There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

up fighting each other over doctrine, instead of fighting the real enemy of us all— Satan and his demonic rebels! While the adversary is leading people into bondages like alcoholism, pornography, drugs, child abuse, and fornication, Christians are linking our shields around doctrinal issues such as what is the true baptismal formula, or whether certain gifts have ceased and others are still operational, or whether miracles can occur today or were strictly for the first century. Some even make a major doctrine on not permitting musical instruments in a church worship setting. It is frustrating to see so many people focusing on personal interpretations and not on helping others overcoming evil inclinations. There is friction over the style of music and types of songs being sung on Sunday morning. Sunday morning is still the most segregated day of the week in America. If a doctrinal issue or interpretation has no bearing upon our salvation or eternal destination, then the body of Christ needs to grow up and quit beating a horse that has no legs, meaning stop dividing the church over issues that will carry us nowhere but into a field of division where we are all hiding under our little lights under our man-made denominational bushels. Instead of spreading out over the city trying to hold down the fort in our local churches, keeping the saints in and the devil out, we should start linking our shields to have a greater impact in the community and the city. God does not want us to be independent (standing alone) or code-pendent (unable to stand without someone’s help); He wants us to be interdependent, meaning we need one another standing shoulder to shoulder to engage the adversary.