STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN
“ But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren” – Luke 22:32 Humanly speaking, I may not see the wisdom in depending on Apostle Peter anymore, I may just start to shop for another mentor or leader; but the Lord said ‘when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren’. It is necessary to state that, while the church may ‘pretend’ to accept you, Jesus would not pretend. One can easily assume that the Christian brother who just fell would be the weakest amongst the brethren; the leaders in the church will give that brother a longer time to find his feet or he may never even return to the point where he was before. When the leader stumbles, the hope of many will be dashed and they may lose confidence; but Jesus told Peter before the time, Peter who happened to be the leader – Jesus told Him that after his fall and return to Him, he (Peter) should strengthen the br...