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Warned Again
Read Hebrews 3:7-19
As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." Hebrews 3:15
If there is one message that rings out from today’s passage, it is this: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion. It occurs in verses 7-8 and verse 15. In fact it comes up again in 4:7. The warning against unbelief is taken from the events of the exodus under Moses. The children of God had sinned and did not keep faith with God as He led them to the Promised Land. Believing Jews are now warned not to lose faith, not to harden their hearts. If Jesus, the one greater than Moses, has been revealed, how much more must we pay careful attention.
This message surely rings like an echo of what we read at the beginning of chapter 2. We can really appreciate the Hebrew nature of this epistle. Parallelism, a feature of Hebrew poetry, is clearly evident. The passage we read yesterday of Jesus being greater than Moses echoed the message of the Son being greater than the Law. Today, the passage warning Christians Jews not to fall like the Israelites under Moses echoes the warning, 'How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?'
An important message bears repeating. A serious warning is worth saying again.
We share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end (v 14)
What are the things in your life that can lead you to harden your heart against the message of Gospel?
Read Hebrews 3:7-19
As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." Hebrews 3:15
If there is one message that rings out from today’s passage, it is this: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion. It occurs in verses 7-8 and verse 15. In fact it comes up again in 4:7. The warning against unbelief is taken from the events of the exodus under Moses. The children of God had sinned and did not keep faith with God as He led them to the Promised Land. Believing Jews are now warned not to lose faith, not to harden their hearts. If Jesus, the one greater than Moses, has been revealed, how much more must we pay careful attention.
This message surely rings like an echo of what we read at the beginning of chapter 2. We can really appreciate the Hebrew nature of this epistle. Parallelism, a feature of Hebrew poetry, is clearly evident. The passage we read yesterday of Jesus being greater than Moses echoed the message of the Son being greater than the Law. Today, the passage warning Christians Jews not to fall like the Israelites under Moses echoes the warning, 'How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?'
An important message bears repeating. A serious warning is worth saying again.
We share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end (v 14)
What are the things in your life that can lead you to harden your heart against the message of Gospel?
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