Prepare
Opening Prayer
Thank God for the day, time together, and his Word; ask that it be light to the eyes and joy to the heart, and for help listening to and obeying Jesus.
Read
Scripture Passage
Hebrews 2:1-4
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
Because Jesus and his ministry are greater than the angels who ministered at Sinai, his people must pay close attention to the salvation he announced. The apostles confirmed that message as eyewitnesses, and God bore witness through signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit; therefore believers must obey and believe rather than drift away.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Hebrews 2:3
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
The child says the whole passage summarizes its message, but no single-verse selection survives in the transcript. Verse 3 is distilled as the central warning: neglecting the great salvation spoken by the Lord leaves no escape.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do
Believe the confirmed message of salvation and obey King Jesus. Desire his Word, follow his commands and teaching, and love one another as he has instructed instead of drifting from what was heard.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
Alright, well good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This morning we're at Hebrews chapter 2, verses 1 through 5. We're going to be talking about Jesus' ministry versus the angels. What do you think? You want to try it?
All right. Well, we're going to have some coffee. We'll pray and we'll get into God's word. Hey, don't drink all my coffee. Oh, you're dribbling it. Oh, come on. No, stop, please. Please. You're being a lush, a selfish coffee lush. Oh, he spilled it all. What am I going to do with you? We have to love you, huh?
You ready to pray? All right, Lord, thank you so much for this day. Thank you for time together and thank you for your word. Lord, we pray that you would please help us if we read your word. Please let it be a light to our eyes. Father, we pray that it would be a joy to our hearts. Help us, Lord, to listen and to obey Jesus. In his name we pray. Amen. Okay, so Hebrews chapter 2 verses 1. Oh, I said 1 through 5 before, but it's verses 1 through 4. All right, it's right up here.
Therefore, we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and obedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at 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.
All right, so we got three questions. What is this? What's the? And see, what are we? Oh, OK, so you're saying the whole thing summarizes all of it? Yep. OK, well, first, let's talk about what this is about. What do you think this is about? It might be a little hard to understand because you jumped in after last time's video, right? There's an important word. What's the very first word of this chapter? Can you point to it? What is that word? Therefore. When you read therefore, you have to ask, what is this therefore? What came before it?
It's about Jesus having a better ministry than the angels. Right. Jesus has a better service. Jesus has a better ministry. Jesus is the one who's got a better name, a better power, a better throne, everything better than the angels. Therefore, since Jesus has such an amazing thing, such an amazing position, should we listen to him?
Mm-hmm. So do you know what Galatians 3 and Acts chapter 7 says about Moses getting the law at Sinai? It says that angels ministered to him, that the angels were somehow going between him and God and telling him the things that he was seeing. But here, what we see is that what's better than the angels at Mount Sinai?
Yeah, Jesus, God himself, telling the people with his own mouth. And did Jesus just tell the people these things? What happened afterwards? Well, yeah, he gave us his commandments. But notice, shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at first began to be spoken of by the Lord? Who do you think is talking about the Lord there? Jesus, right? So Jesus spoke about these things and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him, right?
So the people who heard him, they confirmed it to us. Well, how did they confirm? Well, God bore witness with signs, wonders, and miracles. So they knew it was true. So if Jesus is better than the angels, and Jesus spoke these things, and then they were confirmed by the signs, wonders, and miracles, what should people do? Obey. Believe. Obey and believe. That's right. That's right. And so that's what this is about. Obey and believe because Jesus has said it, and he's even better than the angels.
Now, what do you think that calls you to do? What do you think? Seek calling. What are you called to do? Or how does this show you Jesus Christ? Or what about the covenant of grace? What do you think with any of those? I can hear baby Judah crying out there. What do you think? How does it teach you about Jesus Christ, what you're called to do, or the covenant of grace?
Alright, yeah, so Jesus should be king. King where? Yeah, so he is king in heaven, do we believe that? Yeah, we need his word, like a baby wants milk, right? But should we want to follow Jesus' commands? Yes. Should we desire to follow after his teachings? Yeah. Should we love one another like Jesus has told us to? Mm hmm. Because Jesus has that great of a ministry. Is that good?
You think we're done? Well, you got to pray first. Do you want to pray or do you want me to pray? Both of us. OK, go ahead. God please help our family have a good day and please hope that we'll have a good day and please please say it please come home and say hey that the king is deserves the glory jesus christ in his name amen Lord, we pray that we would indeed have your Holy Spirit, that we would. Here and obey and know that these things have been confirmed and they're real and they're true. I pray that your spirit would help us to live it out in our lives in Jesus's name, we pray. Amen. Well, may the Lord who has saved you and has confirmed the message of his salvation with signs, wonders and miracles. May he assure your hearts that he's coming again someday and we'll make all things right. We'll see you next time. Bye.