20/01/2023
Christ Apostolic Church
APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY
Friday January 20, 2023
TOPIC
God Still Swearsβ¦
MEMORIZE:
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? Hebrews 3:18
READ: Hebrews 3:12-19
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily,,, while, it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if, we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
EXPOSITION
The scriptures warn us to remain true always to God. We must learn obedience through the example of Israelβs failures in the wilderness. They were brought out of Egypt with the fullest assurance of blessings, prosperity and eternal rest. By their sin and unbelief, they came short of the promised blessings, fell in the wilderness and were cut off from God. Paul stated plainly that Christians can also return to an evil heart of unbelief, depart from the living God, be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, be cut off by God and be finally lost. Paul went on to exhort us to profit by Israelβs failure β while it is said, today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocationβ¦ whose carcass fell in the wilderness and to whom he sworn that they should not enter into his restβ¦, vs. 15-19. The scriptures altogether enjoin us to make the best us of time while we can in yielding to God. Why? G