Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for October 20, 2024

Obedience in the Wilderness

Hebrews 3:7-4:13

Series: Highlights in Hebrews

1. Background

• connection to 3:1-6
• sermon based on Psalm 95 which probes the principle of perseverance
• Because your response to God’s revelation has eternal consequences, persevere in faith and obedience.

2. Warning from the Past: The Wilderness History of Israel 3:7-19

• checkered history of God’s people
• invitation and warning in Psalm 95
• take care and exhort one another
• consequence of failure to hold original confidence

3. Encouragement for the Present: The Promise of Entering His Rest 4:1-13

• God’s rest at creation
• rest in the Promised Land in Joshua’s day
• a remaining rest: strive to enter it (Matt. 11:28-30)
• the diagnostic capacity of the word of God

4. So What?

• Pray for heightened sensitivity to the voice of God.
• Identify and exterminate relics of rebellion in your life.
• Trust, don’t trifle with, the promises of God.
• Determine to finish well. “Stick” the landing to the glory of God!
• “Through many dangers, toils and snares…” (J. Newton)