MONDAY, February 23rd, 2009

ok, I hope you are ready for this, this will not be an easy book, but there are some incredible truths in it, so we must read it!

If you dont understand the whole thing, look for one or two verses that jump out at you!

Hebrews 1

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6 And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

That is some pretty deep stuff, but at least one message is very clear, God's son, Jesus Christ, who owns all of creation, came to this earth and lived a rightoeus life a pur and sinless life then died on the cross to pay for our sins!! Nothing compares to His glory, not even the most incredible Angels!

I love the first part, where it explains "being in the brightness fo His glory", when was the last time that you looked at the sun? Well, when you look at the sun for a second, it effects you, it will make your eyes water, it will make you squint involuntary, it will even leave an impression of the same image in your sight as you look away!

Gods glory is supposed to do all of this in our life, when people look at us, they are supposed to see the Glory of Christ revealed through us! They are supposed to be effected by what they see, We should let Christ burn so bright in our lives that we cannopt help but be a testimony to those around us!! The lost cannot HELP BUT SEE US!!!

11 comments:

Godservant said...

Yea i've had that happen to me many times, where I would stare at something bright and have that after effect. I do however somewhat see a flaw in that illustration. When you are young and don't have any knowledge about the sun's brightness, you look into it and hurt your eyes. And after that, your smart enough to not look at it again. In the same way if a lost person sees a Christian, and gets that "after effect" they will never look at him again because they don't want that after effect and feel guilt from God. Just a thought.

Anonymous said...

Just another thought - When the world looks at us, if we are properly reflecting Christ, they should see Him and not us. It should be obvious to them that we get through the tough things in life in HIS strength, not ours.

Mrs. W.

AngelWings said...

Very cool chapter! I know exactly what you mean when you say 'look at the sun' feeling. When you stare at something bright for a moment, it has that never-ending light effect it seems, just like this passage states: God's glory does the same. Whenever someone sees a Christian, they should get that same feeling/effect that should be passed on among others. You can especially see that Christ burns brightly in others by their actions.

"3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:"

And the glory of God is like a gift everyday. That feeling that you get when hear his word, you want to learn more and more.

"4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they."

And I agree, we should let Christ's brightness be in our lives everyday to let everyone know how great the word of God is.

FoOtBaLl XtReMiSt (cary) said...

what this passage is saying all in a nutshell is that the lord should influence and leave an influence on all the things you do.

Tylermon33 said...

I know that this is a little off topic but i read this verse and I liked it a lot. the verse I liked was verse 2-Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds-meaning that God, the ruler and creater of everything, has appointed Jesus to everything (the world). so if God gave the world to Jesus and Jesus died on the cross for our sins so we could go to heaven, then shouldn't we want to know the Lord better and try to do everthing we can to make the Lord proud of us and happy. because if the ruler of everything was looking down at me then I would want to be doing the right things and worship Him. we should want to do more for the Lord then what we are already doing and praise and worship Him ALL the time.

McCue said...

Yeah sweet deal Lee. I like what you had to mention about being the brightness of God's glory. verse 9 talks about loving righteousness and hating iniquity. Especially today I feel like stupid little things get in the way of myself and my walk with God. I hate these things! Trivial things I LET bother me or LET them cause me to stumble. It's alright though every single day we have to lean on God and look to him for strength where we fall short. Which is like everywhere. Personally I feel like to adequately represent God's glory and light like verse 3 talks about I need to spend time in the morning with God. I feel like if I read at night I learn but I am not as prepared for the next day. The absolute greatest way to start my day is to shield myself with God's armor. Definitely something I'm going to try hard to do everyday before school, work or whatever it is.
-Michael R. McCue

Anonymous said...

yeah like most ppl said i like verse 3...
i mean when ppl look at you do they know that your a christian, or do they just see you as one of them a "regular" person???
when ppl look at us they should see that we have somnething that they don't, whether its were more happy, more friendly, whatever. . !

McCue said...

Hey Alex! and Hi Tyler mon who are all you people!? I know theres Cary! and Michael! who's Angel Wings and TylerMon

McCue said...

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Daemis WolfBorn said...

10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

God made this world and the heavens all by his hands. Everything will eventually fade away in this world and is not something to hold on to and idle something. Gods salvation will never fade God will always be there for us. But the world will slowly burn away like a wax candle.

Mccues gots jokes!"Oh hi Lucy ! Lucy I'm hoooooomemmeee!"

Btw Mccue we still need to go fishing sometime. Theres nothing like going out on a peer our on the water and seeing the sun over the waters and feeling the breeze along your face with smell of the salt water. Fishing is probably one of the most relaxing things in the world.

Oh yeah I thinks its Alex's time of the month. Thats why hes acting strange today. I think he will be good tomorrow...Maybe Θ_Θ

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Daemis WolfBorn said...

Tylermon is Tyler from youth group. I'm not sure if that helps at all. He went camping with us?

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