The Danger of a Hardened Heart
Hebrews 3:7-12
The Danger of a Hardened Heart
Intro
I. THE WORDS OF PSALM 25 (Hebrews 3:7a).
II. THE WARNING OF PSALM 25 (Hebrews 3:7b-11).
A. “Today” (Heb. 3:7).
B. God’s Warning (Heb. 3:8-9).
1) Command - “Do not harden your hearts”
2) Comparison - like the wilderness generation.
3) Circumstances - when they tried Me by testing Me
C. God’s Response (Heb. 3:8, 10-11).
1) provoked (Hebrews 3:8) - stirred up His righteous rage
2) anger (Hebrews 3:10) –
3) assessment (Hebrews 3:10b) –
always go astray?
did not know My ways.
4) punishment (Hebrews 3:11) - “They shall not enter My Rest.”
III. THE APPLICATION TO THE READERS (Hebrews 3:12).
- Exhortation - “Take care, brethren”. Examine yourselves.
- - an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God? –
IV. THE APPLICATION TODAY
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Hardened Heart