11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.-Matthew 23:11 It is an unfortunate reality in the modern church that we have lost the ability to sit in awe and wonder. When it comes to devo...  Read More

We have already briefed on the connections through our previous devotion, but I want for us to dive deeper. Psalm 8 is being quoted here, and it is out of that we see the joining together of the desti...  Read More

We bear witness to the humility of the Son but also the majesty of the Son in this passage. There is a humble realization that the passage recognizes. The world was not given in subjection to angels. ...  Read More

5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying:    “What is man that You are mindful of him,    Or the son of man th...  Read More

    10      Be still, and know that I am God;    I will be exalted among the nations,    I will be exalted in the earth!-Psalm 46:10 Take time in quiet meditation today and recognize the reality the G...  Read More

I remember those early years of desperately wanting a cell phone. All of my friends were getting cell phones and I so horribly wished I could have one. I remember a conversation when I asked my dad wh...  Read More

3 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-Hebrews 2:3 ameleō-to be careless of; neglec...  Read More

9How can a young man cleanse his way?By taking heed according to Your word.-Psalm 119:9 It is a deeply found instruction to take heed according to the Word of God. Doing so serves as protection for th...  Read More

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.-Hebrews 2:1 We are faced with a fairly broad context when reading this verse. We may understand the instru...  Read More

10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the ...  Read More

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience receive...  Read More

Yesterday, I shared out of Proverbs 3:5-6. We are not done with that. Today we are bringing it before the Lord. Set aside at least 15 minutes and meditate on this Scripture. Like the writer of Hebrews...  Read More

It is a regular practice of my life to pay attention to the voices in my life and weigh whether I am putting too much weight on any particular one. Many people organize their lives by saying that Jesu...  Read More

I believe there is a very important exercise that has taken place in this chapter that we would do well to employ ourselves. Every voice that speaks into their lives is called into question in compari...  Read More

4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.-Hebrews 1:4This verse is the launchpad for one of the lessons of this section. It is ...  Read More

The connections surrounding this particular section of Scripture has us all over the place. Each of those different places brings us further into the depth of the work of God and also captures us in t...  Read More

Reading through this section of Scripture can invoke a few different reactions. Admittedly, early on in my faith when I first read the book of Hebrews, this section would often be one I would skim ove...  Read More

5 For to which of the angels did He ever say:    “You are My Son,    Today I have begotten You”?And again:    “I will be to Him a Father,    And He shall be to Me a Son”?6 But when He again brings the...  Read More

Nothing screams submission to authority more than the simple act of worship. We have so many resources at our disposal for being able to turn on some worship music and give praise to the Lord. Pick a ...  Read More

I left off the last devotion with a simple, but profound question. Does my life reflect that I believe in the authority of Jesus? I am under the persuasion that what we believe can be found by the evi...  Read More

The effort that the writer of Hebrews is going through is to establish the authority of Christ in such a way that the reader would believe. Within this present section, the method by which this is bei...  Read More

Comparison, as well as contrasts, can tell a story. Picture a sheep in the middle of a field. The grass is a brilliant green, perhaps there is a gravely gray mountain range in the distance. A few lusc...  Read More

As we consider the depth at which these statements are found, the points of connection grow continuously. These first four verses in the book of Hebrews will leave us with an ocean of cross-references...  Read More

Unlike most books we see in the Scriptures, we remain uninformed of who wrote the book of Hebrews. Many speculations have been thrown out of who may have authored it. While that may be an important co...  Read More