Our initial introduction to Knuckles the echidna in both his gaming appearances as well as his cinematic adventures is typically adversarial in nature… the circumstances that bring Knuckles and Sonic together in the story also brings them into a place of conflict with each other. But while they both had different ideas on how to protect the Chaos emerald, they also realized that they had been manipulated into seeing each other as opposition… and wasting their time and energy fighting with each other only served to pull them away from their shared purpose. Sure, they still disagree on tactics from time to time, but their common goal unifies them as a team against the real enemy seeking to divide and conquer them.

As followers of Christ, we all serve the same Lord and share the same mission… but all too often we are drawn into conflict with each other over differences that lack eternal significance. We are called to make peace, not win arguments… and every minute we spend fighting with fellow believers instead of our real enemy is a minute wasted. Our world needs to see that we can disagree with each other both productively and respectfully, united in Christ’s love even when our opinions differ. We are called to serve Him as ONE body, so let’s learn to live in peace before we move next door to each other for eternity.

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Ephesians 4:1-6

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

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