When was the last time someone encouraged you?

When was the last time you encouraged someone?

Hebrews 3 contains a warning against unbelief, and for this reason we are called to encourage one another daily.

This is a paraphrase of Psalm 95:7-11

Which refers to an event that happened as the Israelites followed the Lord in the wilderness.

The Israelites refused to believe that God was with them, guiding them, providing for them, and protecting them.

There were consequences for that generation that did not believe.

This is what really happened for the Israelites and is a prophetic warning for us today.

Hebrews connects it for us in this way:

There is a natural progression of sin in our lives. Sin seperates us from God, it leads to unbelieving hearts, and eventually, we turn away from God.

The Isrealites that left Egypt had sinful and unbelieving hearts and over and over again in the wilderness they turn away from God.

Today we are called to make sure we and the people around us don’t go down that same path.

We are called to encourage one another daily.

This kind of encouragement is about encouraging them in their belief, their faith in God and hope in Jesus.

For the Israelites their unbelief had consequences.

There is a hard truth here, Hebrews is drawing a parallel here for us between the unbelief of the Israelites and our unbelief today.

There are still real consequences to our unbelief, this is why it is so important to encourage one another daily.

Christianity is exclusive on this point: You must believe in Jesus—his life, his death, his resurrection.

This is why it is so important that we “encourage one another daily.”

It can be difficult to do in our culture today.

How To Encourage One another

1. Make the Commitment to do it daily
2. Remember this isn’t about Judging Others
3. Share what God is doing in your life and who he is