The Danger of a Hardened Heart

Bible Text: Hebrews 3:7-12 | Preacher: Alan Conner | Series: 2009, Hebrews

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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