Hebrews 6:11-12

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

From Background Notes [BN] for June 18th & 19th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Faced by the challenges to their faith in the first century, some followers of Jesus incrementally slipped away from their first commitments to the Gospel.

Having accepted the truth that Jesus was the promised Messiah and the basis for full salvation from their sins, they had second thoughts, wondering if the new direction of their lives was worth dying for. Was Jesus worth the cost? The writer to the Hebrews undertakes a persuasive sermon in the letter which bears their name. What kind of Hebrews will they be? As Jewish Christians they gave up the protection of the Empire accorded to Jews as a legal religion. Because they acknowledged that Jesus is Lord,  Caesar would need to take a backseat, along with the criminal risks that entailed. From their fellow Jews they experienced all forms of ostracism, including being considered dead to their family of origin as well as removal from the synagogue community. The writer wants to shore up their faith and offer convincing proof that the life given them by Jesus, and witnessed by their baptism, was the best way to live and the only way to die. [BN,12]

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