Divisions amongst us

1 Corinthians 11:18-19

Paul knew that there were going to be divisions in the Church and that there would be opposition against the Church. There must be an opposition in all things. It was Satan's desire to stir up the early saints and to lead them away through false prophets and teachers. Only by revealing the false teachers were the early saints going to rid them amongst themselves. However, a lot of communities failed to do so and once the apostles were killed, the false teachers moved in like wolves. This scripture applies for our day too. There were some "wolves" among the early saints and there were some who fell away and apostatized including members of the Twelve.