If we tell untruths one too many times no one will believe us when we are actually telling the truth - like the boy who cried, "Wolf!" People are right to not believe someone like this.
However, some people are just plain too stubborn to believe the truth. Look at these verses,
"Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion...so we see they were unable to enter because of unbelief" (Hebrews 3:15 & 19).
People harden their hearts against truth to their own detriment. This is considered disobedience and rebellion by God. It is sad to see and there are consequences. If you won't believe God and His word you will be unable to enter His rest.
Our actions have consequences: if you do wrong you are likely to be punished and if you do right you may well be praised and possible given a reward. Parents and children know these dynamics well.
Similarly with God's House, when a person refuses to believe Jesus is God and that we can have an unshakeable relationship with Jesus, and because He was fully human as well as fully God - the perfect One - that He could take the punishment for our sins, there are consequences. To refuse to believe is called unbelief. This is a big sin and those who do not believe will not be able to enter God's house that Jesus is in charge of. You are also barred from heaven. This would be a sad, terrible travesty.
Please do something about this warning.
Listen to God's voice. Soften your heart and believe the message of Jesus.
Heavenly Father, thank You for Jesus and this warning against unbelief. I do not want to suffer the consequences of a stubborn, rebellious and unbelieving heart. Soften my heart, help me to believe the message of Jesus and to be obedient to Him and Your voice all the days of my life. I ask in Jesus' name, amen.
~ERC January 2024~
Based on Hebrews 3:15-16, 19.
Sing, Trust and Obey, along with the Vagle Brothers.
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