| Do not miss out on what Almighty God longs to give | | | | sheep hearing and knowing and recognising His voice. |
| you. How can we ensure that we receive those rich | | | | What did these people miss out on? They missed out |
| blessings and rewards He desires to pour out upon our | | | | on rest. Rest is a big and major theme. |
| lives? | | | | This time it is not just a drifting away. You can fall by |
| Again, we have a key. "If you hear His voice", then pay | | | | accident, but you turn away by choice. Unbelief is sinful. |
| heed and give serious attention to what He says. That | | | | Unbelief is not of God, and it is not weakness. It is a sin |
| is more than reading the Bible and coming to Worship | | | | of which a person needs to repent. |
| services. It involves and commitment and dedication on | | | | Sin will deceive, and that is why we are to encourage |
| our part and being open to receive the rich rewarding | | | | one another, and it has to go right on to the end, which |
| blessing which He, through Jesus Christ wishes to pour | | | | introduces us to the vital element of perseverance! |
| into our lives, day by day. Turn to Hebrews Chapter 3 | | | | There has to be confidence in Christ. There is no use |
| and read and study it. Make time to do this as the | | | | being timid, and almost believing, or believing in some |
| rewards can be astounding. | | | | half-hearted way. |
| There is a classic passage in Exodus Chapter 15 and | | | | We share in Christ. That is a big thing to say. We |
| at verse 26. If you listen carefully to the voice of the | | | | share His joy and His ministry and His sufferings. |
| Lord your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and if | | | | We keep on to the very end. It really is all or nothing. |
| you pay attention to His commands and keep all His | | | | The Scripture here in this chapter speaks about today, |
| decrees, he will not bring on you any of the diseases | | | | and we do not know how long today will last. |
| he brought on the Egyptians. "I am the Lord who heals | | | | Verse 16 warns us that it is possible to hear and rebel. |
| you." If you happen to get sick or fall ill then God was | | | | That is just a fact. |
| promising to heal these Hebrew people and be their | | | | Many fell in the past through rebellion and 23,000 of |
| doctor. | | | | them died. We read of that in I Corinthians Chapter 10. |
| The basic requirement is hearing God's voice. | | | | Heed the warning against grumbling. |
| There is a flowing here. There is a fixing our thoughts | | | | I do not want to come this far and fall. We are called |
| upon Jesus, and paying attention to what God says | | | | to be careful and faithful. We are warned about being |
| and giving God our undivided attention. | | | | careless in our faith, and obedience and loyalty. |
| Without hearing God's voice, you cannot know all the | | | | These truths are written because God does not want |
| other important truths. | | | | us to fall or to fall away or to fall on our faces, and |
| In John Chapter 10 Jesus Christ speaks about the | | | | that is one reason why He had all this written down. |