It may seem strange to build a devotional on one of Hebrews’ famous warning passages (Heb. 2:1-4), but I hope you will see encouragement as well as admonition here.
Being confronted with such a stark warning – ‘how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?’ – reveals something of the wonder of the gospel He has entrusted to us.
It is noteworthy that the writer to the Hebrews intersperses a glorious picture of the supremacy of Christ in the first ten chapters of Hebrews, with a series of five warning passages, ending with Esau’s fatal bowl of stew in Chapter 12. The writer is not waiting until the end of his letter/sermon to apply the message!
Learning to embrace our 'nothingness'
I am nothing by myself. That’s not a very cheery opener, is it?I wonder if you sometimes feel like …