Quick Note: Hebrews 10:24-25

Hebrews 10:24-25 – “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.”

There are a lot of churches popping up nowadays which are more or less like “drive-thru” churches – people go in and out of the church, participating in a 30min-1hr long worship service that gets the need of going to church out of their system.  People have even turned successful growing “mega-churches” into semi-drive-thru churches, as they enter into the service and leave without ever once saying “Hello” to someone else that is attending that same service.  The worst thing about all of this is that many Christians actually prefer this way of worshiping, because it gets the “requirement” of church out of the way.  This is the completely wrong attitude to have towards meeting together with other Christians.  Our passage today does two things, it tells Christians how often they should meet and what they should do when they meet.  First, it reminds us that we need to meet as often as we can as the Day of Christ’s Second Coming draws nearer.  In the first century, the Christians were meeting almost every day with each other, worshiping God together and encouraging one another.  But nowadays, we do everything we can to get out of going to a church service.  Why is that?  We need to get into the habit of spending time with other Christians, for that is where we can encourage and grow with one another.  Even just your presence at the service can brighten up a person’s day – I should know for I see it happen with my dad, a pastor, every Sunday.  Second, the passage reminds us that when we meet, we are “to stir up one another to love and good works” and to encourage each other.  When we meet, it is not just to gossip or talk about politics or to sing a few songs and listen to a sermon.  No.   When Christians meet, it should be to help encourage each other to follow Christ, grow in love for each other, and to do good works that will display the life of Christ in us.  We are supposed to sharpen each other and get each other ready for His Second Coming.  As the Day draws nearer, let us find other Christians and meet often so that we can encourage each other in our daily walks.