You probably know it by now, but Bart and I have weird conversations almost every day. Yesterday on our way to church we saw a lady in a dress walking a dog and we were talking about whether or not she was going to church. I said, “you know, it doesn’t even seem to matter any more if people go to church. It doesn’t seem to change their behavior much” (ok, so I confess to having a moment of cynicism and being a bit judgmental.”
“I think Jesus is sad,” I said. I explained to him that in a recent devotional a coworker had shared that the last prayer Jesus prayed in John 17 before heading of to his death was for us. He said, “
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
I said to Bart, “That sure hasn’t happened. How many denominations are there? He of course knew the number off the top of his head. “Last time I checked 14,328 in the United States alone.”
We have managed to divide ourselves that many times. Unbelievable. We are farther away from unified than ever before.
The Church universal has become a church of disagreement about almost everything. But…. and this is the point of this rant — can you imagine the power we would have if we were united? If we were, as Jesus said, one just like the Father and Son are one."? There would truly be no way to stop us.
This song is just as powerful today as it was when it was written in 1983. (don’t judge the hair).
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