Hebrews: Christ Is Greater and BetterSample

A Clear Warning
Read Hebrews 2:1-9

So many people today take religion as an optional extra in life. We secure ourselves from poverty, loneliness and disease first and then seek to achieve honor, power and glory. If we live that way, we will never let what we consider the extras to disturb our inner comfort zone. Our Asian philosophy is ‘I take care of myself and my family first’. We may let truth matter but never let it matter so much as to threaten our health and security.

But today we are warned in this passage to be careful how we respond to this important message we have heard from God! How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? The Hebrews knew the seriousness of God’s word to them. When they neglected their Law and went after idols, they found that the Lord who loved them was not a God of empty threats. Although slow to anger, He duly fulfilled the promises of destruction according to His word.

If God, because He loves us, shows us greater mercy by giving his Son to suffer death for everyone, how much more seriously and fearfully we should receive what we hear! A message that cost God His Son, logically demands that we obey and follow, even if it causes great inconvenience, even death. Are we ready for that?

No eye has seen, nor mind conceived, what God has in store for those who love him.

What walls around our comfort zone must we break down if we are to take God’s word seriously?

Have we given God the keys to the areas in our lives that really matter?