The One Another Texts Bible Study [Go to the First Study ]

Pastor Ronald Kalifungwa

The one another vanguards(3)

Introduction

This is the final study in a long series on the one another texts. What we have sought to underline over the last many months is that in the church there is a big need and a big place for unity, considerateness, companionship and brotherly fraternity. There are factors, however, that undermine and destroy the promotion of this such as hatred, slander, devouring one another etc. We therefore need to work hard at restoring this idea and we do this through practices such as confession, forgiveness, and the place of admonishing one another among other things.

Once our relationships are restored, our duty is to persevere in the possession of virtues that express the idea inherent in the one anothering, virtues such as love, unity, submission, accepting one another, and the practice of Hospitality.

Furthermore, we have seen that these virtues require to be upheld and protected and this we can't do on our own, we need the help of God, and so we must pray for one another. We need the support of each other and so we must have fellowship with one other.

In this study, we will consider the last (but not the least) vanguard to the one another idea.
And it is the need for us to encourage one other. We will study this topic in the context of Hebrews 3:13.

Questions

1. What is to encourage one another?

2. Why do Christians need to encourage each other? (You may wish to answer from the perspective of how indwelling Sin (Rom 7:18), Satan (1Pet 5:8) and the world (1John 2:15) affect them.

3. What does encouraging one another involve? Mention at least
5 practical things you can do to encourage another Christian: The following passages are very suggestive:

Acts 11:23, 1Thes 2:11, 1Thes 4:18, 1The 5:11, 2Tim 4:2, Heb 10: 24-25

4. What can we learn from howthe Holy Spirit encourages the saints? (John 14: 26).

5. What can we learn about encouragement from the example of Barnabas ? (the son of encouragement)? See Acts 4:36, 37, Acts 9:25-27, Acts 11:30, Acts 12:25, Acts 15:1-41; Gal. 2:1-9 Acts 15:26

6. Who must encourage who in the church? Deduce answer from (2Tim 4:2; 1Tim 5:19, Heb 3:13)

7. How often must we encourage one another? Heb 3:13 ; 2 Corinthians 6:2.

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