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.
HOW DID THE NORTH DEFEAT THE SOUTH IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES? THE SOUTH’S ARMY WAS BETTER PREPARED AND GOOD WITH GUNS?
Luke 11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. 18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
The north developed the ANDACONDA PLAN. The north would divide the south in three parts. The first part was a blockade of the coast. The second part was to divide the south at the Mississippi River. Then for General William Tecumseh Sherman marched through the Carolina’s and Georgia to cut off all transportation systems called the march to the sea. Sherman is still hated in much of the south for his total destruction and burning a wide path that divided the south. UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL….
CONCLUSION: CHARLES OSGOOD was a CBS reporter that traveled the USA to find stories of interest. Charles found two ladies in a rest home. The ladies were professional, accomplished piano players. The strokes had INCAPACITATED the ladies. The one lady had a stroke in the left side of her brain and could only use her right side of her body. The other lady had a stroke on her right side of the brain and could not use her left side of her body. Their talent could never be used again.
The one lady would roll to the piano but she could only play with her right hand. The music was incomplete and did not sound good. The activity director talked to the families and found out that they taught students piano. Both ladies played the piano and organ at their large churches. One day the director rolled both ladies to the piano and placed music before them. The one on the left, the other on the right. Soon the lobby of the rest home was full of joyful, wonderful music.
The ladies would play music for hours on end. People would come to the rest home and hear their concerts the two ladies were playing in unison. One could not accomplish much. Together the unity and harmony was so beautiful. The ladies traveled to several different churches in the area and would play and praise God together.
What could we do if we would all PULL TOGETHER? We used to sing this children’s song: IF WE ALL PULLED TOGETHER, TOGETHER, TOGETHER, IF WE ALL PULLED TOGETHER HOW HAPPY WE WOULD BE, FOR YOUR WORK IS MY WORK. MY WORK IS YOUR WORK. IF WE ALL PULLED TOGETHER HOW HAPPY WE WOULD BE!
IF WE ALLOW AN ATTACK ON THE UNITY… the end is near.
Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Division brings emptiness and loneliness with little to nothing in a plan and purpose. Emptiness brings worry and fear. Fear brings I don’t care… I don’t care is apathy. Apathy breeds ALIENATION.
Matthew 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Please help me? Pass it on…
