That they may be one
PASTOR’S CORNER, Chuck Scroggs, Central Christian Church, Liberal
This New Years, let’s start off with sharing love! I woke up listening to one of my favorite preachers. His message was Jesus’ prayer in John 17 that we would all be one in unity and love for each other so the world would know about Jesus through us.
In my discipline and up bringing in the church, I quickly thought of all the things that divide Christians. How we baptize; sprinkle, immerse or pour. How many times a year do we take communion and how we do it? What worship songs do we sing, and how our worship services are put together? And the list goes on and on. Yet Jesus had only one request of His father when he prayed. It was that even with all the things that could divide us from our teachings to current politics, He wanted us to love each other! He knew those differences were coming, but He also knew that real agape love from God and His Spirit could bring the oneness we needed.
