"I am of Paul"

One thing us Christians must beware of, but which we can easily fall into, is pledging allegiance to man. For example:

"I am of Calvin." "I am of MacArthur." "I am of Piper." And the list goes on.

Paul spoke against this. He didn't like Corinthians saying "I am of Paul." He rebuffed this with "Was Paul crucified for you?" (1 Cor 1:12-13). He cleverly exposed the foolishness of what they were doing.

I sense that there are Christians today who need to be reminded not to pledge allegiance to Calvin. Or Calvinism. God hasn't called us to "sign up" to a system of doctrine, and then look down on Christians who have a different view. The same applies to Pre-millenialism, the Pre-tribulation position, the Pentecostal view (or conservative view) of the sign gifts, and so on.

There is "one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all" (Eph. 4:5-6). May we pledge allegiance to Jesus Christ, not to any mere man or system of belief.

"Thank You God, that You are our Father. Thank You, Jesus, that You died for us all, and that we are all on an equal footing.