unified in love and mission as one Body of Christ (i.e., Church)?
2007-08-30 03:22:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Great answers. Too bad I can only pick one.
2007-08-31 09:43:17 · update #1
I believe it. Salvation comes just one way, by accepting Jesus. We can debate on how to be baptised, or whether we should eat pork... but the key is salvation, not how we dress, etc..
2007-08-30 12:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We differ because of the flesh.God has not made us all the same, but we should all be striving to do His will and not the will of the flesh.This will bring us to a greater understanding and a greater unity.
The problem with this idea is, who gets to decide what the essentials are to be? One wants to ride in a horse drawn buggy while the other wants a Lamborghini.There is a middle of the road here that we all need to find and that road is a narrow one.
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.Matthew 7:13-14
2007-08-30 10:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! Not only do I believe it...I think it is clear that it is a Scriptural imperative that we "all be one"...as Jesus himself prayed in the Garden on the night in which He was betrayed!
HOWEVER...we MUST agree on the essentials as contained in the Creed of Nicea, or all bets are off!
As St. Augustine, the great Bishop of Hippo said:
"In essentials, unity...
in non-essentials, liberty...
and in all things, charity (love)."
The greatest little book you will ever read:
"Creed or Chaos" by Dorothy Sayer.
2007-08-30 10:29:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I don't think we're supposed to be robotic android types. Am I saved, yes. Do I agree with every single other thing that every single other Christian believes, or their interpretations of the Bible, or so on and so forth? No, I don't. And I think that's a good thing. It means I think for myself - which I think is very pleasing to God. He gave me a strong and capable brain - I feel obliged to use it. (Which is, unfortunatly, often very UNpleasant to fellow Chrisitans - though I've never figured out why)
2007-08-30 10:28:58 · answer #4 · answered by Marvelissa VT 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, Humanity must eliminate religion in order to obtain Peace on Earth.
Do what Jesus taught and DID:
Create Your Relationship with Our Creator
and have UnConditional Love and Peace in Your Life.
2007-08-30 10:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as we agree on the essentials...
2007-08-30 10:27:55 · answer #6 · answered by capitalctu 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋