“Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.” Hebrews 12:25 HCSB
Make sure you do not reject God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit! If we reject them when they speak we will not get off light. The people of Jesus’ day heard Him on many occasions but often never listened to Him. And because they rejected His words and did not believe His miracles would be judged by the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago! But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Matthew 11:21-24 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/mat.11.21-24.hcsb
The words of Jesus are meant to bring repentance to us. The word of God is to strike a reverent fear of God. The words of the Holy Spirit are to direct us toward the right path of Life. The Bible is to teach, correct, rebuke, and train in righteousness. The Holy Scriptures are to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. But the real question is will we let them speak to us or will we reject the words that will remain in heaven along with those who follow it.
“My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at My word.”
Isaiah 66:2 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/isa.66.2.hcsb
“Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.”
Luke 12:10 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/luk.12.10.hcsb
“Don’t stifle the Spirit.”
1 Thessalonians 5:19 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/1th.5.19.hcsb
“All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/2ti.3.16-17.hcsb
“For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/heb.4.12.hcsb
There are two things we can touch here on earth that will make it to Heaven. The Word of God is the first and people are the second. Are we willing to let them touch us? Will we be molded by the Holy Word of God or the degrading word of man?
“For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:18-19 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/mat.5.18-19.hcsb
“By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again — not of perishable seed but of imperishable — through the living and enduring word of God. For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was preached as the gospel to you.”
1 Peter 1:22-25 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/1pe.1.22-25.hcsb
“In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you. If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.”
John 14:2-3 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.14.2-3.hcsb
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