Two Shall Withstand
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Helping one another
praying for one another
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Synergy
Self sufficiency is a part of our American ideology
In Marriage - husband, wife, Jesus
If this is the church you are supposed to be a part of - you will not make it without this church.
Men have become success oriented and left their family to work and make money and build a country.
We are all wired to be connected
Family
Church
Someone that strengthens
Someone that makes you feel needed
You are wired for relationships
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
There are people who are alone in the body of Christ that need connection.
Loneliness will brake someone
Loneliness will affect how your brain functions
Loneliness will cause us to be alert to false fears.
Loneliness weakens our emotional stability.
Loneliness will cause insecurity in future relationship.
Loneliness feeds into feelings of depression and hopelessness.
We need to be able to help those who are lonely.
There needs to be children of God in this church able and willing to reach out to the lonely and support and love them.
The church should be a place where the lonely are not alone any longer.
How many in a nursing home will not talk to anyone this month.
Isolation can lead to insanity
If you feel lonely you need the body of Christ
If you are not lonely you need to help others that are lonely.
King Saul
Isolation, paranoid
Place of committing suicide
Jonah
running from God
belly of a whale alone
under a gourd - alone
3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4 Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
loneliness
Samson
judge that couldve rallied people together
always alone unless he was killing or with an immoral relationship
He wanted to be alone
Elijah
Hiding from jezebel
4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Have you ever felt like this
Don’t ever tell someone you don’t understand - they will not tell you
What if they allowed someone close to them
what if they had battle buddies
Moses
Aron and Hur lifted up his arms when he was tired
Moses was a success because of others around him
Daniel
Hannaniah
Joshua
Kaleb that encouraged eachother that they could obey God together
David
Jonathan was a true friend
Elijah
Elisha
We need to be the encourager for someone else
Strong women and strong men that serve together will thrive in the strength that friendship provides.
Isolation brings temptation and weakness
We need people with us
I wouldve not made it without strong friends in my life.
I would not make it without my wife and my children encouraging
Apostle Paul loved people
You may not even know the warped thinking you’re involved in
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
The church should rally behind those who are struggling.
Luke, Silvanus,
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
Titus 29 times
22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
Onesimus
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
Paul was great because he was around people that encouraged him
People that travelled and preached and prayed together they ate together
They laughed and cried together
Some dont have anyone to pray for them or with them
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Sports will never take the place of church
Work will never take the place of church
Your family will never take the place of church
Young people need church - I looked at my children today and prayed for them to love God’s people
Collective Wisdom
you don’t know everything
Iron sharpeneth Iron
you should ask questions, you have blind spots
Strong support
2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
heavy
They like to operate alone
self glory, self
If it’s not something they're in char
3. Community meets our need in love
17 A friend loveth at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
What if you go through a health issue, wouldn't you like the love of a christian
4. Hearty Counsel
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
You need help thinking through things
Ideas
You want to lead, are you willing to listen
5. Borrowed Motivation
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
I can’t tell you how important that is
When we assemble, you should be assembling
some think its a buffet that we can pick and choose and you miss out
Thursday, we seek the Lord
Sunday, we seek the Lord
Men’s
6. The Accountability of a Friend
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7. Opportunity to meet the needs of others
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
When will you want to meet the needs of someone
When will you be friendly
24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
I appreciate you - do you say that ?
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Are you a giver - you will have friends
8. You will learn to work through hurts and you will learn to forgive
8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
9. You will learn the power of prayer
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
You need other people
My wife and I need to pray together
I don’t know how some are going to make it
no involvement in corporate prayer
no enthusiasm