Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 International Bible Baptist Church Bangkok, Thailand 152 Intharaphithak, Soi 1, Bangyeerua, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand 10600 Contact Numbers: +6633374820 and +66846529839 email: lepagoluke@yahoo.com Facebook Page and Group: International Bible Baptist Church Bangkok, Thailand LINE: ruth lepago WhatsApp: +66846529839

1. Ptr. Luke Lepago
NO MAN IS AN
ISLAND
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

2. • 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good
reward for their labour.
• 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to
him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not
another to help him up.
• 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but
how can one be warm alone?
• 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand
him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

3. •You must learn to value
relationships over
possessions.
•You must value people
more than things.
•You must find joy in
fellowship, not pleasure.

4. Two are better than
one.

5. Through desire a man, having
separated himself, seeketh and
intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Proverbs 18:1

6. I. You Need Another Believer To
Fellowship With To Succeed In Your
Work.
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for
their labour.”

7. •You will notice that friendship is one
area of life that Ecclesiastes never calls
vanity.
•It makes the point that two are better
than one with the picture of a labourer
in the field.

8. Don’t work alone.

9. Labour
•a physical or mental work,
especially or a hard or fatiguing
kind.
•productive activity, especially for
the sake of economic gain.
•speaks of hard work and diligent
work; toil.
•The term describes an
agricultural worker in the field. It
is a person who is working hard.

10. Cultivating a
meaningful life is hard
work.

11. •You can accomplish more when
you work together with others.
•You need other believers to
fellowship with when you go to
work.

12. • Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but
ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord
gave to every man?
• 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave
the increase.
• 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing,
neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the
increase.
1 Corinthians 3:5-9

13. •8 Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: and every man shall
receive his own reward according to his
own labour.
•9 For we are labourers together with
God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are
God's building.
1 Corinthians 3:5-9

14. Paul and Apollos were not competing
against each other but were
complementing each other’s
ministries.
Their purpose was to bring the
Church to maturity, and to
Christlikeness.

15. The one who plants will be
rewarded for planting. And the
one who waters will be rewarded
for watering. However, they will
receive an even greater reward
because they worked together.

16. II. You Need Another Believer To
Fellowship With To Stand Again When
You Fall.
“For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is
alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”

17. •This verse is the picture of a traveller
on the road.
•The importance of someone with us
in our journey.
•Because we do not know what is
ahead in our journey

18. 1 Corinthians
10:12
Wherefore let
him that thinketh
he standeth take
heed lest he fall.

19. The person who thinks he
or she is exempt from
falling is actually the
leading candidate for a
fall.

20. •We are not exempted from failures in
life.
•There are some failures, mistakes,
and errors in life that you cannot
recover from, on your own. You need
someone to help you.

21. “But woe to him that is
alone when he falleth;
for he hath not another
to help him up.”
Ecclsiastes 4:10

22. “Friendships must be cultivated.
They don’t automatically occur
when calamity strikes. And I
have never heard of a rent-a-
friend business either.”
- CHARLES SWINDOLL

23. You need to make sure you are
walking with people you can trust
before you fall. You need to cultivate
friendships while you are on your
feet.

24. III. You Need Another Believer To
Fellowship With To Survive When You
Are In The Cold.
“Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one
be warm alone?”

25. It is an image of travellers
sleeping outdoors in the desert
who must huddle together to
keep warm.

26. Illustration
•Verse 9 addresses the
danger of labouring
alone.
•Verse 10 addresses the
danger of falling.
•Verse 11 addresses the
danger of freezing.

27. Life will sometimes
leave you in the cold.

28. You will need the friendship,
support, encouragement,
intercession, and generosity of
others to warm you up when life
leaves you in the cold.

29. You need to develop and maintain
intimate relationships of mutual trust
when the sun is still shining. That way,
when life leaves you in the cold, you
have someone close enough to come
lay beside you to keep you warm.

30. IV. You Need Another Believer To
Fellowship With To Save You When You
Are In A Fight
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.”

31. 2Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all that
will live Godly in
Christ Jesus shall
suffer persecution.

32. 32
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Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be
able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 6:10-12

33. 33
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13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of
God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth, and having on the breastplate of
righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace;
Ephesians 6:10-12

34. 34
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16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword
of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Ephesians 6:10-12

35. The Whole Armour
Of God

36. • There are some attacks you cannot face on your own.
• There are some battles you cannot fight on your own.
• There are some enemies you cannot defeat on your own.
• There are some attitudes you cannot change on your own.
• There are some habits you cannot break on your own.
• There are some problems you cannot solve on your own.
• There are some needs you cannot meet on your own.
I just want to remind you that:

37. Proverbs 11:14
37
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Where no counsel
is, the people fall:
but in the multitude
of counsellors there
is safety.

38. 38
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1. Better profit from one’s labour.
2. Help in time of difficulty.
3. Comfort in time of need.
4. Protection in time of danger.
Conclusion

39. One’s efforts and benefits
should not be confined to
two persons.

40. 40
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And all that were together, and
had all things common;
45 And sold their possessions
and goods, and parted them to all
men, as every man had need.
Acts 2:44-47

41. 46 And they, continuing daily with one
accord in the temple, and breaking bread
from house to house, did eat their meat
with gladness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with
all the people. And the Lord added to the
Church daily such as should be saved.
Acts 2:44-47