“All the people were knit together as one man.”

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“All the people were knit together as one man.” Judges 20 “All the people were knit together as one man.” ASV We are the Lord’s Body I Cor 12 We are the People of God I Pet 2:9-10; Jer 31:31 What are our aims and goals? To be “The Saved”? Acts 2:47 To Imitate NT Christianity? II Thes 2:15 To be Disciples of Christ? Lk 14:25ff To be the Pillar & Ground of Truth? I Tim 3:15 All the People together

All the People We Must All Hang Together … in Victory I Samuel 11:4 Nehemiah 8:5 Nehemiah 4:6 We Must All Hang Together … in Responsibility II Kings 23:3 I Chronicles 16:36 II Chronicles 7:4 We Will All Hang Separately … in Defeat Jeremiah 43:1-4 All the People together