"Walk With The King" Program, From the "Acceptance" Series, titled "Friendly, Not Familiar"

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"Walk With The King" Program, Practical & Encouraging Messages From The Ministry of Dr. Robert A. Cook.
From the "Acceptance" Series, titled: "Friendly, Not Familiar" (Broadcast #6743)
Scripture References: 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Learn about Dr. Cook's ministry at https://www.walkwiththeking.org/

Transcript

Alright, thank you very much. And hello again, radio friends. How in the world are you? You doing alright today? Well, I trust so, bless your heart. Yes, this is your good friend, Bob Cook, and I’m back with you, once again, to look at the Word of God. Just now, in First Timothy, Chapter Five.

It occurred to me, after we finished the last broadcast, that as I look at Chapter Five, Verses One and Two, there’s a Divinely given way of interacting with people. We call it ‘internal public relations,’ ‘internal PR,’ you’ve heard that, you corporate people, many times, I know. In other words, how do you conduct yourself day after day, with people with whom you must work, either for them, or with them, or supervising them, but you’re dealing with human beings. How do you approach it?

Well, as you read this passage, you see that attitude means so very much. All of us have suffered under the approach of someone who came and said, “Now, you’re not gonna like this, but I’m gonna tell you for your own good.” [chuckle] Immediately, you feel defensive, and although you don’t put up literal fists, you raise the [chuckle] dukes of your heart and mind, to defend yourself from whatever’s coming. [chuckle] I’ve had a lot of that, and I guess so have you.

No, the attitude means so much. The attitude, that is to say, with which we approach other people, either, for whom we work, or with whom, or people who we supervise. Now, he says, “Rebuke not an elder, but plead with him, beseech him, and comfort.” Remember, I told you, there’s an overtone of comfort there. Everybody’s hurting somewhere, find out where they’re hurting, and you’ll be a blessing to them. “Treat him as a father.” There’s a combination there of respect and affection, a desire to have a right relationship. If you and your parents are out of touch and not getting along, if you’re cross-wise of each other, it just doesn’t feel right, does it? So there’s a desire there to get together and be right. All of those things are wrapped up there, “Treat him as a father. Treat the younger men as brothers, the older ladies as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.”

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Isaiah 55:11:
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”