Hebrews 3:7-8 Why (as the Holy Ghost said, To day if you will hear his voice,… I. THE GREATNESS OF THE SPEAKER. 1. He who addresses you is Christ the Redeemer. This calls for serious consideration. 2. It is He who has witnessed all your past life and behaviour. 3. It is He who will judge you at last, as having a perfect knowledge of your whole life. 4. His judgment is "upright." Then there will be no mercy, but all will be judgment. II. THE THINGS WHICH CHRIST SAYS. 1. He says that your time is gone! This is a serious address. 2. He says that eternity is at hand! — a long, a never-ending eternity! 3. Christ farther says, What have you done with your privileges, and how have you improved the means of grace in past time? 4. Christ still farther says, When will you be ready, and what would make you ready to enter into glory? III. THE TIME SET FOR YOUR HEARING THESE THINGS is mentioned in our text as being" today" — not to-morrow. IV. THE CONSEQUENCES OF ATTENDING TO OR NEGLECTING THESE THINGS. If repentance be obtained, heaven will be your everlasting happy home. If sin continues, hell will be your doom. (James Kidd, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,WEB: Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice, |
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