Preach The
Good News
Brothers
and sisters, I ask all of you to agree with one another. I make my appeal in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then you won't take sides. You will be in
complete agreement in all that you think.
My brothers and
sisters, some people who live in Chloe's house have told me you are arguing
with each other. Here is what I mean. One of you says, "I follow
Paul." Another says, "I follow Apollos."
Another says, "I follow Peter." And still another says, "I
follow Christ."
Does Christ take
sides? Did Paul die on the cross for you? Were you baptized in the name of
Paul? I'm thankful that I didn't baptize any of you except Crispus
and Gaius. No one can say that you were baptized in my name.
It's true that I also
baptized those who live in the house of Stephanas.
Besides that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.
Christ did not send
me to baptize. He sent me to preach the good news. He commanded me not to use
the kind of wisdom that people commonly use. That would take all the power away
from the cross of Christ.
1
Corinthians 1:10-17
So why are we here?
Is it to preach the Good News or to be baptized? You know the answer. We are
here to preach the Good News, but it raises a point that our greatest spiritual
conflicts do not always come from outside the church. In many cases, those
conflicts come from within the church, with other Christians.
Paul took some time
to address the divisive spirit that had grown in the congregation of
Paul said the one
essential that should unify the church is preaching the good news. That should
be our united goal as well.
A united
church is a strong church.
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