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NASB | Hebrews 11:40 because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:40 because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us. |
Subject: Superior Hope |
Bible Note: Ancient: Well, this old Arkansas man lives and lives and never learns! Or so it seems. Here I am, having dutifully attended corporate worship with the saints for 55 years, just now finding out that it was optional. Woe be unto me had I "forsaken the assembly" for 55 years! What would my witness be today? What opportunities to teach others and learn from other saints I would have forfeited! How great my burden when I lost a son had I not been surrounded and cared for by brothers and sisters in the Lord. How greatly the mission fields would have suffered had not I and a host of other Chrstians of the church not attended and dropped our money in the collection plate every Lord's Day! How scarce the opportunity to invite others to attend the worship services had I not myself attended. ..... Did God who so meticulously gave instructions for the building of His house in the Old Covenant so drastically change His mind regarding corporate worship in the New -- so much so that He deems it optional? ...... The Greek word for the idea that attending corporate worship is "a work of the flesh" -- the Greek word for THAT idea is, I believe, "baloney." --Hank |