AGAPE = God's love for man; divine love
Why is there no unity among christian brothers and sisters in Christ?
2007-03-01 12:05:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No church is. Now...when you say sufficient in agape love BETWEEN other denominations, do you mean as compared to others or towards/in relation to others?
-As compared to other christian d-noms? That is a very hard question. Very nice...I like difficult questions. Shows you are a serious thinker too. Anyway, my "denomination" is Christian & Missionary Alliance. So, because of The Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations is our "extra" as I call it which all churches have, in that, along with following/studying/ learning the Bible-God's wonderful Word, what else do we do/believe in/promote? Many churches get into trouble this way as is evidenced in Revelation. Check that...ALL churches at least once or one time or another will do this...drift away from their first love: Jesus Christ, the Word of God. Our "extra" happens to still directly coincide with the Bible which in this day and age is rare. So, to finally answer this, I would say that we are indeed charged to, and supposed to. Being that the spotlight at least SEEMS to be on our church to produce the most Missionaries and hopefully win that many more people to the Salvation of Jesus Christ, it seems that we should be better versed in that which it says in John 13:35 "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." And then, by that, others are to see that and be drawn to it so I am assuming there is part of the expectation upon us from that and verses similar to that. Strangely enough, in the previous verse, 34, saying initially that they should love one another, if looked up in a concordance you will find that the form of love used in 34 is a-ga-pa-o (agapao) which is a more social or moral sense and it also gives the example beloved. In verse 35 however, the one where Christians will be known by this by how they have love for one another, the form of love is the the true a-ga-pe (agape) which is the unconditional "from God" sort of love. Interesting. So, yeah, I guess we/my denomination is expected to have probably among the highest amount or most experienced agape of all the christian d-noms but I cannot really tell whether we really do it well enough to call it sufficient.
Now, if you mean towards or in relation to other denominations, this is the only denomination I have known at least as an adult. I was baptized Catholic but never went to Mass 'cause my parents didn't. I was confirmed Episcopalian at age 12 or 13, but at that point I was mostly bored by the preaching, Sunday School there was a joke and they never really mentioned Jesus, and I never really went to another church for at least 15 years. And then, it was the one I am at now. So, it is with a skewed view that I analyze this part of the question in my opinion. From what I have seen as far as our relation/actual reaction to other churches in say, multi-church functions and the like, we were, all 3 times I saw it, MUCH MUCH friendlier and accepting than the other churches!!! So if answering in that aspect, only as compared to other churches, OH YEAH...WE GOT THE GOLD MEDAL. But of course we still could all use more practice. Thank you for the wonderful question and the chance to answer it. Hope it wasn't too long. God Bless and Take care!!
2007-03-01 12:55:37 · answer #1 · answered by MICHAEL C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are a church whose purpose is to teach the body of Christ to do the work of the church.
We don't spend much time even thinking about members of other denomination, we focus on Christ and what we can do to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Should we have some kind of love fest between the different denominations, or should we all work with single purpose to promote Christ and His ministry, each of us in our own way.
grace2u
2007-03-01 20:18:56 · answer #2 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My church is, partly because it is undenominational (River of Life Fellowship). There is unity. Christians just need to realize who they are in Christ.
In different denominations you also have additional rules & regulations and then judge others for not believing the same way. And that is self righteousness. If Christians from all denominations recognize who they are in Christ, that they are made the righteousness of Christ the moment their sins are covered by the blood. That is Christ righteousness. Judging others if they are righteous enouph is self righteousness.
2007-03-01 20:17:06 · answer #3 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agape talking about Love based on principle right?! I believe there is true love between true Christians,infact jesus himself said that this would be an identifying mark.Now which religious group Does NOT kill their Brother or Sister? Hhmmmmmm
2007-03-01 20:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by Truth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we`re working on it. I think a lot of walls have come down between different denominations as they should. we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. the name on our building is Baptist, but i never got hung up on the name, i just consider my self a Christian. God bless
2007-03-01 20:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by moma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
unity in the body of Christ is always there....the problem is just because a church decalares itself a denomonation of christ does not mean christ is in it...if a church leads people away from the scriptuires and from God they have no unity with the body of christ
2007-03-01 20:11:49 · answer #6 · answered by Robert K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. And we never will be until we get to heaven.
2007-03-01 20:10:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋