Amor Dee
Text: James 4:1-12
Sermon Structure: Problematical
Subject: Division
Theme: How can we overcome the problem of divisions?
Intro:
Greetings… Text… Title… Prayer…
To all of us who were here this morning, how many times do we ever feel like we’re all alone? Relationships always have problem, and sometimes we feel that God seem so distant? (DIVISIONS) If you feel like this Brethren, listen to this message for you to understand and overcome the division in life.
I – The need of dealing for the problem of division
In dealing with the problem of division we need to take note this following…
A. The Difficulty of Division
Division brings people into a state of splitting up relationship with one another. Brethren many churches today experienced this division, not only a division of church but also a division of belief and idea that leads to the division with one another. This kind of problem brings the situation by coming apart of the relation with one another.
B. The Symptoms
One of the indications of division is mark with getting individuality, or not communicating with one another. As Christian we need to be aware always because if ever we can see someone in our church want to get alone and don’t want to communicate with us or with his co-believer he/she may had a problem that might brings division. And may be not all this, but this might be the possible things happen.
C. The causes
Division is caused by disagreement, overconfidence to self idea, and having the different or wrong reports. Most of the time divisions were made because of disagreement. I remember the church in Tickwas where I was came from, one of the member there Mr. Fuerzas offered to our pastor to have a small business with him. And after a month there was a conflict arises, and this because of disagreement. Our pastor have his own concept of investing there business, while Mr. Fuerzas also have his own strategy of investing. A week after Mr. Fuentes felt of being discourage, he begun not attending Sunday service until he totally separate from our church. This were happened because of there disagreement with our pastor. Sometimes division also is caused by overconfident to self idea, because people who possess this kind of pride will not any more listen or consider from other ideas because he/she only believe and confidently on his own idea. And also the different or wrong report will also be the cause of division.
D. The Effects
Division creates quarrels, exterminates good relation to one another and it affects the relations with God. Now, this is the outcomes when there is division this leads to quarrels because of having different belief and different idea and the outcome or effect of these cause exterminate also good relation toward other. If this case happen in the church, the church will never going to grow, because everyone might just do what is for good him and not to the church himself. In church of Imelda, one of the officers of the church encounter such of this… there house where just near to each other. During Sunday morning, if the officer of the church sees that his opponent went at the church for worship the officer will just stay at there house. whenever if the officer of the church went first in the church his opponent also will just stay at home. Brethren what will happen on the church if members go like this? Is there any good things happen? Would you think that the church would grow after all? The officer left his office in the church and the other one stop coming for Sunday worship. This was the effect of there disagreement; through disagreement division comes- and this division brings or exterminates there good relation, and this also resulted and affected there relation toward our God.
E. The Criteria –
An Adequate solution of division must observe by drawing near to God and having a close-relation to one another. This is now the important things that Christians need to remember when division comes, we need to draw near to God; in drawing near to God engage us to love and obey His commands. Through of this also it lead us to love and draw near to one another specially to our co-believers in Christ, for Christ Himself wants that we as His followers must be united in Him, to do our best on the task that he has given to all. Brethren, the adequate solution of division is observed by drawing near to God and drawing near to one another.
II – Extra Biblical Solutions
A. Division can be cured by reestablishing good relation and having regular communication toward others. Often times, most of the people try to escape from each other after having division in belief, ideas and etc. They try to hide there faces, sometimes covered it with notes or what things they have in their hands just to escape and hide there selves from each other. They did like this for the reason that they want to escape from trouble and have peace on their own. The truth is that, peace will not be obtained by hiding ourselves! But by reestablishing back the good relation of its other after having division. We can not escape the trouble by hiding each of our faces or by not speaking to them. Because in doing it, it leads the situation into worst. Instead after having division, we need to put back or reestablish our good relation to each other.
B. Division can be cured by having good reactions or discovering the truth to any reports. In most cases, many individuals and churches where being split because of the wrong reports. And these divisions become most horrible if both have not discovered the truth to any reports. And also one important thing is our good reactions toward any reports. Sometimes we speak harshly after hearing the reports, without thinking how true it was. Divisions can be cured if both will have good reactions and discover the truth of any reports.
C. Division can be cured by having agreement or understanding and agreeing each idea. May be this is the most hard thing for us to do especially when both have already its conflict. But we need to take note that this is also the most important thing that should everyone must have in order divisions will be cured; to agree or understand its idea because we as man were all limited in wisdom.
Prop: The Bible speaks us on how to deal divisions in life.
III – The Biblical Solutions
A. Tame the tongue. Jam 3:8 But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.
As Christians we need to remember that we need to tame our tongue because as what it said in here that it is evil and uncontrollable, and full of deadly poison. How worse is our tongue if it is not being tame? Henry said, “that the tongue of men is worst that the tongue of a lion and most of the savage beast.” And if we have this uncontrolled tongue this will be the factor of great quarrels, troubles, and divisions. And if we will not tame our tongue in speaking of evil, our troubles and divisions will become worst. Brethren if we want solution of division we need to tame our tongue, and speak not harshly for this is to break God’s law and gives the devil a foothold to work divisions among us.
B. Don’t speak evil against to one another. Jam 4:11 Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Another most common cause of division is speaking against its other. In this passage James instructed the believers to speak not against its other. In Greek word, “katalaleite,” this signifies of speaking anything that may hurt or injure another. And in hurting someone will cause of divisions. Brethren in avoiding of speaking evil against to one another will also avoid us from divisions. In that way, we must not speak evil things to others
C. Uniting in Christ and focus on Him alone. 1Co 1:5 For in union with Christ you have become rich in all things, including all speech and all knowledge.
This passage was a part of Paul’s message to the Corinth church that in union with Christ they got rich in all things, including all speech and all knowledge. The word “union with Christ”, speaks of having unity in all areas… that Christians must be united in Christ and not to come up with divisions. Even the Corinthians people also experienced the divisions of ideas, that’s why Paul encourage them in 1:13 to focus on Christ because He is the source and the remedy of division. And this is the truth! Because through Him people were being united, maybe not in faces and not gestures or in other else but in belief and ideas we are one. If every people would just focus on Christ divisions will not have its place. Therefore as Christian we need to unite in Christ and focus on Him alone.
Conclusion:
Brethren, the danger of division is loitering everywhere in every disagreement or grudge, over confident to self idea and in wrong reports. Therefore we need to watchful always and the truth in love, for we are to love one another, and never speak harshly because this break God’s law and gives the devil foothold to work division among us. And also we must focus on Jesus, who came to save the lost. God Bless us all… let us pray.
