MATURING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST

should be asleep at this time, but thought mayb i shld write an entry here. i was realli thinking abt the unity in the Church of Christ. somehow, the Lord has put a burden in me to see the different denominations come to the unity of the faith, to reconcile to one another. reali, even the Lord Jesus say that all the people will noe we are of Him when we noe love one another. and in Ps 133, it says, how great is that anointing when the brethrens dwell togther in unity! in Genesis, when the people was united, God has to separate them, and He said they can do watever they want coz they are united and nothing can stopped them. how i wish this will be the unity of the brethren of that tenacity, of that nature. instead, Christians fighting against Christians, arguing and disputing abt the difference in doctrine. when r we going to grow up in the body of Christ? even Paul says that sectarian is carnal. it is not of God. somehow as im typing this, i felt an illumination of a scripture.(i shall include it later).

i believe the Lord has placed a burden in me to bridge the gap of the Christians in my campus, of different doctrinal issues. reali, they are all but pride. pride of doctrine. pride of traditions. pride in the spirituality. frankly, these things take 2 hands to clap. there's no right, no wrong. all we nd is reali to strike a balance between the Word and the Spirit and understand each of our doctrinal stands and interpretations of the BIble. not too left-handed or too right-handed. it shldnt be believers fighting believers, but that the Christians winning the lost for Christ!

i do not noe wat to say.. and wat more to say. im sad for the condition of the kingdom of God. i just pray that in God's grace, He will used me to reconcile the parties in my school..at least. i believe this is something God has placed in me, as i remember even saying to myself, denominational difference will never be a problem to me, when my pastor actuali said there are conflicts between denominations. coz i thought to me, all it matters is reali Christ, and being Christlike. so wats the issue now? speaking in tongues, not speaking in tongues? doctrinally correct and not doctrinally correct?? of coz we hv to be doctrinally correct(how can we dont?! and we must be strong in it as well, to be established!), but at the same time, led by the Spirit of God, for Him to illumined our eyes, that scales may fall from our eyes!

i hope i have not dealt with this issue in the wrong attitude. but i reali hope that thru me seaking to the leaders in CF, there will be a change and i can speak in their lives. Lord, wat should i do?

i pray that Lord, You will help me, as only You can help. And Lord i pray that You will make all things beautiful in Your own time, and that the brethren may indeed dwell togther in unity, and that anointing may flow and the lost will see ONE GOD in ONE BODY OF CHRIST, and see them come to know You and Your Majesty. Lord, use me as ur vessel to reconcile this difference. I'm not sure Lord how You are going to do it, but i pray Lord, noeing You are the Almighty, You are more than able to. So Lord, i give You all the glory and honour. IN Jesus' most precious name, Amen.

reali, wats the difference? i reali agree with my pastor who says, lets not despise them or watver coz we are the Body of Christ. it is that they have not seen, does not have the revelation. but we shall let them see the fruits of the spirit in our lives, in order to let them believe and see that indeed we are different and better, when we speak in tongues. not in words, argument, bringing each other down but in deeds and actions, by our lives! coz all different movements are to add upon and bulld upon one another, not throwing away the old, and embracing the new. the old and new are needed together! (Matt 9:16, *17)

Lord, i hope i will live up to Your name. glorify and exalt You. but somehow u noe...(hope if anybody who might be reading this is a non spirit-filled Christian, u will not be offended) i reali felt that somehow the so-call doctrinally correct Christians are always attacking the Charismatics and the Pentecostal by their words. is that reali call speaking in love and in truth? to me, sometimes i reali feel that it is more in pride than in love. i have to confess that many spirit-filled Christians got too extreme, but after all, the Body of Christ is still maturing. who does not have wrong? the most impt thing, whether having signs or not, it is the life that the person leads that say the loudest.

and something about the toronto blessings... i have not experienced it before coz i wasnt a Christian then, but i have experienced the shaking and slained in the Spirit. some of my frens experienced the holy laughter and weeping. and wat was their response to that?? nothing bad at all, but more on fire for Jesus!

we all must grow up in the likeness of Him. experiences are good but they are not all. they are just a means to the end, not the end to the means. we nd to grow out of just experiences. but we cannot remain there or we will catch ourselves stagnating and not moving on in God. but everybody must have their own personal experiences and encounters with God coz they are very real. and God is a living God who wants a relationship with us, not just wanting us to read His book. a preacher said, if the Lord has only want u to have the book, He will say He will send u a Book, and not another Person. we cant just want God the Father, God the Son and "God the Holy Scriptures", but God the Holy Spirit!

so, wat do i want to say? i guess just to say watever things i felt in my heart. BALANCE!!

"till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to be a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitiful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the Head - Christ - from whom the whole body, joined and knit togther by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love." Eph 4:13-16