Here's something I've thought about before, but it really hit me last night:
I Corinthians 1:10-13 says:
10. 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.
11. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Later, in I Corinthians 3:3, Paul says, "For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?"
This sounds exactly like modern-day churches. Methodists say, "I am of John Wesley"; Baptists say, "I am of John Calvin"; Lutherans say, "I am of Martin Luther"; etc. Yet, in all my years of attending church, I've never once heard anyone compare themselves to the Corinthians in this Scripture.
Followers of John Wesley (I know them best, as I attended a Wesleyan church and grew up in the Wesleyan Methodist denomination) claim that they are NOT CARNAL when they are sanctified through a second work of grace. Yet, if they looked at the Scripture above, they would see that they are as carnal as the day is long ... or maybe not, as they are blinded by the Lord to these truths.
Sandy