See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first. As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.” Hebrews 3:12-15
There's a few tips in here about remaining faithful.
One is to recognize sin's deceitfulness - it can be attractive, but it is destructive.
Another is to encourage each other. Fellowship with other believers is vitally important for our own walk, and to encourage others in their walk.
And again, the urgency of "today". It never pays to put off strengthening our spiritual lives. There is no better moment to start then today, this very moment.
3 comments:
I love that it states so clearly that fellowship and encouragement is necessary all the time. Clearly, as I'm sure most of us can attest to from experience, it doesn't take long to get too busy, or tell ourselves we can do it tomorrow or next week and before we know it we've veered much further off course than we realized without even noticing.
The thing that strikes me is that sin's lies harden US to the truth... blind believers. It's really difficult to weed out some of the pleasant or experience-proving lies to which we cling, even when we attend church every Sunday, read wholesome materials, and hang with professing friends often. There are some good steps here to help open our eyes and prevent us for becoming hardened.
It's true Elisa, we can never afford to get comfortable in our faith walk. We always need to be on guard!
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