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We pick up this morning in Ch 2. which begins with “Therefore”.
When we see “therefore” we must look back to see what he is referring to, “why it is there for”.
So to review, we must recall who the audience is the writer is speaking to.
Ideas?
First century Jewish believers.
What were their concerns or issues?
What is the authors theme?
Jesus is better than all.
Specifically, who? Prophets and Angels.
Why is Jesus better?
Because He is God.
V1- Therefore we must give more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
Why more give more earnest heed, which means what?
We must take seriously and pay attention.
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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
lest we drift away.
Drifting naturally happens without an anchor to something solid.
If we are not securely set in the superiority of Jesus, we will drift with the currents of the world, the flesh, and the devil.
The ancient Greek phrase for drift away comes from the idea “to slip” (Dodds).
It was used for an arrow slipping from the quiver, for snow slipping off a landscape, or of food slipping down the windpipe to cause choking.
It happens easily.
One doesn’t have to do anything to drift away.
Our backsliding usually comes from slow drifting, not from a sudden departure.
How to boil a frog, very slowly..
V2 - For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,
The word spoken through angels: This is a way to describe the Mosaic Law, which was received... by the direction of angels ().
The idea is that the law was “delivered” to Moses by the hands of angels.
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The idea that angels had a role in bringing the Law to Moses is found in , , and in .
Josephus also repeated this idea in his ancient history (Antiquities, 15.53).
The word spoken through angels: This is a way to describe the Mosaic Law, which was received... by the direction of angels ().
The idea is that the law was “delivered” to Moses by the hands of angels.
The idea that angels had a role in bringing the Law to Moses is found in , , and in .
Josephus also repeated this idea in his ancient history (Antiquities, 15.53).
and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,
In other words, the OT, Old Covenant is true.
God said what He meant.
The curses and judgments are all true.
The bible story is very raw and open, there is a sure penalty for sin.
Vs 3 -4 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
A greater word brought by a greater Person having greater promises will bring a greater condemnation if it is neglected.
If we neglect so great a salvation: The word ancient Greek word translated neglect is amelesantes, also used in (they made light of it).
This refers to those who disregarded the invitation to the marriage supper.
It means to have the opportunity but to ignore or disregard the opportunity.
This is a word to believers, not to the unsaved.
The danger described isn’t rejecting salvation (though the principle certainly applies there also), but the danger is neglecting salvation.
Remember that Hebrews was written not primarily as an evangelistic tract, but as an encouragement and warning to discouraged Christians.
It was written to those who neglected an abiding walk with Jesus.
So great a salvation: When we consider something great, we will naturally pay attention to it and not neglect it.
If we do not consider something great, we leave it to convenience rather than to commitment.
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The idea that angels had a role in bringing the Law to Moses is found in , , and in .
Josephus also repeated this idea in his ancient history (Antiquities, 15.53).
Therefore, if we neglect something, we probably do not consider it great.
Yet our salvation is great, because:
We are saved by a great Savior.·
We are saved at a great cost.
We are saved from a great penalty.
Spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed: This word was spoken by Jesus and confirmed by eyewitnesses.
God also bore witness to those who came after Jesus—to Peter and James, to John and Andrew—as they spread the Good News of the gospel into further regions.
Then it was confirmed with signs, wonders, miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit given by God.
…both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles…
Signs and wonders confirmed the Word that was shared evangelistically.
I believe this is the way it needs to be, the way it’s supposed to be, the way it still can be.
“Why aren’t we seeing greater expression of signs and wonders?” people ask.
I believe the answer is found in Mark 16, where Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel, and these signs shall follow: In My Name you shall cast out demons, speak with new tongues, and heal the sick.”
About whom is Jesus talking?
Not those who get together in the back hills of Kentucky to handle snakes, those who pass around a cup of poison, or those who say, “It’s Miracle Monday.
Let’s all see signs and wonders.”
Dealing with poisons, overcoming snakebites, casting out demons, healing sickness are all linked to people who are on the mission field, people who are involved in ministry, people who are risking their lives and taking a stand.
How do I know this is the correct application?
Because when I read the Book of Acts, I see the apostles out on the front lines—not in meetings surrounded by Christians where it was safe.
As they were out in the streets, the Lord would bless them with miracles, signs, and wonders to confirm His Word in their missionary endeavors.
So, too, if you put yourself in a place of vulnerability for ministry, you’ll see God work with you.
Personally, I am a bit appalled by those who say, “Signs and wonders are going to happen at our Signs and Wonders Convention.
Pay a hundred dollars.
Come and get your notebook, hear our speakers, and then we’ll all start shaking.”
I don’t buy it because I don’t see that anywhere in the Word.
God will work with you.
He’ll be a protection to you, and great things will happen around you—but not necessarily in the safety of the sanctuary or in the confines of a convention.
The humanity of Jesus Christ
For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.
But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him?
You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Your hands.
You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”
For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him.
You have made him a little lower than the angels: In chapter one, the writer to the Hebrews brilliantly demonstrated from the Scriptures the deity of Jesus and His superiority over all angels.
Now he demonstrates the humanity of Jesus from the Scriptures and applies the implications of Jesus’ humanity.
Significantly, the first false teaching about Jesus in the days of the early church did not deny that He was God, but it denied that He was really human and said He only seemed to be human.
The heresy was called Docetism, coming from the ancient Greek word “to seem,” and was taught by Cerinthus, who opposed the apostle John in the city of Ephesus and whose teaching is probably the focus of and .
The angels were not intended to have dominion over all creation.
Man was.
V6 - 7 a quotation from
4 ​​What is man that You are mindful of him,
​​And the son of man that You visit him?
5 ​​For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
​​And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 ​​You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
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