Hebrews - Week Seven

Hebrews 3:7-19

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” Exodus 17:2-4

And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”And they said to one another, “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” Numbers 14:2–4

Portrait of the hard at heart:

  1. They had heard His voice

They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Zechariah 7:11-12

Portrait of the hard at heart:

  1. They had heard His voice

  2. They were witnesses of God’s works

Examine your heart (V. 12)

“I beg you to try and understand the fact that your soul is the one thing worth living for… Keep the interests of  your soul in mind, morning, noon and night. Get up each day desiring that your soul may prosper; lie down each evening asking yourself whether it has progressed.” - JC Ryle

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Psalm 139:23–24

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:11–12

Exhort one another (V. 13)

Life Group Discussion Questions

  1. Introduction: What is something that you think is amazing that others don’t?

  2. What causes you to doubt, grumble, or complain in your relationship with God, like the Israelites (see V. 7-11)?

  3. Is there a balance between fighting for you heart and trusting in Christ for your salvation? How would you put this balance into words?

  4. What would it look like, practically, to examine your heart this week? 

  5. What would it look like, practically, to exhort one another this week?