HELPING ONE ANOTHER (2)

 We belong to one another and must need one another from time to time... In helping one another, there is safety, progress, fulfillment, accelerated success and abundant blessings.

 Reverend G. S. Adeyemo

8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter: 8-10

Introduction

In our last or previous message titled Helping One another, we discovered that helping one another is God’s desire; also, helping one another is a necessity. 

Today we will observe how to help one another. 

How to Help One Another

The passage for consideration begins with the issue of love. It reads, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins” 1 Peter 4: 8. the help that must be acceptable before God must be rooted in deep, warm, fervent and sacrificial love for one another. It is the kind of love that is targeting at making others fulfill the purpose of God. This help never considers the weakness or strength of such person that needs help. In other words, helping one another should not be based on the qualifications of the one who needs our help. It is a help that goes beyond party affiliation, ethnicity extraction or social status. 

1 Peter 1:22; also in Luke 22:44; Acts 12:5; Acts 26:7

Help One Another to Stand: In Galatians 6: 2, 3 the Bible says, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves” Put yourself in that situation you see your brother going through. When you hear of the fall of a brother or a leader, you must not be quick to add more salt to the injury. Think of what to do to lift his spirit from the valley of life to the mountain of victory and abundant life. James 5: 19, 20 say, “My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.” 

Help One Another to Survive:  verse 9 of 1 Peter 4 reads “Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling” Open your doors for the support of your brothers. Help them to survive hardship, affliction, and persecution. Provide for the needs of those hungry. At a time like the one we are going through, everyone is vulnerable in one way or the other. Children of God must pull resources together to meet the needs of one another. Do not steal our common wealth. The wealth you are accumulating for the future is the killer of someone’s husband, child, and wife and bread winner. In Isaiah 58:7; 1 Tim.5: 10; Lev 19: 34; Matth. 25: 42-46 God wants us to help one another to survive. 

Conclusion

“It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.” Jesus Christ our Saviour exemplified helping one another even when he knew that the one he was helping would be the one to deny him. Help others and others will help you stand and survive now and always. Remain blessed in Jesus name.