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“Hebrews 3:7-11”
Categories: Hebrews“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, ‘TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS, WHERE YOUR FATHERS TRIED Me BY TESTING Me, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY YEARS. THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, “THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS”; AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, “THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.”’”
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We must make certain to not allow history to repeat itself in our lives. God warned His covenant people in Psalm 95:7-11 to not make the same mistakes that His rebellious children of the Exodus made when they hardened their hearts against His will and were forbidden admittance into the Land of Promise. As God warned Israel through the great psalmist, David, so He warns those of us living in these “last days” to heed the words of His Son Jesus (Hebrews 1:2), and not put Him to the test by rebellion and defiance from hearts that have gone astray.
It is of great significance to understand that when we read our Bibles we are actually “hearing the voice” of the Holy Spirit (verse 7). In Hebrews 4:7 the writer says the revelation of Psalm 95 was given “through David”. But in Hebrews 3:7 he ascribed the origin of the words of the Psalm to the Holy Spirit. We are reminded of what is written in 2 Peter 1:20-21: “But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.”
The reason that God’s people “go astray in their hearts,” and “drift away” (Hebrews 2:1) from His will is because they either have not known or have forgotten His “ways” (verse 10). God is a kind, loving, patient and benevolent Provider who only wants what is absolutely best for the children that He brings into the world. But He cannot tolerate persistent rebellion against His good will and good blessings, and His patience will and does run out.
“Behold the kindness and severity of God” (Romans 11:22): God “will render to each person according to his deeds: to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.” (Romans 2:6-8) Friends, God’s wrath is just as real as His love. Let us not temp the Lord by our sinful ways and provoke His righteous anger. When we do that we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Please read Hebrews 3:12-19 for tomorrow.
Blessings!!!
- Louie Taylor
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