Spiderman and the Divided House concept

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So, I just saw The Amazing Spiderman, and I must say, that was a pretty good movie. But, I started thinking about it, and I realized that there is an interesting lesson in it that has changed my view of life (besides making me feel unsafe when I'm in a room with my brother's pet lizard). Throughout the movie as Peter Parker is attempting to learn how to deal with his superpowers and how to defeat evil with them, the police are constantly chasing him. While it isn't uncommon for policemen to unknowingly chase the one person who will help them, this idea in itself is SO ridiculous. I mean seriously, the policemen can't even see how much good the superhero is doing ON THEIR SIDE; it's not like Peter Parker was killing innocent people or harming them in any way- he was catching crooks! There was even one point in the movie in which a policeman shot Spiderman in the leg, crippling him from being able to reach an urgent destination in time, which honestly made me very frustrated. But, I realized through my frustration, that we as Christians sadly do this too.
Think about it this way, we are the body of Christ, which means we are intended to work together.
1 Corinthians 12:12-14 states this so clearly, "Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.  Even so the body is not made up of one part, but of many."
All too often, we forget this and begin to antagonize the very people who are ON OUR SIDE. Satan is so clever, isn't he? Matthew 12:25 says, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand."
And the devil knows this perfectly well. So, what does he do; he gives us jealousy for each other, pride over each other, and selfish motives that cause us to fight and quarrel among ourselves. This is so ridiculous! If we are like the body of Christ, then that's basically like two hands punching each other. Ouch. That's really bad, isn't it?
So, what do we do about it?
Maybe the first thing to do is to put others before ourselves, especially in the Christian realm. It's no problem to put others before ourselves if the others are non-Christians; after all, we've been told to be cautious around them and show love to them as a witness for Christ.
Yes, that's all well and good, but when Jesus told us to love one another, he didn't say to "love one another when someone else is watching you", he said to "love one another" period. That means we're supposed to do it to EVERYONE, especially our teammates. So, even when we know people that might be hard to get along with, if they are a fellow believer in Christ, we're supposed to team up with them and pray for them. After all, we don't want to be like the policemen who attack the guy who's on their side; we want to love one another and work together as a single body.
Besides, do you really think you can do well without others around you to encourage you and hold you accountable? I sure can't. That's why God created a huge web of other believers for us to have fellowship with. In the end, it's amazing to know that you are surrounded by others who worship the same God and I hope that we as Christians can start to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit so we can always protect our brothers and sisters and let them know that we are there to support them.