V 1 ) How Good and Pleasant it is for brethren to dwell in unity.
Genesis 13:8 says
Abram and Lot are Brethren.
if Abraham and Lot are brethren then the son should how good and how pleasant it is.
but the song in the below scripture portion is that
how good and pleasant it is for brethren to separate and dwell individually.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
So what is the problem here.
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. 6 Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
Why is Abraham so vexed and so tired that he said pleases separate from me.
Are they not brethren?
we see many times when we dwell with some people, we feel after some time it is better to separate and go away. you might say even when i show goodness the other person is responding with wickedness, it is better to separate.
whats happening below is a kind of competition.
Abraham had flocks - Lot had flocks
Abraham had herds - Lot also had herds
Abraham had tents - Lot also had tents
Possessions of Abraham were great - Lots Possessions of Abraham were great.
In Church also we see this kind of competitive spirit.
only you can cook well- I can cook well
you can organize this - I can also organize this
This competitive spirit is what brings discord, jealousy,
this brings if one person organize some things, then the other person gets upset.
they can't even appreciate what others do.
But the Word says
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
so what and where should this be unity in brethren.
Unity in mind and judgement(thought).
1 Corinthians 1:
10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment
Unity in faith
Ephesians 4:11
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
3 (make every effort)endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Blessing is upon the unity in Church.
God commands blessing where there is unity in the Church.
For there the Lord commanded the blessing—
Life forevermore
Genesis 13:8 says
Abram and Lot are Brethren.
if Abraham and Lot are brethren then the son should how good and how pleasant it is.
but the song in the below scripture portion is that
how good and pleasant it is for brethren to separate and dwell individually.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
So what is the problem here.
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. 6 Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
Why is Abraham so vexed and so tired that he said pleases separate from me.
Are they not brethren?
we see many times when we dwell with some people, we feel after some time it is better to separate and go away. you might say even when i show goodness the other person is responding with wickedness, it is better to separate.
whats happening below is a kind of competition.
Abraham had flocks - Lot had flocks
Abraham had herds - Lot also had herds
Abraham had tents - Lot also had tents
Possessions of Abraham were great - Lots Possessions of Abraham were great.
In Church also we see this kind of competitive spirit.
only you can cook well- I can cook well
you can organize this - I can also organize this
This competitive spirit is what brings discord, jealousy,
this brings if one person organize some things, then the other person gets upset.
they can't even appreciate what others do.
But the Word says
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
so what and where should this be unity in brethren.
Unity in mind and judgement(thought).
1 Corinthians 1:
10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment
Unity in faith
Ephesians 4:11
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
3 (make every effort)endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Blessing is upon the unity in Church.
God commands blessing where there is unity in the Church.
For there the Lord commanded the blessing—
Life forevermore
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