By birth I have two sisters and two brothers. By spirit I
have untold millions of brothers and sisters. In the natural I know if I get in
a fight with my brother things will work out: cause we will always be brothers.
Why do we drop each other in the body of Christ faster than
a hot potato? I should be able to tell you that you got a big booger hanging
from your nose right before you’re about to propose to your fiancé.
2 Timothy 4:1-5
(AMP)
1 I charge [you] in the presence of
God and of Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by (in
the light of) His coming and His kingdom:
2 Herald and preach the Word! Keep
your sense of urgency [stand by, be at hand and ready], whether the opportunity
seems to be favorable or unfavorable. [Whether it is convenient or
inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word
are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.] And convince them,
rebuking and correcting, warning and urging and encouraging them, being
unflagging and inexhaustible in patience and teaching.
3 For the time is coming when
[people] will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but,
having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather
to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to
satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors they hold,
4 And will turn aside from hearing
the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.
5 As for you, be calm and cool and
steady, accept and suffer unflinchingly every hardship, do the work of an
evangelist, fully perform all the duties of your ministry.
Did you get what verse two says, “Whether it is convenient
or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome.”
So, the point I am making is, Do you want to be a casual
acquaintance or a deep friend closer than a brother? Your choice! Even if we
fight we should be able to make up,
Proverbs 18:24
(AMP)
The man of many friends [a friend
of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who
sticks closer than a brother.
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