This week we continue in week two of our sermon series “Jesus is Greater” and our study through the book of Hebrews.
We seem to have quite a short attention span, and that attention span keeps getting shorter and shorter... Oh look, a squirrel! This is true in almost every aspect of our lives, and our spiritual walk is no exception. As chapter two begins, the author of Hebrews warns us that we need to pay closer attention to the message we have been given. This is the message that we have heard from the Lord, because if we don’t, we will certainly drift away from it. Let us continue to pray in faith that God will give us ears to hear this message. Not just once, but every day, clearer and clearer as we grow closer and closer to Him.
Hebrews 2:1-4
"Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will."
Hebrews 2:16-18
"For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
