Unity in Ekklesia: Agreeing to Disagree

Can we agree to disagree and not sacrifice relationship?

I think so. I believe that it was Augustine who said;

“In Essentials: Unity

In Non-Essentials: Liberty

In All Things: CHARITY”

There has to be some pioneers stepping up to the platform, calling for an increase of Unity.

Martin Scott said in regards to Unity of the body:

“When church leaders come together across the divides that is a great starting point. When they lay down their own agendas for their ‘personal’ church to grow we will have movement. The unity though has to move beyond unity gatherings, and church pastors.”

Too much time and energy has been spent on pointing out what’s wrong with our brothers and sisters in Christ. “Rightly dividing the Word” has mutated into division, destruction and hacking each other to bits. Christ does not want a dismembered bride!

I would rather spend my time finding and encouraging believers in other settings/paradigms in what they are doing right and blessing them in that. Because where they excel just might be the tipping point that brings breakthrough for all of us.

The “Big Fear” is that if we do the above, then others of “our flock” will get deceived and/or “stolen”. But my God is a lot bigger than that. I have found that as I

1) Focus on loving my Jesus and His Love for me AND

2) Focus on loving my neighbor THAT

it’s amazing how Papa God just seems to work all things out. He IS really in control. And my Faith is that He, just like the Good Shepherd that He is, will lovingly guide us into His Truth. Love Wins Out.

So there are some common denominators that 100% of us can journey together on.

And there may be some things that maybe only 65% or 45% or maybe just even 15% that we can agree to journey on. But at whatever level we meet, let us do it in Love. Let us agree to disagree and not sacrifice relationship.

Because whatever else we have, if we don’t have Love . . .