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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Hebrews 3:7-19 Therefore Do Not Harden Your Hearts As Israel Once Did = Week 43 - Tuesday

Therefore Do Not Harden Your Hearts As Israel Once Did

Hebrews 3:7-19














Reminder: Pray to God to set your heart right as you engage His word. The text you are about to study was not written to you but is written for you. So, before applying we must ask the following questions:
  • What did it mean to the original reader or original audience?
READ THE SCRIPTURE (Multiple times & translations and notice the words that standout)
Biblegateway (NIV) (My choice of all-round site. It is a great app, better on computers or on a cellphone)
StepBible (ESV) (Great on phone or computer with good resources.)
Literal Word  (New American Standard Bible) (Works well on a smartphone or computer + for searching for words like a printed concordance)
Biblia.com (New Century Version) (Great on a computer especially if you have a logos account)
BibleRef.com (New King James Version) Basic able to compare core translations.
Bible.com (Lexham English Bible) App is best on a mobile device.


Summarize the main story: Describe the events of the scriptural story in your own words.

  • Review and retell the story.



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#Choice
#Freewill
#Hard-heart
#Moses
#Faithful
#Obedience
#Disobedient
#Rebellion
#Anger of God
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Intro Questions to get us thinking:
  1. When lost on a trip, what do you do: Stop and ask directions? Check the map? Wander around until you find the way?
  2. Are you usually early or late getting to places? Why?

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#Key Idea

Hebrews 3

A Rest for the People of God

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
    on the day of testing in the wilderness,
where your fathers put me to the test
    and saw my works for forty years.
10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘
They always go astray in their heart;
    they have not known my ways.’
11 As I swore in my wrath,
    ‘They shall not enter my rest.’”

12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said,

“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

16 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.






OBSERVATIONS (Reflect on the topic and build the concept the writer is trying to communicate to the original audience)
ebible (NLT) (Best for having Bible sections divided by "pericope" or sections by thought)
Bible Project (NLT) (Helpful videos and instructions for the bigger picture)
Thematic Bible (Books and Chapters Structure)
Bible Hub = Outline, Themes, Topics, People, Locations, and Questions


Hebrews 3:7-19 
A Serious Warning Against Unbelief
Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith




STUDY RESOURCES (This takes some work and here are more resources than you can go through completely)
NETBible (New English Translation) (Great for original text information)
BibleHub (HCSB) (Good on computer or app/phone with lots of well-organized information.)
BlueLetter  (King James Version) (A variety of resources and good on Phones / better on Computers)
StudyLight (Revised Standard Version) (Great site with commentaries by Burton Coffman)
KnowingJesus (Phone / Computer and great for comparing translations)
  • God is ... What do we learn about God in this passage?
  • We are ... What do we learn about people in this passage?
  • What new warnings (vv. 8,12)? How does this compare with verse 6 and 2:1-4?
  • To what incident does the quotation from Psalms refer (vv. 7-11; Numbers 14)? How did the people of Israel harden their hearts? With what results (10-11)? What does it mean to turn away from the living God (v. 12)?
  • What role does the Christian community play in keeping each other true to God (v. 13)? What will be the outcome of faithfulness (vv. 14-18)?
  • What does it mean to "enter God's rest" (vv. 11, 18-19; see 4:1-11; Matthew 11:28-30)?


APPLICATION (God wants us all to arrive at action, life-changing faith)
The Message (MSG) (An easy-to-read paraphrase that helps some with application)
Heartlight (Great for practical application of scripture)
  • What are some ways you and your church or small group could put verse 13 into practice? How can that help you? What apprehensions does it cause?
  • What was one of the most rebellious times in your spiritual life? What resulted from it? Who (or what) helped to bring you back? 
  • How would you describe your heart now: Soft? Hard? Cold? Warm? Why is that?
  • I will ... What has the Holy Spirit revealed to us in this passage? How can I apply it to my life this week?
  • What transformative move needs to be made?
  • You can ... Who do you know who needs to hear this? Feel free to share with others by social media links at the bottom of this.


Take Away Challenges

  • What has the Holy Spirit revealed to you in this passage? How will you apply it to your life this week?

  • Whom do you know who needs to hear this?

  • What is God bringing to your attention in this discussion? What beliefs, thoughts, or actions need to be addressed or changed?



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Book of Hebrews, Chapter 3 (Part 2)
We continue in the third chapter of the book of Hebrews in our Wednesday night meal and devotional time. Originally recorded at the Northside church of Christ in Cordell, Oklahoma, on April 6, 2022.
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