Let Love Continue (Part 2)

The first verse of the last chapter of Hebrews directs us to "let love of the brethren continue." The Christian life is to be a life of loving one another, every day.

The church that first read Hebrews faced the threat of a mass exodus! Christianity was becoming unpopular and the fainthearted were growing restless. So this kind of faith – "love of the brethren faith" – is commanded in order to hold the church together when the flesh, the world and the devil attack us.

I've outlined this string of "brotherly love commands" (1-6) as:

Five directives to love the brethren every day in every place.
(Last Lord's Day):

1. Hear the command (v.1)
2. Love the stranger (v.2)
3. Remember the prisoner (v.3)
   (Today):
4. Honor your marriage (v.4)
5. Cultivate contentment (vv.5-6)