.) 17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach
the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied
of its power.
you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that
you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. 11My brothers, some from
Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12What I
mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos";
another, "I follow Cephas[a]"; still another, "I follow Christ."
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into[b] the
name of Paul? 14I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus
and Gaius, 15so no one can say that you were baptized into my name. 16(Yes, I
also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I
baptized anyone else.) 17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach
the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied
of its power.
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but
to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
The point is DIVISION is WRONG!
Signs are only the TIP of the ice burg!
Focus on the point, the point is DIVISION in the body of Christ.
Grace and peace Clay
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