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Better Than Our Wilderness - February 22, 2026

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Join this sermon as the preacher explores Hebrews 3, using a hiker's story to warn against unbelief and hardened hearts. Discover three reasons Jesus is better than the wilderness: He is the true guiding voice, builds a sustaining community, and leads us into the promised rest.

Be challenged to listen to God today, encourage one another, and hold firm in faith as you follow Jesus toward the rest he prepares.

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“Better Than Our Wilderness”

Hebrews 3:6–19

Main Idea: Jesus is better than our wilderness—and He alone can lead us into the rest God always intended.

Introduction: The Lost Hiker

 

  1. Jesus is the Better Voice in the wilderness (vv. 6–11)
    • Israel heard God’s voice in the wilderness but hardened their hearts.
      • Israel resisted God even after seeing His works for forty years.
      • Israel’s unbelief kept them from rest.
      • Jesus offers the true rest they never entered.
      • Listen to the Better Voice.
        • Respond today and trust His way.

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          1. Jesus builds a better community for the journey (vv. 12–14)
            • Jesus forms a community that helps one another persevere.
              • The warning: unbelief can “trip you up” and divert you from the living God.
              • The command: “encourage one another” while it’s still Today.
              • The promise: if we hold firm, we show we truly belong to Christ.
              • We are better together.
                • Guard one another and persevere as partners.

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                  1. Jesus leads to a better rest than the wilderness ever could (vv. 15–19)
                    • Israel experienced deliverance but not destination.
                      • Israel died in the wilderness because they wouldn’t listen.
                      • They saw miracles but never entered rest because they never
                        • Jesus doesn’t just deliver us—He brings us all the way home.
                          • Don’t repeat Israel’s story.
                            • Follow the Better Leader and enter the better rest

                              • Conclusion

                              • If we listen to Jesus’ voice Today, He will bring us safely into the rest the wilderness could never give.

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