Is Christ divided?

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. We thank God for His goodness, His faithfulness, His lovingkindness and tendermercies. Paul, continuing his letter to the Corinthians, after hearing that there were divisions among them that:

Primary Text

“Is Christ (the Messiah) divided into parts? …” 1 Corinthians 1v13 (AMP)

“Is Christ divided?...” 1 Corinthians 1v13 (NIV)

“Has Christ been divided into factions?...” 1 Corinthians 1v13 (NLT)

“I ask you, “Has the Messiah been chopped up in little pieces so we can each have a relic all our own? …” 1 Corinthians 1v13 (MSG)

What an interesting question? What could it mean? Could there be different parts to the Lord, where we each pick and choose what we want to believe or what part of the Lord is important? Is Christ divided? Christ is the head of the church which is the body? Should Christ’s body be divided? 1 Corinthians 1v10 (AMP) says “But I urge and entreat you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say, and that there be no dissensions or factions or divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your common understanding and in your opinions and judgments.”

Supplementary Text

“[There is] one body and one Spirit – just as there is also one hope [that belongs] to the calling you received – [There is] one Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of [us] all, Who is above all [Sovereign over all], pervading all and [living] in [us] all.” Ephesians 1v4-6 (AMP)

Prayer

Father, we thank You for Your Word this day. We thank You for Jesus, and for the body of Christ. Father we pray that You will bring down every division in the church and that even as individuals, You will help us to look always to You and not to any man, in Jesus name, amen.