Hebrews 2-10 – Day 34

The book of Hebrews reminds us of the great salvation that we have in Christ and of His work as our High Priest. It’s an amazing act of love that Jesus would take on human flesh in order to die in our place. He has done all that necessary to secure our salvation.  The work of salvation is complete as Hebrews 9:12 says “Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” There is nothing more that we can add or do. He did what we could never do through the law or through any other means.

Hebrews also warns us to be careful with the precious salvation that we have. The writer of Hebrews warns us to guard ourselves against unbelief and the deceitfulness of sin.  Our salvation is serious business. This is one of the main point of Hebrews. We are not to take the salvation that we have been given lightly.  It’s our job to live out the salvation we have been given by faith and in the power of God. We are to be working out what God has worked in us with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12-13) This is the example that we see in the Apostle Paul, “But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” (1 Corinthians 9:27) God never intended for us to go on cruise control after salvation. We must live every day with purpose of getting closer to God and becoming more like Jesus. We not only need to guard the salvation we have been given, but we must also watch out for each other. This is why the writer of Hebrews tells us to exhort one another daily (Hebrews 3:13) and not to forsake the assembling of yourselves  together (Hebrews 10:25). So where our you today? Are you taking your salvation seriously and are you exhorting others to do the same? May God guard us against unbelief and being lazy in our faith. Press on in your faith and listen to the voice of the Lord in your life. “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.” Hebrews 2:1

Vernon Merritt