561 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 1 Book 47 - The Evil Heart of Unbelief

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 47 The Evil Heart of Unbelief Hebrews 3:1-12 As we begin our study today, we will be looking at Hebrews chapter 3 verse 1. I’m going now to Hebrews chapter 3 verse 1. Back there in chapter 1, we were epitomizing Jesus of Nazareth as the "Son." Alright, now I think we can go on into chapter 3. "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,..." God’s earthly people, Israel, were associated with all the earthly promises of materialism. God may bless us materially, but He isn’t duty bound to. If God sees fit to bless us, great, but if not, we’re not going to complain, because our riches are waiting for us. "…Partakers of the heavenly calling..." Even these Jewish believers. Alright, so now he says we who are partakers of this heavenly calling, the next word is rather a blasé word in our English and that’s unfortunate, the word is: Now don’t take that word "consider" lightly. So reading the verse again. "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostles and High Priest of our (confession is a better word than) profession, Christ Jesus;" The Messiah, Jesus. And that of course, comes out of all the promises of the Old Testament. Well the word means the same thing. What did Jesus do? When the Apostle Paul was commissioned in the Book of Acts what did the Lord tell him? Come back to Deuteronomy chapter 18 verse 15. "The Lord thy God (the Father) will raise up unto thee a Prophet (or we could say from the book of Hebrews, an apostle) from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me;(Moses is speaking) unto him ye shall hearken: 16. 17. And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken." Now verse 18. God says to Moses. "I will raise them up a Prophet (an apostle, someone that I am sending) from among their brethren, (now the word ‘brethren’ here is talking about the Nation of Israel from whence Christ came.) like unto thee and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I (the Father says) shall command him." Now verse 19. Deuteronomy 18:19 I said, "He came first to the Nation of Israel and when Israel rejected Him, then yes, He became the Savior of the whole world. But in His original ministry, He came only to the Nation of Israel." So let’s start at verse 21. Matthew 15:21-26 (Roman cities up there on the Mediterranean Sea coast.) 23. But he (the Lord Jesus) answered her (how much?) not a word. 24. But he answered and said, (in her hearing) I am not sent (now underline that word sent) but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Who were the children that Jesus is referring to? Israel, the Jewish people! They were God’s covenant people, the children! The Gentiles! And so the picture was God’s table. What does David say about the Lord’s table? The spiritual blessings that Israel was positioned to partake of. Matthew 15:28 "Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. Jesus had nothing to do with the Gentile. He couldn’t because He was under those covenant promises and He was sent by God the Father to fulfill those promises. Now Matthew chapter 10, and again this is the beginning of Christ’s earthly ministry. Matthew 10:1a Matthew 10:5-6 6. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Let’s drop in at verses 22 and 23,and now remember, what’s Peter’s purpose of preaching this message? To convince his Jewish listeners, shortly after Christ’s earthly ministry, that the one they crucified was the Christ. He was the promised Messiah, but God raised Him from the dead and so you haven’t stopped God’s program. The work of redemption has been accomplished and He’s alive and He can yet fulfill all the Old Testament promises. The tribal leaders of Israel, the Twelve Tribes) A prophet (an apostle)shall the Lord your God raise up unto you (not the whole world yet, to Israel) of your brethren, (in other words, he was born of the Jewish family of Joseph and Mary) like unto me(now Moses was speaking of himself as a Jew, raised up out of one of the twelve tribes of Jacob); him shall ye hear (Peter said, quoting it from Moses) in all things whatsoever he(that is, the Messiah, the sent prophet) shall say unto you. Israel was under a tremendous responsibility to believe that this carpenter’s son, once he proved it with signs and wonders and miracles, was the promised Messiah. I have one more reference in Acts chapter 7 verse 35. There’s not a word of God’s Grace in here yet. There’s not a word of the Gospel of Grace. There’s not a word in here about what we call Paul’s Gospel, of believing for salvation that Jesus died for your sins, was buried and rose again. This is still dealing with Israel. It was Christ. It was Christ. Who was the One that rained down manna for Israel? #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible