The
Hebrew writer prayed that “the God of
peace” would
“make” his
readers “perfect in every good work
to do his will”,
and that God would “work in” them
“that which is well pleasing in his
sight, through Jesus Christ”.
The writer added, “to whom be glory
for ever and ever. Amen”,
and in chapter thirteen and verse
twenty-two of Hebrews the writer exhorted his
readers to “suffer the word of
exhortation”
where we read:
And I
beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation:
for I
have written a letter unto you in few words.
The
verse begins, “And
I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation:”.
The writer
began with the words, “And I beseech
you”
which means “the writer called to his side, summoned, admonished,
exhorted and entreated his readers”, “brethren”
or “fellow believers who are united to one another by the bond of
affection”, “suffer the word”
which means “hold up, sustain, bear and endure the speech, decree,
mandate and order” “of exhortation”
or “importation, supplication, entreaty, persuasive discourse and
stirring address”. The writer desired for his
“brethren”
readers to “hold up and sustain” his “mandate” of “entreaty
or exhortation”.
The
verse continues, “for
I have written a letter unto you in few words.”.
The writer
added the word, “for” or
“even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore” “I
have written a letter”
or “sent a message and command with writing” “unto
you” which
refers to the readers of Hebrews “in
few words”
which means “in short, small and little words”. One of the
reasons the writer sent this “short” letter to his readers was so
they would “keep and sustain” his words of “exhortation”.
When
we consider these words in Hebrews, we see the writer's desire for
his readers to “hold on to” his words of “persuasive
discourse”. These words were meant to remind his readers concerning
the great sacrifice that Jesus Christ who is superior to all other
things whether spiritual or earthly, and the importance of knowing
Jesus and the salvation He offers is the preeminent thing. We have
opportunity to comply with the writer's “pleading” and find
ourselves yielding to his “exhortation” as we allow the
Heavenly Father to perform His desire in our lives.
Next
time the writer tells his readers “our
brother Timothy is set at liberty”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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