Exhort One Another Daily Hebrews 3:13

The writer of Hebrews warned his readers to “take heed”, “lest there be in any of” them “an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God”. In chapter three and verse thirteen of Hebrews the writer tells his readers to “exhort one another daily” where we read:

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day;

lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

The verse begins, “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day;” The writer began with the word, “But” which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be written takes precedence over what was just stated, “exhort one another” which means “call for, summon, address, intreat and instruct each other” “daily” which refers to “throughout, toward and along each and every natural day between the sunrise and sunset or time used in general” “while it is called” or “until or unto the time it is uttered in a loud voice by name” “To day” which means “this very, present and happening day”. The readers of Hebrews are to “exhort” one another every day while there is opportunity to do so.

The verse continues, “ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” The writer added, “lest any of you” which means “so that no certain one of the readers” “be hardened” or “made hard, rendered obstinate or stubborn” “through the deceitfulness” which means “by way of the delusion” “of sin” or “being mistaken or missing the mark”. If daily “exhortation” is avoided, the readers of Hebrews may be “made hard or stubborn” by the delusion of sinful behavior.

When we think through these words in Hebrews, we see how the writer desired for his readers to “encourage and call for one another” every day because there was always a possibility they would fall into the “delusion” of “sinful” behavior. The idea was they should “exhort” each other “before the coming of the day of glory and judgment at Christ's coming”. Jesus Christ promised to come again, and while we wait for that day of judgment to come, we should inspire and support one another in our Christian walk. Let us “listen to and hear” the Hebrew writer's exhortation, and help keep one another from the “deceitfulness” of a “heart that errs”.

Next time we see the writer share how we are made “partakers of Christ”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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