Will you trust Me?”                                      Lesson 19

                               The Challenge of living the FAITH-REST LIFE

 

 The Life of Resting in Him;  Living the Faith-rest Life;

The incident in view in Heb. 3 is the rebellion at Kadesh Barnea of Numb. 14.  Complete failure of faith in God and His provision for them!

 

 

 

  The Rebellion at Kadesh Barnea (3:7-11).

The people of Israel were characterized as murmerers and complainers - whiners.   Nu. 14:2; 27-36; 16:41; 17:5; Deut. 1:27

 

 

 

 

 

 

After reviewing the histori­cal precedent in verses 7-11, the writer now shows the consequences of unbelief leading to rebellion, to inform his readers of the serious con­sequences they face if, like their forefathers, they do not walk by faith and claim God's promises concerning a life of peace and rest.

These conse­quences as seen here are four fold:

 

1. A departure from God (3:12).

 

 

 

2. A hardening of the heart (3:13-16). 

 

 

 

 

3. An act of rebellion (3:17).

 

 

Its a warning to every generation of the C/A to not fail to rest in the provision and promises of God.

 

Doubt leads to complaining.

 

 

Somewhere at the beginning of our trou­bles, we all face the temptation to think that God has aban­doned us, that He doesn't really care about us, that "He has also brought us into the wilderness to die.