Looking Diligently

The backdrop remains the "weight and the sin which does so easily beset". The former can be anything from neglect to stubbornness, the latter is one thing, faltering faith. So, he issued an imperative exhortation "follow" or pursue two things: "peace with all" and "holiness" with God. Some in the assembly are wavering and being tempted to apostasy. Failure in these two areas is serious! He declared: "without which no man shall see the Lord".