Key Verse: Verse 25 - “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
Key Words: Not forsaking...so much the more
As you read our text, we find that we are to assemble ourselves together, not less and less as seems to be the trend for our day, but more and more.
We read in Acts 2:42a, “And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship...”
We are told in Psalm 122:1, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.”
Now, someone is going to point out that Psalm 122:1 was Old Testament and to the Jews under the law, and I say you’re absolutely right; but I refuse to let a Jew under law be more spiritual than I am while under grace.
The point being, we are to be faithfully assembling ourselves together.
Years ago, a boy by the name of Eric Liddel made a vow to God that he would honor the Lord on His day. As the years passed, Scotland’s greatest athlete, Eric Liddell, under intensive and unreasonable pressure, brought great honor to the Lord Jesus Christ because he determined to honor the Lord on the Lord’s Day by refusing to run on Sunday, choosing rather to be in the house of God with the people of God. Although the 1924 Olympic Games have long since been forgotten, the courage and faithfulness of Eric Liddell still shines brightly. Oh, how we need more modern-day Eric Liddells!
Someday when we stand before the Lord, how do we ever expect to hear that “good and faithful servant” if we haven’t even been faithful in the basic matter of church attendance? The very basic meaning of the New Testament word for church is ASSEMBLY.
I think you have the point. I trust you will apply it.
What to do:
✞Always remember, all the ability on earth without availability is useless.
Dr. Mike Rouse
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