GodsWord - Hebrews - 3

3:1  Brothers and sisters, you are holy partners in a heavenly calling. So look carefully at Jesus, the apostle and chief priest about whom we make our declaration of faith.

3:2  Jesus is faithful to God, who appointed him, in the same way that Moses was faithful when he served in God's house.

3:3  Jesus deserves more praise than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house is praised more than the house.

3:4  After all, every house has a builder, but the builder of everything is God.

3:5  Moses was a faithful servant in God's household. He told the people what God would say in the future.

3:6  But Christ is a faithful son in charge of God's household. We are his household if we continue to have courage and to be proud of the confidence we have.

3:7  As the Holy Spirit says, "If you hear God speak today, don't be stubborn.

3:8  Don't be stubborn like those who rebelled and tested me in the desert.

3:9  That is where your ancestors tested me,

3:10  although they had seen what I had done for 40 years. That is why I was angry with those people. So I said, 'Their hearts continue to stray, and they have not learned my ways.'

3:11  So I angrily took a solemn oath that they would never enter my place of rest."

3:12  Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you ever develop a wicked, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

3:13  Encourage each other every day while you have the opportunity. If you do this, none of you will be deceived by sin and become stubborn.

3:14  After all, we will remain Christ's partners only if we continue to hold on to our original confidence until the end.

3:15  Scripture says, "If you hear God speak today, don't be stubborn. Don't be stubborn like those who rebelled."

3:16  Who heard God and rebelled? All those whom Moses led out of Egypt rebelled.

3:17  With whom was God angry for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned and died in the desert.

3:18  Who did God swear would never enter his place of rest? He was talking about those who didn't obey him.

3:19  So we see that they couldn't enter his place of rest because they didn't believe.