1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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The apostle Paul's exhortation is surely based on Jesus' teaching and training. There was a word from the Lord as His time on earth was drawing to a close saying to the Father as He headed to the cross, 'Father, the hour has come'.

Then, lifting up His eyes to heaven praying, He said among so many other wonderful things, that all who believe in Him...
“that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me. And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and didst love them, even as Thou didst love Me.” {Jn.17:21-23}

Apparently, all too much of the church has not gotten that message! The world does not believe and the church that the world sees is visibly very imperfect, divided into more denominations than you or I can count. And that is certainly not thinking like and exhibiting the mind of Christ. There is an answer: James and Peter both instructed us to change the way we think—which of course would change the way that we act—and humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord {Jas.4:10} under the mighty hand of God. (1Pet.5:6}

That would happen for sure if we would only obey the instruction given to us to have the same mind, the same attitude in us as Jesus! {Php.2:5} Simply put, we need to repent of our denominations—our divisions!

There is after all only one name given by which men can be saved, the name of Jesus Christ. Exactly what Peter said, “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” {Acts 4:12} And as Paul would later write, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.' {1Cor.1:31}

There is a day coming, a day that I am longing for, when everyone who ever lived, saint and sinner alike, will bend their knee and boast in the Lord:

“Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9-11)

EVERY KNEE WILL BOW—START NOW!