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Hook:
It seems if we are not careful as believers that we can go through a season of unbelief.
“Prone to wonder, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God we love.”
Our author interjects the second warning- a warning against hardening the heart.
It happened to Israel in the wilderness and it could happen again.
Recap:
Because of the therefor in v. 7 we are to be thinking about what came before.
And because it is used in v. 1 there is a building up to our passage.
Taking an account of what we have gone over so far.
Jesus is greater than prophets because He is the full revelation of God’s salvific plan.
While the prophets were give bits and pieces, Christ is all of it the full revelation.
Revealing how God would save mankind.
Jesus is greater than angels.
He was made a little lower than the angels.
This was God’s plan for the very beginning.
Jesus is greater because of His status.
He is truly and completely God, after all,
Thought out this epistle the author gives us several warnings of dangers that believers would face, if we are not careful.
The first danger we saw was in the first few verses of chapter 2. The author calling us to pay close attention to the Gospel, as it has given us such a great salvation.
As we start to wrap up chapter 2 we see the Jesus is the great and perfect High Priest.
Able to relate to us in every way.
Securing salvation for those who believe in Him.
Yet that is not all… Christ satiates the wrath of God, meaning as we trust Christ for our salvation we are also forgiven, through the blood of Christ, of all sin… Past, present, future.
finally what we covered last week was the glorious truth that Christ is greater than Moses.
Moses was truly great, but nothing more than a faithful member of the household of God.
Jesus was more faithful, and was also the builder of the house.
After all we do not give credit to the house itself for being so beautiful or having beauty within the house.
The architect gets the credit.
But wait there’s more, Jesus is also the Son over God’s house.
What this means is that Jesus is in charge.
The rightful ruler of the house.
You don’t follow me as the head of the church, we follow Jesus, I’m merely a tool.
Introduction:
This second warning is directed to those who might be apathetic and unbelieving.
As the author quotes Ps 95:7-11 we see that God’s judgement is missing out on His rest.
The importance of the warning and the danger of disobeying is pointed out in two ways.
1st, in verse 7, the word “says” is in the present tense.
Meaning the Holy Sprit is still speaking today.
2nd, God is speaking today through His Son Jesus Christ- Who is greater than the prophets, greater than the angels, and greater than moses.
If we believe and obey Christ we will have salvation and rest.
vv 7-11) Do not harden your heart
We open up our passage this morning with a charge from the Holy Spirit, and it is a timeless statement, meant and directed to every generation of believers.
What the Holy Spirit demands is to be obeyed, or face a great danger.
What does it mean to harden our hearts?
Israel’s wilderness experience shows us.
After the Jews had been set free from their slavery, they wandered the wilderness of the Sinai desert for 40 years.
During that time, they hardened their hearts 4 times.
1st: They rebelled against God.
Notice the two phrases “in the rebellion” and “day of testing.”
These phrases are a translation of two Hebrew words which are two proper names, the names of a place where Israel sinned in the wilderness, Meribah and Massah.”
You can find more information on these two failing in Exodus 17 and Numbers 20.
Wandering about in the desert, the people had become very thirsty… They began
To disbelieve God- to distrust that He cared and would provide.
To complain and grumble against God and His leader (Moses)
To regret that they had left the world of Egypt
They would end up rebelling against God, not believing that He would take care of them.
They completely lost their trust in Him.
2nd: Have you ever been tried by someone?
They annoy you get on your nerves and all they do is complain, and yet you still serve them?
How long do you think you could put up with that?
The nation of Israel tried God for forty years.
God took care of them for forty long years as the nation wandered throughout the desert of Sinai.
God would give them food and water and all the other necessities of life, and He protected them from their enemies.
Yet, the people continued to harden their hearts against God, cultivating a disbelief and a distrust of Him.
They approached God as though He had to meet their approval instead of their meeting His.
When we look at the word “test” it implies two things:
They tempted God.
Meaning they tested Him, put Him to the test to see if He was really good and would meet their needs.
They proved God.
This means they tested Him, put Him to the test to see if He met their approval.
If God would prove faithful, then He would be worthy of their obedience and loyalty.
They wanted Him to prove Himself first, then they would follow Him.
They wanted God to prove Himself by giving the provision without any trial or suffering.
They were unwilling to prove themselves, unwilling to show that they really believed and trusted God.
They wanted God to prove Himself, that He was worthy of their trust and loyalty.
What audacity!
What unbelief and hardness of heart...
3rd: They always went astray.
God had promised to meet their needs and He always has.
They did not have the luxuries of life, but they did have God’s care and provision, and most of all they had the glorious promise of God’s land and rest.
But they chose not to believe God.
They disobeyed and distrusted God for some forty years.
4th: They didn’t know God’s ways.
What are is His ways you might ask, they are faith and trust.
The Lord doesn’t want murmuring or grumbling, questioning, distrust, unbelief, or disobedience.
At the end of the day with we really believe Him, suffering and trials become so much more important because it teaches us to:
Draw nearer to Him
Having a deeper fellowship with Him.
Truly trust Him and to be depended upon Him.
Essentially we will learn to walk with our God.
Family to know Him and fellowship with Him requires for us to really get to know Him.
How do we do that?
Being tried and tested… because hardships will draw us closer and closer to Him and we learn to believe and trust Him more and more.
This is what Israel failed to learn.
They had unbelief and were disobedient.
Application: We can have this same tendencies if we are not careful and remain vigilant.
We have to be men and women who are genuinely seeking the Lord: Proverbs 3:5
v 12) Take heed
As elsewhere in Hebrews, the readers are addressed as brethren.
This doesn’t mean that they were all true Christians.
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