What Happens When I Fail to Worship? Hebrews 10:23-30 part 1
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I deny the profession of my FAITH - verse 23a (cf verse 38)
- Titus 1:15-16
- James 1:5-8
- Colossians 3:1
- I deny faith in the PROMISES of God - verse 23b
I fail to CONSIDER my brethren - verse 24 (cf Romans 12:4-5)
- Consider - understand, give attention to, fix one’s mind on
- I fail to provoke LOVE:
- John 13:34-35
- 1 John 4:7-8; 17-18
- I fail to provoke GOOD works:
- Provoke = move to action, spur or urge on
- Ephesians 2:10
- Matthew 5:16 when I am somewhere else when the saints are assembled, what does that say to others?
- Titus 2:14; 3:8; 3:14
I fail to discern the TIMES - verse 25b
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 - the men of Issachar
- "the day"
- events prior to the destruction of Jerusalem (Matt 24:1-35)
- cannot refer to the day of JUDGMENT (Matt 24:36)
- Acts 4:23-31
- Acts 20:28-31, 36-38 (cf Revelation 2:1-11)
- 1 Corinthians 10:12
I SIN willfully - verse 26a and in so doing . . .
- I forfeit the CLEANSING of the BLOOD of Jesus - v 26b (Num 15:30-36; 1 John 1:7)
- I forfeit the right of PRAYER - Proverbs 28:9
- All that remains for me is the JUDGMENT reserved for the ADVERSARIES of God - verse 27
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