And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Hebrews 10:24-25) Hebrews says not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, especially as you see the day approaching. This is not a suggestion but an instruction. It’s the most fundamental command of all. The closer we get to Christ's retur

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Romans 6:15-16) Romans 6 asks a question that people still ask today: “ Since we are under grace, can we just sin?” Paul’s answer is clear: God forbid. The word yield in Romans 6:16 is paristem in the Greek. It means who

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:22-23) When you hear someone groan, it's often a cry for help. Paul wrote that creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Not just people—creation itself, the planet—is under stra