“BE” THE FIRST PARTAKER..
AGREED -- BUT first, we should be REALISTIC and NON-JUDGMENTAL about the torment, the trauma, the pain, the difficulties, and the warfare that CHRISTIANS have to overcome in this life, by: 1) The Blood of the Lamb, and the word of THEIR TESTIMONY; and through 2) The MATURITY LEVEL and development of the "Fruit" of Self-Control, which is the DIFFERENCE-MAKER between "a mature and an immature response" for ALL OF US. "CHRISTIANS" have to "develop", "yield" and "surrender" (moment by moment) to Holy Spirit's work "in them"; which means RENEWING THE MIND according to the WORD OF GOD, is the "starting point" for properly "repping JESUS" without shame, fear of reproach, or condemnation...SO, let "your convictions" serve to BALANCE 'YOU', by "keeping YOU" in check. But NEVER ASSUME that someone else needs to "be" the FIRST PARTAKER, if you're NOT walking in...