I Have a Dream
To borrow the famous line by the late Martin Luther King Jr., I have a dream- that one day Christians will be in complete biblical unity. Impossible on this side of glory? Perhaps. Something that we will only see in Heaven? Indeed. But is it something we can be much better at on this side of glory? I believe so. I've had this goal through an online ministry for years. If your interested you can learn more about it at through a couple of articles my pastor allowed me to put on our church website. You can find them at calvaryvernonal.yolasite.com.
For years there have been illustrations and jokes about how there will not be departments in Heaven with Southern Baptists in one department, Free Will Baptists in another, Methodists in another, Pentecostals in another, etc, etc. Once in Heaven, that is only by grace through faith alone in the Person and Work of Christ alone, we will all know which teachings were right regarding such things as the mode and timing of Water Baptism, Church Government, End Times teaching, aspects of Christ's atonement, how a person is saved, and more- and be in full agreement.
But what if there is a way to have much more biblical unity in this life? What if we can have more biblical unity in our towns and communities? What if there is a method of preaching and teaching to accomplish this seemingly lofty goal? Well there is, and I have seen it work. My goal is two fold: Of course it would glorify God more by having more biblical unity in the body of Christ. Notice I use the word "biblical" with "unity." I'm not talking about the world's or even many modern church's version of unity that usually says doctrine is not important. I'm talking about a unity that does not compromise the Gospel of Jesus Christ and God's word. But also because much more biblical unity would be a lot better and easier when our economy collapses or we lose our constitutional republic, or both. It starts with book/chapter/verse by verse expository preaching in the main worship service. Perhaps your pastor already preaches that way. Back in the day, it was the most popular preaching method. Topical preaching eventually took over, but verse by verse preaching has been growing again. Done right, book/chapter/verse by verse preaching can greatly reduce verses being taken out of context, which is why we have the various denominations, religions and cults.
Imagine if you will having for example Christ's Church of North Vernon, Christ's Church of South Vernon, etc. Too unrealistic? Look, I know it's a dream. And I know that we would never be able to achieve perfect biblical unity in this life due to sin and pride. But we can do much better than we have been for the glory of God, andalso help us if we lose our constitutional republic. You in?
Pester Brat is a former pastor and has preached off and on since 1997. He's the Founder & Director of the La-Fayette Constitutional Patriots, and you can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Rumble, email him at pesterbratdotcom@aol.com, or talk to him at Calvary Baptist Church of Vernon on Sundays at 10:30 AM and Wednesdays at 6:30 PM.
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