If? If We Agree!

IF? --- IF WE AGREE? IF WE REFUSE TO AGREE?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

KENTUCKY GOVERNOR BRESHEARS SAYS: WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT TOGETHER.

TEXT: Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 (MSG) It's better to have a partner than go it alone. Share the work, share the wealth.

10 And if one falls down, the other helps, But if there's no one to help, tough! 11 Two in a bed warm each other. Alone, you shiver all night. 12 By yourself you're unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn't easily snapped.

ONE STAR BALL PLAYER CAN NOT WIN BALL GAMES…

Coach Adolph Rupp told UK players if we play like a TEAM, LSU WILL LOSE. LSU is a one player team. PISTOL PETE MARAVICH scored 64 points in one college game with UK but the high scoring LSU Player’s team lost the game. UK’s Dan Issel had 35 points and 10 rebounds. Larry Steele had a double double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Mike Pratt had 19 points and six rebounds. Terry Mills had 22 points and 4 rebounds. Tom Parker had 18 points.

Adolph Rupp said ONE PLAYER CAN NOT BEAT A TEAM THAT PULLS TOGETHER. Rupp said Let Pistol Pete Maravich play his heart out. One player can never beat a team pulling together.

IF TWO AGREE??? THERE CAN BE GREAT POWER IF --- IF WE UNITE IN HARMONY?

IS THE INVERSE VALID??? IF WE MAKE THE CHOICE TO DISAGREE AND FUSS DO WE RELEASE POWER?

IF IS A BIG SMALL WORD…

If is a conjunction, on the assumption, on condition, wish, on conditions, depends, assuming…

Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 18:19 (NLT2) “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

Matthew 18:19 (MSG) When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action.

LET US TAKE THIS BUNCH OF BANANAS AND SIT THEM HERE. They are all safe, unless we take one banana and break it off the bunch. Then the banana that is broken off the bunch is getting READY TO BE SKINNED (peeled.) Danger, danger, danger! There is safety in sticking together.

Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Psalm 133:1 (MSG) A pilgrim song of David How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! 2 It's like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron's beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes. 3 It's like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes, that's where GOD commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.

Psalm 133:1 (NLT2) How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

2 For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil that was poured over Aaron’s head, that ran down his beard and onto the border of his robe. 3 Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the LORD has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.

THE STORM HAS RAGED HIGH FOR 14+ DAYS. THE SHIP WAS TATTERED AND TORN… PAUL WARNED WE WILL SURVIVE IF WE STAY TOGETHER AND STAY WITH THE SHIP.

The ship seemed hopeless. The LIFE BOATS looked appealing. The Preacher warned: YOU BETTER STAY WITH THE SHIP.

Acts 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. 30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.