Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Brothers in Christ, this weekly encouragement is sent and meant to be an encouragement to all and to build up and edify in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oikodome
means "Builder". The Lord has put this on my heart to send out a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-ay'} to build up and encourage the men who love
and follow Jesus Christ in their walk with Him.
Hebrews 3: 13 "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness."
PRAYER REQUESTS: If you have any prayer requests please send them and I will send them out to the bros for prayer, if privacy is needed I will send in a
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Bros as Paul is telling Timothy to remind the Christians of these things- encouraging him to
teach his congregation not to waste time over unfruitful arguments or terminology that will
bear no fruit, be of no beneft to the hearers and essentially turnof the hearers to the point
that it could ruin further chance to minister to them. Things that can be argued to death and
really dont matter and will not help anybody or land the fsh. Not saying there arent some
things that arent worth debating or do need to be debated for the correction and edifcation of
the hearers, but for the most part it is as Paul says to the ruin of the hearers clearly
unfruitfulIts better to stay focused on the Word of God- the message of the Gospel, the truth
of God. Not debating and getting carried away from the message of Gods Word, but staying on
the truth of Gods Word which is very powerful and proftable. When we pull away from Gods
word in divisive arguments or debate that this word or that terminology might mean
something else with other believers or with non-believers when we argue we can lose
opportunities to exhort, reel in or land a fsh and you better believe the enemy relishes in
these unproftable and vain escapades One example might be this; so many times
evangelizing on the streets we can be side tracked into a debate with someone that we are
trying to witness to and share the Gospel with and it turns into a full blown debate about
reckless words to no proft and nothing gets accomplished to the ruin of the hearersWe can
get lured into an unfruitful debate with believers or even with unbelievers about spiritual
terminology. Paul told Timothy to remind the Christians of these faithful sayings, so they
wouldn't get involved in disputes over spiritual terminology. [Pastor Chuck Smith]
Paul further encourages young Timothy to keep doing all for the glory of the Lord, be
meticulous in presenting yourself approved to God. Knowing that as Christians our work will
be inspected For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may
receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
[2Corinthians 5:10 NKJV] And so we should make sure we are workers who are not ashamed
of what we are doing for the Lord- rightly handling and dividing the Word of God.
"Swords are meant to cut and hack, and wound, and kill with, and the word of truth is for
pricking men in the heart and killing their sins. The word of God is not committed to God's
ministers to amuse men with its glitter, nor to charm them with the jewels in its hilt, but to
conquer their souls for Jesus." [Spurgeon] Handle the Sword properly and be efcacious;Be
diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
Agape,
Daniel Wright
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Proverbs 27:17
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