Hebrews 3:13 KJV
But exhort one
another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through
the deceitfulness of sin.
The
responsibility that Christians have for one another is much more profound than
most would accept in our generation. A telling sign of the weakness of modern
Christianity is that we do not want to be held accountable and neither do we
want the responsibility of holding others accountable. Christianity of this
sort is too much bother. It interferes with the other priorities of life, a
life in which our faith is but a part.
The sort
of Christianity that the Bible describes would be labeled legalistic and
invasive. It does make the Christian free to worship according to the dictates
of his own conscience but it then compels the Christian to surrender that
freedom to a community of like minded believers for the mutual benefit.
That
community is a local New Testament Baptist Church.
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