Falling Short of God’s Rest

Hebrews 4:1-2, 6-7 BSB “1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. 2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did … Continue reading Falling Short of God’s Rest

Exhort One Another Daily

Hebrews 3:12-19 BSB 12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ if … Continue reading Exhort One Another Daily

We are God’s House If We..

Hebrews 3:5-11 BSB 5Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later. 6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast. 7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit … Continue reading We are God’s House If We..

We Are God’s House

“But Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. 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 … Continue reading We Are God’s House

A Merciful and Faithful High Priest

“Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to … Continue reading A Merciful and Faithful High Priest

It is For Discipline

“It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we … Continue reading It is For Discipline

Do Not Grow Weary and Lose Heart

“For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not … Continue reading Do Not Grow Weary and Lose Heart

Run the Race with Endurance

“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy … Continue reading Run the Race with Endurance

Make Straight Paths for Your Walk

“All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is … Continue reading Make Straight Paths for Your Walk

Progressive Salvation

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. You should diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.” (Deuteronomy 6:16-17 NASB1995) We read in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22, and in Hebrews 3:1-19, and in Hebrews … Continue reading Progressive Salvation