Daily Devotions
Filled with the Holy Spirit
"By one Spirit we were all baptised into one body..."
Text: 1 Corinthians 12:13
THE THREAT OF SCHISM
The Apostle Paul took the threat of schism very seriously. He saw how the oneness in the Corinthian Church was severely threatened. He took great pains to address the problem of schism.
1. He rebuked
2. He warned
3. He corrected
He devoted much time and effort to deal with this dangerous sin problem in 1 Corinthians. The danger of schism may arise from a secular and worldly spirit!
But the fact is that schism may also arise when people misunderstand and misuse the gifts of the Spirit of God. Paul turned his attention to deal with the threat of schism in 1 Corinthians 12-14.
AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
Paul wrote vigorously to teach emphatically this great truth- that we are one body in Christ!
“For as the body is one and has many members,
but all the members of that one body, being many,
are one body, so also is Christ.
For by one Spirit we were all baptised into one body-
whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-
and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 12:12-13