1 Corinthians 1

Paul started off his letter to the Corinthians telling them not to be divided. The only one we are to follow is Christ because our salvation is in His crucifixion - no one but Christ has died or can die for the forgiveness of sin. He also wrote that the wisdom of God seems to be foolishness to those who try to reconcile the cross with the conventional wisdom or traditions of man.

Everything we do as Christians should be because we are following Christ. Even when we take instruction from others, such as pastors, we still need to keep our eyes on Christ as the reason for everything we do and the source of everything we believe. Even when the rest of the world tries to tell us Christianity can't be true, we must remember to put our faith in the One who died for our sins.