8/13 Sermon: No One is an Island, Pt. 2

This past Sunday at The Family Church here in Gainesville, Aaron Read delivered the second sermon in the series No One is an Island.  The title was Encourage One Another and referred to Hebrews 10:24-25...shown here in the New International Version via Bible Gateway:

²⁴ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, ²⁵ not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Aaron began the message by discussing the then-ongoing conflict in Charlottesville, Virginia as Neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups demonstrated there and were confronted with counter-protesters, with three total fatalities so far.  He deplored the bigotry expressed there and strongly stressed that there is no place within the Christian faith for any of these hateful beliefs...I appreciated his comments.  Then Aaron went into the body of the message, which is what we need to know if we are going to encourage one another: the place, the power, and the perspective.  With the place, he stressed the importance of meeting regularly, not just for the weekly service, but also in small groups where believers could get to know and help one another...he used a word picture in the form of the wild African savannah, where a lion preys on a zebra herd and attacks the one zebra bent on going on its own.  With the power, Aaron focused on how words can be powerful either for good or evil, and how we need God's grace and wisdom to be able to discern when not to speak and what to say (and in what way) when speech is called for.  And with the perspective, this is that of Jesus, the one who perfects our faith and whose return is coming...

You can see Aaron's Read's message for yourself through the church's YouTube video by the following link: [link].  The Family Church is located at 2022 SW 122nd Street and meets for services at 9:30 and 11 each Sunday morning, with praise music, the weekly sermon, and opportunities for prayer and fellowship...