Unbelief Equals Unrest: The Peril of Unbleif

Introduction

Hebrews 3:7–19 NASB95

7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty years. 10 “Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways’; 11 As I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ” 12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, 15 while it is said, “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.” 16 For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

Main Point

“Holy Spirit Says” - Present active not just then but now also.

“Today” - 3 times - not yesterday, not tomorrow, but TODAY.

The author describes the state of the Israelite’s. He did this through a series of words all all starting the letter “A” in Greek.:

Unbelieving @ falls away

Hebrews 3:12 NASB95

12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

deceitfulness of sin

Hebrews 3:13 NASB95

13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

those who sinned

Hebrews 3:17 NASB95

17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

those who were disobedient

Hebrews 3:18 NASB95

18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

unbelief.

Hebrews 3:19 NASB95

19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

Message

Witness of Scripture - 3:7-11

Hebrews 3:7–11 NASB95

7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty years. 10 “Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways’; 11 As I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

They Provoked God - v 8

They Tested God - v 9

God was Angry with them - v 10

Warning of Scripture - 3:12-15

Hebrews 3:12–15 NASB95

12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, 15 while it is said, “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.”

Take Care = βλέπετε Greek to “see” - now and continuing.

Encourage one another

Partaker of Christ

Who of Scripture - 3:16-19

Hebrews 3:16–19 NASB95

16 For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

Those God lead out of Egypt

Those who wondered in the wilderness for 40 years

Those who would not enter His rest.

Conclusion

Bring it today’s people Hardening their hearts.