TODAY 🎊 part 1
(Hebrews chapter 3) Today when you hear His voice ✨
- Why does the writer say we share a heavenly call
- Can we clarify on why we are Christ’s house😊
- When is today and how can one harden his or her heart ☹️
- An unbelieving heart how can it lead people astray and how do you know it
- If we hold our first confidence… Which is this 😟
The chapter introduces us with a very special and crucial information on who we are and who Jesus is 🎊… It reminds us that we share a heavenly calling that is those who believe in Jesus to whom we have all been united by our faith in Him through our accepting the call of salvation and hence we received the full right to be sons in the kingdom as stated
Ephesians 2.19 – Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God ‘s own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God ‘s [own] household.
So it is simultaneously a call from heaven to Heaven 😂
😂OK.. Like it is God who calls you to Salvation and if you receive His call from above then you started operating with the things from above coz you are already a King awaiting for the day to Heaven 😊
So apparently we have answered question 2…coz since tumepata right ya kukuwa heaven and Jesus is the one in charge of our lives… So He must be faithful to us… To help us in every way we need.. And that’s why He was kind enough to leave us the Holy Spirit 💁🏽♂️
You receive the ownership of the Kingdom of Heaven once you accept the call from Heaven ✨✨
Heb.4.7 – Again He sets a definite day, [a new] Today, [and gives another opportunity of securing that rest] saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts. (Amp)
… Today is now… Today is your current state and place… It doesn’t matter where you are and at what time… It is today.. It is now that God wants to declare His word to the world and you are the Son who will deliver it… He is saying that TODAY be ready for His work… Don’t harden your heart… Don’t ignore God’s call… When He needs you now you should be available now… Just as we read in that we should be vessels of honour ready for the work of God
2Tim.2.21 – So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work. (Amp)
Hardness to God’s will and voice is simply ignoring God’s command.. You choose to follow your own thoughts and ideas rather than God’s will …
Rom.12.1 – I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.
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So for our continuation we tackle question 4 and 5 to finish the chapter 😄
Well it is very important to know an unbelieving heart as stated by the word coz you might end up going a wrong direction 😊
Let us have an ascertainity from other Scriptures
Heb.12.15 – Exercise foresight and be on the watch to look [after one another], to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God ‘s grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it
Now here is an example of such “unbelieving hearts” or “bitter roots” 😄
Jude.1.11 – Woe to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them, following] the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion [like that] of Korah!
Korah is a better example 😂… If you have read the story of Moses you will realize that he led a rebellion against Moses their leader and ended up misleading his “followers” .. So always be careful with who is leading you 😊 and who is in your midst 😄
Always have the right company surrounding you ✋
Finally our last question which is from here 😄
Heb.3.14 – For we have become fellows with Christ (the Messiah) and share in all He has for us, if only we hold our first newborn confidence and original assured expectation [in virtue of which we are believers] firm and unshaken to the end.
OK…. Jude will start us off
Jude.1.3 – Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you in regard to our common salvation. [But] I found it necessary and was impelled to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort [you] to contend for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith which is that sum of Christian belief which was delivered verbally to the holy people of God].
Note the verse in Hebrews is saying Our first newborn confidence and original assured expectation..
Which is basically Faith ✨
These Faith that is originating from the Son of God… The FAITH that empowered you to come to Salvation… Let’s just have another Scriptures we are familiar with
Gal.3.23 – Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed),
Gal.3.24 – So that the Law served [to us Jews] as our trainer [our guardian, our guide to Christ, to lead us] until Christ [came], that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith.
Gal.3.25 – But now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a trainer (the guardian of our childhood). –
Gal.3.26 – For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.
Gal.3.27 – For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.
From this we get to know that Christ delivered as this Faith upon His coming in our lives ✨ and which we ought to secure and sustain
So that 👇🏼👇🏼
1Cor.15.58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose].
Col.1.23 – [And this He will do] provided that you continue to stay with and in the faith [in Christ], well-grounded and settled and steadfast, not shifting or moving away from the hope [which rests on and is inspired by] the glad tidings (the Gospel), which you heard and which has been preached [as being designed for and offered without restrictions] to every person under heaven
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So generally from the chapter we are learning that
we should be vessels of honour ready for the work of God 😊
We should be available for the Master at all times 😊
We should not harden our hearts when He calls us for His purpose 😊
Many are times when God will speak to us in many ways… But many are the times when we will harden our hearts against His voice in many ways😞
The church has become lazy and only serves God when they feel like 😕
We really don’t want to be associated to His work when we are busy with other people and things ☹️
We have to come to full submission to God and start acting on HIS WILL.
The Lord needs His word to go out to the world but the people who need to do this job have hidden their lamps under bushels
The salt has lost its flavour… We are choosing to fit into some comfort zone instead of fitting people into God’s comfort 😕
When will you be ready to Listen to His voice 😳
The command is very simple
TODAY WHEN YOU HEAR HIS VOICE😊
2Cor.6.17 – So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor,
2Cor.6.18 – And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.☺️
Well… Today is the day, now is the time… Be keen to God’s voice
And may the Lord make a way for everyone in touch to this word 🥳… May He bless you abundantly and expound your territories 🤩… May His wisdom and knowledge be fully implanted in your soul, mind and spirit ☺️… And may He use you for greater testimonies on this world …
AMEN