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The Power of Two

Sunday, August 5, 2012
Led by Eric Gintert

Matthew 18:15-20
  • The mouth of two or three witnesses brings justice.
  • God will bless those who are in unity of Spirit.
  • Two or three gathered in unity will not be deceived when a deceiver comes in. They will confront the matter and put it to rest.
2 Corinthians 13:1-3
  • Paul says that even his epistle is a witness. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall everything be established.
Gideon had too many men going to battle for the Lord to show His mighty hand. God reduced Gideon's army from 32,000 to 10,000 to 300 men (Judges 7:3-6). God used Gideon's army of 300 to defeat 135,000 Midianites (Judges 8:10). God shows His power in small numbers.

1 Timothy 5:17-20
  • Elders are those who are mature and grown in the Lord.
  • Do not accuse an elder unless you have two or three witnesses who can back you up.
  • The elders are worthy of double honor. Be careful when you accuse them!
  • Those who accuse, do it openly before the church that others might understand and learn as well.
    • Many don't do this today because they're afraid of being told, "Don't judge me!"
Revelation 11:3
  • God will have two witnesses who will prophesy... it will only take two.
  • Look at what He can do with just two!
Revelation 20:11-15
  • There are two books by which the whole world will be judged:
    1. The Lamb's Book of Life  ~OR~
    2. The books of our works
Ecclesiastes 4:8-12
  • Two are better than one and have a good reward for their labor.
  • If one falls, the other can pick him up. If one gets beaten and wore down, the other uplifts him. But a threefold cord is not easily broken.
  • Think of a household where only one spouse knows Christ but the other doesn't. When the believer falls, they have no one to encourage them to get back up again. 
  • Satan knows that if he can destroy the husband, then he can destroy the wife. Or if he destroys the parents, he can destroy the children. 
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." James 1:27
Think of this in a spiritual sense of ministering to those who don't have a spiritual companion to lift them up when they are down and weak.
"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." Proverbs 27:17

Verses to Ponder for Further Study:

The Two Witnesses:
  1. John 5:30 and Luke 10:32
  2. John 15:26
The Natural and Spiritual:
  • 1 Corinthians 15:44-46
The Old and New Testament:
  • Hebrews 8:7-13
Caleb and Joshua:
  • Numbers 13 & 14
Husband and Wife:
  • Genesis 2:24
  • Mark 10:8
Prayer Requests:
Penny W.  -  not sleeping well
Fields Family  -  church next week; leading services
Vicky S.  -  traveling this week
Eric G.   -  job interview 
Dickens Family  -  new roof; baby sick
Connie G. dad  -  heart problems; needs surgery for aneurysm
Sara N.  -  pregnancy

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