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		Heb 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider the Apostle and High Priest whom we confessed [as ours when we accepted Him as Savior], namely, Jesus;
		Heb 3:2 He was faithful to Him who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses also was faithful in all God's house. [Num 12:7]
		Heb 3:3 Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.
		Heb 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
		Heb 3:5 Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God's house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ]; [Num 12:7]
		Heb 3:6 but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father's] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].
		Heb 3:7 ¶ Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,
		Heb 3:8 DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS [your fathers did] IN THE REBELLION [of Israel at Meribah], ON THE DAY OF TESTING IN THE WILDERNESS,
		Heb 3:9 WHERE YOUR FATHERS TRIED ME BY TESTING [My forbearance and tolerance], AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY YEARS [And found I stood their test].
		Heb 3:10 "THEREFORE I WAS ANGERED WITH THIS GENERATION, AND I SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]';
		Heb 3:11 SO I SWORE [an oath] IN MY WRATH, 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST [the promised land].'" [Ps 95:7-11]
		Heb 3:12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.
		Heb 3:13 But continually encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today" [and there is an opportunity], so that none of you will be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [its cleverness, delusive glamour, and sophistication].
		Heb 3:14 For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end,
		Heb 3:15 while it is said, "TODAY [while there is still opportunity] IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah]." [Ps 95:7, 8]
		Heb 3:16 For who were they who heard and yet provoked Him [with rebellious acts]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?
		Heb 3:17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?
		Heb 3:18 And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?
		Heb 3:19 So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest--the promised land] because of unbelief and an unwillingness to trust in God. [Num 14:1-35]

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