Hebrew 3:7-19
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion during the time of testing in the desert.
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.
This whole passage is rooted in the Greek version of Psalm 95:7-11
Those to whom this letter is addressed are in a very similar position to Israel at the time of the exodus. Both have seen God at work in an amazing way. But despite this the Israelites rebelled against God in the desert. "They did not believe' - and so a whole generation forfeited沒收 their right to enter the promised land and enjoy the rest God would have given them.
Why?
Do not harden your heart, should encourage on another daily, in case of being hardened by sin's deceitfulness. Bribe, sexuality, power, etc.
Hold on the confidence we had at first till the end, then we have come to share in Christ in his brotherhood and the relation with the Lord.
Be warning. What happened then can happen now, if those who hear God' message do not accept.
How?
Encourage one another daily, so that none of us may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
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