Hebrews 2:3b

Hebrews 2:3b

What a great salvation!

The author of this letter has more than one terse warning for his readers, as we shall find out. Chapters 3-5 carry warnings against unbelief and unfaithfulness and there are further admonitions in chapter 10 and chapter 12 of this book.  We have been offered an incredible gift from heaven; the Son of God has come to our planet to bring God’s salvation to all men. He came with endless parables and teachings that enforced His message but then He did something so amazing that it still baffles believers of all ages across all continents. He offered Himself as a living sacrifice for all sin and willingly took our wickedness and shame and the ensuing judgement, as our substitute. It really is possible to escape from the inevitability of judgement and death because Jesus Christ took our place. He came with an offer from the throne of heaven, “Have faith in me, surrender your life for me and I will give you eternal life.” “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8 :36. He came to save us from the consequences of sin and from the penalty of death. What else compares to that? Who else would do it for us? Jesus Christ was God’s ultimate announcement to the world which is why John’ s Gospel opens by calling Him “the Word.”

The teaching of Jesus was aimed at getting His listeners to understand who He was and why He had come to earth. His immediate followers, the apostles and early disciples, carried on His mission, they confirmed what He had spoken. These men and women were eyewitnesses, and they understood that their role was to hand down everything they had seen and heard, and it was all about Jesus. Nothing has changed, the message of God’s salvation is exactly the same as it was 2,000 years ago and the role of His people is to hand that message down to others, the message of His great salvation. Without Him, mankind would be doomed, we have no way of saving ourselves and we have no alternative method of overcoming death or washing ourselves clean enough to face the eternal God. So, “how can we ignore so great a salvation”?

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