Quality Control is the very important part of production department in industrial. Why? As we know the term, Quality + Control is to check the product through testing, through many more other process of the items, whether it meet the market quality or not. This QC also include the security check of the item whether it is safe to be used or not or whether it is not harmful.
I saw in TV news, what they did for QC of child product is, until they try to pull the doll, the items. I saw them tear they bear doll off it's body. This is really QC! this is to ensure if the product is safe for children or not. What if the product or the doll easily to tear off, and child eat the doll cloth, bite the sponge or the product could be harmful in term of chemical! After they check this, than the government will only approve this product to be sell in Malaysia.
2 Co 13:5 Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, do not you, that Jesus Christ lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test? (ISV)
Paul advice and encourage Corinth to always and keep examine themself. I believe this is what it is also refer to always check our heart whether we are right in front of God, if we live according to God's command or God's grace, and if we living in our faith which acknowledge God in our life. Many of us though after we are in God, when we keep ourself in ministry, busy ourself with mission trip or we keep plan many church or ministry activities; we are right before God. Let me tell us this, NO it is not keeping us right before God. It will not proving that we are living according to His will or His command even in His grace. It is not wrong to get involve in those area, but the best is...always check ourself. Always come before God and examine ourself. But why? Why have to since God already in me?
2 Co 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. (ESV)
This is why Paul told them. Test if all this while we in ministry, we are restored to God's grace for others,for the leaders in church, for our family and for our spouse. Test if we are comforting others in our ministry or we tend to fight with each other, we tend to backstabbing or we complain negatively; gossip-ly about each other in ministry. Aren't we suppose to build one another in ministry? Why fight? Why compare? Aren't this is God's ministry that we are His team-mate? Instead of fighting and being so condemning toward each other; why not talk to God's our team-mate in this ministry? Some more He is the brain of this ministry, talk to Him, ask Him and discuss with?
That's why Paul wrote also "agree with one another, live in peace". The reason is very clear. We doing this ministry is for God. Fighting with each other is no use, when everything will be done according to God's own very plan.
Even not in ministry, our own daily life, social life; we should live in peace! That is what God want us to do and to live in. In harmony, in peace and in love. If we recall back God's second greatest command to us; Love others as we Love our self. In 1 Jn 3:18 Little children, we must stop loving in word and in tongue, but instead love in action and in truth (ISV).
This is what God want among us, how we should love and guide each other. Although we can't do it sometime, though we can't help the situation sometime, but Paul also suggest, "Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace"(ISV). The word here is, CONTINUE. When we fail, rise up continue again. When we can't come to Jesus, wait upon Him and He will gracefully help us, restore us back and build us.
Let's continue fellas. We tired of hearing fight among us, churches, leaders, friends and family. But in God, let usCONTINUE to live in Peace and KEEP examine ourself!
2 Co 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you!
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