Puppets

In this video, the only guy that is real is the middle one. The rest are puppets completely controlled by Christopher (the guy in the middle). When I saw this for the first time, I thought of how easily we become puppets. We become the puppets of the media, politics, the economy, our bosses, and sometimes "the winds of various doctrines." We listen to someone and they seem to make sense and so we decided to continue listening and following their every move. I have even heard of Christians that will follow a preacher from church to church. I have never understood it, but I have heard of it.

Paul had the same problem in Corinth, "Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ." The people of Corinth were arguing and bickering over who was right and who was wrong. A modern day parallel would be the arguing between denominations over points of doctrine or church government that really don't make any difference.

The only thing I am willing to "go to the wall" for is the Word of God in its entirety. I am not one to split hairs as long as we all agree that Christ is the only way to salvation. Now don't get me wrong. I am not a "name it and claim it" kind of Christian. However, only God knows if they are right or wrong and I am not going to cause division in the Body of Christ over it.

God tells the church that it must exist in unity, not uniformity. I think we should consider the impact on our Christian witness to non-believers when they see us publicly arguing with each other. I wouldn't want to be a part of that. Would you?

So be careful what you say both in public and private. You never know who is listening.