"If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it..." 1 Corinthians 12:26
We all tend to have this idea that faith is a personal thing. And it is. But it is not only a personal thing. That's where we fall into one of Satan's cleverest traps without even realizing it.
It is true that my relationship with God through Christ is personal. It is intimate and unique and utterly, absolutely wonderful. And mine. But what it is not is only mine.
My faith is your business. Just as yours is mine.
What we fail to see is that while we all have personal relationships with God, they are all smaller pieces of one large living, breathing faith. We all share pieces of the same faith. And it is for that reason that where you succeed, I succeed. Where I fail, you fail with me.
It is our responsibility to encourage those around us towards Christ. To encourage them and challenge them and push them to know Christ more. We have been deceived into believing that one man's sin is his alone. What we fail to see, though, is that his sin belongs to him, yes. But it hurts us all.
Cain begged the infamous question "Am I my brother's keeper?"
The answer is yes, you are your brother's keeper.
Are you acting like it?
We all tend to have this idea that faith is a personal thing. And it is. But it is not only a personal thing. That's where we fall into one of Satan's cleverest traps without even realizing it.
It is true that my relationship with God through Christ is personal. It is intimate and unique and utterly, absolutely wonderful. And mine. But what it is not is only mine.
My faith is your business. Just as yours is mine.
What we fail to see is that while we all have personal relationships with God, they are all smaller pieces of one large living, breathing faith. We all share pieces of the same faith. And it is for that reason that where you succeed, I succeed. Where I fail, you fail with me.
It is our responsibility to encourage those around us towards Christ. To encourage them and challenge them and push them to know Christ more. We have been deceived into believing that one man's sin is his alone. What we fail to see, though, is that his sin belongs to him, yes. But it hurts us all.
Cain begged the infamous question "Am I my brother's keeper?"
The answer is yes, you are your brother's keeper.
Are you acting like it?
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