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July 14
Sunday


WARNING SIGN

READ:
Hebrews 3:1-13
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Beware, brethren,
lest there be in any of
you an evil heart of
unbelief in departing
from the living God.
__Hebrews 3:12
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On a sandy beach in Uruguay, giant concrete fingers partially submerged in sand reach up toward the sky. It is called the monument to the Drowned. Locals just call it La Mano, "The Hand." It was created by Chilean artist Mario Irarrazabal as a warning to swimmers about the danger of drowning. "The Hand" has become a tourist attraction, but its real purpose remains to remind swimmers about the perils of the sea.

The Word of God contains its own kind of warning signs. The book of Hebrews especially provides cautions about perils to the soul. "Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in depating from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called 'Today,' lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin" (Heb. 3:12-13).

The context of the verse is a review of the unbelief and rebellion of Israel in the wilderness. Though this happened centuries before the book of Hebrews was written, the spiritual principle applies today. We are to exhort one another to resist the hardening of our hearts that comes with sin.

Warning signs are given to us for our safety. Praise God that He has given us protective warnings in His Word because of His great love for us. __Dennis Fisher

````````````Lord, thank You for the warnings in your Word```````````````
``````````that are intended to protect and preserve my life.``````````````
```````````Help me to heed your reproofs and instruction````````````````
````````````that I may live a life that is pleasing toYou.`````````````````
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God gives us loving warnings in His Word
to protect and preserve us.

***************************Today's Bible Reading__ Hebrews 3:1-13******************************

1 Therefore, holy brethren,
partakers of the heavenly
calling, consider the Apostle
and High Priest of our
confession, Christ Jesus,

2 who was faithful to Him
who appointed Him, as
Moses also was faithful in
all His house. 3 For this One
has been counted worthy of
more glory than Moses,
inasmuch as He who built
the house has more honor
than the house. 4 For every
house is built by someone,
but He who built all things is
God. 5 And Moses indeed
was faithful in all His house
as a servant, for a testimony
of those things which would
be spoken afterward, 6 but
Christ as a Son over His own
house, whose house we are
if we hold fast the
confidence and the rejoicing
of the hope firm to the end.

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

"Today, if you will hear His
voice, 8 do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion, in
the day of trial in the
wilderness. 9 where your
fathers tested Me, tried Me,
and saw My works forty
years. 10 Therefore I was
angry with that generation,
and said, 'They always go
astray in their heart, and they
have not known My ways.'

11 So I swore in My wrath,
they shall not enter My
rest' "

12 Beware, brethren, lest
there be in any of you an
evil heart of unbelief in
departing from the living
God; 13 but exhort one
another daily, while it is
called "Today," lest any of
you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The Scriptures teach the security of the believer (John 10:27-28;
1 John 5:13). They also caution us about drifting away from God.
One key passage is Hebrews 3:13, which warns us about developing
a hard and unbelieving heart and departing from the living God.