Just the Beginning

Hebrews 10:24-25

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 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.

Good morning ladies,

In case you haven’t been to the blog lately or you haven’t seen the new Zebra brochure you may not know that this is the new “Zebra” verse.

I think it clearly states what the purpose of Zebras is. The reason that we exist is to spur one another on towards love and good deeds. To challenge each other to think of others greater than ourselves and to live a life worthy of the calling we have received.

This is also the verse that people reference when they talk about the importance of church attendance.

But could weekly church attendance really be what they are talking about?

The early church did way more than meet together once a week for worship. According to Acts 2 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer…Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts…And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Now how did they manage that, didn’t these people have to work?

So I started investigating.

Heb.10:25 does not merely denote the assembling for corporate worship as a solitary or occasional act but as customary conduct. It has the meaning of not betraying one’s attachment to Jesus Christ and other believers and not avoiding one’s own personal responsibility as part of the body of Christ.

So it really means way MORE than just go to church on Sunday.

It means we are to be CONNECTED, first to Jesus Christ and then to the body of believers. And because of that connection we have a responsibility, first to Christ and then to His people.

Going to church on Sunday is not the end of your to-do-list for God, it is just the beginning.

Love,
Jill