Not Being Mixed With Faith

Hebrews 3:18- 4:2

"And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?  So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." (3:18,19)

"Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word that they heard did not profit them, not BEING MIXED WITH FAITH in those who heard it." (4:1,2)

It could be said that faith is a revelation from God to us regarding the life of Jesus Christ. Each one who enters God's salvation, through Jesus Christ, must understand that the new life they are experiencing came because of Him: His willingness to "hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end." (Hebrews 3:6).

As the word of God informs us to, we must be willing to follow Jesus. When an apostle, Peter, says "Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh (with Him, not apart from Him) HAS CEASED FROM SIN, that he no longer should live the rest of his time for the lusts of men, but for the will of God" (1 Peter 4:1,2), we must consider it the will of God, trusting the Great High Priest, Jesus Christ, to show us what that means.

So, you can see that unbelief is not the inability to do all the things Jesus shows us, but the decision not to hear, hardening your heart to these truths. 

"Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: 'Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tested Me and tried Me, and saw My works forty years. Therefore, I was angry with that generation, and said, they always go astray in their heart, AND THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN MY WAYS, so I swore in My wrath, they SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.' "(Hebrews 3:7-15)