Bible school-How we can remail faithful to each other

Phil 2:25-30

But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honour men like him, because he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for the help you could not give me.

Philemon 1:23 Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings.

1)      Brother:   What does it cost you to be a brother in Christ? Let me put it this way what did it cost you to have brothers and sisters?

a)      It may have cost you your place of being the center if you were the first born, it may have meant you had to learn to share. It costs us learning not to be selfish. That is it!

2)      Fellow-worker: companion in labour, helper, labourer together with, workfellow. Here we begin to see division in the body of christ. When the work begins. There is a practical side of christianity, not just a spiritual one.

3)      fellow-soldier:  an associate in labors and conflicts for the cause of Christ. We seem to always find enough people that are ready to fight, but they seem to be fighting against you instead of by your side. Conflict is unavoidable, but we have to go through this too.(2Tim 2,1-4)

4)      fellow-prisoner: one who is willing to be a prisoner of war with you. When the battle really gets rough, he will stay with you and serve even in captivity. They are even willing to serve till the death.

How do we remain faithful to one another?

·      Be the first to Love Unconditional love, freely we receive, freely we give. (Love puts you in the shoes of others so that we can have compassion.)

·      God’s faithfulness to us is not based on our goodness, but his!

·      Understand the circle of Priorities

Absolutes: Unchanging truth

Interpretations: What we understand when we read a passage of scripture

Deductions: conclusions from more passages of Scripture

Personal, feeling, opinions: i.e. service length, church buildings, ties or not, which translation is from God, etc...

·      With God?

·      In the Church

·      In our personal relationships

            Abs: Love God and Love one another,

            Inter: Our understanding of Life

            Deduct: New things that we learn

            P.F.O.: our likes and dislikes

·      Avoid the sin of Familiarity

·      Leadership

·      Friends

·      Love covers a multitude of sins.