Acorn Build Up: Church Conflict

Church Conflict

Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world...

One of my most shocking discoveries about the church is that sometimes church people disagree! Sorry for the sarcasm. However, the truth is at first I really was shocked. Frankly, it wasn't the fact that church people disagree; rather, it was the way they disagreed.

Here are the facts.
* Every church is made up of people.
* People are flawed.
* Therefore, churches will have conflict.

The question isn't "if" there will be conflict, the question is "when" will it happen. To me the more important question is "how will conflict be resolved?"

God calls us to live life differently than the world lives it, to follow a distinctly Christian pattern. When our conflicts in the church look the same as the way the world fights, then we are conforming to the pattern of the world.

Jesus said, "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (John 13:34-35)

Conflict is a given. How we resolve it is the question. Jesus calls us to show the world we are His by loving one another.

Love one another!
Lon