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Hebrews 3:15-19

¹⁵But never forget the warning: “Today you must listen to his voice. Don’t harden your hearts against him as Israel did when they rebelled.”

¹⁶And who were those people who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Weren’t they the ones Moses led out of Egypt? ¹⁷ And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it the people who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸And to whom was God speaking when he vowed that they would never enter his place of rest? He was speaking to those who disobeyed him. ¹⁹So we see that they were not allowed to enter his rest because of their unbelief.

Reflect

OK. Three questions.

1. Who rebelled against God?
2. Who sinned against God?
3. Who would not enter into rest?

Obviously, the answer to all three questions is “the ones whom God rescued from Egypt!” Isn’t it amazing that even after actually seeing miracle after miracle, the Israelites still rebelled against God?

We are alot like the Israelites. We have so much in America that we often take God for granted. The attitude seems to be, I can get whatever I want without God so why do I need God?

That is the same dangerous attitude that the Israelites had. The writer of Hebrews is warning them and us that if we continue to harbor these attitudes, we will not have a relationship with God.

Respond

Do you take your salvation for granted?

Have you ever been lazy in your belief?

What are some ways you can make sure that you give yourself totally over to God?

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