- Greetings brothers and sisters in Christ our Redeemer.
- My message to you is not one of doctrinal lines and dogma;
- Rather I would speak to you of the importance of Christ over doctrine.
- For Jesus was neither Baptist nor Catholic, neither was He Anglican or Episcopalian,
- Nor was He of the Amish, the Shakers, the Quakers, the Mormons, the Adventists, the Pentecostals, the Methodists, the Lutherans, the Greek Orthodox, or any other denomination that proclaims Christ.
- Rather our Lord was of His Own faith, the pure and undefiled faith of God,
- Teaching us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and might,
- And focusing firstly on doing the will of our Lord and on the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ Jesus our Savior.
- Be then not divided because one says worship Saturday and another Sunday,
- Nor because one says to sprinkle and another immerse,
- Nor on any other thing which causes division among the body of Christ;
- Rather, focus upon the furtherance of the kingdom of God in unison.
- Pray for one another. Lift up those of all the faiths of Christ in prayer.
- Pray for those who agree and doubly for those that do not,
- Not in the spirit of shame or disdain, but in a spirit of joy and love befitting of our mutual Redeemer.
- For Christ did not alone die for the Baptist, nor only for the Catholic,
- Nor for any one other group,
- But for all who were lost in sin, that all may be brought to the Son of God that was lifted up for all our sakes.
- So pray all of you for the others, in meekness and love and faith,
- And in the fullness of time, Christ will correct doctrine and dogma as is mete for Him Who knows all things in the Father.
- Again I tell you, pray for one another. Bear each others burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.
An Epistle to the Varied Denominations in Epistles
- Nov. 5, 2015, 3:36 p.m.
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