Christian, Unite !

Lord Jesus praying...

Unity among the believers were the last prayer our Lord Jesus prayed before His crucifixion.

John 17:20-23 (NIV) "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one : I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me..."

1. Why so many denominations ?

Non-Christian friends are always asking this questions over and over again that I could not really get an answer for them. All I could say is...we have different kind of approach in terms of worship, praise and singing but we are still believing in the same belief.

I guess why people asked this question is because they failed to see the unity we have among all denominations. We failed to practice unity among all denominations. We tend to separate our ownselves.

"I am a Methodist." "I am an Anglican." "I am a Roman Catholic." ....etc.

This is how we always addressed ourselves rather then directly tell them that we are His disciples, unless we are the so-called-Christian.

Christ for the world.

We should put aside all this denominations thing and work together as one for the sake of the Kingdom of God. Remember that we all bear the name of Christ and so, we are His followers. It does not matter which church we are coming from. In the end of the day, it is our heart that matters to God.

One in the body of Christ.

Let us all join together as one body of Christ (not only on Christmas and Easter) and move towards the whole world that His glory and love may be shown to all, that one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord.

Remember our Lord Jesus' prayer for us....that we shall be in complete UNITY.

2. Christians are proud people.

What is happening among us that non-Christian would come up with such statement? What did we do or what did we not do? Let us all take a look at ourselves. Are we too concern about our ownselves that we failed to look at the needs of other? Do we hear the cries of those around us?

Ok...let us get to very small and basic things in our lives. Forget about all those holy holy stuff. Do we say thank you to everyone that offer services to us ? Some might say, "They should be saying thank you to us because we are giving them business." Can we be humble enough to say thank you to everyone who do us deeds? And....make sure our thank you is really sincere from our hearts and not some word we say that has no meaning at all.

Smile...

Do we smile to strangers? I don't mean going around smiling at everyone but like someone you are sitting with on a public transport....the toilet attendants....the guards....the gardener....the old lady. Do we smile and wishes someone from our church when we meet them outside the church especially when we come from a huge church and hardly have any chance of meeting each other in the church ?

When we received a lousy service at a place, are we the first to shout and complain like as if it is the end of the world ? Do you always fight for your rights when everyone else just forgive and forget ?

Humbleness : Lord Jesus washing the disciples' feet.

Christians...be humble in every situations. Say thank you from your heart and smile because smile might help brightens someones' lives. Smile is contagious. I always remember this saying from a pastor some time ago... "The only rights we have is....... NO RIGHTS!" Remember WWJD (it was popular once upon a time).... What Would Jesus Do? Think, use the brain God has given us and not act upon our emotions.

Do not be proud! Proud people are foolish people.

Be united just as Christ is united. Let the battle not be the battle among Christians but the battle towards the evils. Let us work together for the sake of God. Quarrel no more Christians...it is time to reach out to the lost.

Christians...UNITE !

People of God....unite.