Stronger Together

Stronger Together  15

ii. A Champion – A person who stands so that others can rally to them.

2. No one can stand alone.

a. Acts 1.6 – 7 (ESV) So when they had come together, t hey asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.” b. Point: We are still waiting for the time when Christ will bring God’s eternal kingdom. We cannot stand alone because the present world is under the power of the devil and is hostile to Christ and his kingdom.

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Connect:

i. You cannot stand alone. No one can.

ii. The forces at work against us are too strong for us. We are no match for the world, the flesh, and the devil.

d. Illustrations

i. A Single Ant – One ant is easy to kill, but in their colonies of millions, ants are one of the deadliest creatures on the face of the earth (see Siafu ant).

ii. Interrogation or Solitary Confinement – We are weak and vulnerable when we are alone.