Notes of Faith April 16, 2024
Tuesday, April 16
Strength in Numbers
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25
The roadway of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is suspended from two massive cables. Each of the two cables is three feet in diameter. Each cable consists of 61 bundles of steel wire, each bundle containing 452 wires, bringing the total number of steel wires in each cable to 27,572.1 To the observer, it appears the roadway is suspended from two large cables, but in reality, it is suspended from 55,144 tiny wires bundled together.
Recommended Reading:
Acts 2:42-45
There is strength in numbers, a truth promoted by the apostle Paul when he used the human body as an illustration for the Body of Christ. Each cell in the human body is like an individual in the Church. The faith of one member is multiplied exponentially when combined with the faith of all. Whether one wire in a cable, one cell in a body, or one believer in the Church—all are important.
Make sure you are an active part in strengthening the Body of Christ by meeting regularly with others.
There is no insignificant member in a church.
Michael J. Wilkins
1. “Design and Construction Stats,” Golden Gate Bridge. Highway and Transportation District.
Eccl 4:9-12
9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. 10 For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. 11 Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of (55,144) strands is not quickly torn apart.
NASU
Jesus said He would build His church, His body, and it is meant to be together, serving one another, caring for one another as our physical body does, but of infinitely greater spiritual strength and value for daily living!
Pastor Dale