Jesus
Greater Than Moses
Therefore,
Holy brothers,
Who
share the Heavenly Calling,
FIX
YOUR THOUGHTS ON JESUS,
THE
APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST
WHOM
WE CONFESS.
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He was Faithful to the One Who appointed Him,
Just
as Moses was Faithful in all God's House.
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Jesus has been found worthy of Greater Honor
Than
the House itself.
4
For every House is built by someone,
BUT
GOD IS THE BUILDER OF EVERYTHING.
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Moses was Faithful as a Servant in all God's House,
Testifying
to what would be said in the Future.
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BUT CHRIST IS FAITHFUL AS A SON OVER GOD'S HOUSE.
AND
WE ARE HIS HOUSE,
IF
WE HOLD ON TO OUR COURAGE
AND
THE HOPE OF WHICH WE BOAST.
Warning
Against Unbelief
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So, as the Holy Spirit says:
'Today,
if you hear His voice,
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Do not Harden your hearts
As
you did in the Rebellion,
During
the time of Testing in the desert,
9 Where
your fathers Tested and Tried Me
And
for Forty years saw what I did.
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That is why I was angry with that Generation,
And
I said,
'THEIR
HEARTS ARE ALWAYS GOING ASTRAY,
And
they have not known My Ways,'
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So I declared on an Oath in My anger,
'THEY
SHALL NEVER ENTER MY REST.'
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See to it, brothers,
THAT
NONE OF YOU HAS A SINFUL UNBELIEVING HEART
THAT
TURNS AWAY FROM THE LIVING GOD.
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But Encourage on another Daily,
As
long as it is called Today,
SO
THAT NONE OF YOU MAY BE HARDENED
BY
SINS' DECEITFULNESS.
We
have come to share in Christ
IF
WE HOLD FIRM TO THE END
THE
CONFIDENCE WE HAD AT FIRST.
As
has just been said:
'Today,
if you hear His voice,
Do
not Harden your hearts
As
you did in the Rebellion.'
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Who were they who heard and Rebelled?
WERE
THEY NOT ALL THOSE MOSES LED OUT OF EGYPT?
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And with whom was He angry for Forty years?
Was
it not with those who Sinned,
Whose
bodies fell in the desert?
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AND TO WHOM DID GOD SWEAR
THAT
THEY WOULD NEVER ENTER HIS REST
IF
NOT THOSE WHO DISOBEYED?
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So we see that they were not able to enter,
BECAUSE
OF THEIR UNBELIEF.
(Hebrews
3)
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