Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 7
He observes that many “individualistic Christians” do “great things for God” but “can’t get along in a church,” and says without mutual submission unity is “impossible”; what kinds of “always something wrong” thinking have you seen (or practiced), and how does it limit what a united church could do?
Another way to ask: He says some Christians do big things but can’t get along in church, and unity is impossible without mutual submission. What “there’s always something wrong” attitudes have you seen in yourself or others, and how do they block unity?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The speaker suggests “always something wrong” thinking shows up when believers refuse to submit or unite—believing “no one’s right” and “no one’s good enough”—which makes them spiritually and practically limited. A united church, by contrast, gains strength not from size but from unity.
- He describes the pattern: “individualistic Christians… doing great things for God. But they can’t get along in a church.”
- He lists the mindset: “No one’s right. No one’s good enough… There’s always something wrong.”
- He identifies the root issue: “They can’t submit. They can’t unite.”
- He admits God may still use them, but says, “they’re so limited to what they actually can do.”
- He gives the unity principle: a “United… nation… depends on their unity, not on their size.”
- He concludes again: “without mutual submission, it’s impossible” to have that unity.