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ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER DAILY

Passage: Hebrews 3:7~19

Key verse: 13

Warning Against Unbelief

⁷So, as the Holy Spirit says:^(A)

“Today, if you hear his voice,
⁸    do not harden your hearts^(B)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,
⁹where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.^(C)
¹⁰That is why I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
    and they have not known my ways.’
¹¹So I declared on oath in my anger,^(D)
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ^(E)”^[a]^(F)

¹²See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.^(G) ¹³But encourage one another daily,^(H) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.^(I) ¹⁴We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold^(J) our original conviction firmly to the very end.^(K) ¹⁵As has just been said:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion.”^[b]^(L)

¹⁶Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?^(M) ¹⁷And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?^(N) ¹⁸And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest^(O) if not to those who disobeyed?^(P) ¹⁹So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.^(Q)

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Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8

1. Today, if you hear his voice (7-11)

The Israelites of Moses' day heard God's voice, but they hardened their hearts and rebelled. The psalmist warns the people of his day not to make the same mistake. 'Today' is every time we hear God's voice. We must repent as we read the Bible. If we harden our hearts in rebellion and disobedience, or if we allow our hearts to go astray, we cannot enter God's rest. We will live as restless wanderers.

2. Because of unbelief (12-19)

We must hold firmly to the end the confidence we had in Jesus at first. It is easy to be hardened by sin's deceitfulness; so we must encourage one another every day. The people of Israel made a good start when they crossed the Red Sea and left Egypt; but they failed to reach Canaan because of unbelief and disobedience. Today, we must hear God's word, believe, and obey him.

Prayer: Lord, guard my heart from unbelief; help me to be faithful to you to the end and help me to encourage others every day.

One Word: Encourage one another daily

Daily Bread

ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER DAILY

Passage: Hebrews 3:7~19

Key verse: 13

Warning Against Unbelief

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