The Better Covenant part 10 – If You Hear His Voice

The Better Covenant

If You Hear His Voice

 

Hebrews 4:1-10

1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

5 and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”

6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,

7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

 

(1) We have a real promise – eternal rest

- Undisturbed peace

- The joy of the Divine nature

- Nearness to God

(2) The promise is for the people of God alone

- To enter into this rest a person must:

    - Confess your sins

    - Believe in God

    - Trust God with all your heart

    - Die to self – live for God

    - Live a life of Obedience

- The promised rest is only for those in covenant relationship with God

 

(3) The possibility of coming short of God’s promise

- Many of the Jews came short

- Many have rejected the Gospel

- Many refuse to believe

- Many refuse to take action on their beliefs

 

(4) How to guard against coming short

- Hear / listen to His voice

- Guard against unbelief.

- Guard against hardness.

- Cling to hope in God

The Better Covenant part 9 – The Promise

The Better Covenant

The Promise

Hebrews 4:1

 

Hebrews 4:1

“Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.”

 

(1) The Promise of Salvation

Romans 3:21-24

21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

 

Romans 6:23

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

 

Romans 10: 12-13

12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.

13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Is there any reason why you would want to spend eternity in Hell?

- All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

- The wages of sin is death

- The gift of God is eternal life

- Jesus brings freedom from the penalty of sins

 

 

(2) The Promise of Freedom

Romans 6:20-23

20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

John 8:36

“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”

 

- Freedom from sin

- Freedom from bondage

- Freedom from

 

 

 

(3) The Promise of Authority

- Authority over sickness & Disease

- Authority over demonic attack

- Authority over Sin

 

Matthew 10:1

“And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.”

 

Matthew 10:7-8

7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

 

Mark 16:15-18

15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;

18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

 

Luke 10:9

“And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.”

Mark 11:22-24

22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.

23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

 

 

Challenge:

(1) Repent of your Sins

And you will – Receive eternal life

(3) Ask to be Set Free

    And you will – Be Loosed from your Bondage

(4) Dare to Believe

    And you will – Given Authority

The Better Covenant part 8 – The Danger of Unbelief

The Better Covenant

The Danger of Unbelief

Hebrews 3:7-19

 

Hebrews 3:7-19

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice,

8
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness,

9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.

10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’

11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’”

12
Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?

17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?

18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?

19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

 

 

Evaluation Questions:

(1) Will you / Do you hear the voice of God?

(2) Has your heart been hardened?

(3) Have you stopped believing in what God has said?

(4) Have you allowed deceptive sin a place in your life?

 

 

Here is what you are to do:

(1) Listen closely for God’s voice, and then obey Him.

(2) Return to the place where you left trusting Him.

(3) Give no place for rebellion in your heart.

(4) Chose to believe.

 

The Better Covenant part 7 – Jesus vs. Moses

The Better Covenant

Revelation of Christ: Jesus vs. Moses

Hebrews 3:1-6

 

Hebrews 3:1-6

1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

 

 

(A) Who was faithful?

 

(1) God was faithful

- He has loved us unconditionally

 

(2) Moses was faithful

- He led God people

- He was both pastor and prophet

- He built the tabernacle

 

(3) Jesus was faithful

- He was obedient all the way to the cross

- He was obedient and qualified Himself to be our perfect sacrifice

- He was obedient and became our High Priest

 

 

(B) Whose house are we?

 

(1) Our House?

- You are in control

 

(2) Moses’ House?

- Others are in control of your life

- You allow things to control you

 

(3) Jesus’ House?

- You surrender your entire life to Him

- You completely relinquish control into His hands

- You become obedient in all things

The Better Covenant part 6 – Bringing Many Sons to God

The Better Covenant

Bringing Many Sons to Glory

Hebrews 2:10-18

 

Hebrews 2:10

10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

 

- The only way do discover what is fitting (worthy) for God to do is to look at what He has already done.

- All the God does is fitting!

- God made Jesus, through His suffering, perfectly qualified to be the Savior of His people.

 

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

- Man, created for His glory, was prevented by sin from attaining that glory until the Son of Man came and opened up by His death a new way by which man may reach the goal for which he was created.

- In order to be a perfect High Priest:

    - He must sympathize with those on whose behalf he acts

    - He must learn the lesson of obedience to God

- without these two things the priest would be entering the presence of God for himself instead of his people.    

 

Hebrews 2:11

11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

 

- He who sanctifies is the Son of God, and those who are sanctified are all the sons of God

- Sanctification is glory begun, glory is sanctification completed.

 

Hebrews 2:12-13

12 saying: “I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”

13 And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And again: “Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”

- Three Old Testament Quotes:

(1) I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.” Is from Psalm 22:22

 

 

Psalm 22:1

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning?”

 

- This first portion of this psalm was used often in the New Testament church as a way of remembering the crucifixion.

 

(2) “I will put My trust in Him.” &

(3) “Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”

 

Again from Psalm 22

Psalms 22:2-21

2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.

3 But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.

5 They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

7 All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

8 “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

9 But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.

10 I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s womb You have been My God.

11 Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.

13 They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death.

16 For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;

17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.

18 They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.

19 But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!

20 Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog.

21 Save Me from the lion’s mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.

 

- There is a pattern of Trouble/Trust and God’s Faithfulness/Glad Acknowledgement in the Old testament

- With Isaiah this message turns to the trouble of the nation as a whole and the deliverance through the Messiah

 

 

Hebrews 2:14-15

14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

- There is no other that can satisfy man’s need of a Savior except Jesus and no other God which is so determined to supply that answer.

- The very purpose of Jesus birth is that He might die – that takes the sting out of death for mankind.

- If death has ever appeared triumphant, it was when Jesus disowned by His own people, abandoned by His disciples, executed by the Romans, died on the cross.

- If ever a cause was lost it was then.

- If ever the powers of evil appeared to be victorious, it was then.

- and yet – within a short period of time He has followers surrounding the known world proclaiming the victory through all of these events.

- Only through His death was He able to enter the strongman’s house, take the keys of death, hell, and the grave – He invaded his house, disarmed him, bound him, spoiled him, and now firmly holds the keys in His powerful hands.

 

1 John 3:7-8

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

 

The Book of Wisdom 1:13

“God did not make death, and does not delight in the death of the living. For He created all things that they might exist. . .and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.”

The Book of Wisdom 2:23

“God created man for incorruption, and made him in the image of His own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it.”

 

S.W. Gandy –

“He hell in hell laid low,

Made sin, He sin o’rethrew,

Bowed to the grave, destroyed it so,

And death, by dying slew.”

 

- Only by becoming man could He conquer death, which is something man could have never done – until then death seems to have the final word.

 

2 Timothy 1:10

“But has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,”

 

- through the fear of death men will do things that they would not normally do – death can be an extremely evil tyrant.

- But through the death of the Sanctifier death has been forever changed.

- Now it does not mean judgment and bondage – but – blessing and freedom.

 

Hebrews 2:16

16 For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.

 

- By becoming man He made it possible for all who are the sons of Abraham to be redeemed.

 

Galatians 3:6-9

6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.”

9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

 

Hebrews 2:17-18

17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

 

- Now the position of High Priest.

- A priest must become one with those he serves – which Jesus did, but without sin.

- He suffered with and for them and through His sufferings was made perfect/qualified in every way to be their priest.

- Only two methods for man to approach God:

    - Personally

    - Through a mediator

- Man can now come to God boldly because of all that Christ did for us.

- Now Christians can find strength in the fact that Jesus was tempted like them (even worse) and stood fast – so then they are strengthened to not turn away from God even in the most difficult of circumstances.

 

Hebrews 2:14-18

Christ must be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to the justice and honour of God and to the support and comfort of his people. He must be faithful to God and merciful to men. (1.) In things pertaining to God, to his justice, and to his honour—to make reconciliation for the sins of the people, to make all the attributes of divine nature, and all the persons subsisting therein, harmonize in man’s recovery, and fully to reconcile God and man. Observe, There was a great breach and quarrel between God and man, by reason of sin; but Christ, by becoming man and dying, has taken up the quarrel, and made reconciliation so far that God is ready to receive all into favour and friendship who come to him through Christ. (2.) In things pertaining to his people, to their support and comfort: In that he suffered, being tempted, he is able to succour those that are tempted, v. 18. Here observe, [1.] Christ’s passion: He suffered being tempted; and his temptations were not the least part of his sufferings. He was in all things tempted as we are, yet without sin, ch. 4:15. [2.] Christ’s compassion: He is able to succour those that are tempted. He is touched with a feeling of our infirmities, a sympathizing physician, tender and skilful; he knows how to deal with tempted sorrowful souls, because he has been himself sick of the same disease, not of sin, but of temptation and trouble of soul. The remembrance of his own sorrows and temptations makes him mindful of the trials of his people, and ready to help them. Here observe, First, The best of Christians are subject to temptations, to many temptations, while in this world; let us never count upon an absolute freedom from temptations in this world. Secondly, Temptations bring our souls into such distress and danger that they need support and succour. Thirdly, Christ is ready and willing to succour those who under their temptations apply to him; and he became man, and was tempted, that he might be every way qualified to succour his people.

(from Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, PC Study Bible Formatted Electronic Database Copyright © 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All Rights reserved.)

 

Question:

Do you believe?

How firm is your belief?

How firm is your relationship with Jesus?

The Better Covenant part 5 – Jesus Made Lower Than The Angels

The Better Covenant

Jesus Made Lower Than the Angels

 

Hebrews 2:5-9

 

(Introduction) The World to Come

5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.

- Old world was subject to angels

- Eternity will be subject to Christ

 

(1) Jesus – Made Lower Than the Angels

6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?

7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.

- for a little while – not a little bit – temporary

 

(2) Jesus – Ruler of the World

8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.

 

 

 

 

(3) Jesus – Crowned With Glory

9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

 

What does this mean for you?

(1) Things are not always as they seem

(2) Jesus is in control

(3) Jesus suffered and died for you

(4) Jesus is now sitting at the right hand of God

The Better Covenant part 4 – The Danger of Neglect

The Better Covenant part 4

The Danger of Neglect

Hebrews 2:1-4

 

“Therefore” – because of all of the preceding statements / arguments.

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

1Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

The importance of the Word of God cannot be downplayed.

The teachings in the Word are matters of life and death.

The dangers of drifting away from them are too grave.

 

Authorized Version: “lest at any time we let them slip” = allowing a ring to slip off our finger and thus losing it.

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,

 

The Law, when it was given included with it swift and sure penatalities for each breech of the law.

For many of the laws the penalty for willful disobedience was death.

All of this was spoken by the angels – or carried to man by the angels.

 

 

The blessing of Moses:

Deuteronomy 33:1-3

1 Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2 And he said: “The Lord came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them.

3 Yes, He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; everyone receives Your words.

 

In the Septuagint that last line in verse 2 is rendered – “At His right hand were angels with Him.”

 

In the New Testament:

Galatians 3:19

“What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.”

 

Acts 7:51-53

51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”

 

The ritual law was treated as a means as access to God rather than a moral Law which is a way of life.

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

 

This is the first of many warnings of this same kind.

Through the coming of Christ the Word is now fulfilled – although it had been spoken or delivered earlier by the prophets.

 

Jesus coming into Galilee after John’s imprisonment:

Mark 1:14-15

14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

 

Jesus in the Synagogue quotes Isaiah then follows with:

Luke 4:18-22

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

 

 

The witness of the Word was and is followed by the miraculous.

 

(1) Realize the importance of the Word

(2) Check ourselves for areas of neglect

(3) Repent of areas of neglect

(4) Live so as to bear witness to Christ

The Better Covenant part 4

The Better Covenant part 4

The Danger of Neglect

Hebrews 2:1-4

 

“Therefore” – because of all of the preceding statements / arguments.

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

1Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

The importance of the Word of God cannot be downplayed.

The teachings in the Word are matters of life and death.

The dangers of drifting away from them are too grave.

 

Authorized Version: “lest at any time we let them slip” = allowing a ring to slip off our finger and thus losing it.

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,

 

The Law, when it was given included with it swift and sure penatalities for each breech of the law.

For many of the laws the penalty for willful disobedience was death.

All of this was spoken by the angels – or carried to man by the angels.

 

 

The blessing of Moses:

Deuteronomy 33:1-3

1 Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2 And he said: “The Lord came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them.

3 Yes, He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; everyone receives Your words.

 

In the Septuagint that last line in verse 2 is rendered – “At His right hand were angels with Him.”

 

In the New Testament:

Galatians 3:19

“What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.”

 

Acts 7:51-53

51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”

 

The ritual law was treated as a means as access to God rather than a moral Law which is a way of life.

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

 

This is the first of many warnings of this same kind.

Through the coming of Christ the Word is now fulfilled – although it had been spoken or delivered earlier by the prophets.

 

Jesus coming into Galilee after John’s imprisonment:

Mark 1:14-15

14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

 

Jesus in the Synagogue quotes Isaiah then follows with:

Luke 4:18-22

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

 

The witness of the Word was and is followed by the miraculous.

 

(1) Realize the importance of the Word

(2) Check ourselves for areas of neglect

(3) Repent of areas of neglect

(4) Live so as to bear witness to Christ