January 26, 1997
From Series: Fix Our Eyes on Jesus, Volume 1
by Alistair Begg
Do you know the warning signs of personal spiritual danger? The Israelites experienced a miraculous deliverance from slavery, but it didn’t take long for them to drift away from God. Their experience provides relevant warnings for potential drifters today. Teaching from Hebrews 3, Alistair Begg identifies the symptoms of a wandering heart and urges believers to encourage each other to persevere to the end.
1Therefore, holy brothers,1 you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, 2who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's2 house. 3For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. 4(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) 5Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.3
7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
8do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
on the day of testing in the wilderness,
9where your fathers put me to the test
and saw my works for forty years.
10Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
they have not known my ways.’
11As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest.’”
12Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15As it is said,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
16For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.
Written for an audience of Jewish believers in a time of persecution, the book of Hebrews proclaims an eternal truth: Jesus is both the Son of God and our Great High Priest. He is the perfect mediator between God and humanity. As he considers Christ’s work from its foreshadowing in the Old Testament to its present impact, the writer of Hebrews exhorts believers to “fix our eyes on Jesus” as God’s perfect and only provision for mankind’s sins.
In volume one of this series, Alistair Begg explores an important question: If true believers cannot lose their salvation, why does Hebrews warn us not to fall away from faith in Christ? As he explains the purpose of the book’s God-given warnings and describes the danger signs of potential drifters, we are encouraged to focus on Christ’s high priestly role. Because Christ stood in our place as the final sacrifice for sin, we can have confidence to persevere to the end in steadfast faith.
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Heed These Warnings
ID: 1901
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1901 |
Hebrews 1:1-3 |
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The Superiority of Christ
ID: 1902
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1902 |
Hebrews 1:4-14 |
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The Danger of Drifting
ID: 1904
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1904 |
Hebrews 2:1-18 |
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Holding Firmly to the End, Part One
ID: 1906
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1906 |
Hebrews 3:1-19 |
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Holding Firmly to the End, Part Two
ID: 1907
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1907 |
Hebrews 3:1-19 |
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Rest For Your Soul
ID: 1908
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1908 |
Hebrews 4:1-13 |
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Jesus, The Great High Priest
ID: 1909
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1909 |
Hebrews 4:14-5:10 |
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Much to Learn
ID: 1910
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1910 |
Hebrews 5:11-14 |
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Slowing, or Growing
ID: 1911
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1911 |
Hebrews 5:11-6:3 |
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The Peril of Spiritual Apostasy
ID: 1915
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1915 |
Hebrews 6:4-8 |
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Confident of Better Things
ID: 1916
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1916 |
Hebrews 6:9-12 |
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Complete volume: | 15801 | MP3 CD Series CD Series |
Written for an audience of Jewish believers in a time of persecution, the Book of Hebrews proclaims a thrilling truth: Jesus is both the Son of God and our Great High Priest, the perfect mediator between God and humanity. As he considers Christ’s work from its foreshadowing in the Old Testament to its present impact, the writer of Hebrews exhorts believers to “fix our eyes on Jesus” as God’s perfect and only provision for mankind’s sins.
Hebrews’ early recipients, familiar with ceremonial worship, needed reassurance that the Lord Jesus Christ lived eternally to intercede for them. In volume two of this series, Alistair Begg helps us to understand how the old covenant found completion in the superior new covenant, initiated by God and procured by Christ’s atoning sacrifice. Through the grace, mercy, and preservation of our Lord, believers can persevere as, enabled by the Spirit, we grow in faith, hope, and love.
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The Mystery of Melchizedek, Part One
ID: 1917
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1917 |
Hebrews 7:1-11 |
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The Mystery of Melchizedek, Part Two
ID: 1918
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1918 |
Hebrews 7:12-28 |
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A Superior Covenant
ID: 1919
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1919 |
Hebrews 8:1-13 |
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The Cleansing of Conscience
ID: 1923
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1923 |
Hebrews 9:1-14 |
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When Jesus Came...
ID: 1924
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1924 |
Hebrews 9:11-28 |
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It is Finished!
ID: 1926
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1926 |
Hebrews 10:1-18 |
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Faith, Hope, and Love
ID: 1928
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1928 |
Hebrews 10:19-25 |
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Keeping Near, Keeping On
ID: 1929
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1929 |
Hebrews 10:26-39 |
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What is Faith?
ID: 1933
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1933 |
Hebrews 11:1 |
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Perserverance of the Saints
ID: 1934
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1934 | CD | ||
Complete volume: | 15802 | MP3 CD Series CD Series |
Written for an audience of Jewish believers in a time of persecution, the book of Hebrews proclaims an eternal truth: Jesus is both the Son of God and our Great High Priest. He is the perfect mediator between God and humanity. As he considers Christ’s work from its foreshadowing in the Old Testament to its present impact, the writer of Hebrews exhorts believers to “fix our eyes on Jesus” as God’s perfect and only provision for mankind’s sins.
In volume three of this series, Alistair Begg points us to Jesus as the focal point of divine revelation and the one accomplisher of our redemption. Walking us through Hebrews’ “Portrait Gallery of Faith,” he encourages us to persevere in trusting Jesus, even when the world is doubtful. God, we discover, uses our struggles to demonstrate His love for us as He teaches us how to be holy. Strengthened by Him, we can therefore press on in living the Christian life by the faith He provides.
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Portrait Gallery, Part One
ID: 1935
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1935 |
Hebrews 11:1-7 |
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Portrait Gallery, Part Two
ID: 1936
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1936 |
Hebrews 11:8-16 |
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Every Picture tells a Story
ID: 1937
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1937 |
Hebrews 11:17-28 |
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Through Many Dangers
ID: 1938
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1938 |
Hebrews 11:29-40 |
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Running the Race
ID: 1940
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1940 |
Hebrews 12:1-4 |
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The Father's Discipline
ID: 1941
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1941 |
Hebrews 12:5-11 |
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Essentials of Christian Maturity
ID: 1942
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1942 |
Hebrews 12:12-27 |
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A Christian Lifestyle
ID: 1945
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1945 |
Hebrews 13:1-8 |
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The Privilege of Disgrace
ID: 1946
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1946 |
Hebrews 13:9-14 |
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A Summary of Christian Duty
ID: 1947
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1947 |
Hebrews 13:15-17 |
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Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
ID: 1948
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1948 |
Hebrews 13:18-25 |
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Complete volume: | 15803 | MP3 CD Series CD Series |