Study Desk

So we must be more careful to follow what we were taught. We must be careful so that we will not be pulled away from the true way.

So surely we also will be punished if we don't pay attention to the salvation we have that is so great. It was the Lord Jesus who first told people about it. And those who heard him proved to us that it is true.

It is written some place in the Scriptures, "Why are people so important to you? Why do you even think about them? Why do you care about the son of man? Is he so important?

God—the one who made all things and for whose glory all things exist—wanted many people to be his children and share his glory. So he did what he needed to do. He made perfect the one who leads those people to salvation. He made Jesus a perfect Savior through his suffering.

Jesus, the one who makes people holy, and those who are made holy are from the same family. So he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

These children are people with physical bodies. So Jesus himself became like them and had the same experiences they have. Jesus did this so that, by dying, he could destroy the one who has the power of death—the devil.

Jesus became like these people and died so that he could free them. They were like slaves all their lives because of their fear of death.

For this reason, Jesus had to be made like us, his brothers and sisters, in every way. He became like people so that he could be their merciful and faithful high priest in service to God. Then he could bring forgiveness for the people's sins.

So, my brothers and sisters, those chosen by God to be his holy people, think about Jesus. He is the one we believe God sent to save us and to be our high priest.

So it is just as the Holy Spirit says: "If you hear God's voice today,

So I was angry with them. I said, ‘Their thoughts are always wrong. They have never understood my ways.'

So I was angry and made a promise: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.'"

So, brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has the evil thoughts that cause so much doubt that you stop following the living God.

But encourage each other every day, while you still have something called "today." Help each other so that none of you will be fooled by sin and become too hard to change.

So we see that they were not allowed to enter and have God's rest, because they did not believe.

And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.

Yes, somewhere in the Scriptures he talked about the seventh day of the week. He said, "So on the seventh day God rested from all his work."

So the opportunity is still there for some to enter and enjoy God's rest. But those who first heard the good news about it did not enter, because they did not obey.

So God planned another special day. It is called "today." He spoke about that day through David a long time later using the words we quoted before: "If you hear God's voice today, don't be stubborn."

God rested after he finished his work. So everyone who enters God's place of rest will also have rest from their own work just as God did.