Consider Jesus

Reading: Hebrews 3 – 4:13 “Therefore, holy brothers… consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession….” (3:1) Moving on from Jesus’ supremacy over angels, the writer of Hebrews now makes the point that Jesus is also greater than Moses…. For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses…. Now Moses was…

What did Christ come here for?

Reading: Hebrews 2.5-18 Christ had to partake of our humanity (2.14), to be born as a man, in order to go through sanctification through suffering (2.10-11)—and ultimately to die, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, the devil (2.13). “… For his sake I have suffered the…

No Rumours

Reading: Hebrews 2.1-4 “… How shall we escape (i.e., retribution) 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…

Hope

Reading: Hebrews 1.10-12 The recent idea of some entity implementing a great reset creeped many of us out, and understandably so. Any person, any group, any government will be flawed–even if with the purest intention, which is most unlikely anyway. But there is one Great Reset I look forward to, and much more the Person…

hand catching lifebuoy

Second Chance

Reading: Hebrews 1-2 “… The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.” – Luke 3.38 Adam failed.  Big time.  He sinned, he fell out with God, his spirit died, and all his descendants were born carrying his nature—dead in the spirit (Romans 5.12-15), children of wrath (Ephesians…

Jesus was no angel

Reading: Hebrews 1-2 I have heard of other faiths maintain that Jesus was an angel, a created being later elevated to God (some even go as far as saying He’s only a prophet or a great teacher).  Reading the first chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews somewhat make it looks like it’s the case,…

He has risen!

Now after the Sabbath, towards the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.  And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.  His appearance was…

Lifeline to the Father

Reading: Matthew 27:45-54 “And behold,the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom….” (v.51) “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.” – Hebrews 4.14 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were…

view of Taal Volcano

Where are you from?

Reading: Reading: Matthew 26:69-75 “Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away.” (v.73) Have you been to another place wherein you first seemed to blend in the crowd, say in a local market place until—you spoke.  Then everybody’s head turned round toward you.  You might have spoken in a generic language,…