2 Corinthians 1:11 You also helping together by prayer for us… You have four girls; Mary does the work of the rest — such help is not good. All help is dangerous for any of us when there is absence of mutuality. I am not allowed to think of myself as in one of those boat excursions, where some sit idle at the stern while some one else rows. There is nothing healthy or wholesome unless we work together. I. WE MUST NOT HINDER. What a dreadful thing it is to read concerning the Pharisees, that they not only did not enter in themselves, but hindered those that were entering in. That may be done by ill-temper and by indifference. II. NERVE YOURSELF TO TRIUMPH OVER HINDRANCES. The river comes leaping on. Well, you say you cannot get over that rock, it is so high! "Oh! yes," the river says, "I am going round that side." Your life and mine ought to mean conquest. III. IT IS PLEASANT TO HELP. But when you are "helping together " then the critics come. Look at Nehemiah's work. These are the things that test your strength! Go on with the work, helping together! IV. NOTE THE VARIETY OF WORK. There is a great deal to be said for the numerous ways in which we may help. V. THIS "HELPING TOGETHER" WILL BE REWARDED IN WAYS WE LITTLE THINK OF. VI. THE INFLUENCE OF WORK UPON THE WORKER. We are all disciplined by it. (W. M. Statham.) Parallel Verses KJV: Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. |
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