There are so many halfhearted Christians running around doing things 'willy-nilly', if you will. That is to say... without much thought, consideration, or concern for others or the glory of God. Not according to the will but according to the whims of their own hearts. They may be faithful, or have a show of faithfulness to the sanctuary but in their hearts they are so many millions of miles away from the Lord, figuratively speaking.
Oftentimes they are Pharisee-like in their attitude towards church attendance, and even use Hebrews 10:25, a negative assertion, as a sort of 'bully club' to keep others in line and on the church bench. Trust me on this, I was there. I was Pharisee-like in many of my spiritual disciplines for quite some span of time.
Now concerning Hebrews ten, apart from the negative assertion of 'not forsaking the assembling' there are so many positive affirmations that can scarcely be missed if one would read all of the chapter carefully and prayerfully. God certainly does not want us to forsake the assembling of believers together in corporate worship, He never would have included that verse in His Word if it were not so, but in all reality if we would give much diligent attention to all of Hebrews ten and indeed all of Hebrews then the forsaking of ourselves together would not even be a consideration. I suspect it is added simply because it is the manner of some.
But there is another manner of some that is far more harmful to the body than the forsaking of ourselves together. It is adhering to the letter of things and insisting that others also comply without following after the Spirit of things. We find this same admonishing, behavior, and strong reproof to the church in Galatia and without the involvement of the Spirit of God it is very damaging to the spirit of man. To say the least but there is more.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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