Sunday, March 13, 2016

Unbelief so we need to go here

We have two options in life, we can believe or reject. There are many choices in life so we can either choose life or death.
The Holy Spirit is drawing people to his side. He desire everyone to know him and that includes the Jewish people.
Jesus came to this earth to redeemed the Jews and non-Jews. The book of Hebrews were written to the Jews but every believer can learn from this book.
The Jews were in Egypt and God was going to take them to the promise land but unbelief was in their hearts.  If the Jews of that generation didn't have unbelief in God then they would be in the promise land and have rested. But they choose to not believe in the Lord so they didn't enter rest.
Hebrews 3:7-11 says, "So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did. That is why I was angry with that generation I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’ So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ” The author of this book is quoting Psalm 95:7-11.
There is a connection between the Old and New Testament.  God revealed his will in the Old Testament and fulfilled the Old Testament in the person of the Lord Jesus. He came to fulfill the Old Testament and prove that he was the promise Messiah that would be the final sacrifice for mankind.   
Matthew 5:17-20 says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.  For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.  Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."
There were many Jews that rejected Jesus as their Messiah and God wanted the Jews to accept Jesus.
There is sin of disbelief in the hearts of mankind. The Jews are guilty of not believing so God is drawing the Jews towards Jesus. God desire that no Jews would perish because they didn't believe in God the Son (Jesus).
Hebrews 3:12-13 says, "See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Sin seems great but never pays in the end so if you are Jewish or even if you are not Jewish, then come to Jesus and know him.
God wants the Jews to have rest but they must submit to his will. Jesus is the Messiah for the Jewish and he is the key to Israel.
The Jews may not be wondering around for forty years but their souls are restless and lost. They need to believe in God the Son (Jesus).
This is also true for the non-Jews. We need the Lord Jesus.


Hebrews 3:7-19

 

So, as the Holy Spirit says:
“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,
where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.
10 That is why I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
    and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. 15 As has just been said:
“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts
    as you did in the rebellion.”
16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.
 
 


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