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Welcome to Day 2236 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Hebrews-5 Beware of a Hard Heart \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 05/14/2023 \u201cBeware of a Hard HEART\u201d HEBREWS 3:7-19 Last week, we continued our extended series through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. We explored how the Messiah (Jesus) is greater than Moses. Today, in Hebrews 3:7-19 we are warned of having a hard heart. As we read this passage, look for references to unbelief and remember the concept of believing loyalty. Let\u2019s begin by reading today\u2019s passage on page 1865 in the Pew Bibles. \xa07\xa0So, as the Holy Spirit says: \u201cToday, if you hear his voice, 8\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, 9\xa0where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did. 10\xa0That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, \u2018Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.\u2019 11\xa0So I declared on oath in my anger, \u2018They shall never enter my rest.\u2019\xa0\u201d[b] 12\xa0See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.\xa013\xa0But encourage one another daily,\xa0as long as it is called \u201cToday,\u201d so that none of you may be hardened by sin\u2019s deceitfulness.\xa014\xa0We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold\xa0our original conviction firmly to the very end.\xa015\xa0As has just been said: \u201cToday, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.\u201d[c] 16\xa0Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?\xa017\xa0And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?\xa018\xa0And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest\xa0if not to those who disobeyed?\xa019\xa0So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. \xa0 Warning signs and signals bombard us every day. From a simple \u201cnotification\u201d that your smartphone battery is getting low (Pull out board) to a flashing yellow light telling you to slow down, to countless similar alerts: \u201cWatch Out for Falling Rocks,\u201d \u2026 \u201cRoad Ends,\u201d \u2026 \u201cSlow! Children at Play\u201d \u2026 \u201cSpeed Zone\u201d \u2026 \u201cSlippery When Wet.\u201d Add to these the constant beeps, buzzes, bells, and blaring horns that keep us up-to-date on impending doom, and it\u2019s easy to miss the alarms in life placed there to protect us from harm. As most of you can probably attest, one of the most annoying alarms (Alarm on Phone) is to wake you in the morning - \xa0it is so easy to press that snooze button in the morning, to silence the alarm. \xa0 Firmly planted along the winding path of the letter to the Hebrews are several passages delivering stern...