Why do Christians fight one another?

[FresnoJoe]

16 hours ago, The_Patriot2016 said:

who doesn't fight? seriously. We live in a world full of fighters. Even the so called "tolerance" people who avoid conflict, fight, in their own way. And its because we live in a fallen world full of fallen people, and Christians, are fallen people who are simply forgiven. We try and do the right thing but we still arn't perfect, and we fight-sometimes we are on the side of right, not all fights can be avoided, not all fights are wrong, but oftentimes, its because of our own selfish pride.

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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12

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He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Song Of Solomon 2:4

Of Love

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

[TehMill]

There be wolves dressed as sheep, there be blind leaders of the blind and we are famous for being foolish and for having itchy ears.

[SHINY4UJESUS]

There are several reasons Christians fight and find conflict with each other, and all those reasons begin with satan, and the tendency of the flesh to serve the flesh rather than the Spirit.

1) MISCONCEPTION/MISINTERPRETATION: Many have simply been exposed to the wrong principles, wrong teachings, wrong habits for so long; that they become blinded to truth. This causes them to fiecely defend and perpetuate the deceptive ideals and doctrine they believe is correct. Each side may be right, each side may be wrong,or there may be one right/one wrong; but the tendency towards legalism and policy leads to judge and contend with those who see things differently

2) INTENTION: When believers have the wrong heart, the wrong intent; it will give birth to actions and speech that are contrary to unity. For example, one with a proud heart will be more likely to contend with others because their intent, (conscious or not,) is to elevate self. Some may be prone to judge based on their experiences of being similarly treated; thus thinking this is the acceptable norm.

3)NARROW IS THE GATE: Since scripture says "Many are called but few are chosen," every believer wanats t be "the few," understandably. however, this contributes to the tendency to see other Christians/denominations as "wrong," since we cannot all be "right."

4)FAILED FOCUS: Jesus spent much time rebuking the pharisees and spiritual leaders of His time, because they focused more on tradition, process, politics and protocol over the more foundational/critical aspects of mercy and love. When our focus is not on Christ and reflecting His character, we will fall into this tendency. Many unfortunately lose sight of the elementary truth that we are saved by grace through faith, not works. Grace is what we should reflect.

5)ENEMY: Satan is a tricky sort. He often makes us feel like what we are doing or saying is "right," even when its wrong. His whole goal is to place obstacles between us and God;thus he often plants the wrong thoughts, attitudes and intentions in the hearts n minds of believers in order to cause disunity amongst the body.

6)BATTLE: The flesh and Spirit are at constant conflict; this is spiritual warfare. Since unity and truth are of the spirit, our natural bodies and minds will constantly seek to avoid those things, which inspires the need to create strife and disunity.

Edited September 18, 2016 by SHINY4UJESUS
misspelling in abundance..lol

[Leonardo Von]

On 7/30/2016 at 10:46 PM, fantasymay said:

I am constantly seeing Christians fighting each other over their beliefs.

Some things are important like abortion and homosexuality, but alot of things are trivial.

Why must Christians argue and back bite each other, It's a real put off to accepting what they say.

Hi Fantasymay,

 

 

Grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus isn’t guilty of the stupid things people do in His name. If you were faithful to Him and His Word, everything that are written in the Sacred Scripture can fulfill itself in you. The gospel of Christ it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth (Rom 1.16), but, unfortunately, most people don’t want to be saved from himself (his ego corrupted by sin – see who we are in Romans 3.9-12; 7.15-19).

And since you felt worried about the fight between Christians, certainly, this is Jesus working in your heart, in order to use you to show us how we ought to love one another until it fulfills itself the verse below:

 

 

·         “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: that we [ henceforth ] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [ and ] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;” (Eph 4.11-14).

 

 

Let the problems that there are in those who claim to believe in Jesus, to serve as encouragement for you to seek to know Jesus deeply and then to make difference in our generation, as it is promised in Daniel 12.3:

 

 

·         And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” (Daniel 12.3).

 

 

May Jesus help you to know Him inwardly, to hear His voice and to discover who are you (in His eyes – 1Cor 13.12) and for what you are in this world.

With all love in Christ, Leonardo.

Edited September 21, 2016 by Leonardo Von