Section 9
reality of chapter twelve without the proper prac tice of chapter fourteen. Without Romans 14, we cannot have the Body, because without the prac tice of receiving the believers revealed in this chapter, Christians will remain divided over doc trinal concepts. Doctrine divides; life unites. Christian history has fully proved that no doc trine builds up; every doctrine is divisive. Whether or not a doctrine is scriptural or unscriptural, right or wrong, it still divides. Christianity has been cut into thousands of pieces by all the dif ferent doctrines. Without exception every doc trine has produced a sect or division. There is no need to say that cultic doctrines divide; even the proper, sound, fundamental, scriptural, spir itual doctrines can divide. Therefore, we should not devote our attention to doctrine. Instead we should pray, "Lord, rescue us from all doctrinal concepts. Lord, bring us into Yourself. You are our unique concept. Our concept is Christ." Christ is one; doctrines are many. Christ must be our unique concept.
This was Paul's meaning when he told us "to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus" (15:5). The Jewish believers in the ancient times held many doctrinal tenets. Also, a number of the Gentile believers held certain