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FORBEAR NOT

Proverbs 24:11-12 says: If thou forbear   to deliver  them that are   drawn   unto death,   and  those that are   ready   to be slain ;  If thou sayest,   Behold, we knew   it not; doth not he that pondereth   the heart   consider  it ?  and he that keepeth   thy soul,   doth  not   he know  it ?  and shall  not   he render   to  every   man   according to his works ? I believe that the Lord set an example for us all when he said: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Certainly, the teaching is multi-faceted. The primary teaching is concerning what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross of Calvary. Praise God for such a precious gift that brought about our forgiveness and redemption. But the second application is that we ought to be willing to lay down our lives for others. To be living sacrifices that they too might know, might see, might receive the Gospel that can change their live as well. But we live in a generation of forbearance in