Again, today’s verses have a special meaning for married people. It seems obvious, but couples need to be committed to attending church together and serving the body of Christ. When was the last time either of these dynamics transpired in your life? When it comes to doing things for others, The lone candle in the room went out. "The locusts have no king, yet they all advance in ranks" (Pr 30:27). from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification (building up, not tearing down) according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. Good deeds (ergon = work + agathon = good) (Click incredible example of good deeds) is a frequent Pauline phrase used 6x in the short letter to Titus (Titus 1:16-note, Titus 2:7-note, Titus 2:14-note, Titus 3:1-note, Titus 3:8-note, Titus 3:14-note). Why go to church? Sheep are gregarious, and so are the sheep of the Lord Jesus Christ. The rule that governs my life is this: anything that dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me, and I must, as a Christian, turn away from it. When he tells about going to church as a child, his eyes fill with tears of gratitude for a mother who cared enough about his spiritual welfare to help him come to know and serve Christ. Yes, we are to be oaks of righteousness, but God desires us not to be isolated oaks but growing "groves" of oaks, as is so well illustrated in nature by the giant sequoia trees of California that tower up to 300 feet. Progress from that which the Christian has to do with regard to himself, to that which he has to do with regard to his fellow-Christians. For an obedient child of God, however, that will never do. He said to tell you he would be with you in spirit.' Then I remembered my own initial response that night along the highway: Somebody else will come along. That would be Biblical and right. Stimulate (3948) (paroxusmos from para = besides, near + oxuno = literally to sharpen or oxus = a sharp edge) is a strong word which literally means to sharpen. Through the technologies we have available—texts, phone and video calls, video conferencing—we still are fully capable of keeping the instruction we’ve been given. Their faith in your word and deed. Yet so many pressing needs go unmet. The idea is to think about something very carefully or consider closely and includes the action of one's mind apprehending certain facts about a thing so as to give one the proper and decisive thought about the thing considered. Those who stay home from church because it’s rainy frequently miss on fair Sundays, too. (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. V Lugt (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. For them there is but one thing to be done: We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. The specific reason for the warning is not given. (John 13:35), Agape love can exhibit emotion, but it must always exhibit action. The minister glanced at his watch and said he had to leave, but first he picked up the cold ember and placed it back in the fire. We want to hear his voice and conduct ourselves as children of light in a dark world. With encouragement and love; Hebrews 9 Hebrews 10:24-25 Hebrews 11 Favoriting is a great way to keep a list of sermons, programs, and ministry resources in your account. The assembling of His saints has its ground in a divine appointment as well as in the very nature of things; all who have entered into the Holiest to meet their God must turn to the meeting of His people. Everyone thought about Bill and what he had said. Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. "When it freezes in June," he would say, "then I will go to church." Brethren, join your cries to help them; sisters, let your prayers abound; Pray, Oh pray that holy manna may be scattered all around. In literary Greek katanoeo...means especially apprehension of a subject by intellectual absorption in it: “to consider,” “to ponder,” “to come to know,” “to grasp,” “to understand” (Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Let us go out of ourselves as soon as we can, and find our blessings in blessing one another. After the sermon, a response was given by Red Jacket, one of the leading chiefs. `Robinson,' explains the buddy, `is sorry not to greet you in per-son but he is entertaining guests today. Progress from that which the Christian has to do with regard to himself, to that which he has to do with regard to his fellow-Christians. --H W Robinson (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Need some help understanding theology? Mere good words and good meanings are not enough without good works. From all of the descriptions of agape love, it is clear that genuine agape love is a sure mark of salvation, Jesus Himself explaining that "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love (agape) for one another." It cannot be. Martin Luther spoke of the stimulatory effect of rubbing shoulders with the brethren confiding that when he was "At home in my own house there is no warmth or vigor in me, but in the church when the multitude is gathered together, a fire is kindled in my heart and it breaks its way through. That thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself is the house of God--remember this, Faith and hope shall pass away, but love abideth ever. —Hess He will send you just a little pill, and you will be all right. In the same way, we believers are to consider seriously out to spur each other onward and upward and all the more as the day of His return draws nearer. The world will try to pressure us We are currently taking an extended break from our study of Genesis, Which we will resume shortly. It’s painful to admit that one of the greatest failures of Christian husbands is their failure to feed and encourage their wives’ spiritual lives. Barnes's Hebrews 10:24 Bible Commentary And let us consider one another - Let us so regard the welfare of others as to endeavor to excite them to persevere in the Christian life. And when we have entered in faith, it is as if it is all we can do to stand before God, and wait on Him for what He has promised to do for us. I wish that some, who stay away for the most frivolous excuses, would think of this verse: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is.” An example of not forsaking assembling together: Josef Gabor grew up in Czechoslovakia when it was dominated by communism, and religion was despised as weakness. 1. Well, dear friend, if I could not hear profitably, I would still make one of the assembly gathered together for the worship of God. I remember well the little widow in our home church who with her eight children walked nearly two miles summer and winter in order to meet with other Christians. How would Jesus interpret the meaning of Hebrews 10:24-25? Titus 3:8. "There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, (Mt 22:36-38), F B Meyer has the following description of agape love "Wherever there is true love, there must be giving, and giving to the point of sacrifice. It lives in the Holiest of God's love; it gives itself up to the one work of winning others to know that love. Let us - 13x in 12v - Heb 4:1, 11, 14, 16; 6:1; 10:22, 23, 24; 12:1 (2x), He 12:28; 13:13, 15. )...By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit (good deeds = good fruit) and so prove to be My disciples...You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain...." (John 15:5,8,16). — And let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and good works. Studying God’s Word and praying together are two obvious ways that couples can fulfill this biblical command, but don’t overlook the irreplaceable value of the church in a healthy marriage. Yes, it is as those who profess to have entered the Holiest of All truly draw near to God, and prove the power of fellowship with Him, that they will have power in prayer and speech and service among their fellow-Christians. day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," lest any one of you be hardened (What does hardening of the arteries of the heart do to our physical bodies and physical health? Imagine this if you can. Bad weather will prove how much I love Christ. Today in the Word -This December 31 promises to be one of the noisiest New Year's Eves many people have spent in their lifetime. Lord, stir us and provoke us to "burn hot" (root for zealous in Gk is zeo = be hot, boil, fervent) for the Gospel of the Kingdom and for the glory of Thy Name. Wuest explains that "Assembling is the translation of episunagoge The word is a compound of ago “to go,” sun “with,” and epi. If we find it does them good, makes them honest and less disposed to cheat Indians, we will then consider again of what you have said. Tell them all about the Savior, tell them that He will be found; Sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around. Grasshoppers demonstrate the power of community. THE inward and the outward must ever go together. (1John 2:28, 1Jn 3:2-note ,1Jn 3:3-note). Notice the present tense which calls for continuous consideration of how to stir other believers - not to stir them in the sense of causing trouble, but stirring them up in the sense of motivating them to live on earth as citizens of heaven who are anticipating a better hope to be fully realized when "the day" draws nigh. Click to learn more about Following Jesus. It can be misused. (Heb 3:6, 14-see notes Hebrews 3:6; 3:14), Jamieson comments on the day drawing near writing that "The Church being in all ages kept uncertain how soon Christ is coming, the day is, and has been, in each age, practically always near; whence, believers have been called on always to be watching for it as nigh at hand. These beautiful behemoths belie their unusually shallow root systems that reach out in all directions to capture the greatest amount of surface moisture. We can learn a lesson from these little creatures. Wisely said, a word may save a soul from declension and sin. We need other believers, and other believers need us. Entertainment providers have been busy planning the 'party of the century' on land, on sea, and in the air as the supersonic Concorde takes a group of revelers around the world. That letter sparked many responses. All its members are one body; the inward unity must be proved in active exercise, it must be seen in the assembling together. All rights reserved), Lord, help us see how much we need each other Earlier verses completed a long, detailed explanation of why the new covenant is superior to the old covenant. This Greek word paroxusmos is related to our English paroxysm which describes a sudden attack or violent expression of something. Rich was kind of hard on you. In his first letter to the Corinthians Paul emphasized that "no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ ("the Vine"). To read the Bible and pray. (5) By maintaining confidence: Hebrews 10:35 (note). will keep your heart from growing cold. There were in the apostles' times, and should be in every age, Christian assemblies for the worship of God, and for mutual edification. We would not be frozen together in chill propriety, but we would be welded together at a white heat of loving earnestness, so as to be truly one in Christ Jesus. 4. The Church has been redeemed by Christ, to prove to the world what power He has to cleanse from sin, to conquer evil, to restore to holiness and to goodness. Close fellowship with others is important on the spiritual level too. The author’s fear is that Christians will be slothful in their connectedness to the family of faith, that they will allow distance to cool love, that they will fail in their task to be an encouragement to others as we eagerly await the Day of the Lord. If we focus on the letter of the instruction, the simplest reading would mean we have to gather together. And Christ is love. --Sper. The end is at hand and we are to redeem the time for the days until the end are evil. You are nothing because you do not have a good job, you do not have a nice car, you have no money.' These three thoughts form the subdivision of the practical part of the Epistle. If any man's work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire." Our entering into the Holiest is mere imagination, if we do not yield ourselves to the love of God in Christ, to be filled and used for the welfare and joy of our fellow-men. Ignatius says, “When ye frequently, and in numbers meet together, the powers of Satan are overthrown, and his mischief is neutralized by your likemindedness in the faith.” To neglect such assemblings together might end in apostasy at last. Be a writer. Reprinted by permission. But where is Brown?' Paul uses the related verb paroxuno in his "definition" of Christian love noting that such love "does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked (paroxuno), does not take into account a wrong suffered (1Cor 13:5-note). Agape chooses as an act of self-sacrifice to serve the recipient. All rights reserved). (Amplified Bible - Lockman), Barclay: Let us not abandon our meeting as some habitually do—but let us encourage one another, and all the more so as we see the Day approaching. It seeks to watch over those who are in danger of becoming unfaithful. The aim of our lives is not just loving and doing good deeds, but helping to stir up others to love and to good deeds. Hebrews 10:24-26 reads, in context: “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. But Josef’s mother, who believed in Jesus Christ, took Josef and his brother with her to church. The first with God, the second with the world, the third with the church. For exercise and strengthening of the faith and hope and love, to which we have just been urged; for the full development of the life in the Holiest of All; for the helping and comforting of all who are feeble; for the cultivation of the fellowship of the Spirit and the Word--the assembling of ourselves together has unspeakable value. Dusk had settled into evening. Last Week's Top Questions . We need to stay in contact with our fellow believers on a regular basis. And thou wilt learn, too, to admit more deeply and truly than ever before, that no effort of thy will can bring forth love; it must be given thee from above. 1Ti 4:1. see notes 2 Peter 2:20;21;22. One Greek historian used parakaleo to describe a military regiment which had lost heart and was utterly dejected. `That's fine,' says the sergeant, `remember me to him. William McGuffey was very successful at motivating others to practice virtuous behavior. Wuest - Consider” is the translation of katanoeo which speaks of attentive, continuous care (Ed: especially in the present tense). Have faith, and a score of hearts will show Hebrews 10:24-25. One of the God-intended delights of marriage is that the partners can be teachers, guides, coaches, and encouragers to each other. “Oh,” says one, “I will never hear that man again! Organize a drive-by expression of love. Amplified: Not forsaking or neglecting to assemble together [as believers], as is the habit of some people, but admonishing (warning, urging, and encouraging) one another, and all the more faithfully as you see the day approaching. THOUGHT - Who have you encouraged today? Paul acknowledged that the key to his good works was the grace of God writing that His "grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me." In front of him was a fresh piece of gray cement—a piece that had replaced a broken piece of sidewalk. The same Spirit that said, Consider Christ Jesus--take time, and give attention to know Him well--says to us, Consider one another--take time, and give attention to know the needs of your brethren around you. He was a battler, a dedicated athlete who spent hour after hour perfecting his three throw and jump shot during the hot summer months of 1987. We all know of instances of conversions simply because dedicated Christians let their light shine. (1Pe 2:21-23-note), We do not witness just with our lips but with out life, validating our "talk" with our "walk." If Christians in general are commanded to urge one another on in love and service to Christ, how much more should a husband and wife do so? That's why we need encouragement He began teaching other students at the age of 13, furthering his own education by borrowing books from neighbors. Assembling together (1997) (episunagoge from epi = upon, unto + sunago = to cause to come together) describes a gathering together at some location. Eerdmans). - At the time these words were written, Jewish believers were experiencing great persecution. Let us be sure that the deeper we enter into the perfection-teaching of Hebrews 10:7-10, the fitter we shall be to be a blessing in the world. So many voices and choices compete for our attention. You know that it is necessary to maintain discipline, and if I were to tell her how much I really value her, she would not know herself." One Sunday, Bill made his first appearance in the church building--while the organ played softly. Send an email to Eric Black, our editor. And to reiterate, the verb katanoeo does not imply we are to give this activity an occasional thought but that we are to continually be putting our mind to this task (of stimulating one another), observing and considering carefully and attentively how we can carry out this exhortation toward other believers. But we must also meet with one another ", In the devotional, Our Daily Bread, there was a wonderful illustration of the power of encouragement --, "It wasn’t like Scott Kregel to give up. I am afraid there are some who consider one another to provoke in quite a different spirit from this,-who watch to find out a tender spot where a wound will be most felt. In short, these gentle giants are so constructed by their Creator that they need each other, which explains why you virtually always see them growing assembled together in clusters ("not forsaking their assembling together"). Hebrews 10:24-25 September 14, 2014. He that truly receives it, as the Holy Spirit gives it, receives it as a salvation for all, and feels himself impelled to communicate it to others. You are citizens of the kingdom of God!' Like most patients with closed head injuries, Scott balked at doing the slow, tedious work that was required to get him back to normal—things such as stringing beads. The views expressed are those solely of the author. And it doesn't operate the way a lot of you do. It was further learned that the soldiers drew their greatest strength from the close attachments they had formed to the small military units to which they belonged. I love Thy church, 0 God! — Feathers for Arrows, Love (26) (agape) speaks of unconditional, sacrificial love and Biblically refers to a love that God is (1Jn 4:8,16), that God shows (Jn 3:16, 1Jn 4:9) and that God enables in and through His yielded, humble saints (see fruit of the Spirit Gal 5:22-note). Are you such an off-cast and such an outcast that your Christian brethren must give you up? Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. He may take his soap and his smile elsewhere.”. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. The Puritan writer Thomas Watson put it this way "Faith is to prayer what the feather is to the arrow.". By David Wilkerson. That kind of fear does not produce steady faith. When we internalize it and allow it renew our mind and transform us, we become veritable conduits of its virtues and gentle examples and provokers of this Spirit wrought grace to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Lamps do not talk, but they do shine. —Hess, The warm fellowship of the church BUT ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER : alla parakalountes (PAPMPN): But (alla) introduces the attitude and action that stands in contrast to their forsaking assembling together. His host watched in quiet reflection as the ember flickered and faded. 1Jn 3:1-3. Helps us when God's will we seek. The life in the Holiest is thus not only the motive but the power for doing the work aright. I tend to agree with Rich. Spurgeon - “Provoke unto love and to good works.” I do not know how we can do that better than by being very loving and very full of good works ourselves, for then will others be likely to say, “If these people are helped by God’s grace to love like this, and to labor like this, why should not we do the same” A good example is often better than a very proper precept. The writer has a parallel passage in chapter 3 warning them that instead of falling away from the living God they were to... encourage (present imperative = command to make this their habitual practice = an invitation to depend on Encourager to enable us to comfort) one another (how often?) There is special reference in the following verse to the approaching day of the Lord's coming, and the ministry referred to has doubtless reference to the gathering out and preparation of the Bride to meet her Lord. To such comes the encouragement of His Word, "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. Yet you hear things like that every week in church. But my conscience made me stop. (ED: cp "the last days") They then who have been dead many ages ago lived in the last days no less than we. Meeting our fellow-men is often accompanied with so much of weakness, distraction, and failure that some have thought it indeed better to forsake the assembling together. As the day of the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem approached, the true believers would need to "hang together" in order to hang on. The scattered seeds of your thought outborne, Hebrews 10:24-25. Within 2 months, Scott was riding off the basketball court on his teammates’ shoulders. Don’t watch TV. But it’s different: “Consider how to stimulate each other to love and good deeds.” Focus on helping others become loving people. The Sergeant barks out, `Count off! A gentleman was seeking the directions in a strange city, and the person of whom he inquired was vague and unsatisfactory. One year there was an unusually cold spring, and it stayed that way into June. "Not leaving behind, not leaving in the lurch" like DEMAS left Paul (2Ti 4:10). At the age of eleven he was composing his own music and conducting an orchestra, and in his late teens he went to Vienna for further study. Spurgeon says "It is not the work of the minister alone to exhort, but the brothers, and the sisters, too, should exhort one another and seek to stir each other up in the faith and fear of God.". (2) Unto good works see notes Ephesians 2:10. 18:20). Love rind good works: These are to be the aim of the Church in the exercise of its fellowship. This, managed with a true gospel spirit, would be the best and most cordial friendship. We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The idea is, that much might be done, in securing perseverance and fidelity, by mutual kind exhortation. This section is meant to inspire Christians to be confident, courageous, and uplifted in … Comforts us when we are hurting, Reprinted by permission. 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They are reminded, not only of the personal duty of each to be faithful, but also to care for others, and to exhort one another. (Hebrews Commentary online), The only other NT use (none in the non-apocryphal Lxx - it is used as with an eschatological note in 2 Macc 2:7-8, where it refers to the final gathering of dispersed Israel) is in 2 Thessalonians 2:1 which describes the "rapture" (see note) of the saints (cf. Why, if this church really moved like a mighty army, a lot of folks would be court-martialed within the hour! We each can have sweet fellowship with Jesus ", "Unemployment runs nearly 50 percent here. - Andrew Murray. Reprinted by permission. - Richard Cecil, It is a fact that loving God and man and doing good deeds are more readily caught than taught. In the next verse the writer says we are to do these things "all the more and as you see the day drawing near." -Sper It takes me a long time to get them straight because the world perverts them so terribly.". (4) Encouragement - Lastly, there is the responsibility to verbally spur others on through words of encouragement. `Sure, sure,' says the sergeant cheerfully, `I hope he has a good game. DON'T MISS IT! In a positive sense (Hebrews 10:24) it refers to a rousing of one to activity by incitement or encouragement. The Greek and the context simply do not support it, and when we understand the true meaning of Hebrews 10:25, the entire idea of “going to church” as something we must do entirely falls apart. It is prodigal of costliest service. Let us consider one another. Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too; Let us love and pray for sinners, till our God makes all things new. These people are our neighbors. "Yes," he said, "she is worth a Gibraltar rock in gold, but I never tell her that. The Holiest of All, Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. There are souls that are pure and true; Encouragement is a Christian duty. Some of the recipients of this letter were, under stress of persecution, absenting themselves from the Christian assemblies. Paroxusmos was employed frequently by classical Greek authors with both favorable and unfavorable connotations (i.e., “incitement” for good or bad). There he reached fame if not fortune. What can I do today to stimulate a brother or sister in Christ to Christ-like loving deeds? (Westminster Press), NLT: And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming back again is drawing near. Solomon alludes to this idea of the "one another-ness" our writer is calling his readers to pursue... Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. Kent Hughes illustrates the root idea of parakaleo "to come alongside and encourage" with the following example - I see this exemplified every time my church has a roller skating party, and the parents put their little ones on skates for the first time. (Westminster Press), NLT: Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds. Men read what we live, It cares for those who have grown careless in their neglect. Just as physical food keeps us alive and strong, so also the spiritual nourishment of teaching and fellowship are necessary for our survival. But after his initial greeting he said nothing more. Through the hymns, the prayers, the preaching I say to them, 'That is a lie! While we are only thinking of others to bring God's love to them, we shall find God thinking of us, and filling us with it. The other possibility (favored by John MacArthur, Charles Ryrie, W A Criswell, William Hendriksen, Simon J. 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