Do Not Harden Your Hearts
Hebrews 3:7-11
Key Verse 3:7-8a
“So, as the Holy Spirit says: ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
Today’s passage is very interesting! It begins with the word “So” or as in the original: “Therefore” which in this letter, is a very meaningful word. It’s like a window that opens into the past and at the same time into the future— as we shall see— because the author shows us an example from the people of God in the past and warns us not to do what they did. Notice the remaining words of verse 7, and that verses 8-11 are in quotation from the Old Testament, whereas verse 12 is the author’s conclusive exhortation to all of us where he says: “See to it, brothers, that … Read the rest