Many people are familiar with Ecclesiastes 4:12b which says, "a threefold cord is not quickly broken." (NKJV).
Have you read the whole passage from verse 9-12? Here is the NLT version:
“9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?
12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”
It is interesting how much emphasis is placed on groupings of twos and threes in the Bible. Many times we misinterpret this by assuming that since Jesus is in our midst when two or three are gathered in His Name, then He must surely be even "more" in our midst when there are more than two or three. That is not what Scripture says. It is never two or three or more, it is specifically just two or three.
- How does this apply to effective disciple making?
- Would the church better fulfill the Great Commission if emphasis is shifted from weekly services to making disciples in twos and threes?
- Are there practices in the Bible about church life that can be done in gatherings of twos and threes but not in a bigger setting such as a service?
- What are these?
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