TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE....
Fellow steemians, I just want to share today sermon with you guys.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, “And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him.” Two are better than one when you are in a fight. Ephesians 6:10-13 is a call to arms in spiritual warfare. But verses 14-17 records the battle equipment God has provided to enable us to stand our ground against the enemy. It’s called “the whole armor of God.” There is a girdle, breastplate, shoes, a shield, a helmet, and a sword. But there is nothing to protect the soldier’s back. But the original readers would not have had a problem with this. The ancient Roman soldier didn’t need armor to protect his back, because the he never went to battle alone. They went to battle in legions, which represented thousands of soldiers. So the Roman soldier didn’t worry about his back. He knew that he had fellow soldiers alongside of him, who would watch his back. The Christian army is the only army in the world that shoots and kills its own wounded. But it ought not to be that way. The church ought to be a place where we have one another’s back and stand together when our faith is attacked. As a Christian church, we cannot promise people that they will not have any battles to fight when they put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. But we can promise that you will not have to stand alone.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 declares and defends the principle that two are better than one. But the last line of verse 12 intensifies this principle with the statement: “a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Note the progression of the text. From two are better than one to three are even better than two. A single cord can hold up only so much. A double cord can sustain more weight. But a threefold cord can three times more than a single cord. It is not quickly broken. This closing statement reminds us again that there is great strength in spiritual unity. VANCE HAVNER used to say that snowflakes are frail little things. But if you get enough of them together, they can strop traffic. This is the power of unity with others.
But this is also a statement about the power of faith in God. That is, if it a powerful thing for two people to hook up with another person; how much more powerful is if for two people to hook up with God. In Matthew 18:19-20, Jesus says, “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” When we get together, and then hook up with the Lord, there is no limit to the good things that can take place in us and through us. On the other hand, we will not be much of a help to one another when we hook up together without God.