I've been in churches that have broken up and those that have remained stable. Yet one theme I see constantly running through churches and Christian forums are Christians who vehemently disagree - about Scripture, about prophecy, about whether we're to act or be passive, and about the color of the moon.
I know that not all have the Holy Spirit and that there are false brethren. But why so much disagreement among professing believers?
I'm curious to know others' beliefs about this.
Amos 8:9-13
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
KJV
Verse 1 links the last days (Isaiah 13:9-11; Matthew 24:29).
Verse 2 more about "the end".
Verse 3 for the end, a famine of hearing the words of The LORD, i.e., not understanding.
Verse 4 looking everywhere for understanding in God's Word and not finding it.
Verse 5 the thirst is for the Truth of God's Word
This was prophesied for today's time at the end of this world. This is why so many doctrines of men are rife in the Churches.