I hope you have delighted in Hebrews’ exhalation of Jesus. Chapter 1 showed us that Jesus is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s nature. The Son is the final revelation of God in these last days, so the writer of Hebrews showed us how Jesus is better than the angels, God’s highest messengers. And because Jesus is superior to the angels, we must hold fast to the gospel declared by the Son. As we begin chapter 2, we come to the first of five warning passages in Hebrews. Hebrews 2:1-4 is a solemn and urgent call to avoid drifting away from Christ and the gospel as our anchor. If the message declared by angels (which we saw is the law of Moses, the Old Covenant of God) proved to be reliable, then how can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? This first warning of Hebrews isn’t a caution against rebelliously turning from Christ, it warns us against being gradually pulled away from our hope and neglecting Christ. There is a remedy for this drifting. We are told to pay closer attention to what we have heard! We can’t take the gospel for granted and neglect the pursuit of Christ with our whole lives. We must pay attention - to center all we are on the truth of the gospel, not drifting away with the undercurrent of our flesh, the world, or lifeless religious practices. Sunday, we will examine this warning in Hebrews 2:1-4.

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