Study Desk

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?

So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.

And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God's messenger and High Priest.

So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.'

So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.'"

You must warn each other every day, while it is still "today," so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.

God's promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.

So God's rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.

So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: "Today when you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts."

So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.

So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God's word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.

So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don't need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.

And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.

God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.