Partakers of Christ Hebrews 3:14

The writer of Hebrews wrote that we are to “exhort one another daily, while it is called Today” because otherwise we might be “hardened through the deceitfulness of sin”. In chapter three and verse fourteen of Hebrews, we see the writer declare how we are “partakers of Christ” where we read:

For we are made partakers of Christ,

if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

The verse begins, “For we are made partakers of Christ,...” The writer began with the words, “For” which means “as, because, even, indeed, no doubt, seeing then and therefore” “we are made” which means “we are become, come into existence, begun to be, happened and received being” “partakers” or “partners, sharers and associates” “of Christ” which means “the anointed one and Messiah” and refers to “Jesus, God's only begotten Son”. The Hebrew writer wanted his readers to know they are “become” the “partners and associates” of Jesus Christ.

The verse goes on to say, “ ...if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;” The writer added, “if we hold” which means “in case we altogether and very much keep, possess, stay, detain and retain” “the beginning” or “the principal, origin and first” “or our confidence” which means “a setting or placing under, substructure, foundation, firmness, courage and resolution” “steadfast” or “stable, fast, firm, sure and trusty” “unto the end” which refers to “as far as and until the uttermost, final, limit and termination at which a thing ceases to be”. The condition for knowing we are “made partakers of Christ” is that we “keep” our “foundation” firm until the “end” of things that “be”.

When we meditate upon these words in Hebrews, we find ourselves rejoicing in that we may be “partakers of Christ”, and we know the condition to be able to stay this way - “keeping” “our confidence steadfast unto the end”. Jesus Christ came to the world to “save” everyone who will believe in Him - “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16) and to make them “partners” with Him in the faith. Let us weigh these powerful words of the writer of Hebrews and “keep” ourselves “steadfast unto the end” in “our confidence” in Jesus.

Next time we see the writer exhort us to “hear his voice”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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