10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. (Hebrews 6:10–12)
This inspired writer had just warned of those who “fall away” and the spiritual peril posed by hardened hearts that turn away from the gospel (Heb. 6:4-6). Now he urges Christians to remain diligent “until the end”, knowing that our “full assurance of hope” equips us to do so (v. 11). Lazy, apathetic faith must not characterize us, for if it does we too are in spiritual danger. The promises of God are not inherited by a lazy faith, but through faith enlivened by hope. God will not forget your loving service to His people. Keep on serving one another, and by doing so imitate the Master who “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Matt. 20:28).00:0500
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