Friday, October 16, 2009
Let us ...
One of the key phrases used in the book of Hebrews is "Let us..." The theme seems to be "let us go on" but it might be better translated "let us be carried on." A safeguard against degeneration, isolation and consequential failure is to keep on. Does that sound like works righteousness? Why is it that we need to keep pressing on or we will drift? How quickly we lose our zeal if we do not do all things with diligence. Let me make one observation. Those that keep pressing on do it because they have a heart for God. It is not to earn righteous standing but because they understand the righteous standing that they press on. Those that drift often lack the commitment that they are called to.
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The regenerate heart has been changed - no longer a stony heart - and therefore the imperatives of Hebrews move the Christian to respond and act. There is a powerful message here about the effects of the new birth, a message sadly missed and confused in evangelical churches today.
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