April 11, 2021
Pastor Ricky Smith

Sermon Notes

I. Peace Is Found When We Listen

Hebrews 3:7-11
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, 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.’ ”

II. Pursue Peace By Doing Life Together

Hebrews 3:12-15
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. 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.”

It is possible to be around Christ and not be IN CHRIST

III. Peace Can Be Shaken If We Live in the Past

Hebrews 3:16-19
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.

You didn’t save you. You can’t keep you.

Next Steps

• Today I confess that Jesus is my Savior and King for the first time.
• Today I confess of doubt and celebrate that Jesus saves me and keeps me.
• Today I commit to tell others about the hope they can have in Jesus.

Deep Dive

1. Read Ephesians 2:8-9 and identify how salvation is described and who does the saving.
2. Have you ever struggled with doubting your salvation?
3. Read 1 Corinthians 1:8. Discuss the impact of Jesus sustaining us. How does that impact my eternal security?

Springboard

1. What does Sabbath day mean, and why is it important? Read Exodus 20:8-11.
2. Share a decision you once made that you regret, and why.
3. Why do we tend to allow temporary things, like possessions or hobbies, to shape our identity?