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Let the Word Speak!
Hearing is not enough, if the hearer is not changed. Today I thought I would let the writer
of the book of Hebrews have a turn at writing a bulletin article to us.
“See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns
away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so
that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if
indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. As has just been said: “Today, if
you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.” Who were they who
heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? And with whom was He
angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the
wilderness? And to whom did God swear that they would never enter His rest if not to those who
disobeyed? So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. Therefore, since
the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have
fallen short of it. For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the
message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who
obeyed” (Hebrews 3:12-4:2, NIV).
God’s word demands obedience. Without that we have failed. The writer of Hebrews
makes it clear that we will not be acceptable to God if we do not believe and obey. ~B Tolbert
