What is the final purpose of our salvation? We are united with God through Christ's work and that gives us meaning and purpose. The final purpose is that we would glorify God. But how? In this section of Hebrews we see what Christ did for us by perfecting us through His work on the cross and through His death. But, not the responsibility He gives to us as a result of that work:
Hebrews 10:24
"... and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, ..."
In Ephesians 2:8-10 we have similar phrase ...
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Note the theme here; we have been recreated in Christ to do good works for Christ and to others. We have the responsibility to love one another and do good deeds to one another and to "stimulate" others to do that. The word "stimulate" means to come along side someone for the purpose of sharpening them. In Acts 15 that is exactly what happened between Paul and Barnabas ... it was a sharp disagreement. We all need prodding to do good deeds. We don't naturally do them. We have a responsibility to both do good deeds and stimulate others to do good deeds. Christ died for that and saves us for that. He "preordained" that we would do them. When we become lazy in our Christian life it is because we forgot the purpose of our salvation. Christ's deed was to obey the Father and give His life for us. Our deed is to give our life for others sacrificially.
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