Hebrews 1:1-5, 2:1-4
January 19, 2024
preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“The truth and teaching of the Gospel must not be held lightly; they are of supreme moment, they are matters of life and death, and must be cherished and obeyed at all costs. The danger of drifting away from them, and so losing them, cannot be treated too gravely.”

~ The Epistle to the Hebrews by F.F. Bruce (1910-1990), noted biblical scholar

“Hold on, before I slip away.
The flames gone, dark I am afraid.
How strong, is flesh and blood?
I cannot, can take back what I’ve done.

To you, my sweetest friend,
I betrayed you, I walked away again,
Now all that’s left, is what might have been.
Please forgive me, before we reach the end.”

~ Josh Garrels, “Slip Away”

“It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”

~ Advice from Wormood to a fellow devil in The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

Sermon Passage

Hebrews 1:1-5, 2:1-4 (ESV)

Hebrews 1

¹ Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, ² but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. ³ He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
⁵ For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”?
Or again,
“I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son”?

Hebrews 2

¹ Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. ² For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, ³ how shall we escape 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, ⁴ while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.