Arm Wrestling match: Calvinism vs Arminianism

I would like to start to share about giving honor to each other. Does anyone see the scriptural problem with the title of this blog entry? If you call yourself in one of these camps then you may have a problem. If you are a baby Christian then don't worry, all is well. You are where the Lord expects you to be as he knows you will be growing. For the rest of us that think we are a mature Christian let me say that may not be as true as you think. Can a divided body function as it should? Can we be a mature Christian if we are divided?

Well maybe you have not figured out yet where I am going with this. The Apostle Paul said,
"1 Cor. 1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you said, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? ". (emphasis added)
Now, if you call yourself after some group or denomination you just may be classified as a divided Christian or a Christian still walking by the flesh.

I believe it is time to drop the labels and take up the cross and follow Christ. Of course the cross alone is not our call. What? Blaspheme! Actual the opposite could be blaspheme. Some quote Paul when he said that he preaches nothing but the cross and say something like, "In my ministry I only preach the cross". They have missed Paul's point. He preached on many more topics than the cross as the New Testament is filled with his teachings. The point is that all teaching must have its foundation at the cross. Our call is to start at the cross to begin our walk in the resurrection life of Jesus Christ. The cross is the price to walk out of the empty tomb. If we do not preach and live out of the resurrection power of Christ then there is no point in salvation. We would just be serving another dead prophet.

It is not about labels it is only about Jesus Christ. He is our everything and the source of every twitch of our life muscle. I am not a Calvinist, an Armenian nor anything inbetween. I am a born-again follower of Jesus Christ known as a Christian. Let us take a risk and begin to live a mature life of walking in the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus according to Romans 8.

Here at "Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry" we are learning to walk in love and give honor to all Christian faiths even if they do not agree with us. Honor is one of our core values. We give honor because we are honorable. Even if we call ourselves by some name we have the same foundation of the forgiveness of sin by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I do not think being part of a denomination with common core beliefs is bad in any way I just think we should, as they say, reach across the aisle and work together to bring God's love to this world.