'Christians should try to overcome the differences between groups and unite.'

Authors Avatar

‘Christians should try to overcome the differences between groups and unite.’

In this section, I am going to decide whether or not I agree with the statement shown above. Firstly I am going to give all the points that agree with the idea that Christians should unite.

Catholics believe that Jesus only founded one church, therefore he only meant there to be one church.

“…you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church and not even death will be able to overcome it…”

Matthew 16:13-20

Catholics believe that Jesus prayed to his father that his followers would unite- this shows us that Jesus/God wants there to be one church, for all of Gods people to come together and unite in worship. As Catholics follow the Bible strictly they agree that it is Gods will for there to be one church. There are references from the bible, which support the idea of being in unity with others.

“Now the important thing is that your way of life should be as the Gospel of Christ requires, so that, whether or not I am able to go and see you, I will hear that you are standing firm with on common purpose and that the only one desire you are fighting together for the faith of the Gospel.”

Philippians 1:27

This quote supports the idea of unity and being as one. It also says how Christians should follow the Gospel. It also says we should not be fighting each other, but fighting together to spread the words of the Gospel.

Join now!

“Do your best to preserve the unity which the spirit gives you by means of the peace that binds you together.”

Ephesians 4:3

“There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; there is one God and father of all, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.”

Ephesians 4:5-6

The two quotes above talk about unity again and how there is only one God and there should only be one church. The first Ephesians quote says that we have been given means to preserve the unity, because we have shown that we can ...

This is a preview of the whole essay