7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, Hebrews 3:7-8 ESV

9 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. 10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.’ 11 As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’” Hebrews 3:9-11 ESV

12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:12-13 ESV

14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” Hebrews 3:14-15 ESV

16 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled 16 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. Hebrews 3:16-19 ESV

Hebrews 3:8-19 – Combatting Heart Disease God’s Voice Calls for our Immediate Response (vs. 7-8)

“Every command of Christ bears the date today “Every command of Christ bears the date today. If a thing is right, it should be done at once; if it is wrong, stop it immediately. Whatever you are bound to, you are bound to do it now. There is an immediateness about the calls of Christ. What He bids you do, you must not delay to do. The Holy Ghost says ‘Today.’ And I would say this with regard to everything. Do you love the Lord? Have you professed His name? Then the Holy Ghost says ‘today’.” - Charles Spurgeon

Hebrews 3:8-19 – Combatting Heart Disease II. A Hard Heart Will Keep You From Rest (vs. 11)

28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:28-29 ESV

Hebrews 3:8-19 – Combatting Heart Disease How Do We Prevent “Heart Disease?” Go to the Doctor Regularly (vs. 12)

10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 ESV

Hebrews 3:8-19 – Combatting Heart Disease How Do We Prevent “Heart Disease?” Go to the Doctor Regularly (vs. 12) Open up your Heart to Others (vs. 13)