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NASB | Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ's return] approaching. |
Bible Question: Hey im trying to encourage a friend that he should be going to church but he says that its you can't just limit God to sundays and that its not an important need in his life at the moment. But i know that he should be. Hebrews 10:25 says to not stop meeting together so I was hoping to get some feed back about how I could at least present the opinion that its soo good for him. |
Bible Answer: crazycatcm I only have a couple of questions - Is this person really saved? If they are saved, did they ever crack open their Bibles at home and study God's word on their own, or when they came to church where they just bench warmers? I would ask my friend nice versions of these two questions. They are key - if you are not saved, why would you bother to come? If you are saved, but you are not into God's word, there is a major problem with your concept of what it means to be a Christian and how you walk with Him. There is usually one big reason that the majority of people have as to why the don't go to church - they are not saved. The next big reason people don't go to church who are saved is they have no viable working relationship with Christ, it is dead in the water, it is not active faith. People who are saved generally hunger for God, they want to do everything possible to get next to Him and to worship Him. People go to church for all kinds of reasons, but the primary one should be to worship God with the saints. Every other consideration pales next to this one because we are the body of Christ and we should be together as one worshipping Him. If that is not important to one who claims they are a Christian, you have to wonder what they think being a Christian means they should "do" about being one. Some people are home bound, others make excuses about "what is wrong" with the church, others just don't seem to make time for God in any area of their lives. We are not fruit inspectors, but they may not be saved. Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another day after day, a long as it is still called "Today". Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |