Good morning. In addition
to stimulating one another to love and good deeds, we should not be 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 no lone
rangers in the kingdom of God. Even in the best of times, we should be meeting
with other Christians. In these days, as the end is drawing near, we should be
even more diligent to meet with other Christians. We need their comfort,
encouragement, and counsel. In this verse he says that some have even made it a
habit to not assemble. It does not take too many times doing something for it
to become a habit. It then becomes very difficult to break that habit. In fact
many times people don't even want to break that habit. They have comfort in
that routine. In this case, they don't want people telling them that they are
doing something wrong. Would you want to go to a group that you know would tell
you you're doing something wrong? Of course not! If we go on sinning willfully
after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice
for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a
fire which will consume the adversaries. That reminds me of a time when a
friend of mine told someone that the word of God said a certain thing was
wrong. That person said he did not want to hear it, because then he would be
responsible for not doing it. And of course if you go to a good church, you
will definitely hear that something you are doing is not right. Father thank
You that the reader loves to be with Your people. He/she encourages others to
do the same.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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