It’s a little embarrassing to proclaim this, but it is a Kingdom command that Christians are to live with no divisions among us. We aren’t allowed to reject each other. We are not permitted to gossip about one another, or slander each other. The Gospel mandates that we go to each other and work out our differences. ALL of our differences. Yet the discouraging reality is that many Christians ignore this, and actually foster division in the Church with their words, actions, and inactions. This message makes it crystal clear that the Lord Jesus Christ is immeasurably serious concerning His decree that His followers be unified. It is time for heart-inspection, confession, repentance and restoration. Victory comes to believers who fight to remain unified.
Fixing Fractured Fellowship
1 Cor. 1:10-25
August 30, 2017 • Jeff Lyle
Getting Real about Our Attitudes
September 17, 2017 • Jeff Lyle
Zeal is an undervalued commodity in the Kingdom. Education is great. Experience is essential. Wisdom is a non-negotiable. Yet those three things could be found sitting in neutral if we do not possess Kingdom-zeal. When passion is added to precision, some wonderful things can happen. Having said that, zeal does not come without its own pitfalls. In this message, we see what happens when some of the disciples had more zeal than they had love. Their zeal also outran their call to unity. See how Jesus responds to His followers when they were very close to committing transgression, all because of their zeal outweighing their humility.
Admitting When You Are Wrong
September 13, 2017 • Jeff Lyle
Relationships are precious in the Kingdom…and often fragile. The Apostle Paul was a man of God like no other. Many forget that he was initially an outcast in the church because of his past. A man named Barnabas put his neck on the line for Paul and they became friends and ministry partners. But then things went south in a moment of disagreement. This message takes us through Paul’s journey with Barnabas and helps us all learn how to admit it when we have made mistakes in our relationships with others. Broken fellowship with other believers is no small matter. Observe how Paul chose humility over pride.
Unity: Good Enough To Sing About
September 10, 2017 • Jeff Lyle
People like songs about love, about victory, about heartbreak and about breakthrough. We write and sing of those things about which we are most passionate. Interestingly, there is a very short song in our bible that is all about the topic of…unity. Really? Unity? Yes, the Holy Spirit inspired a song to be written about the powerful blessing which God’s children experience when they do life together in unity. Most people do not know that there is an elevated blessing which only finds those who walk in unity with their spiritual brothers & sisters. Apart from this unity, this blessing on the rest of the Christian’s life will be smothered. If unity is important enough for God to write a song about it, then it must be good enough for us to sing about it. This message is not actually put to music, but it needs to become music to our ears as the Church advances together for the Gospel.