Mark’s Memos

“Again He designates a certain day, saying in David, ‘Today,’ after such a long time, as it has been said: ‘Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.’" (Hebrews 4:7) Does this verse suggest that on any given day it is possible to hear God’s voice?...

“For we who have believed do enter that rest, … For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; … For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.”...

”For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.” (Hebrews 4:2) The generation that left Egypt had a promise to enter and possess the Promised Land. That...

”Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.” (Hebrews 4:1) Under the new covenant, there is a supernatural rest that we can enter into any time. The basis of this rest is a deep reverence for...

“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.” (Philippians 2:3-4) We’re called to be...

“but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” (Hebrews 3:13) Sin is deceitful and leads to a hardened heart. Sin always promises more than it delivers. Sin deceives through denial and blame....

“but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” (Hebrews 3:13) God calls us to exhort (encourage, build up) one another daily! Do you encourage others daily? Don’t be so self-absorbed that you...

”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, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.” (Heb. 3:7-9; Ps. 95:7-11) It must be...

“In whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:21-22) The church is a spiritual structure that is designed by God to be a dwelling...

“For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, … but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; with a circumcised heart, in the Spirit, …” (Rom. 2:28-29) Under the new covenant being a Jew outwardly only isn’t considered a true Jew by God, but only those with a circumcised heart....