The Antidote to Apostasy (Hebrews
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Heb. 3:12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
Being new to Bible study so I love watching how you annotate the scripture and to explain it clearly. Thank you so much, Mike.
I pray God sends me a company one day
Note: Paul refers to the unbelieving Jews as his brothers. Acts 28:17-22
And again in Romans 9:3
Same word used for brothers or brethren. Calling someone “brother” absolutely does not mean that person is a believer.
The writer of hebrews is talking to us who are reading the word now
Note: evil, unbelieving is a two-fold description of the heart that CAUSES one to fall away from the Living God. Not from Jesus Christ or from salvation… but the unbelieving heart does not believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of the Living God, thus the Jew who shared in a Covenant would fall away.
It is the unbelieving heart that comes before the ultimate falling away from God, the source of Life.
Notice also that it says “we HAVE COME to share in Christ IF indeed we hold firmly to the confidence…”
So…
The Jewish community of professing believers is being told, “make sure none among you have this unbelieving heart”, the heart that denies Christ is sent of God… “this heart that LEADS you to fall AWAY” to fall away from the one true God, from whom all life comes.
Jewish professing Christians: the unbelieving heart is evil. It will cause you to fall Away from Yahweh. If we hold fast to the end then we have shared in Christ.
The Jews were in covenant with God… we have a better covenant. We have an advocate in Christ if we sin.
Everything you’re talking about is referring to the Jews and warning them of the very unbelief that is described in psalm 95. This is not a message to believers that take part in the new covenant. It is warning of some who may not actually believe.
So what is yo point you don’t want to be warned