Hebrews 1
God spoke. Think about that for a second!
Long ago, at many times and in many
ways, God spoke to the Israelites by the prophets. The invocation, “Thus saith the LORD,” was a
statement of authority. It was saying, “This
is not my idea for I am only human! This
is God’s Word.”
God wants you to know: Him, His Word, His thoughts, His ways, His
love, His grace, His salvation, His Son.
Thus in these last day He has spoken to us by His Son, Jesus the Christ,
the one He appointed, the one through whom the world was created.
Hebrews goes right at three key ideas
that we dare not ignore as modern day disciples. They are:
(1) Jesus is God the Son, (2) God created the world, and (3) God spoke
to us and it is recorded for us in the Scriptures.
Jesus-is-God-the-Son is the main force
behind Hebrews 1. This letter was
written to Jewish believers, Hebrews, and this is a major revelation to them
(and us). They believed that God was
one. Jesus revealed that God is indeed
one, but that the Father, Son, and Spirit are God. That God spoke to us in Christ is a
continuation of what God has always done:
Calling His people back to Himself to redeem them.
God created the world, and thus everything
and everyone in the world is His. The
belief in random chance being the source of the world, the gradual evolution of
life by mindless happenstance, and speciation by lucky mutation are all opposed
to this plain Word of the Lord. God made
this world and us, and as such we are accountable to Him to do His will – both in
the Law behaving righteously (which we cannot) and in the Gospel believing in
the Son our Savior (which is the gift of forgiveness for not keeping the Law
which God delivers to us through His Word.)
God spoke to us and it is recorded for
us in the Scriptures. This is the
foundation of our faith, the revelation of who God is, the message of what He
has done to save us. We dare not ignore
it.
Lord, help me to love Your Word and gladly
hear and learn it. Amen.
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