God will Protect the Church

Verses: Psalms 83: 1 - 18

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

God will always protect the Church.  It doesn’t matter who comes up against it the Church will be protected by the one that created it.  Now the hardest part for us to understand is exactly who is the church.  Is the Church one particular denomination?  Is the church one particular group of a denomination?  Is the Church mentioned only the Church we attend?

On writing this many probably immediately determined that their church was the one protected.  Some would even include the denomination their Church belongs to.  Others will go a step further and say that All Denominations that Teach what my church teaches is the Church.

Let us consider that any Church that serves the One Living God is the church in question.  This would take it further than the local church.  This would expand it further than a group of denominations.  In fact, it would expand it to several religious groups. 

Yes, there are many who serve God.  We have a tendency to focus on our own connection because we feel that they agree with us.  It is easier to be connected with a certain type of believers then to accept the entirety of the Church. 

I know some right now are saying to themselves how can this be true?  Let us remember that God did not create all of the religious sects.  Those were created by humankind to explain their ideology.  It even gets more interesting when you think of Churches that have split into denominations.  This usually happened because one group of believers begged to differ on one or two principles.  Therefor they split to say that their beliefs are the proper ones.

Look back to what happened soon after Jesus’s ascension.  Immediately people had gone on a divide on who could be considered Christians.  The first debate was on circumcision.  Some believed that the Messiah had come for the Jewish community.  Therefor they believed that any Gentiles that accepted had to undergo the conversion to Judaism and Christianity at the same time.  Therefor they would need to be circumcises like Abraham.

It is amazing when you look at the Church and how so many different groups have sprung up over time.  Let us first look at where people have started the first branches that separated the Church.  Three very different religious traditions claim Abraham to be their father.  Yet, what we need to realize is that Abraham believed in the One True God.  Therefor if the religious groups trace themselves back to Abraham and still believe in that One God are not they worshipping the same God? 

This is something that we all should think about.  God will protect the church, not only your church but all who serve the Living God.  It doesn’t matter our little differences.  If one was to look at the bigger picture we will see that we are all doing the same thing.  We are laying a foundation to bring harmony, peace and love to the world.  The very core of the Church is the spreading of the Love.  Isn’t it time that we stop fighting amongst ourselves and realize this?

Prayer:

We love you Dear God.  We thank you for the sacrifice of Jesus.  We praise you for giving us the peace and harmony that we need to live.  Help us accept people that are different from us.  Help us understand that we are only one small part of the Church.  Help your people become united in love.  In the name of the Living God we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you limited who can be in the family of God?  Are you willing to accept all believers into your community?  Are you willing today to help break the walls that have caused divide among the Church?  What is God calling you to do today?