1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: Life Audio, How do their faith listeners, and welcome to 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: the Bible Explained podcast. On this lovely Thursday morning, We're 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about Hebrews chapter three here, verses seven 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: through thirteen, and this is a wonderful message and a 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: warning to all Christians. So I'm looking forward to talking 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: about this with you in just a second. Already, faithful listeners, 7 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: As usual, here is a sponsored ad before we get 8 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: into today's episode. But I do highly recommend that during 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: this time you grab your Bible out of the version 10 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: that you prefer, and also your cup of coffee or 11 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: your cup of tea this morning while the sponsored ad plays. 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: All right, hopefully you have everything you need. We're going 13 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: to be in Hebrews chapter three today, verses seven through thirteen. 14 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: As always, I'll be reading from the Web version or 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: the World English Bible, but I'll also be switching over 16 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: to the CSB at one point in time. Le's go 17 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: ahead and dive into today's very important topic, probably one 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: of the most important topics I could talk about after 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: you become a Christian, Like once you have the Gospel 20 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: and you understand it and you become a Christian, that's great. 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: But now this is a strong warning for any person 22 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: that believes in Jesus. So let's read Hebrews three seven 23 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: through thirteen together. Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says today, 24 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: if you will hear his voice, don't harden your hearts 25 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,279 Speaker 1: as in the rebellion, in the day of the trial 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: in the wilderness, where your fathers tested me and tried 27 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: me and saw my deeds for forty years. Therefore, I 28 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: was displeased with that generation, and said, they always err 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: in their heart, but they didn't know my ways. As 30 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into 31 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: my rest. Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in 32 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in 33 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: falling away from the Living God. But exhort one another 34 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: day by day, so long as it is called today, 35 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: of sin. The first part of this chapter, verses one 37 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: through six, discuss how Jesus was greater than Moses because 38 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: Jesus is the son of God, whereas Moses was just 39 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: a servant of God. And the reason the author mentioned 40 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: this was because you know, he was talking to the 41 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: Jewish people. That's why it's called Hebrews, and the Hebrew 42 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: people believed that Moses was basically the greatest prophet, the 43 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: greatest man to ever exist, and that is still a 44 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: common belief even now in modern day Judaism. So the 45 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: author had to make it very clear that Jesus was 46 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: even above Moses, above all the angels, above everything, all creation, 47 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: because Jesus is in fact the creator, and he's also 48 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: the Son of God, the heir to everything. So because 49 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: of this revelation of who Jesus is, he says in 50 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: verse seven, therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, today, 51 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: if you will hear his voice, don't harden your hearts 52 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: as in the rebellion. I remember a couple of years 53 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: ago I was leading one of my girls groups for 54 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: the youth group, and I mentioned this verse to my 55 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: students and I was like, yeah, the Holy Spirit he 56 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: does in fact speak. We have a few verses of 57 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: him of physically speaking. And I mentioned this verse Hebrews 58 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: three seven, where it says, therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, 59 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: And one of my students was absolutely blown away by this, 60 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: and she told me that recently, like just a couple 61 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, she was like, Jen, you blew my 62 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: mind when you told me that the Holy Spirit could speak. 63 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: And this is one of the verses in scripture where 64 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: we see the Holy Spirit speaking. There's only a handful 65 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: of times actually that the Holy Spirit physically speaks. Another 66 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: time is in Acts chapter eight, verse twenty nine, where 67 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: it says the Spirit said to Philip, go near and 68 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: join yourself to the chariot. And then another time is 69 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: one Timothy four, verse one that says, but the Holy 70 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: Spirit expressly says that in later times some will fall 71 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and 72 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: doctrines of demons. So, yes, the Holy Spirit speaks, and 73 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: that's how we know that he is a person of 74 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: the Trinity. You know, a lot of people misunderstand who 75 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit is, and they kind of think it's 76 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: just like God the Father, his power being zapped out 77 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: at people. And that's what I believe for a very 78 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: very long time as well about the Holy Spirit. But no, 79 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, he has his own thoughts and he 80 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: speaks to people directly, which is what Hebrews three, verse 81 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: seven says. So here's what the Holy Spirit says to 82 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: us today. If you will hear his voice who's his voice, Jesus, 83 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: don't harden your hearts as in the rebellion. Now, the 84 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is talking about the rebellion in the Wilderness, 85 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: which is talked about in Numbers Chapter twenty, verses one 86 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: through thirteen. So let's go to that passage and read 87 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: that real quick to get some backstories to what the 88 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is talking about here. Starting in verse one 89 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: of Numbers twenty, the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, 90 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. 91 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was 92 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: buried there. There was no water for the congregation, and 93 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Erin. The 94 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: people quarreled with Moses and spoke saying, we wish that 95 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh, Why 96 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: have you brought ye always assembly into this wilderness that 97 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: we should die there, we and our animals? Why have 98 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: you made us to come out of Egypt to bring 99 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: us to this evil place? It is no place of 100 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: seed or figs, or vines or pomegranates. Neither is there 101 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: any water to drink. Moses and Aaron went from the 102 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: presency assembly to the door of the tene meeting, and 103 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: they fell on their faces. Yahway's glory appeared to them. 104 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: You always spoke to Moses, saying, take the rod and 105 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: assemble the congregation, you and Air and your brother, and 106 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour 107 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: out its water. You shall bring water to them out 108 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: of the rock. So you shall give the congregation and 109 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: their live stock drink. Moses took the rod from before 110 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: Yahweh as he commanded him. Moses and Aaron gathered the 111 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, here, now, 112 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: you rebels, shall we bring water out of this rock 113 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: for you. Moses lifted up his hand and struck the 114 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: rock with his rod twice, and the water came out abundantly. 115 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: The congregation and their livestock drank. You always said to 116 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: Moses and Aaron, because you didn't believe in me, to 117 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel. 118 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: Therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land 119 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: which I have given them. These are the waters of Maraba, 120 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he 121 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: was sanctified in them. So that's a story, a very 122 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: sad story of the Israelites again complaining to Moses and 123 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: Aaron about God because there is no water in the wilderness. 124 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: And this is not the first time that the Israelites 125 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,559 Speaker 1: saw no water. There were times before this that God 126 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: gave them water in a very similar way by Moses 127 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: striking the rock, not to mention the myriad of other 128 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: miracles that they saw God do for them during their 129 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: time in the wilderness. And yet again they complain to 130 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: Moses and Aaron, become violent and complain to God and say, 131 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: we wish we never would have left Egypt. We liked 132 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: being slaves there. We wish we would have stayed because 133 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: everything was simpler there, rather than walking around this wilderness 134 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: with nothing to drink and no pomegranates to eat, is 135 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: what they say. So God tells Moses and Aaron, He's like, 136 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: speak to the rock and give water to the assembly. 137 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: And Moses strikes the rock again like he had the 138 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: previous time when God gave them water out of the rock. 139 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: And God actually became angry at Moses and Aaron for this. 140 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: In verse twelve, it says, you always said to Moses 141 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: and Aaron because you didn't believe in me. To sanctify 142 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: me in the eyes of the children of Israel. Therefore, 143 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: you shall not bring this assembly into the land which 144 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: I have given them. So Moses and Aaron also during 145 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: this time did not believe in God. Did not believe 146 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: that if they just spoke to the rock the way 147 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,239 Speaker 1: God told them to do, that it would produce water. 148 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: They believed they had to strike the rock like they 149 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: did last time. So they also didn't believe in God's power. Basically, 150 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: everybody at this point in time had turned their backs 151 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: on Yahweh, which is why this place was called Marabah, 152 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: which means quarreling, because the children of Israel strove with 153 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: Yahweh and he was sanctified in them. So that means 154 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: that the people argued with God, but God still blessed them. So, 155 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: going back to Hebrews chapter three, the Holy Spirit says, 156 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: don't harden your hearts as in the rebellion, and that's 157 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: the rebellion that the Holy Spirit is talking about. In fact, 158 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: this rebellion is mentioned multiple times in scripture. So the 159 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit gives this warning. He says, today, right now, 160 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: now write at this very moment, if you will hear 161 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: Jesus's voice don't harden your hearts as in the rebellion 162 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: in the day of the trial in the wilderness, where 163 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: your fathers tested me and tried me and saw my 164 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: deeds for forty years. Now, why would the Holy Spirit 165 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: mention Jesus right here? Because if you turn to Jude 166 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: chapter one, verse five, here's what this says. And some 167 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: of you guys might find this really interesting. I found 168 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: this fascinating when I first discovered this Jude one, verse five, 169 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: and this is from the CSB version. Now I want 170 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: to remind you, although you have come to know all 171 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: these things once and for all, that Jesus saved a 172 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did 173 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: not believe Jesus himself. I find that verse so interesting 174 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: and so cool because it shows that the Tryune God 175 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: was with the people in the wilderness. Jesus was there 176 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: because Jude chapter one says so, the Holy Spirit was 177 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: there because Hebrews chapter three says so. And God the 178 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: Father was there because the whole Old Testament story talks 179 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: about God the Father being there. And the people ultimately 180 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: were rejecting the miracles of Jesus in Numbers chapter twenty 181 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: when they were constantly complaining and nagging and rebelling. They 182 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: were doing all of this to Jesus and to the 183 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit and to God the Father. The Holy Spirit says, 184 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: they tested me and tried me in the wilderness, even 185 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: though they saw my deeds for forty years verse ten. Therefore, 186 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: I was displeased with that generation and said they always 187 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: err in their heart, but they didn't know my ways. 188 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter 189 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: into my rest talked about in Numbers chapter fourteen, where 190 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: God tells Moses that these people are going to die 191 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: in the wilderness. Here's what those verses say. Because all 192 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: those men who have seen my glory and my signs 193 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 1: which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet 194 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: have tempted me these ten times and have not listened 195 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: to my voice. Surely they shall not see the land 196 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: which I swore to their fathers. Neither shall any of 197 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: those who despised me see it. So because of the 198 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: amount of rebellion that took place in the wilderness, the 199 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit says, they will not enter into my rest, 200 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: meaning the promised land. And that's what ended up happening. 201 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: That entire generation of Israelites died in the wilderness and 202 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: only their children ended up going into the Promised Land, 203 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: which is also talked about in Numbers chapter fourteen, if 204 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: you're interested in looking all that up. So why does 205 00:11:54,559 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit give this warning to the church, Well, 206 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: because two reasons, I'd say. The first reason is that 207 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: we already established earlier in this chapter that Jesus is 208 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: greater than Moses. And look at the people in the 209 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: wilderness that we're constantly rebelling against God and against Moses. 210 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: They were not able to enter into the rest into 211 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: the Promised Land. So how much worse is it going 212 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: to be for the people who directly disobey the words 213 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: of Jesus. It's going to be far worse for them, 214 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: because Jesus is greater than Moses. So if you will 215 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: hear his voice, don't harden your hearts like the people 216 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: did in the wilderness. Is what the Holy Spirit is saying. 217 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: Listen to Jesus today, is what he says. This is urgent. 218 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: You need to do this right now, is what the 219 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is telling us. Because we don't know the 220 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: moment of our death, we do not know, we can 221 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: assume we're going to live another day, or another minute, 222 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: or another five minutes. We can assume that, but we 223 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: ultimately don't know what is in store for us. Only 224 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: God knows the amount of breath we have left in 225 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: our lungs, the amount of days we have left. So 226 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: we need to do this right now today. So that's 227 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: the first reason the Holy Spirit gives us this warning. 228 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: The second reason is that there are many many Christians 229 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: that act like the people in the wilderness. They see 230 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: God's miracles in their life, they see the truth with 231 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: their own eyes. They understand what the Bible says, but 232 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: they refuse to truly trust Jesus, just as the people 233 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: in the wilderness refused to trust God to provide for them. 234 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: That's why it says right here in verse twelve, beware brothers, 235 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: lest perhaps there might be in any one of you 236 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: an evil heart of unbelief in falling away from the 237 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: Living God. That verse is taking to Christians. It says, 238 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: beware brothers. You know, fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, 239 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: less perhaps there might be in any one of you 240 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: an evil heart of unbelief in falling away from the 241 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: Living God. The people in the wilderness. You know, you 242 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: got to think about it. They were God's people, like 243 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: God chose them, rescued them, and blessed them. They were 244 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: God's people, and yet they had an evil heart of 245 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: unbelief during this entire time. This reminds me of a 246 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: few verses from James Chapter two, nineteen through twenty six. 247 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: James gives a similar warning to his fellow church members. 248 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: Starting in verse nineteen, James says, you believe that God 249 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: is won. You do well. The demons also believe and shudder, 250 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: But do you want to know, vain man, that faith 251 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: apart from works is dead. Wasn't Abraham our father, justified 252 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: by works in that he offered up eyes Isaac, his 253 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: son on the altar. You see that faith worked with 254 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: his works, and by works faith was perfected. So the 255 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: scripture was fulfilled, which says Abraham believed God, and it 256 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: was accounted to him as righteousness, and he was called 257 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: the friend of God. You see then that by works 258 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: a man is justified, and not only by faith. In 259 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute, also justified by 260 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: works when she received the messengers and sent them out 261 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: another way, For as the body apart from the spirit 262 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. 263 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: The reason this passage ties so perfectly in to Hebrews 264 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: chapter three is because the people in the wilderness may 265 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: have understood that God existed. You know, they did understand 266 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: that God existed, because they specifically said, Yahweh is our God. 267 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: Yahweh brought us out into this wilderness. Yahweh is here 268 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: with us. They always said that, but their faith was 269 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: dead because they did not have the works to back 270 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: that faith up. And a lot of people might not 271 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: understand what that means, because when you hear the word works, 272 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: you often think of like a physical charity kind of work, 273 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: where you like go out in a soup kitchen and 274 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: maybe hand out soup, or you give money to the poor, 275 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: or you adopt an orphan or something along those lines. 276 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: That's what a lot of people believe that good works is. 277 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: But I do not believe that James is specifically talking 278 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: about good works in the sense of like giving money 279 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: to the poor or something like that. I believe that 280 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: James is talking about the work of obedience to God. 281 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: That's kind of what he says right here he mentions 282 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: Abraham in verse twenty one. He says, wasn't Abraham our 283 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: father justified by works. In the fact that he offered 284 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: up Isaac, his son on the altar. You see that 285 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: faith worked with his works, and by works, faith was perfect. 286 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: So the scripture was fulfilled. That says Abraham believed in God, 287 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,959 Speaker 1: and it was counted to him as righteousness, and he 288 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: was called the friend of God. So, in other words, 289 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: Abraham was justified before God, not just because he believed 290 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: that God existed, but that he actually backed up his 291 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: belief by obeying God to the furthest extent that he 292 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: possibly could, by potentially offering his son Isaac as a 293 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: sacrifice to God. And I'm not going to go back 294 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: into that story for those of you who don't know it. 295 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: That's all talked about in Genesis. But the thing that 296 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: you need to know is that Abraham obeyed God and 297 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: it was counted to him as righteousness. So that's the 298 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: work that James is talking about here, this obedience, and 299 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: this is backed up actually in Hebrews chapter two. And 300 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: we just talked about this last week where Jesus was 301 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: perfected through his sufferings. But Hebrews two, verse ten says 302 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: this it became him for whom are all things, and 303 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: through whom are all things in bringing many children to 304 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: glory to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 305 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: So Jesus became perfect through these sufferings. And what that 306 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: means is that he showed his perfection by becoming obedient 307 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: to death, even death on a cross. His obedience is 308 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: what proved his perfection. So that's the work that James 309 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: is talking about. This obedience we're supposed to have to 310 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: God the Father. That's what Jesus actually said to his disciples. 311 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: He said, if you love me, then keep my commandments. 312 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: It's not just enough to believe in Jesus. James says that, yeah, 313 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: you know, even the demons believe in God. Even the 314 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: demons know that God exists and they believe in him 315 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: and they shudder. But what the demons don't have is 316 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 1: that obedience to God. Because the demons actually fell, they 317 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: purposely disobeyed God, however long ago it was, and so 318 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: they are not justified before God. That's the same thing 319 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: with the people in the wilderness. They believed in God, 320 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: but they had no obedience toward him. They had this 321 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: heart of rebellion over and over and over again. That's 322 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: why Hebrews chapter three warns us, do not have that 323 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: heart of rebellion, that heart of unbelief, in falling away 324 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: from the Living God. And the scary thing is that 325 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: as Christians, we can become like that, We can get 326 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: this heart of unbelief, this heart of rebellion where we 327 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: fall away from the Living God. Which is why the 328 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit warns us so desperately, do not do that 329 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: believe in God, but also have that obedience. That obedience 330 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: is what proves that you love God, just as Abraham 331 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: proved that he loved God by obeying him. That is 332 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 1: how you and I are truly going to be justified 333 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: before God, not just by saying a prayer here and 334 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: there and being like, yeah, God, I believe in you, 335 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: but truly stepping out and doing His will when He 336 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: calls you to do something in your life. Here's what 337 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: it says in Hebrews three p. Thirteen to conclude, but 338 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: exhort one another day by day, so as long as 339 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: it is called today, lest any one of you be 340 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. So don't be hardened 341 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 1: by sin while it is still today, meaning while you 342 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: still have time here on this earth. Do not be 343 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Sin is disobedience to God. 344 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: You disobey what God wants you to do in your life, 345 00:20:55,480 --> 00:21:00,199 Speaker 1: and so you sin. Do not disobey any longer like 346 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: the people in the wilderness were constantly doing. Now, the 347 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 1: last thing I want to say here about this passage 348 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: is that I don't think that this means that you 349 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: can lose your salvation. A lot of people believe that 350 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: this verse right here proves that you can lose salvation. 351 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: I do not believe that. I believe that once you 352 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: are saved, once Jesus has done that work in your life, 353 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: that you cannot be unsaved from that because the work 354 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: of Jesus is too powerful. It actually says elsewhere in 355 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: Hebrews that nobody can pluck you out of God's hand, 356 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 1: like once He's got you, He's got you forever. So personally, 357 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: I don't believe that this verse in Hebrews means that 358 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: you can lose your salvation. What I do think it 359 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: means is two things. Firstly, it's warning the lukewarm Christians, 360 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: the people who go to church and they say, yeah, 361 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: I believe in Jesus, and they check off that box 362 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: for the week, and then they do nothing else with 363 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: their lives. They don't really have a true obedience. They're 364 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: not proving their faith in any specific way. Maybe they're 365 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,959 Speaker 1: being downright disobedient in some ways, saying yeah, I'm a Christian, 366 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: but then living a lifestyle that is completely opposite to 367 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: what the Bible teaches us to do. But I think 368 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 1: this verse could also be warning Christians that constantly doubt 369 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: God every single time something goes wrong in their life. 370 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: They blame God like the people in the wilderness did. 371 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: Every single time they don't understand something God is doing, 372 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: they get frustrated or they just resort to fear and 373 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: anger whenever things don't go their way. And I think 374 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: that's more Christians than people want to admit. You know, 375 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: I struggle with that where I'm like, God, I don't 376 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: know what you're doing in my life, and I immediately 377 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: just get furious that God is like allowing this to 378 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: happen to me, because I'm like, I'm a good person, 379 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: Why is this happening to me? Those two groups of 380 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: people is who this verse is warning. Don't be the 381 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: people in the worldness that tested God's patience because they 382 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: refused to obey him because they refused to see all 383 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: of the miracles that he had once done, because they 384 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: got angry whenever things didn't go their way. They were unthankful. 385 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 1: Don't be that type of person, not because you're going 386 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: to lose your salvation, but because your relationship with God 387 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: is going to be damaged. Just as the people in 388 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: the wilderness, their relationship with God was damaged, and God 389 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: ended up rightfully punishing them for their extreme disobedience and 390 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: a rebellion in constant anger against him. Instead, today put 391 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: your trust fully in Jesus, not just believing that he exists, 392 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: but believing that his will is good and submitting to 393 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: that will, being obedient to his will. The Holy Spirit 394 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: is warning us to do this today because if we 395 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 1: don't do it. Verse eleven says, as I swore in 396 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:09,479 Speaker 1: my wrath, they will not enter into my rest. The 397 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is the great comforter. He comforts people, He 398 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: gives them peace, he gives them strength, he gives them rest. 399 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: I mean, think about all the gifts of the Holy 400 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: Spirit and the fruits of the Holy Spirit, fantastic things 401 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: that we all want in our lives. If we refuse 402 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: to submit and just have that rebellious nature against God. 403 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: We will not enter into the Holy Spirit's rest, the 404 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: peace that he offers us, the comfort that he gives us. 405 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: And that's why the Holy Spirit warns us not to 406 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: be like the people in the wilderness. And how do 407 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: we do that? Again? It's believing in him, being obedient 408 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: and submitting to his will. If we do those things, 409 00:24:54,200 --> 00:25:00,400 Speaker 1: we will have the rest from the Holy Spirit. Faithless. 410 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: This was such an impactful episode to me, and I 411 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: hope it was to you guys as well. And we're 412 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: going to talk more about this subject, actually about the 413 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit's rest, because the author of the Book of 414 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: Hebrews really goes into that topic, which is why a 415 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: lot of people believe that Hebrews says you can lose 416 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: your salvation. We'll get into more of that topic as 417 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: well pretty soon here, but faithful listeners, before I close 418 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: this episode out with a few more points, here is 419 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: a quick ad break. You know what, There is nothing 420 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: more frustrating then when you do something nice for somebody 421 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:41,239 Speaker 1: and it goes completely unnoticed. God did that time and 422 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: time again for his people in the wilderness. He was 423 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 1: showing them love and grace and mercy, giving them food. 424 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: It says in scripture that none of their clothes even 425 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: wore out for forty years straight. That God like supernaturally 426 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: sustained their clothing so that they didn't have to make more. 427 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: Even their sandals, with all that walking, never wore out. 428 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: Not to mention, God provided water to them on multiple occasions. 429 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: He fed them honey from a rock, is what it says. 430 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: He also gave them food from heaven, the manna that 431 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 1: rained down on them. He gave them quail and meat. 432 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: Not to mention, think about all the stuff He did 433 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: in Egypt. He showed the Israelites time and time again 434 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: that He was there. God. On top of that, the 435 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: Israelites left Egypt not just freedmen, but completely wealthy because 436 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: the Egyptians were so terrified of the Israelites that they 437 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: actually gave them money like they allowed the Israelites to 438 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: completely plunder them. Is what it says. They gave them 439 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: food and animals and money and gifts just to make 440 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: them leave. They wanted the Israelites completely gone out of Egypt, 441 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: because that is how scared they were of the plagues 442 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 1: that were taking place due to God coming to the 443 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: aid of his people. And yet during all that time, 444 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: all those nice and wonderful and kind things God gave 445 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: his people, it was never enough for them. They always 446 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 1: wanted more. That's why God told them, you're not going 447 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: to enter into the Promised Land. I was going to 448 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,719 Speaker 1: give it to you on a silver spoon, and you 449 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: said it wasn't good enough. You were too scared to 450 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,360 Speaker 1: take what I was going to give you. So now 451 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: you're going to die in the wilderness because that's ultimately 452 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: what you said you wanted. That's all talked about in 453 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: Numbers chapter fourteen, by the way, where God's like, all right, 454 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: I'll give you exactly what you want. You said that 455 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: you're going to die in the wilderness, so that's what 456 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: you're going to get. God is so much more patient 457 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: than you and I are, because you know, if you 458 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: could if you did that many nice things for somebody 459 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: and they were constantly demanding more and being so rude 460 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: and rebellious and mean to you over and over and 461 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: over again, how would you respond to that. That is 462 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: why as Christians we cannot act like that to Jesus. 463 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:10,679 Speaker 1: Jesus gave us the ultimate gift, his own life. We 464 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: should be thankful for that every single day. Instead of 465 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: treating him the way the people in the wilderness treated 466 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: the miracles that God gave them. So, Faithful listeners, I 467 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: hope you take that with you through the rest of 468 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: this weekend. I will see you guys on Monday. If 469 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: I don't see you tomorrow, don't forget. Friday's is for 470 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: the members. 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