Agreement
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· 8 viewsBeing of one mind with others, whether for good or evil purposes. Agreement among believers is commended as a means of enhancing unity and peace, and building up the people of God.
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Agreements made by deliberate choice
Agreements made by deliberate choice
Agreement to do good
Agreement to do good
When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
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Agreement to do wrong
Agreement to do wrong
The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.
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Legal agreements
Legal agreements
Between witnesses
Between witnesses
On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
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Treaties
Treaties
“Let there be a treaty between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.”
Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali.
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Ways of making agreements
Ways of making agreements
By accepting terms offered
By accepting terms offered
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.
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Through mutually acceptable terms
Through mutually acceptable terms
Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
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Agreement reached by persuasion
Agreement reached by persuasion
“Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.” So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
Agreement commended to believers
Agreement commended to believers
Agreement enhances unity
Agreement enhances unity
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
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Agreement avoids division
Agreement avoids division
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
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Agreements made before God
Agreements made before God
Agreement in prayer
Agreement in prayer
“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
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Agreement in praise
Agreement in praise
Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
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Agreement with God’s terms
Agreement with God’s terms
When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”
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