Today's Reading: Hosea 2-5; Hebrews 2

Today’s Reading: Hosea 2-5; Hebrews 2
“Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.” Hebrews 2:1

Hebrews was written for the Jews who had received Jesus as their Messiah. They had not been solid enough in their faith so they were in danger of slipping back in to the traditions of Judaism. The book of Hebrews also appeals to the Greek mind since they saw everything on earth as the shadows cast by what was real. They were always searching for reality. The Jews, on the other hand, were searching for a way to approach God because historically there was a sense of being so unholy as not to be able to approach Him. The book of Hebrews presents Jesus as that approach to God. Chapter 2 deals with the ‘humanity of Christ’. Do not go back to your old life, to the law, that’s no way to live. Isn’t it amazing how often people will go back to their ‘comfort zone’ even after being delivered from bondages and sin? Even the Israelites complained about manna and reminisced about Egypt, the place of bondage. Galatians 5:1 says, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” And in 2 Peter 2:20 “For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.” How much harder it is to come back out of bondage once we have tasted of the liberty we have in Christ? “Lest we drift away…” We must give heed to the things we read in the Word and the things taught from godly teachers so that we do not lose heart and seek the common life. “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:36

Next Reading: Hosea 6-9; Hebrews 3