If you are wise as a serpent you will live peacefully with other ministers.
Who are you in conflict with? How many people are there whom you do not talk to? How can you be a Christian and always have someone you do not flow with or talk to? That is not good Christian behaviour. Many ministers of the gospel are known for their conflicts that they have with each other. Sometimes, the conflicts spill over into the public domain and their church members get involved. Abraham did not want to have such a conflict with Lot. He did not want his herdsmen or his followers to fight the other camp. He did not want his herdsmen to be in conflict with someone else’s herdsmen. Many pastors are happy when their church members are in conflict with other people’s church members. They fuel the rivalry from behind. That is not how to live peacefully with fellow ministers of the gospel. Even government officials know about conflicts between churches and remark that the church of God is divided.
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Genesis 13:8
4. If you are wise as a serpent you will live peacefully with all men.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, LIVE PEACEABLY WITH ALL MEN.
There's a say that says that a peaceful man lives long. If you live in peace with others you are likely to live long.
Romans 12:17
Make it your aim to live peacefully with all the people God brings into your life. Live peacefully with the government! Live peacefully with the opposition party! Live peacefully with your neighbours! Live peaceably with the church!
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