Posts with the category “hebrews”

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which th...  Read More

For the believer and non-believer, confession is a powerful tool. For the believer especially, it is particularly effective in spiritual matters. Now I am not talking about confession as addressing si...  Read More

There are many times in my past where I have been called to action on something. Whether it be that I was lazy, didn't actually care, or simply didn't know how to begin, I found a trend in my heart. I...  Read More

Not very long ago, I taught a message at my old church in Gilbert, Evident Life Church. While I was there, I taught what has served to be one of the most instrumental teachings I have ever given. The ...  Read More

There are many instances throughout Scripture where the audience in instructed in consideration. The challenge is a simple one that causes somebody to step back and analyze what is before them. If we ...  Read More

One of the most important words in all of Scripture is therefore. The reason I am so emphatic of its importance is because it serves as a continual reminder that the text we are dealing with is not is...  Read More

We begin in Hebrews 3 with a therefore. This is one of the most powerful contextual words. It means everything that is following is directly tied to what has just been taught. Out of Jesus being the C...  Read More

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithf...  Read More

One of the more terrifying prayers that I have prayed is one that I will encourage for you to join in. "Lord, would you help me to suffer well." This is incredibly difficult to pray, for it ensures yo...  Read More

Scripture spends a lot of words discussing the believer's mindset around suffering. In fact, we are specifically instructed to have a mind that joins in suffering. There are some serious promises that...  Read More

6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.-1 John 2:6 To understand that Jesus is the Captain of our salvation is to recognize that He is the one we must follow. Most...  Read More

14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 an...  Read More

So far the text in Hebrews has drawn a continuous conclusion of the greatness of Christ. There has been given proof and evidence of the excellence of Christ, as well as warnings for neglecting so grea...  Read More

What we have in this week's section of Scripture is one of the most humbling realities of the Christian faith. We are presented with who Jesus is, what He did, why He did it, and how He views us in li...  Read More

10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both He who...  Read More

I will make this as simple as I can because I want you to remember the instructions. My first instruction will have you turn off your phone so you won't be able to come back to it while I have you doi...  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 In our Young Adults Group, we have been studying through the spirit...  Read More

Reading through this passage has given me pause. We have discussed the excellence of Christ, the authority of God, and even stopped to worship the Lord. I question within myself, have I actually stopp...  Read More

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