Undercover Jesus

So as I was thinking the other day, an interesting think occurred (That was intentional. Why? For fun.).  I wondered, "What if Jesus would come to earth in His physical, human form and began preaching and testifying in all different churches from different denominations on Sundays.  I wonder how many churches would boot Him out, saying His doctrine wasn't right.  Maybe His views on predestination or free will were incorrect.  Maybe His views on common grace were just simply off.  Undoubtedly, many churches, if not all, would find some kind of error or heresy in His preaching."

Must there really be so much division within the church?  I didn't do my research, but if I had to guess at how many different denominations and splits there are in the church just within the United States, I would say that the number lies approximately at a lot (now that is an effective statistic if I have ever seen one).  Now, of course the church has to be sure to be following the straight and narrow path, but these splits occur far too often and over issues that REALLY don't matter in the long haul.  There are too many people who seem to think, "Oh, I disagree with (insert issue here), I am going to go start a "different church,"" as if Jesus proclaimed to be the head of not just one body of believers, but instead the head of many bodies.

I realize that to ask all the churches to agree and unite again into one singular church is something that is quite unlikely to be accomplished by we who continuously fall prey to sin.  We should, however, be able to at the very least, agree to disagree on theological and doctrinal topics, so as not to come to disagreements and then, as a result, scorn each other or look down on one another.  Unfortunately, too many churches and denominational groups tend to look at other groups in a negative light.  Looking down at the other churches or denominations often makes one look like he believes that his doctrine or theology or whatever is perfect and right, and anyone else who disagrees is ultimately wrong and not invited in worship, praise, and study.

Give me a break.

We really don't have to imagine a scene in which Jesus comes down in body and starts preaching in our churches.  The Bible gives plenty of accounts of when Jesus, preaching nothing but truth, is scoffed, threatened, and deemed a heretic or one who is demon possessed by those who seem to have it all figured out.  It really doesn't seem like times have changed all that much.