June 5, 2022 -- Hebrews 2:1-3 -- Serving the One, True God Who Reveals Himself in the Bible

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Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?
Hebrews 2:1-3 ESV

Did you know Hebrews has six warnings against turning away from God? Why mention this? First of all, it is important to know the Word of God thoroughly, so that one does not serve the god of his own making. Second, because the Christian knows the details of the books of the Bible, he can listen to a preacher and know if he is cherry-picking passages merely to make his audience feel good, or the preacher preaches all the Word of God. The whole Bible is God’s revelation, there are many warning passages so that one does not miss the glory of God for the sake of a man-made gospel. Many preachers will avoid these hard passages because he wants his people to like him and feel good about themselves. That is damnable, because many people are rushing towards hell, thinking that the god they have made up in their own heads and the god preached by these false teachers will save them and make them feel good about themselves. The devil delights in this. The Living God gives to His people the difficult news of their deep-seated wickedness so that His people will repent of their sinfulness and turn away from false gods and embrace the Good News given in Jesus Christ Third, the Christian who desires to serve God must pursue Him Who reveals Himself. Like a mathematician delights to resolves challenging equations so a Christians loves to read the Bible, hear it preached so that the depths of the riches contained therein may be revealed to him.

Dear fellow believers, study the word of God. Delight in it. Ask the Spirit of God to show you the riches contained therein. Take the warnings of the Bible seriously so that you change the course of your life and by true repentance and believing you will serve the Living God Who revealed Himself so perfectly in Jesus Christ and by the Spirit’s work in and through the Word reveals Jesus and the Father. Get yourself to a Bible-believing and Bible-preaching church so that you will grow in our precious faith. If the fact that Hebrews has six warnings against drifting away has intrigued you, why not study through Hebrews and seek these out and so be warned, encouraged, and fed in your faith? (You are welcome to email me if you are stuck). Shalom.

Mighty God, LORD of Eternity, our Father in Jesus Christ, blessed are You! Thank You for Your Self-revelation so gloriously given in Jesus Christ. Thank You for Your Self-revelation given so richly by the Spirit Whom You and Jesus have poured out into our lives. King of Majesty empower Your preachers and evangelists, your missionaries and Bible-teachers this day so that the Word will go out with power and accomplish the purpose for which You sent it. Build up You people so that Christians near and far will by Your Spirit be awakened in our precious faith and live as Light in this sin-darkened world and doing so unto the glory of Christ and the honour of Your Great Name. Amen.

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