だから、聖霊がこう言われるとおりです。「今日、
荒れ野で試練を受けたころ、／神に反抗したときのように、／
荒れ野であなたたちの先祖は／わたしを試み、験し、／
そのため、わたしは怒って誓った。『
兄弟たち、あなたがたのうちに、信仰のない悪い心を抱いて、
あなたがたのうちだれ一人、
わたしたちは、最初の確信を最後までしっかりと持ち続けるなら、
それについては、次のように言われています。「今日、
いったいだれが、神の声を聞いたのに、反抗したのか。
Hebrews 3:7-15 (New International Version)
So, as the Holy Spirit says:
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did.
That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.'
So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' "
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first. As has just been said:
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."
Make sure you don't have an unbelieving heart. When we turn away from the truth of Jesus, our hearts become harder.
We ALL have sinful hearts. You do. I do, as well. But remember that Jesus offers us the hope of eternal life. We must repent and believe the Gospel.
Repent from the sins you have committed, and believe that (for those who believe) Jesus died on the cross, for your sins, in your place, as your substitute.
