Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 4 ( UNBELIEF) Bible Study

Bible Study For 9/20/2014

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 4 ( UNBELIEF) Bible Study

[Note to Blog Readers:Expositor’s Notes are in Bold Italic Font]

We will be Live on Skype This Saturday and would love to invite you all to join us, as we go through the Word of God. Times and dates subject to change,if you wish to join us. If you have me on Facebook? Inbox me. We will have discussions about what we have read and any other questions, about God, the Bible, or questions about life issues, are all welcome. God is here for you and so are we. Lets get started.

Hebrews 4:1-16 (KJV)

UNBELIEF 

1 Let us (modern Believers) therefore fear (refers to the fact that Salvation can be lost if the Believer ceases to believe), lest, a Promise being left us of entering into His rest (the Promise of Salvation), any of you should seem to come short of it. (This proves it is possible for such to be done, which means the loss of the soul.) 2 For unto us was the Gospel Preached, as well as unto them (there is only one Gospel, and that is “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified”): but the Word preached did not profit them (if the Cross is abandoned as the Object of Faith, Christ will profit no one anything [Gal. 5:2]), not being mixed with Faith in them who heard it. (The Israelites had Faith, but not in the right object. It must be Faith in Christ and the Cross, or it’s not valid Faith.) 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest (proclaims unequivocally that Faith is the key, but let it be understood that it’s Faith in Christ and the Cross), as He said, As I have sworn in My wrath, if they shall enter into My rest (the condition is Faith): although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. (This refers to this great Plan of Salvation through Christ and the Cross having been formulated even before the world was created [I Pet. 1:18-20].) 4 For He (God) spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise (Gen. 2:3), And God did rest the seventh day from all His Works. (God ceased from the Work of Creation simply because the Creation was finished.) 5 And in this place again (Ps. 95:7-11), If they shall enter into My rest (conditions are to be met). 6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein (speaks of the New Covenant and the Church), and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief (proclaims from Verse 2 that the Israelites of Old had the same Gospel preached unto them as we do, but to no avail): 7 Again, He (God) limited a certain day (proclaims in no uncertain terms that even though the Call of God is unlimited, the opportunity to accept that Call is definitely limited), saying in David, Today, after so long a time (the Holy Spirit said “today” then, and He is continuing to say “today” at present, referring to the fact that tomorrow may be too late); as it is said, Today if you will hear His Voice, harden not your hearts (once again refers to unbelief). 8 For if Jesus (should have been translated, “Joshua”) had given them Rest (refers to the fact that even though Joshua was able to lead Israel into the land of Canaan by the Power of the Holy Spirit, this was only a symbol of the True Rest which was to come, namely the Lord Jesus Christ), then would He (God) not afterward have spoken of another day (meaning the Law could not bring about what was desired, but definitely did point to that which was to come, namely the Lord Jesus Christ). 9 There remains (what the Law couldn’t do, Christ would do) therefore a Rest to the People of God. (This is found only in Christ and through what He did at the Cross, to which everything in the Old Testament pointed.) 10 For he who is entered into His (God’s) Rest (due to what Christ did at the Cross, anyone can enter into this “Rest”), he also has ceased from his own works (we enter in by Faith, which refers to Faith in Christ and what He did at the Cross), as God did from His. (God rested on the seventh day when Creation was finished. And we can Rest in Christ because the Plan of Redemption is finished, of which God’s Rest was a type.) 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that Rest (could be translated, “let us hasten therefore to enter into that Rest”), lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. (This tells us that the root cause of the “fall” of any Believer is unbelief, and it refers to unbelief in the Cross, which was the True Mission of Christ.) 12 For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful (active, energizing), and sharper than any two-edged sword (refers to the ability of the Word of God to “probe”), piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow (doesn’t mean the dividing asunder of soul from spirit or joints from marrow, but rather that the Word of God pierces the soul and the spirit, adequately proclaiming what man ought to be and can only be in Christ; as well, the Word of God portrays to us the Holy Spirit and His Power, and proclaims the fact that He Alone can “quicken our mortal bodies” [Rom. 8:11], which refers to giving us power to yield this physical body to that which is Righteous [Rom. 6:12-13]), and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (carries the idea of “sifting out and analyzing evidence”). 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight (refers to God as the Creator of all things): but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do (to Whom we must give account).

HIGH PRIEST 

14 Seeing then that we have a Great High Priest (Christ acts on our behalf to God), Who is passed into the Heavens (has to do with a legal process), Jesus the Son of God (presents the fact that Jesus is not only man, but is God as well), let us hold fast our profession. (Let us hold fast to Christ and the Cross, which was necessary for our Lord to be our High Priest.) 15 For we have not an High Priest Who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities (being Very Man as well as Very God, He can do such); but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin (His temptation, and ours as well, was to leave the prescribed Will of God, which is the Word of God; but He never did, not even one time.) 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the Throne of Grace (presents the Seat of Divine Power, and yet the Source of boundless Grace), that we may obtain Mercy (presents that which we want first), and find Grace to help in time of need (refers to the Goodness of God extended to all who come, and during any “time of need”; all made possible by the Cross).

Galatians 5:2 (KJV)

2 Behold (“mark my words!”), I Paul say unto you (presents the Apostle’s authority regarding the Message he brings), that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. (If the Believer goes back into Law, and Law of any kind, what Christ did at the Cross on our behalf will profit us nothing. One cannot have it two ways.)

1 Peter 1:18-20 (KJV)

18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold (presents the fact that the most precious commodities [silver and gold] could not redeem fallen man), from your vain conversation (vain lifestyle) received by tradition from your fathers (speaks of original sin that is passed on from father to child at conception);

THE CROSS 

19 But with the Precious Blood of Christ (presents the payment, which proclaims the poured out Life of Christ on behalf of sinners), as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot (speaks of the lambs offered as substitutes in the Old Jewish economy; the Death of Christ was not an execution or assassination, but rather a Sacrifice; the Offering of Himself presented a Perfect Sacrifice, for He was Perfect in every respect [Ex. 12:5]): 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world (refers to the fact that God, in His Omniscience, knew He would create man, man would fall, and man would be redeemed by Christ going to the Cross; this was all done before the Universe was created; this means the Cross of Christ is the Foundation Doctrine of all Doctrine, referring to the fact that all Doctrine must be built upon that Foundation, or else it is specious), but was manifest in these last times for you (refers to the invisible God Who, in the Person of the Son, was made visible to human eyesight by assuming a human body and human limitations),

Exodus 12:5 (KJV)

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish (Christ was without blemish, Who the lamb represented, “holy, harmless, undefiled” — a “lamb without spot” [I Pet. 1:19]), a male of the first year (meant to portray the virile manhood of Christ; in other words, He didn’t die in the throes of old age, but rather in the prime of manhood): you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats (the “goats” then represented were different from our goats presently; then they were very similar to the sheep, actually, with their long flowing mane, even more beautiful than the sheep):

Genesis 2:3 (KJV)

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His Work which God created and made (the Sabbath, or seventh day, or Saturday, the last day of the week, is meant by God to be a Type of the Salvation Rest which one finds in Christ; that’s the reason it was a part of the Ten Commandments).

Psalms 95:7-11 (KJV)

7 For He is our God; and we are the people of His Pasture, and the sheep of His Hand. Today if you will hear His Voice (this Passage is quoted in Hebrews 3:7–11 and 4:7; what a privilege to say, “He is our God” and that “we are the people of His Pasture”; as well, the expression, “the sheep of His Hand,” refers to our being made by Him; it has a far greater meaning than if a shepherd purchases sheep; in this instance, it means that God created the sheep — “the sheep of His Hand”; accordingly, we are admonished to “hear His Voice,” the voice of the Shepherd), 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness (the wilderness was a proving time for Israel; regrettably, they failed!): 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. (Israel tempted the Lord in the wilderness, and refused to believe, even though they “saw His Work.”) 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people who do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways (Israel challenged God to provide a table for them in the desert and, when it was provided, declared that Pharaoh’s was better, so they desired to appoint a captain to return to Egypt! [Num. 14:3–4]): 11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. (The greatest sin of all just may be the sin of faithlessness. The entire fabric of the Plan of God demands Faith. Men forsake God because they don’t believe God. In the Wilderness, Israel showed unbelief. They died because of that unbelief and “could not enter into God’s rest.”)

Numbers 14:3-4 (KJV)

3 And wherefore has the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? (God is now blamed, whereas before they had only blamed Moses and Aaron.) 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. (Pulpit says, “Nothing less than an entire and deliberate revolt was involved in the wish to elect a captain for themselves, for the Lord was the Captain of this host [Josh. 5:14-15]. The proposal to depose Him, and to choose another in His place, marked the extremity of the unbelief, and the ingratitude of the people.”)

Joshua 5:14-15 (KJV)

14 And He (the Lord) said, No; but as Captain of the Host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto Him, What says my Lord unto His servant? (Joshua then recognized Him as the Lord. Concerning this, Williams says, “An absolute condition of victory is full surrender to Christ as Lord. He must be accepted as Captain, be permitted to plan, and be fully obeyed.”) 15 And the Captain of the LORD’s Host said unto Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is Holy. And Joshua did so. (The demand that the shoes be removed from Joshua’s feet, and the removal of those shoes, guaranteed that He Who now spoke to Joshua was a Divine Person, actually, as stated, a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. The removal of the shoes in essence indicated that Joshua was giving up all ownership and leadership, thereby giving Christ total control. We have four steps to victory here: 

1. The death of self — Circumcision; 

2. Testimony to the Blood of the Lamb — Passover; 

3. Feeding on the Word of God — old corn of the land; and, 

4. Subjection to Christ as Lord — pulling off the shoes.)

Romans 8:11 (KJV)

11 But if the Spirit (Holy Spirit) of Him (from God) Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you (and He definitely does), He Who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies (give us power in our mortal bodies that we might live a victorious life) by His Spirit Who dwells in you (we have the same Power in us, through the Spirit, that raised Christ from the dead, and is available to us only on the premise of the Cross and our Faith in that Sacrifice).

Romans 6:12-13 (KJV)

SANCTIFICATION 

12 Let not sin (the sin nature) therefore reign (rule) in your mortal body (showing that the sin nature can once again rule in the heart and life of the Believer, if the Believer doesn’t constantly look to Christ and the Cross; the “mortal body” is neutral, which means it can be used for Righteousness or unrighteousness), that you should obey it in the lusts thereof (ungodly lusts are carried out through the mortal body, if Faith is not maintained in the Cross [I Cor. 1:17-18]). 13 Neither yield you your members (of your mortal body) as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin (the sin nature): but yield yourselves unto God (we are to yield ourselves to Christ and the Cross; that alone guarantees Victory over the sin nature), as those who are alive from the dead (we have been raised with Christ in “Newness of Life”), and your members as instruments of Righteousness unto God (this can be done only by virtue of the Cross and our Faith in that Finished Work, and Faith which continues in that Finished Work from day-to-day [Lk. 9:23-24]).

1 Corinthians 1:17-18 (KJV)

17 For Christ sent me not to baptize (presents to us a Cardinal Truth), but to preach the Gospel (the manner in which one may be Saved from sin): not with wisdom of words (intellectualism is not the Gospel), lest the Cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that the Cross of Christ must always be the emphasis of the Message.)

WISDOM 

18 For the preaching (Message) of the Cross is to them who perish foolishness (Spiritual things cannot be discerned by unredeemed people, but that doesn’t matter; the Cross must be preached just the same, even as we shall see); but unto us who are Saved it is the Power of God. (The Cross is the Power of God simply because it was there that the total sin debt was paid, giving the Holy Spirit, in Whom the Power resides, latitude to work mightily within our lives.)

Luke 9:23-24 (KJV)

DISCIPLESHIP 

23 And He said to them all, If any man will come after Me (the criteria for Discipleship), let him deny himself (not asceticism as many think, but rather that one denies one’s own willpower, self-will, strength, and ability, depending totally on Christ), and take up his cross (the benefits of the Cross, looking exclusively to what Jesus did there to meet our every need) daily (this is so important, our looking to the Cross; that we must renew our Faith in what Christ has done for us, even on a daily basis, for Satan will ever try to move us away from the Cross as the Object of our Faith, which always spells disaster), and follow Me (Christ can be followed only by the Believer looking to the Cross, understanding what it accomplished, and by that means alone [Rom. 6:3-5, 11, 14; 8:1-2, 11; I Cor. 1:17-18, 21, 23; 2:2; Gal. 6:14; Eph. 2:13-18; Col. 2:14-15]). 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it (try to live one’s life outside of Christ and the Cross): but whosoever will lose his life for My Sake, the same shall save it (when we place our Faith entirely in Christ and the Cross, looking exclusively to Him, we have just found “more Abundant Life” [Jn. 10:10]).

John 10:10 (KJV)

10 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy (speaks of Satan and his emissaries who peddle a false way of Salvation): I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (the Source of this “Life” is Christ; all true Believers have such; however, all true Believers enjoy such only by constant Faith in Christ and the Cross).

I can tell you who will not make it to Heaven, due to souls who don’t Believe in Jesus Christ and the Cross. First would be the Atheist’s, they do not Believe in God at all and in Jesus Christ, whom is God. They will be going to hell for “UNBELIEF”.

I know that I probably get a lot of grief for this, but the Truth has to be told, but it will set you free.

The Morman’s will be going to hell, for believing in other things, which would reject Jesus Christ and the Cross. I will give you an example of what they believe. 

1. What Do Mormons Believe: Life After Death. The Mormon church maintains that although there is temporary punishment for those that are most wicked, Jesus Christ will establish a new kingdom that will consist of three levels: the celestial kingdom, the terrestrial kingdom, and the telestial kingdom. 

2. What Do Mormons Believe: The Nature of Jesus Christ

The Mormon church views Jesus and Satan as spirit brothers and sons of God.5 God put forth His plan of salvation for the world, and Satan proposed his own plan. Jesus accepted the Father's plan and offered to implement it as the Savior.6 The Father chose Jesus, and the spirit of Jesus was given a body through the virgin Mary.7 He was crucified on a Roman cross, and rose from the dead three days later to establish His deity. The character and life of Jesus is attainable by anyone who performs at such a righteous level. 

3. They don’t only use a Bible, but they use a Morman book.

All that I listed, is only a few examples of what will send them to hell and using another book that is not of God and believing in it, is sin and will keep them out of Heaven. The Book they need, is the Holy Bible, the King James. They Believe in other things, which rejects Jesus Christ and the Cross. What about the Catholic’s? What are the few examples of their false Belief’s?

1. The Roman Catholic Church claim to have power over the Bible and authority to change it when they see fit.

2. The Roman Catholic Church teach that the Priests literally bring down Christ Jesus into the bread and wine of Mass. "It is by the conversion of the bread and wine into Christ's body and blood that Christ BECOMES PRESENT in this sacrament ... By the consecration the transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is brought about. Under the consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and glorious, is present in a true, real and substantial manner ... In this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the SAME Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross IS CONTAINED and offered in an unbloody manner." 

3. The Roman Catholic Church teach that all sins MUST be confessed to a Catholic Priest.

"One who desires to obtain reconciliation with God and with the Church, must confess to a priest ... Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance."

Everything mentioned in the Catholic Beliefs, will send them to hell, especially with number 3, you Only need to confess to Jesus Christ, whom is God, all of your sins to Him and He will forgive those with an sincere heart.

Church of Christ. 1. They Believe in Baptismo Regeneration, which is Works and a sin. They Believe that you have to be Baptized by Water, to be Saved. 

HEAR

BELIEVE

REPENT

CONFESS

BAPTISM (uh oh! This is damnable heresy!)

Water baptism is NOT required for Biblical salvation!

Faith in Christ ALONE equals salvation!

Faith in Christ PLUS anything equals hell!

2. They use false bibles, like the N.I.V. which I call, the hiv, they do not use the True Gospel, the King James, which is the Only Bible in the world. Anything that is printed after the King James, is nothing more than a paraphraze and false doctrines.

3. I think there was enough said.

One more, then we will move on. What about the Seventh-Day Adventist?

1. Adventists Teach Salvation by Works! "In article 9 (of 'What Seventh-Day Adventists Believe'), it says, 'that those who are truly converted and love God will diligently study, and give heed to, His Word.'  And they give eight Scripture references and none of them say anything like that.  The simple truth is that people who are converted do not always 'diligently study' the Bible and do not always obey it in many matters.  This is a part of the doctrine of salvation by works which they teach, and that one may keep saved by keeping on working." 'Those who accept the Saviour, however sincere their conversion, should never be taught to say or to feel that they are saved.  This is misleading.  Every one should be taught to cherish hope and faith; but even when we give ourselves to Christ and know that He accepts us, we are not beyond the reach of temptation ... Only he who endures the trial will receive the crown of life."

2. Baptismal Regeneration

3. Seventh-Day Adventists Condemn Themselves by Their Own Words!

WHAT ADVENTISM TEACHES: The SDA doctrine of salvation documented. Consider carefully the following Seventh-day Adventist statements relative to salvation. While professing to uphold salvation by grace alone through faith alone, they actually redefine this contrary to Apostolic revelation. The result is a false gospel that subtly mixes grace and law.

There are so many more to warn you about, but we will stop here.

Each one listed up above, is in “Danger” of going to hell, unless each one turns away from false doctrines and turn to the King James Bible and Believes in Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified. That is the Only way of being Baptized by the Holy Ghost and to be Saved, Works will not cut it. Each one listed, equals “UNBELIEF”, of Jesus Christ, the Cross and in Him Crucified.

Unbelief, takes the person out of the hands of God and becomes unsaved and will lose their Salvation. You must make the Cross the Object of your Faith and belief and of what Jesus Christ did at the Cross, in order to be Saved, anything other than that, is sin.

If you desire to come to God and get Saved? All you need to do is to accept Jesus Christ into your heart and Believe in Him, in the Cross and Him Crucified and you will be Saved and guaranteed Salvation in Heaven, no Works needed, due to the fact that Jesus Christ already did the Works, there is only Rest for you, when you enter the presents of God, the Holy Ghost.

Come and repent to God and deny yourselves at the Cross and give all your worry’s, all your troubles, all your stress, all your anxieties, all your sins, all your weaknesses, anything that is troubling you and God will give you rest. All your fears of any kind, will be gone. Where God is, Satan cannot and never will be. You will feel and be safe, in the Arms of God Almighty.

If you wish to be Saved, or maybe you are Saved and you just want to be sure your Heaven Bound? Then say this Prayer out loud, repeat it a million of times, if you need to. When you read this, you must Believe what you are reading, because if you don’t, then you will be reading it in vein and God will not hear or answer you. You should always Pray, with a sincere heart unto our Lord God and He will Save you. Saying this Prayer will not Save you, unless you Believe in what you have read.

"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A LOST SINNER." "I AM ASKING YOU THAT YOU SAVE MY SOUL AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL SIN." "I REALIZE IN MY HEART MY NEED OF SALVATION, WHICH CAN ONLY COME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." "I AM ACCEPTING CHRIST INTO MY HEART AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE MY REDEMPTION." "IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD." "YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD WHICH CANNOT LIE, 'FOR WHOSOEVER CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED' (ROM. 10-13)." "I HAVE CALLED UPON YOUR NAME EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I AM SAVED."

If you have Prayed this Prayer with an sincere heart and meant it, then Congratulations, you are now Saved and Heaven bound. With your Belief and Faith, you are now in the Hands of God and Saved, by the Blood of Jesus Christ, past, present and future sins are gone. The only person who can take you out of the Hands of God, is you, which is done by UNBELIEF. Jesus Christ Practiced Repenting of sins, every hour, on the hour, it would be great if you practiced the same.That way, your sins will remain covered. God Bless my Friends.