Bali, Indonesia 2008: Even Beauty and Beast reach accords and seal them with a kiss. Surely, purported people of God can manage to reach real and meaningful agreement, too, no?
Excerpts from Trent’s historical letters candidly and anonymously offer flavors and insights from real-time and real-life origins. Hop aboard these instructions and confessions in mid-stream, below, and see if they help you, too. Here, Trent calls disciples to make real efforts to establish the very unity that God expects between followers of his Son.
From Trent Ling:
I have an assignment for everybody.
“I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.” 1 Corinthians 1:10.
Consider the matters upon which you have received correction and matters that have been preached about, and let everyone know of those matters on which you are not perfectly united in mind and thought. 1 Corinthians 1:10.
If you are not 1 Corinthians 1:10 about matters on which you’ve been corrected, and you do not participate in this assignment, it will be nearly impossible to take you seriously going forward. With all that must be done in “Getting Beyond Us,” (a long-ago preached message, still available upon request), God will require body parts to function.
I don’t see God spending our resources on non-functioning body parts. Consider this matter and advise by email (or any other necessary means) of those matters that you see differently than your corrector and/or preacher. More and more, God will require that we conform to the behaviors and operations outlined in the preached message “Correction” (also available upon request).
In many cases, the hiccups we see throughout the ministry stem from long-ago disagreements that remain unresolved and upon which God is not about to build.
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I would also say if I have disagreement on correction that’s supposedly given to help me, I must examine what’s going on in my heart that such disagreement happens–pride and hence resistance to find out and gain understanding? Dullness because of sin? Hmm, I would be cautious of my own self (sinful nature) even when given the freedom to disagree.
I love this message. It’s taught us the more superior way of living as disciples of Christ. We are expected to speak up when we don’t agree with what’s being preached or brought up to our attention, correction, rather than just sit there nodding our heads not saying anything though we’re not agreeing!