Sects

The strange delusion

It’s rather strange, I must confess
That folks in sects contend
That they’re not sects, but only saints
And will their course defend

All other folks are sects, they say
And we are the Church indeed;
But Bible proof that they are right
We fail to find or read

And organized? Yes organized
But here they disagree
Some say they are, but others not –
Their members are all free

Denominations? No, they shout
But fellowship we claim
Why do they then reject the saints
Who will not bear their name?

Another sect is well on way
Absorbing all the rest
Ecumenical
They hope it will be the best

But some people live outside the camp
Of men: Christ is their Head
Though little, poor, despised and few
They trust and rest on what He said

Their perfect safety is in Christ –
From men and methods free
Like Mary, Timothy and Luke
They’re in Paul’s company.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.(1 Corinthians 1: 10)

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