Comparing Bees And Brethren
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles
Experts in bee behavior say that bees cannot live in isolation. You might capture one bee and provide for him the best environment and ideal living conditions, but within three days he will die. It is essential that he be with other bees. The association in the bee community (hive existence), keeps all the bees alive — they depend on each other. You can keep bees but you can’t keep only one bee.
A Christian trying to live without associating with other Christians, will grow cold and become indifferent (Revelation 3:14-16). As the bee will die physically if he ceases associating with other bees, the Christian will eventually die spiritually speaking (Revelation 3:1; cf. 1 Timothy 5:6).
As with bees, there is something vital about the relationship Christians share together. The more we work together in a spirit of unity, the more alive and productive we become (cf. Romans 1:7-8; Philippians 1:1-6; Colossians 1:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-8; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4).
The question is brethren, “Where will we be whenever the church assembles together and when there is work to be done?” (Hebrews 10:25; 1 Corinthians 15:58).
Let’s never forget that we are the Lord’s workers (1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:1), and as workers in His kingdom, we must depend upon each other and cooperate with each other in order to accomplish what the Lord has asked us to do (Matthew 28:19-20) — like the bee’s dependency upon other bees for physical survival, we need each other in order to spiritually survive.
Let’s think about it!