Post by Betty on Jan 13, 2008 19:15:06 GMT -5
Restoring a Brother
Author: Theodore Epp
Devotion: Theodore Epp
Scripture References:
Genesis 14:10-16 Galatians 6:1
____________________________________________________________ Title: Restoring a Brother
Genesis 14:10-16
What should be our attitude when a brother is
taken captive by the things of this world?
Some have a distorted concept of separation.
When they see a brother fall into sin, they shout
it from the housetops and publish it in their
magazines. This is not what Christ instructed.
Galatians 6 tells us what our attitude should be
toward a fallen Christian brother. The Apostle Paul exhorted, "Brethren, if any person is
overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you
who are spiritual [who are responsive to and
controlled by the Spirit] should set him right
and restore and reinstate him, without any sense
of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping
an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should be
tempted also" (v. 1, Amplified). When Abraham realized what had happened to Lot, he became very bold. "When Abram heard that hisbrother was taken captive, he armed his trained
servants, born in his own house, three hundred
and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. And he
divided himself against them, he and his
servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued
them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus" (Gen. 14:14,15). God rewarded his
courage because Abraham "brought
back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women
also,and the people" (v. 16).
"If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are
spiritual, restore such an one" (Gal. 6:1).
Author: Theodore Epp
Devotion: Theodore Epp
Scripture References:
Genesis 14:10-16 Galatians 6:1
____________________________________________________________ Title: Restoring a Brother
Genesis 14:10-16
What should be our attitude when a brother is
taken captive by the things of this world?
Some have a distorted concept of separation.
When they see a brother fall into sin, they shout
it from the housetops and publish it in their
magazines. This is not what Christ instructed.
Galatians 6 tells us what our attitude should be
toward a fallen Christian brother. The Apostle Paul exhorted, "Brethren, if any person is
overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you
who are spiritual [who are responsive to and
controlled by the Spirit] should set him right
and restore and reinstate him, without any sense
of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping
an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should be
tempted also" (v. 1, Amplified). When Abraham realized what had happened to Lot, he became very bold. "When Abram heard that hisbrother was taken captive, he armed his trained
servants, born in his own house, three hundred
and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. And he
divided himself against them, he and his
servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued
them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus" (Gen. 14:14,15). God rewarded his
courage because Abraham "brought
back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women
also,and the people" (v. 16).
"If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are
spiritual, restore such an one" (Gal. 6:1).
