" EXHORTATION "

Well here we are again, another week has come and gone and and as always it's my honor to share the Word with you. This week we're looking into " Exhortation. " Exhortation is the act of persuading or encouraging someone to do something, usually to improve behavior. Exhortation is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I believe that it is important for us to encourage others. Now take for example Peter's very powerful, Spirit-Filled message about 3,000 people became New Believers when Peter preached the Good News about Christ. [ " And with many others words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, " Be saved from this perverse generation!" (Acts 2:40)]. I love the example that Peter showed us Exhorting someone in whom he trusted. In 1 Peter 5:12 " Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him). I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand Firm In It!" Now, Silvanus (Silas) was one of the men chosen to deliver the letter from the Jerusalem council to the Church in Antioch (Acts 15: 22). Here is some background on him, he accompanied Paul on his second missionary journey (Acts 15:40; 18:11)is mentioned by Paul in the Salvation ( Greetings) of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians 1:1, and ministered with Timothy in (2 Corinthians 1:19).