From; GOD THE FATHER, THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
The Helper, that He may be with you forever. [John 14:16 ]
Subject: MY WORD
13And did God
ever say to an angel, as he does to his Son, “Sit here beside me in honor until
I crush all your enemies beneath your feet”?
14No, for
the angels are only spirit-messengers sent out to help and care for those who
are to receive his salvation.
2 So we must listen very carefully to the truths we have heard, or we may drift
away from them. 2For since the messages from angels have always
proved true and people have always been punished for disobeying them, 3what
makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation
announced by the Lord Jesus himself and passed on to us by those who heard him
speak?
4God always
has shown us that these messages are true by signs and wonders and various
miracles and by giving certain special abilities from the Holy Spirit to those
who believe; yes, God has assigned such gifts to each of us.
5And the
future world we are talking about will not be controlled by angels. 6No,
for in the book of Psalms David says to God, “What is mere man that you are so
concerned about him? And who is this Son of Man you honor so highly? 7For
though you made him lower than the angels for a little while, now you have
crowned him with glory and honor. 8And you have put him in complete
charge of everything there is. Nothing is left out.”
We have not yet seen all of this take place, 9but we do
see Jesus—who for a while was a little lower than the angels—crowned now by God
with glory and honor because he suffered death for us. Yes, because of God’s
great kindness, Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world.
10And it was
right and proper that God, who made everything for his own glory, should allow
Jesus to suffer, for in doing this he was bringing vast multitudes of God’s
people to heaven; for his suffering made Jesus a perfect Leader, one fit to
bring them into their salvation.
11We who
have been made holy by Jesus, now have the same Father he has. That is why
Jesus is not ashamed to call us his brothers. 12For he says in the
book of Psalms, “I will talk to my brothers about God my Father, and together
we will sing his praises.”
22I will praise you to all my brothers; I will stand up before the
congregation and testify of the wonderful things you have done.
13At another time
he said, “I will put my trust in God along with my brothers.”
17So
I will wait for the Lord, who is
hiding His face from the House of Jacob, and I will trust in Him.
And at still another time, “See, here am I and the children God
gave me.”
18Here
stand I and the children the Lord
has given me as signs and portents in Israel
from the Lord of Hosts, who dwells
on Mount Zion
