3:12
The problem with the Israelites was that they had a sinful and unbelieving heart, and such a heart turns away from God. Trusting God is the only way to have a relationship with Him. Now the same warning applies to us. If we develop an unbelieving heart then we cannot enter His rest. So why the emphasis on rest? When man sinned life suddenly became hard work, this was the judgement upon man’s sin (Gen 3:17-19). Life was not meant to be hard work, and the only way back is through faith.
3:13
Later on in the letter, the writer will warn his readers not to give up meeting together (Heb 10:25). We get one of the reasons why meeting together is so important. One of the main antidotes to the risk of falling away is to encourage and exhort one another. If we isolate ourselves then we get absorbed in our own thoughts and our own thinking can become very distorted. We need the thoughts and inputs of others to keep our thinking straight. If we isolate ourselves then we are far more prone to our hearts being hardened by the “deceitfulness of sin”. “Today” is the day to trust and obey God.
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