A Community of Love – Hebrews 10:24-25
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[24] And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, [25] not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (ESV)
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Stir One Another Up
This is the third “let us” statement. And it’s the call to love.
If the first was about drawing near to God through faith, and the second was about holding fast to hope, this one is about spurring one another on. Helping each other. Stirring one another up to love and good works.
“Let us consider how to stir up one another.”
That’s active. Intentional. It requires thought. You’ve got to think about how to help your brothers and sisters in Christ keep going. How to encourage them. How to spur them on toward love for God, love for each other, and the changed life that flows from trusting Jesus.
Love isn’t just a feeling. It’s an action. It’s laying down your life. It’s serving. It’s caring. It’s meeting needs. It’s speaking the truth. It’s bearing burdens.
And good works aren’t works we do to earn salvation. We’re saved by grace through faith in Christ alone. But good works are the fruit of salvation. They’re the evidence of a changed life. They’re what happens when the gospel actually grips you.
So we’re called to help each other grow in love and good works. To stir each other up. To spur each other on.
Don’t Neglect Meeting Together
Now here’s where it gets practical. How do we stir one another up? Verse 25 tells us it’s by “not neglecting to meet together.”
You’ve got to be in proximity. You’ve got to gather. You’ve got to show up.
The writer says some people had made it a habit not to meet together. They were drifting away. Staying home and neglecting the gathering of God’s people.
And the writer says, “Don’t do that.”
Now, I get it. Life is busy. Work happens. Sickness happens. Holidays happen. There are legitimate reasons to miss gathering from time to time.
But the warning here is against making it a habit. Against drifting into a pattern where meeting with God’s people becomes negotiable. Something you do when it’s convenient.
Friends, gathering with God’s people isn’t about earning salvation. You’re saved by grace. But it is about responding rightly to what Christ has done. It’s about prioritising what matters. It’s about recognising that you need the body of Christ, and the body of Christ needs you.
When we gather, we encounter God in his Word. We encourage one another to keep trusting Jesus. We stir each other up to love and good works. And as the Day of Christ’s return draws near, we need this more than ever.
As the Day Draws Near
Notice the urgency in verse 25, “and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
The Day. That’s the day when Jesus returns. The day when everything God has promised will be fulfilled. The day when we’ll stand before him and give an account.
And as that Day approaches, the call to gather becomes more urgent. Not less.
Why? Because the closer we get to Christ’s return, the more we need to be encouraging one another. Holding each other accountable, reminding each other of the hope we have, and stirring each other up to keep going.
We don’t gather just because it’s what Christians do. We gather because we need each other. Because the Christian life isn’t meant to be lived in isolation. Because when we meet together, God meets with us.
The Good News Is…
The good news is that you don’t have to go it alone. You’ve been called into a family. A people. A community that loves Jesus and loves each other.
Through Jesus, you belong. Not because you’ve earned it, but because he’s welcomed you. And now you get to live out that belonging by gathering with God’s people, by stirring one another up to love, and by encouraging each other as the Day draws near.
This isn’t a burden. It’s a gift. It’s how God has designed his people to flourish.
We are a community of love.
Reflection
Heavenly Father, thank you for calling me into a community. Help me not to neglect meeting with your people. Give me a heart to stir others up to love and good works, and help me to receive that same encouragement from my brothers and sisters in Christ. As the Day draws near, keep me faithful. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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