Beware, PLUS by Gary Rose

I thought this sign would make a great post because its true. Or, is it? When I went to copy vss. 12-23, I quickly noticed there were only 19 verses in chapter 3 of Hebrews. So, I said to myself- "Choose something else"!!!  Then, I realized that there was a double message to this sign- one for us all and one especially for myself. So, I X'd out the 2 and used it anyway.

Here are the two passages that apply...

Hebrews, Chapter 3 (World English Bible)

¹²  Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;  ¹³ but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.  ¹⁴ For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:  ¹⁵ while it is said, 
“Today if you will hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”

  ¹⁶  For who, when they heard, rebelled? No, didn’t all those who came out of Egypt by Moses?  ¹⁷ With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?  ¹⁸ To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?  ¹⁹ We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

PLUS

2 Timothy, Chapter 2 (World English Bible)
¹⁵ Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.


Obviously, the Scripture reference in the sign should have been 3:12-13. I am glad I caught the mistake, but it was a reminder to myself that I should continue to be careful how I handle God's word.

More than just using The Word of God, I need to listen to it and obey it. And this is a WARNING to us all. If someone as great as Moses could be punished for not faithfully obeying God- what about us???