DON'T ISOLATE YOURSELF.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ (1 Peter 2:5).
In
Christianity, we’re not in a club or a social fraternity; we belong to a
spiritual family of God, and must function actively therein. Some
Christians got into serious problems in life because of their ignorance
of this truth. When Satan seeks to attack a Christian, he first lures
that one away from the family of God; he isolates the individual to make
him vulnerable. This is a long-time strategy of the enemy.
It parallels the strategy used by the lion against its prey. Lions are said to be the strongest and most ferocious of animals, but they’re not the biggest, neither are they necessarily the smartest. When they want to go after a herd of cattle, for instance, they know they’ll be no match for those huge animals with long sharp horns. So, what do they do? They harass the herd in a bid to isolate one of them, and look out for that one that goes astray.
Once they can cut one off from the herd, or identify one that has gone astray, they focus their attack on it. The lions don’t just pounce on all of the cattle; that’ll be suicidal. The devil knows that too. He’s scared of you, and wouldn’t take on all at once, except the one who has strayed or isolated himself from the spiritual family, the protective hedge of the Church.
That’s why you must take your church meetings and fellowship with fellow believers very seriously. They provide the opportunity for us to strengthen ourselves in the presence of the Lord. As you share and fellowship with other Christians who believe the Word like you, you’re fortified.
Stay in the Church; stay in fellowship with God’s people. There isn’t any one of us who doesn’t need the other. We need one another. Our opening verse says we’re built up by God as a spiritual house. It’s not talking about a physical building; it’s referring to our lives as God’s people. You belong in a spiritual family; never isolate yourself.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for making me a member of your spiritual family, where I’m taught the Word, trained in righteousness, and strengthened to prevail over all of life’s challenges. I live triumphantly today, and always, perfected by your Word, and the Spirit, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Colossians 1:24-2:1-5, Isaiah 46-47
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 4:30-42 1 Kings 14
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It parallels the strategy used by the lion against its prey. Lions are said to be the strongest and most ferocious of animals, but they’re not the biggest, neither are they necessarily the smartest. When they want to go after a herd of cattle, for instance, they know they’ll be no match for those huge animals with long sharp horns. So, what do they do? They harass the herd in a bid to isolate one of them, and look out for that one that goes astray.
Once they can cut one off from the herd, or identify one that has gone astray, they focus their attack on it. The lions don’t just pounce on all of the cattle; that’ll be suicidal. The devil knows that too. He’s scared of you, and wouldn’t take on all at once, except the one who has strayed or isolated himself from the spiritual family, the protective hedge of the Church.
That’s why you must take your church meetings and fellowship with fellow believers very seriously. They provide the opportunity for us to strengthen ourselves in the presence of the Lord. As you share and fellowship with other Christians who believe the Word like you, you’re fortified.
Stay in the Church; stay in fellowship with God’s people. There isn’t any one of us who doesn’t need the other. We need one another. Our opening verse says we’re built up by God as a spiritual house. It’s not talking about a physical building; it’s referring to our lives as God’s people. You belong in a spiritual family; never isolate yourself.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for making me a member of your spiritual family, where I’m taught the Word, trained in righteousness, and strengthened to prevail over all of life’s challenges. I live triumphantly today, and always, perfected by your Word, and the Spirit, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Colossians 1:24-2:1-5, Isaiah 46-47
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 4:30-42 1 Kings 14
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