the Wheat and the Tares - adjusting expectations
One of our mentors used to say that that "the greatest miracle God will do is to purify and unify His Church before Jesus returns". At the time, I didn't know what to think about his assertion. I realize now that our mentor wasn't simply using hyperbole to make a teaching point. He was speaking the truth about such a thing being "the greatest miracle"! Of course, Christians will debate IF this is something Jesus will actually do before He Returns. Some Christians ONLY except such a miracle to take place after His Second Coming. Again, it takes very little faith to believe Jesus will return for a "beat up girlfriend" whereas it does require faith to believe He will return for a "beautiful Bride"! And don't get me started regarding those who reduce all talk of Christ's work of sanctification as merely "positional" and not "actual"! Returning to the discussion of the "state" of the Body of Christ today...