1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio Patty, and good morning, faithful listeners, and welcome 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: to the Bible Explain podcasts on this lovely Tuesday morning. 3 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: So how are you, guys. I feel like I don't 4 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: talk too much anymore. At the beginning, I used to 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: do like long introductions where I would just talk to 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: you guys about what's going on in my life and 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: like talk about the weather and everything. But I kind 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: of lost it because I feel like I don't have 9 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: anything to talk about anymore. Like obviously I have the 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: Bible to talk about, but when it comes to my 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: personal life, I'm like, yeah, whatever, nobody needs to know 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: about that. But one thing I have been doing recently 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: that was kind of fun was I did this six 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: week long pottery class where I learned how to, you know, 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: like throw the pottery like on the wheel. It was 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,319 Speaker 1: really fun. I did it with my sister in law 17 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: and we had a really enjoyable time. So that class 18 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: just ended and I made some I guess, interesting little 19 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: pieces of pottery. They aren't very good or very big, 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: but I'm proud of them nonetheless. So we are potentially 21 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: going to do another series of pottery classes in the 22 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: next couple months. I'm looking forward to that. So tell 23 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: me how you guys have been and what you all 24 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: have been up to. I love hearing from you guys, 25 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: So tell me what is your hobby. You can find 26 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: my contact information listed in the description of the episode. 27 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: Tell me what is your hobby and how did you 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: find the podcast? All right, let's go ahead and read 29 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: Hebrews chapter two one through nine. I'm looking forward to 30 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: talking about this topic because I think it's something that 31 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: a lot of Christians misunderstand. We're going to talk about 32 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: how we can neglect the salvation of Jesus even if 33 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: we are in fact saved. That might sound kind of 34 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: odd to you, so we'll get into it in just 35 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: a second. But first, here's a quick word from a sponsor. 36 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: All right, let's dive into Hebrews two one through nine. 37 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: As usual, I'll be reading from the World English Bible, 38 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: but grab the version of the Bible that you prefer. 39 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: And also, at your cup of coffee this morning, I've 40 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: got mine right here to share with you guys, and 41 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: nice a little bit of coconut milk in it. And 42 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: I've been drinking coffee every single day these past few days, 43 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: and I've been feeling great and I am just so 44 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: excited about that, especially to have my coffee back once again. 45 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: All right, once you grab your coffee in your bible, 46 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: let's read Hebrews two one through nine together. Therefore, we 47 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard. 48 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: Less perhaps we drift away. For if the words spoken 49 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received 50 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect 51 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: so great a salvation, which, at the first, having been 52 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those 53 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: who heard God also testifying with them, both by signs 54 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts 55 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will. For 56 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: he didn't subject the world to come of which we 57 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: speak to angels. But one has somewhere testified saying, what 58 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: is man that you think of him? Or the son 59 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: of man that you care for him? You made him 60 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with 61 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: glory and honor. You have put all things in subjection 62 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: under his feet. For in that he subjected all things 63 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. 64 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 1: But now we don't yet see all things subjected to him. 65 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: But we see him who has been made a little 66 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: lower than the angels. Jesus, because of the suffering of death, 67 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God, 68 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: he should taste of death for everyone. If the last 69 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: chapter was talking about the divinity of Jesus, I would 70 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: say that this chapter probably talks more about the humanity 71 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: of Jesus. And this is something that us Christians kind 72 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: of want to sort of ignore. We want to focus 73 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: more on the deity of Jesus and how he was God, 74 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of Christians kind of downplay 75 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: Jesus's humanity. In fact, back in the days when Hebrews 76 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: was written, there was a heresy going around that Jesus 77 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: was just God, but he took on the form of 78 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: a man. He wasn't actually a man. He just looked 79 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: like a man to all of us. But that is 80 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: not true. It says elsewhere in scripture that Jesus was 81 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: fully man and fully God, so he was as much 82 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: man as he was God. Jesus was one hundred percent man. 83 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: That means that he had the same exact body, the 84 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: same exact feelings, the same exact understanding of things that 85 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: you and I have. He was a human being through 86 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: and through, one hundred percent human being, but also he 87 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: was one hundred percent God at the exact same time. 88 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: And that is so hard for us to understand, you know, 89 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 1: because we think of human beings as just fallen creatures. 90 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: So how could God become a human being that we 91 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: view as only fallen. Well, human beings are not just 92 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: fallen creatures. There are a lot more than that. They 93 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: are people created in God's image, and they weren't always fallen. 94 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: You know. Back in the Garden of Eden, God made 95 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: two perfect individuals. These individuals were created to live forever 96 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: with God. They were supposed to have life eternal, but 97 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: unfortunately Adam and Eve did not choose life eternal, and 98 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: the opposite of eternal life is death, right, even if 99 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: you live for a long time. They lived close to 100 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: a thousand years. Even so, they had to die because 101 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: their bodies were no longer eternal once they ate that fruit. 102 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: They chose the path that leads to death instead of 103 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: the path that leads to life. So human beings were 104 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: not always fallen individuals. They were special beings created in 105 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: God's image, and that is what Jesus became. He became 106 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,799 Speaker 1: a non fallen human being who was both one hundred 107 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: percent human being and also one hundred percent man. And 108 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: that is what Hebrews discusses today. So it says in 109 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: verse one, therefore, we ought to pay greater attention to 110 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away. Now, 111 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: don't forget the book of Hebrews written for the Jewish Christians. 112 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: And so he says in verse one, we ought to 113 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: pay greater attention to the things that were heard, Less 114 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 1: perhaps we drift away now the things that we heard. 115 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: That's obviously discussing the gospel message. But the one thing 116 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: that might shock people is I think a lot of 117 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: Christians think that when you hear the Gospel message once 118 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: and you accept it, that's all you have to do. 119 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: But the author of Hebrews is saying that we have 120 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: to pay active attention to the things that were heard. 121 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: Less perhaps we drift away. So that means that the 122 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: gospel message, yes, we accept it once and we become saved, 123 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: we believe in Jesus. But that's not the end of 124 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: what we are supposed to do. We are supposed to 125 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: reflect on the Gospel message as Christians on a regular basis, 126 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: a daily basis, minute by minute basis, if we can. 127 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: That's why Jesus tells his disciples before he went to 128 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: the cross, he said, do this in remembrance of me. 129 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: Hence why the church does communion together on a set 130 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: Sunday every single month. That's a time of reflection on 131 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: the gospel message, a time of reflection on your own 132 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: sin and the sacrifice that Jesus made in order to 133 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: save you from that sin. To rescue you rather from 134 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: that sin. We have to pay close attention to the 135 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: gospel message lest perhaps we drift away. Now, when you 136 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: think about drifting away, you think about a very slow process. 137 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: You know, a little boat on a river might be 138 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: moving kind of slow, but the boat has no anchor point, 139 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: and so you're just sitting on the boat enjoying yourself. 140 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: And the next minute you look around you and you're like, 141 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: where am I? I am so far away from my 142 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: starting point. That's what happens to us. And I'm sure 143 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: that you guys have experienced this in your own life, 144 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: where you seem like you're on fire for God one second, 145 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden and you don't even 146 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: realize it. You've drifted so far away from God that 147 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: you're not really thinking about him anymore, not really praying anymore, 148 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: or not reading your Bible on a day to day basis, 149 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: Like you've drifted away from God. But if you make 150 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: yourself a daily habit of reflecting on Jesus, reflecting on 151 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: the Gospel message, you're not going to drift away as easily, 152 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: is what the author says. So essentially, you have to 153 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,679 Speaker 1: anchor yourself in Jesus, kind of like how that boat 154 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: without an anchor point drifts away down the river. But 155 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: if that boat is anchored to something, it's not going 156 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: to drift away as far. It might drift a little 157 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: bit like side to side, but it's not going to 158 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: drift away as far. You're not going to find yourself 159 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: way at the other end of the river. You might 160 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: find yourself a few feet from your starting point. So 161 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: we have to anchor ourselves in the knowledge and understanding 162 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: of the Gospel message and how that affects us personally 163 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: and our relationship with Jesus. Verse two, for if the 164 00:08:55,559 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgress and 165 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 1: disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if 166 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: we neglect so great a salvation? Now, don't forget the 167 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: Book of Hebrews was written to Christians, and the author 168 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: even includes himself in this. He says, how will we 169 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: escape if we neglect so great a salvation? But before 170 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: I dive into that, let's first talk about verse two. 171 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: It says, if the words spoken through angels proof steadfast, 172 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, that's, 173 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: of course talking about the Old Testament laws. We actually 174 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: know that the Old Testament laws were given to Moses 175 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: through angels. That's talked about a handful of times. For example, 176 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: in Acts chapter seven, Stephen mentions this in his sermon 177 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: that he did to the Pharisees right before he was 178 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 1: stoned by them. He says in Acts seven, starting in 179 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: verse fifty one, you stiff necked people, your hearts and 180 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors. 181 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: You always re the Holy Spirit. Was there ever a 182 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: prophet your ancestors did not persecute. Then they even killed 183 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And 184 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: now you've betrayed and murdered him. You who have received 185 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: the law that was given through angels, but have not 186 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: obeyed it. And man, that's a really fiery speech that 187 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: Stephen gave right there. But he tells them, He's like, 188 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: you all have been terrible from the very beginning. The 189 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: law was given to you through the angels, and you 190 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: knew it was, yet you never listened to it. You 191 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: persecuted every single prophet that God sent your way, and 192 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: then when the Messiah actually came, you murdered him. And then, 193 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: of course, right after this speech, Stephen himself ended up 194 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: getting murdered. But the point is the law was given 195 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: to Moses through the angels, which is what Deuteronomy thirty three, 196 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: verse one and two says. This is the blessing with 197 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: which Moses, the Man of God, blessed the children of 198 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: Israel before his death. He said, Yahweh came from Sinai 199 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: and rose from Sierra to them. He's shown from Mount Piran. 200 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At 201 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: his right hand was the fiery law for them. So 202 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 1: that is Moses mentioning how he received the Old Testament laws. 203 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: He said, all these holy ones came with the message 204 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: from God's right hand. This fiery law was given to 205 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: me by the Holy ones also known as angels, And 206 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: so that's what Hebrews two is talking about here. He says, 207 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: if the law, the Old Testament laws that were given 208 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: to us by angels were good, if that is great, 209 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: then how much greater is the salvation that Jesus brought us? 210 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: You know, because think about it, we discussed in the 211 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: last chapter about how the angels are under Jesus, because 212 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: Jesus is God, and Jesus, in his godhood brought us 213 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 1: this amazing salvation. So if the Old Testament law was 214 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 1: good that was brought by angels, angels that are under Jesus, 215 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: how much better is the salvation that Jesus, God himself 216 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: brought to us. That's why in verse three he says, 217 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: how will we escape if we neglect so great a 218 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 1: salvation which, at the first, having been spoken through the Lord, 219 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: was confirmed to us by those who heard God also 220 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: testifying with them both signs and wonders, by various works 221 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit. According 222 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: to his own will, God himself came down and brought 223 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: us this gospel, brought us this salvation. It was spoken 224 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: to us through the Lord, not through angels like the 225 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: Old Testament law, but through the Lord himself, and it 226 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: was confirmed by everybody who saw Jesus, by those who heard, 227 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: and God testified with those people by various works of 228 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to 229 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: his own will. You know, we've talked about how the 230 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: disciples after Jesus ascended up into heaven, they went out 231 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: and performed all sorts of miracles. You know, at one 232 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: point in time, Paul even raised a boy from the dead, 233 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: Peter was healing crippled men, and all these other amazing 234 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: signs and wonders that took place after Jesus ascend it 235 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: up into heaven. And that was God confirming, going with 236 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: the apostles, confirming that this was the truth through these 237 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: signs and these wonders. You know, it says in scripture 238 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: that when signs and wonders are performed, it's through the 239 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: will of God, and God often does it to bring 240 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: glory to himself or to prove, like Hebrew says right here, 241 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: that Jesus is the truth, that the Gospel message is 242 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: the truth. I mean, because you can imagine, say you're 243 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: a first century person who never heard the Gospel message, 244 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: before there's a million Greek gods you could worship, or 245 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: Roman gods or any other pantheon of God that you 246 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: could worship. And you hear about this Jesus guy, you're 247 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: probably thinking, how could that possibly be the truth? What 248 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: makes that more true than worshiping Zeus? But then an 249 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: apostle comes to you and tells you the gospel message 250 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: and you see them perform a sign and wonder through 251 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: the name of Jesus Christ would be so powerful to 252 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: you that you're like, yes, this must be the truth 253 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: because you saw it with your own eyes. You saw 254 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: one of Jesus' disciples heal somebody in your community. That's 255 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: why God performs these types of miracles, and that's also 256 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: why we can't control God when it comes to performing miracles. 257 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: There's a lot of people in you know, charismatic movements. 258 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: And don't get me wrong, I love my charismatic friends. 259 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: I think they have a real first for Jesus. I 260 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: think they have a good knowledge of the scriptures even 261 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: but a lot of times the charismatic people tend to 262 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: fall into this kind of intense obsession I guess with 263 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: seeing God performs signs and miracles and wonders and they 264 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: feel if those things aren't happening, that God is not 265 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: in the room with them. But don't forget. All miracles 266 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: are done through God's will and he does it for 267 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: a specific reason. And I know people perly who have 268 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: gone through supernatural healings. I've talked to you guys about 269 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: my dad before, where my dad was living on the 270 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: verge of cardiac arrest for years and years and years, 271 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: but he was surviving because veins had grown around the 272 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: blockage that was preventing my dad's blood from getting to 273 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: his heart. And the doctor showed us the imaging of 274 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: these veins that had grown around this blockage, and the 275 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: doctor even said, He's like, this is a miracle. And 276 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: I know other people who have experienced things like that 277 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: before as well, like God just being kind to his 278 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: people because he loves them, or showing his power showing 279 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: what he can do. So God does heal. I believe 280 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: that to this day. I believe he heals. I believe 281 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: he shows miraculous signs and wonders, and I believe He 282 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: does all of this out of love and kindness for 283 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: his people and to show his power to his people 284 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: as well. But that being said, you cannot control God. 285 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: You cannot control when signs and wonders and miracles are 286 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: going to happen. The ultimate goal of being a Christian 287 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: is to lay yourself down, humble yourself, and allow God's 288 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: will to take precedent in your life. It's very hard 289 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: to do, which is why pretty much no Christian really 290 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: achieves it. Very hard to allow God to do his 291 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: will in your life. We all want to control God, 292 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: but we can't do it. God will not be controlled 293 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: by us. Instead, we work within God's will. But going 294 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: back to the main messaging of this verse, the Gospel 295 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: is so much more powerful than the Old Testament law 296 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: because it was brought to us by God himself. And 297 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: the author says, how will we escape if we neglect 298 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: so great a salvation? Once again, Hebrews was written for 299 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: the Christians, And you might be like, how can you 300 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: be a Christian if you're neglecting salvation? Well, notice that 301 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: the author is not saying rejecting salvation, He's saying neglect salvation. 302 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: If you look up the definition for a neglect, it 303 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: means to fail to care for properly. You know, think 304 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: about somebody that has an item that is very precious 305 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: to them. Whatever it might be, you're gonna take good 306 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: care of that item. You're gonna make sure that it's 307 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: sparkly clean. You're going to display it maybe if it's 308 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: a piece of jewel, where you're gonna wear it, but 309 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: you'll take it off for like certain activities that you're 310 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: doing because you don't want it to get wrecked or ruined. 311 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: That's how you care for an item that you have. 312 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: But if you have something that you don't care about 313 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: as much, you're gonna neglect it. For example, on Sunday, 314 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: we did baptisms, and we always have like a potluck 315 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: kind of thing after baptism Sunday, and so they asked 316 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: me to make like a snack for the potluck. So 317 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: I made these little soft pretzels and put them on 318 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: one of my plates that I have. It's a plate 319 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: that I don't care about that much. And I never 320 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 1: got the plate back. And I was passing the church 321 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: yesterday and I was like, I could probably go get 322 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: that plate today and you know, just put it in 323 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: my car and take it home. But then I was 324 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: so lazy because I didn't care about that plate that 325 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: much that I'm like, nah, I'll get it later. I 326 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: didn't even want to take the time to walk the 327 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: twenty steps into the church to go get my plate, 328 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: and so I neglected the plate because I didn't really 329 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: care about it. But if I would have used one 330 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: of my fancy plates, I would have absolutely taken the 331 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: time to walk into the church and get that plate back, 332 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: because I care about that plate. As Christians, we do 333 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: accept the gift of salvation, but we can absolutely neglect it. 334 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: And the way we neglect it is a lot of 335 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: times by doing nothing, by not trying to build that 336 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 1: relationship with God, by not thanking God for what he did, 337 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: by expecting things from God, by not submitting to his will, 338 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,479 Speaker 1: maybe refusing to evangelize. There are so many ways we 339 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: can neglect the salvation we were given. Just treat it 340 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: as if it's an ordinary object rather than something very precious. 341 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: And how precious is salvation? Well, the author goes into 342 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: that in verses five through nine, for he didn't subject 343 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: the world to come of which we speak to angels, 344 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: but one has somewhere testified saying, what is man that 345 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: you think of him? Or the son of man that 346 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: you care for him? You made him a little lower 347 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor. 348 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: You've put all things in subjection under his feet. This 349 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: is a quotation from Psalm chapter eight talking about the 350 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: authority God gave to human beings that he did not 351 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: give to the angels. You know, the angels were not 352 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: given an entire world to populate and to take care of. 353 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:32,199 Speaker 1: But God actually gave dominion to the man back in 354 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: the garden of Eden. He said, take care of this garden, 355 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: and take care of all the animals. I have given 356 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: you dominion over all these things. You are to rule 357 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: with a kind hand. That is what God told the man. 358 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: So God, in a sense created the earth for man 359 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: to rule over. We were to become the kings and 360 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: queens of this earth. Now, of course, that was all 361 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: thrown into disarray once Sin entered into the world. And 362 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: I don't believe that we have dominion anymore personally, because 363 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: if you look in Genesis, right after the flood came 364 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: and Noah sacrificed an animal to God, God repeated almost 365 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: the exact same thing to Noah that he did to Adam, 366 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: where he tells Noah, fill the earth and populate it. 367 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: But unlike Adam, he did not tell Noah, you have 368 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: dominion over the earth. So that's why I believe that 369 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: after the fall, human beings forfeited the dominion. But the 370 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: idea was that God created humans to rule the earth, 371 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: and that is something very special. Even though human beings 372 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: were created just a little lower than the angels. Is 373 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: what Psalm chapter eight says. The angels don't have the 374 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: same dominion and authority that God gave human beings. And 375 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: the reason the author goes into this is because he's 376 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: about to talk about the humanity of Jesus. How Jesus 377 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: was both fully God and fully man. It says right 378 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: here in verse eight, for in that you subd objected 379 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 1: him or Jesus to all things. He left nothing that 380 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: is not subject to him. But now we don't yet 381 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: see all things that are subjected to him. So the 382 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: idea of that is that because Jesus became a human being, 383 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: God gave Jesus complete dominion over everything. Initially the dominion 384 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: was for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden 385 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: and all their descendants. But now because Jesus, who is 386 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: God and human, paid the sacrifice for everybody, he was 387 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: given dominion over everything, But we don't see the dominion 388 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: that Jesus has yet. That is not going to happen 389 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: until Jesus comes once again, until everything in Revelation is 390 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 1: fulfilled and Jesus is revealed to the entire earth. But 391 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: for now, we don't see that, it says, but we 392 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: do see him who has been made a little lower 393 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 1: than the angels, Jesus because of the suffering of death, 394 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 1: crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God, 395 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: he should taste of death for everyone. So we don't 396 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: see the things that are yet to come, but we 397 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: do see Jesus. And I think it's interesting that the 398 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: author uses the phrase that we currently see Jesus like 399 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: you and I. We can see Jesus even though he 400 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: is not standing right in front of us. Though we 401 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: don't see him with our eyes. We see him with 402 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: the faith that we have. That is how we see Jesus. 403 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:21,239 Speaker 1: And it says that he was made a little bit 404 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: lower than the angels. And at that point you're probably like, 405 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: whoa jen you just talked about in the last chapter. 406 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: How Jesus is above the angels, so how can he 407 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: now be lower than the angels. Well, don't forget, Jesus 408 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: is fully God and fully human. Human beings were made 409 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: lower than the angels. But God, obviously who is Jesus, 410 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: is not lower than the angels. But the author isn't 411 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 1: trying to disprove Jesus's deity by saying that. Rather, he's 412 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: showing the humility that Jesus had to take on that 413 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: fleshly body and come to earth as a human being. 414 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 1: No longer the king who is reigning over everything up 415 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: in heaven, but now a lowly human being, made even 416 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: lower than the angels, so he could taste death for everyone. 417 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: That's what Hebrews two nine says. That verse right there 418 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: shows how important salvation truly is, something that we should 419 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: not neglect. That Jesus humbled himself and loved us so 420 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: much that he took on a human body so that 421 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: he could taste death for everyone. Now we know that 422 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: Jesus had to go through every single experience that you 423 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: and I go through, meaning he had to taste death 424 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: because all human beings are going to die. That is 425 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: the unfortunate fact of life, that is the fact of 426 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: a fallen world. We're all going to die, and so 427 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: Jesus experienced that for himself. He did it so he 428 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: could experience the misery and the suffering of death. But 429 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: because he's God, he could not stay dead. You know, 430 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: death had no power over him, which is why Jesus 431 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: had to rise again, by the way, to show that 432 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: he was God, that death has zero power over him. 433 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: But he experienced an excruciating and miserable death for all 434 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: of us. And I think people downplay this a lot 435 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,959 Speaker 1: because they're like, oh, well, Jesus knew he was going 436 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: to rise again the third day, so what difference does 437 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: it make. Well, imagine if you have literally everything the 438 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: entire world is handed to you. In fact, you rule 439 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: the entire earth, like you have ultimate authority and dominion 440 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: over everything that happens on earth. But there's these people 441 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: that really hate you, they hate your authority. What would 442 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: you do. You'd probably kill those people, Let's be honest. 443 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: You'd probably be like, I don't like you. I'm going 444 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 1: to kill you because I have that option. Jesus didn't 445 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: do that. Instead, he was like, you know what, I 446 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: love these people that hate me. I love them, So 447 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to give up every single thing that I have, 448 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: and I'm going to die for those people so I 449 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: can experience what they experience. I Am going to die 450 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: for them so that I can give them life. These 451 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: people that hate me, you know, they're dying and they're 452 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: just going to hell. I don't want that for them. 453 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,479 Speaker 1: I want them to come live with me. These people 454 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: that hate me, I want them to live with me. 455 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: So I'm going to sacrifice everything I have, go down 456 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: to their level, be beaten and berated by them, and 457 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: then I'm going to die for them so that they 458 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: can come live with me. Scripture says that we love 459 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: Jesus because he first loved us, and Scripture also says 460 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: that Jesus loved us while we were yet still enemies 461 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: of him. No human being on the planet would ever 462 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: give up what Jesus gave up, especially for somebody who 463 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: hated them. But that's what Jesus did for us. And 464 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: is that salvation of Jesus something we should neglect because 465 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: guess what, every single one of us, at some point 466 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: in time were those people that hated Jesus, that disobeyed him, 467 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: that didn't love him, and yet he sacrificed himself for 468 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 1: us when we were in that state. That is not 469 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: something we should be neglecting. That is something we should 470 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: be remembering every single day of our lives and saying, Jesus, 471 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: thank you so much that you loved me when I 472 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: hated you. Thank you for your salvation, thank you for 473 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: your forgiveness that when I die, I'm not eternally damned 474 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: to hell because of my own making, but I am 475 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: given a second chance, a chance of salvation where I 476 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: can come and live with you. Oh man, I love 477 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: the Book of Hebrews. I love it so much. I 478 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 1: hope you guys do too. The Book of Hebrews is just, 479 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, so deep and filled with some of 480 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: the most beautiful ideas about Jesus. I just love the 481 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: Book of Hebrews. So I hope you guys have been 482 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: enjoying Hebrews right along with me. But faithful listeners, before 483 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: you go we Oh, here's a word from a sponsor. 484 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: While that ad was playing, I went and heated up 485 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: my coffee. It got cold while I was getting too 486 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: excited about Hebrews. Today's the first day I've had my 487 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: windows open in a really, really long time, so the 488 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: wind is coming in and cooling off my coffee faster 489 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: than usual. But I'm happy for it. But guys, I 490 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: just want to leave you with a little bit of 491 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: encouragement before you go, don't neglect your salvation. The author 492 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 1: is going to go into what happens when you do 493 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: neglect to that salvation. I think a lot of people 494 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: believe that the Book of Hebrews proves that you can 495 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 1: lose your salvation, But I don't believe that. I don't 496 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: think that the people that Hebrews is talking to were 497 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: those that rejected the salvation. I think they were saved 498 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: individuals that truly did believe in Jesus, but they just 499 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: didn't really care about that salvation. They just sort of 500 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: wanted it because it seemed good to them at the time, 501 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: or because they wanted to use God as a genie perhaps, 502 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: But Jesus is sacrificed is so much better than using 503 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: God as a genie because Jesus's sacrifice gave us eternity. 504 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: You know, this life is very short. We are here 505 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: one second and we are gone the next. We are 506 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: like a breath. Is what God says. We have about 507 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: seventy five years here on earth, and that's it. Seventy 508 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: five years is nothing in the span of eternity. So 509 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: don't choose to use those seventy five years living for 510 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: yourself and not really thinking about the message of Jesus. 511 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: Use those years trying to serve Jesus so that when 512 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: you finally do stand in front of him, he'll say, 513 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: well done, good and faithful servant. I can tell you 514 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: that those words are going to be more impactful to 515 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: you than any accolade you can receive here on earth, 516 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: any honor you can receive here on earth. Jesus telling 517 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: you well done, good and faithful servant is going to 518 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: be better than anything you can get here. So just 519 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: keep that in mind. So faithful listeners, have a fantastic 520 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: and wonderful rest of your day. I'll see you guys 521 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: on Thursday for another episode from Hebrews, or tomorrow from 522 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,719 Speaker 1: an episode from Second Chronicles, Happy listening, and God bless. 523 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: I just want to take a second to thank the 524 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: team at Life Audio for their partnership with me on 525 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: the Bible Explain podcast. In fact, if you go to 526 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: lifeaudio dot com you will find dozens of other faith 527 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: centered podcasts in their network. They've got shows about prayer, 528 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: Bible study, parenting, and more.