“Moses indeed was faithful in all His house
as a servant, for a testimony of those
things which would be spoken afterward,
but Christ as a Son over His own house,
whose house we are if we hold fast the
confidence and the rejoicing of the hope
firm to the end.”
Hebrews 3:5,6
Hebrews 3:1-6 is all about the
faithfulness of:
(1) Moses
(2) Christ
(3) us.
Continuing to be God’s house on earth
requires us to hold firm our
confidence in our “hope”.
Being part of God’s house is
not automatic for believers;
there are conditions to be met.
The Kingdom of God
“For this you know, that no
fornicator, unclean person, nor
covetous man, who is an
idolater, has any inheritance in
the kingdom of Christ and
God.”
Ephesians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 5:12,13
The Church of God
“Do you not judge those who are
inside? But those who are
outside God judges.
Therefore ‘put away from
yourselves the evil person.’"
There is a condition to being in
God’s kingdom - a sinful lifestyle
disqualifies a believer from it.
There is a condition to being in a
church of God – e.g. 1
Corinthians 5 describes a case
of a man who had to be put away
for immorality.
“Looking for the blessed hope and glorious
appearing of our great God and Savior
Jesus Christ”
“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure
and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind
the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even
Jesus, having become High Priest forever…”
“…there is the bringing in of a better hope, through
which we draw near to God.”
Titus 2:13; Hebrews 6:19,20; 7:19
Scripture uses “hope” to refer to an
assured reality that is not seen
(Hebrews11:1 “faith is the substance
of things hoped for”)
The hope in Hebrews 3:6 is not our future hope of
Christ’s return for us.
It is Christ’s presence in the holy place, which gives us
the present opportunity of going into the presence of
God where He is.
“…consider the Apostle and High Priest
of our confession, Christ Jesus…”
“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest
who has passed through the heavens, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold fast our
confession…
…Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of
grace…”
“Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to
God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to [making confession to]
His name.”
Hebrews 3:1; 4:14,16; 13:15
Our “confession” (or “profession”) is
what we believe and state to be true.
Holding fast our confession means to
continue to confess what is true about
God & Christ, & to express it to Him
sincerely in our worship
“I write so that you may know how you
ought to conduct yourself in the house of
God, which is the church of the living
God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”
“God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth.”
1 Timothy 3:15; 2:3,4
The house(hold) of God on earth upholds
and testifies to the truth of God.
Therefore it cannot consist of believers
holding & practicing different doctrines or
“versions” of that truth.
God desires that all believers become united
in their understanding & practice of His
truth.