Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. I Corinthians 16:13-14
These are the concluding words to Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church. By the time he wrote a group of local people, who claimed to be Christian, were teaching the idea and reality of the resurrection was ridiculous and unnecessary. Paul vehemently reminds his readers that hundreds of people saw Jesus physically post crucifixion and a resurrected Savior is essential to our victory over death.
Unity around Jesus, His life, death and resurrection, is His Kingdom come. Unity can only be achieved through a love that loves greater than our disagreements can divide. This is our victory over death.
Every shiny voice that claims to be Christian must live a resurrected life. When seeking someone or something to lead or follow, we must be discerning. If it doesn’t pass the ‘love’ smell test, then it isn’t Christian.
LOVE,
Gretchen