verse 5: "Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;"
The argument now expands. Christ as the builder and Moses as a part of the house. Christ is over the house and Moses is in the house. Christ is the Son, Moses is the servant.
Moses was a voluntary servant. Like the Savior, who emptied Himself taking the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, both were faithful in the accomplishment of their task.
verse 6: "But Christ is faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if indeed we keep the confidence firm and the boast of our hope firm until the end."
In contrast to Moses being "faithful in all His house as a servant," "Christ is faithful as a Son over His house."
The writer speaks of his recipients as well as himself when he says: "whose house we are."
1 Peter 2:4-5: "And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ" (NASB).
The writer concludes verse 6 with a conditional phrase that has been disturbing to many: "if indeed we keep the confidence firm and the boast of our hope firm until the end."
Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount by saying in Matthew 7:24-27: "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell, and great was its fall" (NASB).
Once again the author includes himself in this admonition: "if indeed we keep the confidence firm and the boast of our hope firm until the end."
John MacArthur said: "How can we know that we are really God's house? By holding fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. This does not mean, as many have misinterpreted, that we are saved if we hang on until the end. We can neither save ourselves nor keep ourselves saved. The meaning is simply that continuance is the proof of reality."
Revelation 3:11: "'I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, in order that no one take your crown'" (NASB).
Dr. V. Raymond said: "It's always too soon to quit....Remember always to keep chin up and knees down!"
