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I was brought to this video by the ad space you bought on Facebook. As a believer and Colorado resident, I was interested in what your church was teaching about the Bible and politics, since you are advertising it. I want to give a fair chance to the remainder of your series before making any assumptions about where you are going, but I think this new popular notion which you seem to be adopting to suggest that people in the church ought not divide over their modern political convictions is not at all supported by the text of 1 Corinthians 1. In 1 Cor 1, you have a situation where Christians are unified in Spirit, but being divided into different social cliques by their leadership and background, so the division is superficial and wrong. This is not relevant to the modern political divide, because it is a spiritual divide that cuts deep to the heart of the moral conscience and humanity within our congregations. Modern political convictions represent a very real worldview divide. That is not what is being addressed in 1 Cor 1. If we take an attitude as church leaders that "we just all need to get along" and neglect to confront the very real problems in our flock with people embracing things like sodomy, baby murder, sexual confusion, erasure of national sovereignty, racism, envy, injustice, and theft through their political commitments, we are failing our duty to train people in the renewing of their minds by scripture, Romans 12. People who remain stubborn in their support of wicked policy should absolutely be subject to council and church discipline, and God will hold us accountable for failure to do so. Efforts to maintain some superficial "unity" in our body by pretending that Biblical discipleship has nothing to say about where a believer must fall on these issues only benefits the enemy. That is not true unity. It is shallow. There is deep division lurking right under the surface. It was right for churches in Germany to split over support for the Nazi party. Don't you agree? It was right for churches to split over the issue of slavery abolition in this nation. Don't you agree? These divides are not merely political. They are spiritual. "Let's all just get along" ain't gonna cut it much longer. People who are morally wrong in their political convictions need to be told to choose this day whom they will serve. As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord. I look forward to seeing what else you have to say and I hope you receive my comments in love, as they are intended.
I feel so blessed to be a part of the community at this church. I was helping with the kiddos on Sunday, so didn’t get to hear the service. I’m so glad I watched this today. Spoke to me on so many levels and gave me a table full of food for thought. Wonderful message this week! ❤
Thank you so much for this sermon. I was constantly pausing to write and think. I learned so much about the first chapter. So many take aways and cant wait to listen to the rest of Mark.
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Thanks so much for this inspiration 💜 Creativity shouldn’t stop with becoming a parent, thats when life really opens up and we can gain deeper understanding about ourselves, and mysterious existence itself! This is stuff I’m exploring on my channel with a DIY reality show UV:TV- about being a musician and mother during Covid :) Thanks again!Thanks
