"Brotherhood"

PSALMS 133 [A Song of degrees of David.]

  To make excuses for the lack of sleep, might just be another way of me saying, I am tired and weary of all the ugliness in the politics of this nation. When did it become alright for the people in the House and Senate to speak against the duly-elected President, who they are to give respect for being the President? Even if you disagree with his politics, you still owe the Office the respect that it deserves. I just needed to get that off my chest, because this Psalm is about "Brotherhood," and if there is going to be unity in the way we respect one another, then there must be something that can be common ground on which we stand. In the church, that common ground is our belief in Jesus Christ and the message of the cross. We can agree to disagree on the little things, such as salvation being subject to being Baptized, or whether or not the Rapture will be before, during, or after the Tribulation; but as to whether or not Jesus died on the cross for our sins, rose on the third day, and ascended to heaven where He now sits at the right hand of the Father, on that we must all agree! There are some other minor things that people might feel need to be thrown into the list of major, but according to Paul, the cross and the resurrection matter the most. There must be unity in the body of Christ! Without that basic principle, there is really no difference between the way we act as followers of Christ and the political people that fight among each other. It is believed that David penned this Psalm when the two Tribes came together, which was eight years after David became the King of Judah. There was really no reason for the bloodshed between brothers, but it was an all out war that took place between Judah and Israel; and it was all based upon the disagreement on whom they should follow! How about we make Christ Jesus the one we follow! Everyone else can just be considered fellow followers of Christ, and we can remain kind to one another in the process...

"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you: but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." (1 Corinthians 1:10)