Day 24: Faithfulness of Jesus
Passage: Hebrews 3:1-6
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Transcription of the recorded video:

The writer of Hebrews challenges us with this: “Consider Jesus.” In Hebrews 3:1-6, he wants us to consider how Jesus is faithful just as Moses was to God’s people. We learn that Moses was “faithful in all God’s house as a servant” because He obeyed God and served the Israelite nation while they were in the wilderness. Even when the Jewish people were not faithful to God, Moses remained faithful for their sake so that they could inherit the Promised Land at the expense of his own life. At the end of his life, Moses saw the Promised Land (and probably the Jewish nation prepared to cross the Jordan River).

In a similar manner, Jesus is faithful over God’s house as His son. Moses was not able to enter the Promised Land because he disobeyed God by striking a rock at Meribah. Jesus is infinitely greater than Moses because He was completely obedient to God and didn’t sin against Him once in his life time, and His obedience and faithfulness benefits those who belong in God’s house – eternal life with God in heaven.

Christians are members of God’s house because of Jesus, and God gives us a long list of promises. For example, God promises His people that He will free us from our bondage of sin when we submit to and follow Christ (Rom. 6:22-23). 1 Cor. 10:13 tells us that God is faithful and he will not allow His people to be tempted beyond their ability, but along with temptation he will also provide the way of escape, so that we might be able to endure it. God promises to give us salvation and heaven if we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that Christ has died for us (Rom. 10:9).

As God’s people, God calls us to hold fast to our confidence and hope in God alone through Jesus. Because of our faith in Jesus Christ, we are able to receive God’s promises and enter into Heaven. Can you say that you have faith in and trust Jesus today?