We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8
description
Transcript of We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8
![Page 1: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
We Are BrethrenWe Are BrethrenGenesis 13:8
![Page 2: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Because We Are BrethrenBecause We Are Brethren• Abraham recognized that there is certain
behavior expected of physical brethren (Gen. 13:8)
• The principle of brotherly love is also expected among the Lord’s brethren
![Page 3: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Because We Are BrethrenBecause We Are Brethren• Let Us Love Another: “In love of the brethren be
tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another” (Rom. 12:10; see also 1 Thess. 4:9-10; 1 Pet. 1:22; 2:17; 3:8; 1 Jn. 3:14-18)
• Some do not show sacrificial love (Jn. 13:34-35); selfishness is their primary concern (Phil. 2:3-4)
• Do you sacrifice and serve all your brethren (2 Cor. 12:15)? Do you practice the characteristics of love in the local church (1 Cor. 13)? Do you do good (Gal. 6:10)?
![Page 4: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Because We Are BrethrenBecause We Are Brethren• Let Us Be United One With Another: “Now these
things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other” (1 Cor. 4:6)
• Some are always causing division (Prov. 6:19)
• Do you promote unity or discord? (When you eat fried preacher, roasted elders, and broiled members for Sunday dinner, you will have indigestion!)
![Page 5: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Because We Are BrethrenBecause We Are Brethren• Let Us Live In Peace With One Another: Finally,
brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you (2 Cor. 13:11; see also 1 Thess. 5:13)
• Some are always stirring up strife (Gal. 5:15, 20)
• Do you “follow after things which make for peace” (Rom. 14:13, 19)? Peaceful words and actions (Psa. 133:1; 1 Cor. 6:7-8; 8:12; Jas. 4:11; 1 Jn. 2:9-11; 3:15)?
![Page 6: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Because We Are BrethrenBecause We Are Brethren• Let Us Get to Know One Another: “But we beseech
you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you” (1 Thess. 5:12)
• Some know very little of their brethren; they “come to church” and go home; they are the “church tornado”, blowing in quickly and blowing out the same
• Do you visit with all? Do you show hospitality to all? Do you volunteer with all?
![Page 7: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Because We Are BrethrenBecause We Are Brethren• Let Us Strengthen One Another: “And we exhort you,
brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all” (1 Thess. 5:14)
• Some will not encourage their brethren; they will not get involved in the lives of others
• Do you know the needs of all your brethren? Do you help all the brethren (Gal. 6:1; 2 Thess. 3:14-15; Heb. 10:24-25; Jas. 5:16)?
![Page 8: We Are Brethren Genesis 13:8](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082612/56813bdb550346895da5073f/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
We Are BrethrenWe Are Brethren• If we do not act like brethren in the above manner
mentioned, then…
• The influence of our example toward outsiders will be hindered (13:7)
• The faithfulness of our own household will be hindered (13:8)
• The effectiveness of God’s work in the world will be hindered (13:14-18)