By examining what is written before the apostasy passages (Hebrews 6:4-6 & 10.26-Heb.10.39" class="scriptRef">10:26-39) in Paul's letter to the Hebrews, we can learn some extremely important truths to keep us from drifting spiritually and missing out on God's rest. Drifting spiritually over time could eventually lead to full blown apostasy (the "falling away" and "sinning willfully" of Hebrews 6 & 10). We who know the gospel and have experienced its power are always in danger of drifting spiritually by letting the things which we have learned just carelessly pass by. We must, therefore, give the more earnest heed to those things which we have heard and hold fast to them. We are either drifting with regards to our salvation due to neglect or we are growing because of deliberate attention on your part, yielding to God and walking by faith. Nobody grows by accident. We are either holding fast to our confession of faith in Christ, striving by the Spirit against sin or we are drifting spiritually and are in danger of fearful judgment if we don't repent. The solution to drifting is to pay really close attention and adhere to the things we have heard, understanding the foundational doctrine of Christ, so that we can go on unto perfection (mature spiritually). This all happens by continuing to look to Jesus.

The Hebrew Christians were in danger of drifting back into Judaism if they were to neglect their great salvation in Jesus Christ. By not maturing spiritually, they would lack the faith required to endure. In order to endure we must always consider Jesus. Considering Jesus doesn't happen automatically after we are born again. It requires time and effort. We must recognize that the born again life is a battle against the powers of darkness. We can endure by God's amazing grace, but unfortunately many people strive on their own, not learning to strive after the Spirit. Yielding to sin causes many casualties if not repented of. Others drift slowly over time, neglecting to spend time with the Lord, read His Word, pray, assemble with other believers, etc... Others hold on to unforgiveness when someone hurts or offends them. There are so many ways we can drift away and not endure until the end which is why we must make sure we always take time to consider Jesus throughout each and every day.

We also learn that Jesus was greater than Moses because the builder of the house is greater than the house. By learning that God is the builder of all things, we can receive revelation that Jesus is God incarnate. This is why Jesus is worthy of far more glory than Moses and by making this statement, Paul is encouraging the Hebrew Christians to not fall away from Jesus to following Moses or they would be turning away from God to following a mere man. Very few of us today would be tempted to turn back to Moses, but we can easily be tempted to turn to "good things" to such a degree that we end up not looking to Jesus.

To endure the numerous trials and temptations of the born again life, we must consider Jesus as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. We must consider Jesus as greater than Moses, recognizing that Jesus is God incarnate. By understanding how God was not well pleased with many of the Israelites who were overtaken in the wilderness, we can learn how these were examples for us so that we wouldn't fall into the same sin of unbelief/hardness of heart (stubborn heart). To avoid a hard heart, we must approach God's Word with submissive hearts, always willing and ready to obey Him from the heart. All sin begins in the heart. Many tend to look at the outward man, but God looks at the heart. When one actually deals with their heart before God, sin is stopped at the root. We must live a repentant life and be disciplined by God, that we may share and live out His holiness/righteousness. Sin is very deceptive and can make us stubborn to God's ways. God's ways mean bringing His people to an end of themselves, where they enter God's rest and live by God's amazing grace. Trusting in God alone and submitting to His ways, will give us joy amidst adversity and trials. Pride and self-focus/self-dependance leads to complaining, where we resist God's ways of dealing with us. When we submit to God's Word and His ways and depend on Him alone, we enter into His rest. If we haven't yet entered into His rest, it means we have not ceased from our own dead works. Therefore we must labour (have faith in Jesus Christ after hearing the truth) to enter into God's rest. God justifies the ungodly through faith which goes against human pride and self exaltation. Only by the blood of Jesus do we have any hope. We all must go through the "wilderness" after we are born again. God's spiritual rest is given to the person who has ceased from his own dead works (trusting in the flesh), and instead believes and trusts in Jesus Christ alone by yielding to Him and striving according to His working, having their conscience purged from dead works.