Parting ways!

Acts 15: 39   NIV

³⁹ They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company.

When we consider people leaving churches to go to another, that sometimes sends out shock waves.

And yet I believe people can have disagreements in the church, without even sinning.

Paul and Barnabas must have had a real donnybrook (a big heated argument)

But they went separate ways, and the Gospel still went out.

Over my course of years of preaching and teaching the Gospel, I have had a few disagreements with folks.

Some I have had without sinning, and yet others I would love a mulligan on.

I’ve literally met scores of people whom I have had wonderful fellowship with over time, that I no longer have relationships with.

Some have gone their separate ways to share the Gospel of love, and others have just gone away angry and upset.

My Dad used to say to me... “Boy, don’t go away mad...just go away!!”

May Dad was a wise man.

On Sunday, our church baptized 25 people. Talk about an exciting time!! Am I boasting? Just in the power of Jesus to overcome.

And even as there’s disagreement in the church sometimes, the Gospel of love and peace still goes out. Most times even in spite of me, I must confess.

The church of Jesus Christ can certainly maintain unity, without there being any bitterness...