“Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good words, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some….” Hebrews 10:24, 25
The Christian life is such like riding a bicycle or flying an airplane; unless a person keeps going forward he will fall. There is no standing still. Many think of salvation as a kind of gift that a person possesses, like a package or a ticket. But salvation is a living, growing thing; it must be kept alive. A plant will not last long without care; much less a human body.
The same thing is even more true of eternal life, the new life in Christ Jesus. A man may say: I have been born again; I have faith in Jesus Christ. But unless that faith is fed and taken care of, it dies. That is why Hebrews is so full of warning about falling away from the faith. And Peter adds that it were better not to have known the way of righteousness at all than, having started out on it, to turn back.
A devout Scottish minister quietly began his sermon one Sunday by saying, “There is a question in the Bible that I cannot answer; the angels cannot answer it; even God Himself has no answer. That question is found in Hebrews 2:3, “How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?”
This warning is not addressed to people who reject the gospel, but to professing Christians. It is addressed to people who neglect church-going, who are irregular in their Bible-reading. “Neglect not the gift that is within you.” That gift is more costly than anything you own, even the most luxurious limousine. It is far more fragile than your body. It is more important than your own children. Take care of it.
know who you are 