Synergism: The Power Of Agreement

SYNERGISM...POWER IN AGREEMENT...

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

One horse can pull 800 pounds. Another horse can pull 600 pounds?

How many pounds can they bull together?

1,400 pounds? NO, 2,300 POUNDS... SYNERGISM

TEXT:

Matthew 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven:

and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

[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.

[20] For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

I. LET US CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT AGREEMENT MEANS:

THERE IS AGREEMENT IN THE FATHER, THE SON JESUS, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT...

UNITE: join together, combine, bond,

TOGETHER: One with another...

WITH: Same page...

AGREE, AGREEABLE...

Hold similar opinions, consent, concur, Become or to be in harmony

TO BE PLEASING, WILLING TO AGREE, pleasant, enjoyable,

UNITY:Oneness, harmony, concord

ACCORD: Agreement, harmony,

HARMONY: Combination of simultaneously sounded notes to make a chord...

II. THE TRINITY ILLUSTRATES THE POWER OF UNITY... THE FATHER--- THE SON---

THE HOLY SPIRIT...

1 John 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and

the blood: and these three agree in one.

A. BODY... SOUL... SPIRIT

B. VOICE FROM HEAVEN, JESUS BAPTIZED, VOICE OF THE FATHER...

III. TAKE HEED THERE IS DANGER IN AGREEING TO DO EVIL...

REMEMBER ANANIAS & SAPPHIRA... DANGER TO AGREE WITH EVIL AND LIE...

A. GUARD YOUR MIND...

Acts 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own

power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

B. WHO YOU LYING TO...???

Acts 5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the

Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door,

and shall carry thee out.

IV. BEWARE OF BUSYBODIES, TALEBEARERS, SLANDERS, WHISPERS...

GOD DOES NOT LIKE ONE THAT SOWS DISCORD AMOUNG THE BRETHREN...

A. In the book of ESTHER... HAMAN WAS A BUSYBODY... SOWING STRIFE...

B. SANBALLOT AND TOBIAH BUSY BODIES IN NEHEMIAH... CARRY LETTERS

Proverbs 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

2 Thes. 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at

all, but are busybodies.

1 Tim. 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only

idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

1 Peter 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a

busybody in other men's matters.

V. THE BIBLE WARNS US TO TAKE HEED TO THOSE DIVIDE...

MARK THOSE THAT CAUSE DIVISON AND AVOID THEM...

A. DIVISION BRINGS DOOM...

B. SATAN DIVIDES AND SUBTRACTS

GOD ADDS AND MULIPLIES...

C. DIVIDE: SEPARATE, break up, CUT OFF...

D. THE NORTH USED THE ANADCONDA PLAN...

to break up and separate the south...

Mark 3:24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

E. WATCH OUT, BEWARE... MARK THEM... AVOID THEM...

Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences

contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

VI. TAKE HEED SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO MAJOR IN MINOR ISSUES...

TO ARGUMENT, DEBATES, FUSSING OVER MINOR

Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about

the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

1 Cor. 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak

the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together

in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to

men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

VII. TAKE HEED TO KEEP THE UNITY WITH IN THE CASMP...

WHY DID THE CHURCH IN ACTS SEE MIRACLES AND GROW... ?

ONE MIND... ONE ACCORD...

Acts 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women,

and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one

place.

Acts 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said,