God bless!
So what does your salvation depend on? Many people get caught up on the idea that being part of a “certain” type of church is the only way to be saved. I would venture on saying many people actually think that their church alone will be saved. I know that sounds crazy but many times as Christians we begin to walk away from the body of Christ and merge to the “doctrine of a church”. The thought that only this group can understand me or only this group will love me. This thought process is the reason that there is such a great division within churches today. Let’s be real for a moment. There are some city blocks that have up to 10 churches in a a few blocks radius that you can chose to attend. They are all separated by “doctrinal” beliefs, but in the end whose doctrinal beliefs do we support? Don’t we serve the same God? Why the division? If we serve the same God how can we not co-exist? I’m not speaking from a point of view of someone that has surpassed every barrier (trust me I have my issues) but rather from the perspective of someone that realizes that this division will not help us end up in heaven. We could all do so much more if we simply put our pride, ego and selfishness to the side and did as Jesus did. He loved all, even those that were not as close to Him. He instructed all of His disciples to love the same way! Are you and I not one of His disciples? Am I saying to go church hoping? No. What I am saying is we need to respect and support each other as we would like to be respected and supported. I’ll leave you with this: would you punch your own face? Why not? You will hurt your own body and no matter where you punch you will feel the pain. What about when we “Punch” our own body (the body of Christ)? Shouldn’t we feel it? If we are not feeling the pain when we gossip or back bite against the body of Christ (the church) then maybe we are really not part of the body? Hmm… remember our salvation is not about the church we go to, it’s about the lifestyle we chose to live out…
Trying to get my lifestyle in order (this devotional is for me!)
Pastor Joell A. Perez
