The Encouragement in Christ Jesus!

‘See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.’ – Hebrews 3:12-14 NIV

If we truly believe that Jesus Christ came into the world from heaven to bring us salvation (Acts 4:12)—we must keep that conviction and share it with everyone around us with the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). The main reason for this is that Jesus Christ is the way of the life and the truth (John 14:6), but this is also because we are members of one another in Christ (Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13) due to the fact that each one of us are members of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:27). For this reason, the word of God declares,

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. (Ephesians 2:19-22)

In other words, we should not be alone, especially when we are walking with Jesus Christ in the truthful way. This is because like Ephesians 2:19-22 has stated, each one of us are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16). However, we cannot handle our spiritual lives on our own. For instance, if one of us are continuously falling short of the glory of God by wrong theology (2 Corinthians 4:4), then who is going to save that sinner? In fact, all of us are sinners from the beginning because of the world (Romans 5:12), but we are a different kind of sinners if we are followers of Jesus Christ (1 John 5:17). This is because by the grace and the mercy of God—we have been saved through the Spirit of God (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:3-8). Although we are a different kind of sinners that are able to be the righteous children of our God (2 Corinthians 5:21), there might be a sin, crouching at our doorstep to make us to go astray from our godly lives into death. For these reasons, we have to stay in the perfect unity, so we may be able to get confidence and encouragement from others through words (Colossians 3:16), deeds (Matthew 5:14-16), and prayers (James 5:13-16).

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:10, Galatians 3:28)