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Bible Text: 1 Samuel 14:6-15 Title: The Benefits of Working Together
First, let me tell you the conclusion.
“And we know that those who love God are called according to His purpose,
All things work together for good to those who are wearing it” (Romans 8:28).
“One person will be defeated, but two will be defeated.
It is not easily broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12)
Today's text also shows how great collaboration can produce results.
One day during a battle with the Philistines, Jonathan, Saul's son,
He tells his subordinates:
“Let us cross over to the army of these uncircumcised
lest the LORD work for us.
The salvation of the LORD did not depend on many or few” (verse 6).
The subordinate answers. “Do all that is in your heart, and go ahead.
I will follow you with my heart.” (Verse 7)
The support, cooperation, and encouragement of his subordinate made Jonathan bold.
Therefore, we too must be cooperators.
Nothing in the world can happen without cooperation.
It takes my cooperation to make someone's work come true.
Also, I need someone's cooperation to make my work a success.
The famous Jewish philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Man is not alone,” he said.
Then, in today's text, in order to learn and challenge
What do you need?
1. We must learn to become one.
Let's pay attention to Acts 1:13-15.
“They went in and went up to the upper room, and Peter, John, James,
Andrew and Philip, Thomas and Bartholomew, Matthew and son of Alphaeus
James, Simon the Zelotite, and Judas the son of James were all there.
with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and the brothers of Jesus
With one heart, they devoted themselves to prayer
The number of the crowd gathered together was one hundred and twenty.”
The Holy Spirit is when we pray with one heart to God.
He is the one who helps us and prays together.
“In the same way the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness, and we ought to
do not know how to pray, but the Holy Spirit with groanings that cannot be uttered
He makes intercession for us” (Romans 8:26).
2. We must become one through faith.
See the text. From Jonathan and the Armorer and the Faith
I have one idea. (1 Samuel 14:6-7)
They thought that victory and defeat in this war belonged to God.
And the two become one in trusting and trusting God.
In Judges 6, we find the record of Gideon and 300 warriors.
More than 100,000 soldiers, including Midian, attacked Israel.
coming. Of course, for the sake of war, Israel
mobilize the military. But God said there were many of these soldiers.
In the end, he leaves only 300 soldiers left.
Will this number become a war now?
It doesn't make sense. Moreover, “with trumpets and torches at night,
I'm going to war." This is to the enemy, I'm here, so please kill me.
It's the same story.
Surprisingly, Israel wins this war.
It was a victory for Gideon and 300 warriors who became one through faith.
There is nothing impossible if we become one with faith.
What matters is only through Jesus, only the Word, and only by faith.
It's about becoming one.
3. To become one, we must work together.
As Jonathan's armor-bearer did, later
David's collaborator.
The lessons from the text and the Bible teach us to cooperate well with others.
A person is known as a courageous person.
First, Joshua, who had helped Moses for 40 years, and then Joshua, who had helped Joshua for 40 years.
Caleb, Jonathan who helped David, Barnabas who helped Paul, and many others.
There is a character.
To reveal the glory of God through your service and work together
I pray in the name of the Lord that you will have a blessed life that benefits the church.