Read: Hebrews 10:23-25, Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Acts 2:44-47, Acts 4:33-35, and Proverbs 27:17.
God's Word teaches us that from the very beginning it is by His design that He never intended mankind to be or do life alone.
You can check out the first several chapters of Genesis for instance where He didn't want Adam to be alone so He created Eve. Furthermore, Adam and Eve had a direct relationship with God as well because they, like all of us where create for relationship with Him and others.
Woven through out the Old and New Testament we see God placing an emphasis on relationships and specifically in the New Testament He exhorts us that we are a part of the body of Christ and we play a specific part in relationship with others.
While it may not always feel like it, we are truly better doing life together. And together, we are a part of something greater than ourselves.
This is such a great illustration and it's so true! There are also
multiple applications within this...Check it out...then let's pray for
one another!
"The Fiery Sermon"
by Greg Bradon
A member
of the church, who previously had been attending services regularly,
stopped going. After a few weeks, the pastor decided to visit him.
It
was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting
before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his pastor's visit, the
man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and
waited.
The pastor made himself at home but said nothing. In the
grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the
burning logs. After some minutes, the pastor took the fire tongs,
carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side
of the hearth all alone then he sat back in his chair, still silent.
The
host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember's
flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its
fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead.
Not a word had been
spoken since the initial greeting.The pastor glanced at his watch and
realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up, picked up the cold,
dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it
began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals
around it.
As the pastor reached the door to leave, his host said
with a tear running down his cheek, 'Thank you so much for your visit
and especially for the fiery sermon. I will be back in church next
Sunday.'
We live in a world today, which tries to say too much
with too little. Consequently, few listen. Sometimes the best sermons
are the ones left unspoken.
