(Nuggets from Romans 16:17)
Apostle Paul as a closing remark in his epistle to the church in Rome, saw the need to give them instructions about the false teachers, who had been the orchestrators of all the division and chaos in the church.
This was more like an entreaty, beseeching them in love to TAKE NOTE OF ALL THOSE WHO CAUSE DIVISIONS AND OFFENSES, contrary to what he has taught and admonished them and all they had learnt from him.
He was signalling them to see the danger that looms ahead, and be on the lookout for such evil people who are not just outside the church, but wrecking havoc from within, on a mission to CAUSE DIVISIONS AND OFFENSES just to destabilize the body of Christ.
The instruction was clear: IDENTIFY SUCH PEOPLE, MARK THEM AND AVOID THEM!
Our Lord Jesus Christ had foretold His disciples that divisions and offences would come, but he proclaimed a woe on those by whom they come (Matthew 18:7).
Apostle Paul in today's verse, cautioned the church in Rome, and by extension is CAUTIONING YOU AND I TODAY - MARK THEM AND AVOID THEM.
A DANGER DISCOVERED IS HALF PREVENTED.
To AVOID THEM means to SHUN EVERY FORM OF COMMUNICATION OR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, lest you get infected by them.
Mark all those who cause DIVISIONS, DISSENSIONS and CREATE FACTIONS in the house of God, and AVOID THEM.
SCHISM, SEGREGATION, PARTISANSHIP and any other act that would promote HATRED should not be seen in the house of God or propagated by anyone who professes to love the Lord.
For the sake of SANITY and HEALTH of the body of Christ, it is expedient that anyone who is part and parcel of the BODY OF CHRIST should be a BUILDER, not a DESTROYER.
MARK ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DESTROY THE BODY OF CHRIST AND AVOID THEM, GIVE THEM NO CHANCE.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 20 OF 365 (2026)
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