Hebrews 3: 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end…..12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God….18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. Hebrews 4: 4 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it…7 To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Within these verses, as is true of much of the book of Hebrews, there are many warnings. We are His IF we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. That word if is a very big word. Does the writer mean that we could lose our salvation? That cannot be the case as this same writer confirms in Hebrews 6: "4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." In this verse, he is saying that if we could be lost again, there would be no hope of salvation–for Christ died once for all of our sins. Then what are the warnings he keeps sounding so loudly? He has gone on to explain this with great examples and explanations as one reads through all of chapter 3 and 4. He uses the examples from those walking in the wilderness (remember the book of Hebrews was written for the Jewish converts within the early Christian Church). He goes on to sound his warning to all those who may have heard the word spoken, may have emotionally been excited and have thought this might be a "good idea" to join the followers of Christ; but never truly came to that moment in which they knew and believed that Christ was God made flesh who paid the penalty of their sins. If they never came to accept Christ as their savior and merely acknowledged Him as a good man or prophet. I, daresay, there are many within our churches who do not know Christ as their savior and merely are present members because they believe it makes them a better human by attending and joining a church. For many who hear and even follow, there is no mixture with faith. It is that faith that holds us confident and rejoicing of the hope of grace today and that future grace which will hold us firm until the end. So as the writer of Hebrews so adequately said, "Today, if you hear His voice calling you, do not harden your hearts" Today is the day of salvation, we do not know if tomorrow comes. We do not know when that soft whispering voice calling us will silence from our hearts being so hardened we cannot hear. Do you know Christ? Do you seek Christ? Do you treasure Him above all earthly treasure? Do you believe that He is the creator of the universe and that He is the rewarder of all who believe? As He stands at the door of your heart, will you let Him in?
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Can you say that this song is true for you?