Bible Verse of The Day

1Corinthians 1:12-13 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

My dear friends, beware of putting denominational tags on the Church of Jesus. To best explain the damage caused by tags I will share with my readers an event that took place in my life during my first evangelistic trip.

"First Evangelistic Trip"

In the early 80's I was praying one morning and the Spirit spoke to me and said, "Go to Lodi". So I forsook everything, home, family and all, and went to Lodi.

I had no clue as to why the Spirit had sent me to this Town. So when I arrived I began to walk the streets and pray. I walked for several hours with no direction from the Lord.

Finally, as I walked down a street I passed a man who was putting something in the trunk of his Mercedes. I looked at his home also, it was one of the nicest in the area.

As I passed by I was somewhat intimidated by the difference in my simple standing in life and the standing of this mans. So I passed on by looking for another. As I passed by the Spirit told me to speak to this man. I continued to walk and resist the Lord.

After some time, and pressure from the Lord, I returned and once again found the man putting something in his trunk. I preached the Gospel to this man and he called on the name of Jesus and was Saved.

After speaking for some time with him and instructing him in the ways of the Lord, I said my goodbyes and began to walk away. The man then shouted, "Wait, I want my whole family Saved". He went in and returned with his wife and children and they were all Saved that day. Glory to God!

After this I thought that this was the beginning of a wonderful move of God in Lodi. So I continued my walk, expecting the Lord to continue this work.

As the day ended and not one other person was Saved, I asked the Lord, "Why am I here?". Jesus spoke and said, "Go to that corner over there and look down the street".

As I stood on this corner the presence of the Holy Spirit grew stronger and stronger. I then seen something that later I realized was a vision. It was so real at the time that For a long time I thought I had physically seen this.

What I seen when I looked down this street was Churches lining both sides of the street. As I continued to look I seen that it was Sunday and all these Churches were ending their Services about the same time.

As the people began to leave these Churches I noticed that they all left the buildings with their faces toward the ground, refusing to look at those leaving the other buildings.

Then Jesus took my focus off of the people and caused me to focus on the names of the Churches. I was shocked as I noticed that each Denomination had several Churches on this same street. I began to be grieved and wept. I then looked over and saw Jesus standing beside me, Weeping.

This is a true event my friends, I leave you with this thought: John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.