Find Rest
Dave Riddle - 11/26/2023
Key Passages: Hebrews 3:7-19, Psalm 95:7-11
Grumbling in the Wilderness
- Exodus 17:1-7
- Hebrews 3:8 - Test
Watch out brothers and sisters…
- Hebrews 3:12
- Who is the author speaking to? Believers, unbelievers, people who have been exposed to the gospel but haven’t yet accepted it?
- It’s unclear.
- “Departs” = Apostasy / aphestemi: to desist, desert, etc. to depart, fall away, refrain, retire, withdraw or remove oneself, cease from something. To stand alone.
- How does this apply to eternal security, once saved always saved, perseverance of the saints?
- Rest vs unrest
- Testing, rebelling, grumbling lead to a place of unrest and hardened hearts.
- Hebrews 3:12-13
- Mutual encouragement protects us and leads to rest.
- Hebrews 3:13-14
Partners with Christ
- Hebrews 3:14
- Hebrews 3:6
Rebellion in the Wilderness
- Hebrews 3:15-17
- Numbers 13 & 14
- Numbers 14:20-34
- disobedience, unbelief, and rebellion leads to unrest.
- Hebrews 3:18