"The word told by angels proved reliable," Hebrews 2:2.
What message did angels declare? All the rules of God's covenant through Moses with the ancients. Get this: transgression or disobedience to their message received just retribution. So. What's that got to do with the gospel message? This: The Lord first (not through angels) declared his great salvation, the gospel covenant. If we neglect it, how could we possibly fare better than the ancients when they neglected the angels' message? Yeah. So the Lord spoke it. And, the people who heard him witnessed it to us. And, at the same time God himself bore witness to it - by all sorts of miraculous wonders. And, the Holy Spirit distributed gifts to confirm it. So. We pay even closer attention to what we've heard: the Good News of Jesus!
We meet a brother or sister today and affirm the reliable story of Jesus. And we thank God together that he's writing every word of that story on our hearts.
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