Don't Give Up Meeting

LET US NOT GIVE UP MEETING TOGETHER, AS SOME ARE IN THE HABIT OF DOING. Hebrews 10.25.

We all have habits that are different! Some are good, some are not so good and some are positively bad! Here the writer of Hebrews describes the habit of some Christians - “some are in the habit of giving up on meeting together!” They do not go to church for whatever reason they can find!

Why some people do not go to church is because ‘those who are in the habit of going to church regularly, do not show any sign of change in character or life!’ You have heard people comment, “Those who go to church are all hypocrites!” One can hardly recognise them as Christians in the homes or in the marketplace! I have heard people say, “If so and so goes to church, I don’t want to go to church!” Have you ever thought that your life may be hindering others from going to church and even to heaven? What a tragedy that would be?

It should not surprise any one that sinners and hypocrites go to church. They go there because they want to be changed! That is no reason for you not to go to church! If you are honest and live a good life, then you must go to church! The Church needs people like you. But if you are unworthy to go to church, take heart Jesus established the church not for the righteous but for the sinners!

It is in the church that you can hear the Word of God that convicts, converts and transforms. There you learn how to live your life according to the Word of God. There your thoughts, words, and actions are discerned by the Word and the Holy Spirit and you stand to be corrected. In the church, together with all the others like you who are not perfect but fallible, you must meet often. The Bible exhorts you to encourage and help one another to grow in grace and knowledge of the Word and the Lord!

Listen again to today’s text, “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching”. If you are in the habit of not going to church, why not obey God’s voice today and begin to go to church. You will see your life transformed and enriched together with others like you.

Pray and practise with me: Dear Lord, I am sorry for neglecting to go to Your Church and meet with fellow believers to worship and to be taught by You to live lives that are pleasing to You. Amen.