SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 01-18-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Partakers of Christ
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 3:14,15
1. Message of the verse: “For we have become partakers of Christ if we
hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said:
‘Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the
rebellion.’” (NKJV) For if we are faithful to the end, trusting
God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs
to Christ. But never forget the
warning: ‘Today you must listen to his
voice. Don’t harden your hearts against
him as Israel did when they rebelled.’”
(NLT)
I believe
that the writer is again talking about the rest that the people of Israel missed
because they did not enter into the promised land, and if you look at that
spiritually for believers in the NT you will see that we will miss the rest of
walking closely with the Lord if we do not believe like those given as an
example here. The NLT shows this more
clearly. It must be noted again that the
people that the writer is writing to were Jewish believers who were tempted to
go back to Judaism, which is similar to those who died in the wilderness, and
wanted to go back to Egypt, but God would not allow it. Verse 15 is again a quote from Psalm 95: 7
& 8, (I believe verse 16, is from Psalm 95:8). In this section the writer emphasizes the
word rebellion (verses 15,16) while the first time he quoted this he was
emphasizing the word “today.” He
presents the theme of obedience by using the opposite words to begin this
theme. The opposite of obedience is
rebellion.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: As a believer in Jesus Christ I need to learn
about the warnings that the writer of this book is explaining so that I do not
follow the bad examples that the infant nation of Israel followed by disobeying
the Lord after the wonderful miracles that He did for them to get them out of
bondage. He did an even greater miracle
to get me out of the bondage of sin, therefore I must live my life for the
cause of Christ because of the great love that He has for me.
The Word of God brought needed teaching to me and was a
wonderful learning experience.
My Steps
of Faith Today: Because I am a
very, very slow learner I need to trust the Lord to give me the needed grace to
be the husband to Sandy that she needs as she goes through this difficult time
of change in her life due to the remolding of Dave’s room.
Memory verse for the week:
Ehp 2:10 & Mark 12:30
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which He prepared in advance for us to do.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
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