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XXVI.
EXHORT ONE ANOTHER DAY BY DAY.
III.—13. But exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called to-day,
lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
In the
previous verse we read, " Take heed lest there be in any
one of you an evil heart of unbelief." That is not only, let each
one look to himself, but let all look to it that there be not in any
one ofyon the e\il unbelieving heart. The Church is one body
the sickness of one member is a danger to the whole body.
Each one must live to care for those around him. Each
member is entrusted by Christ to the love and care of his
brethren, and is dependent on their help. Believers who are
joined together in one house, in a neighbourhood, in a church,
are responsible for one another ;
they must take heed that there
be not in anyone the unbelief that falls away from God. They
are called to help and encourage each other so that all may at
all times continue steadfast in the faith.
In our meditation on ver. 6 we spoke of the painful fact that
in so many cases the first boldness and joy of hope is not held
fast firm to the end. Here is one cause. There is not the care
and help for each other which the Lord intended. In caring
only for ourselves, our brother not only suffers, but we lose much
ourselves. The healthy life of the individual member is dependent
on the life around him, and on the part he takes in