Re: [TruthTalk] The Mind of Christ

[Terry Clifton]

Marlin Halverson wrote: 1CO 11:18   For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that             there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 1CO 11:19   For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are             approved may be made manifest among you. ============================================== Hello Marlin.  Good to hear from you again.  I think that you have identified part of the problem when you quote Paul mentioning  heresies, but that is not all that keeps us from being in one accord. If you have ever read the Screwtape letters, you can picture Satan instructing the demons when he says, "Christians will never break fellowship by argueing over what is filthy or perverted or evil.  They are pretty well agreed on those things.  Where we have to pry them apart and make them angry at each other is in the area of  discerning God's word.  Tempt them to nit pick.  Tell them that tiny differences are of utmost importance, more important than fellowship or even love for one another.  Tell some of them that they are the experts. Tell them to take a stand., put forth their argument as absolute truth and let the unbelievers go to Hell if they can't see it their way.  That is how we win the war.  Not by fighting them, but by causing them to fight one another. Terry