Hebrews 3

Hebrews 3

English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Greater Than Moses

3 Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, 2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. 3 For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. 4 (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) 5 Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.


7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,


“Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9 where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for forty years.
10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
they have not known my ways.’
11 As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest.’”

12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said,

“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

16 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

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Hello Friends,

This morning I am reading in Hebrews 3 which speaks of how Jesus is greater than Moses and urges us to hold firm in our confidence until the end. The History Channel has been doing a series on "The Bible" which started last Sunday and I find it so applicable to have watched that and now be reading this. 

Moses, as we see in the old testament, was  one of Gods most faithful servants. He trusted God no matter the situation. Moses was faithful, but we know that Jesus was more faithful. The Hebrews writer tells us to "consider Jesus" and it's something I have been trying to do more and more, moment by moment. I think it's a process of giving your life over to Christ, a surrender of your time, your talents, your desires, your fears, and while I would like to say I just handed them all over in one big swoop, the reality is some things I held on to, some things I gave Him and then took back, and some things He pried out of my hands. I'd like to tell you I have now mastered the surrender to God but if I said that I would be lying. So to be honest, some days I am better at it than others, but my heart is that I would be able to give God all I can, and that I would be a faithful servant to Him. 

I love verse 4:  For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. I love the truth there. God is the builder of everything. The giver of every good and perfect gift and the giver of the very life and breathe we have. How beautiful and wonderful. I am so thankful for my gifts, and I wonder if I find this verse particularly fitting since I am focused on thankfulness this year. How important for us to remember- He is the builder of all things. All the good in me was put there by God, it's not of myself. 

Finally this passage encourages us to stand firm in our pursuit of the Lord, to encourage each other each and every day and to share the hope that we have.  The evince of a Christian truly partaking of Christ's salvation involves endurance to the end. Definitely a push to examine ourselves that we are remaining steadfast and not having our hearts become hard. I pray friends that your hearts are open that you are pursuing the Lord. 

Today I'm trusting that as God led His people out of slavery by Moses, that He will lead me today through this world to the places He wants me. I'm praying for wisdom and discernment and trusting He will give it and I am above all thankful for Him and His faithfulness. 

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