Listen up, little ones
Listen for the word he and son.
Reading
Hebrews 1:1-3—God Spoke. By His Son
Optional Reading
Psalm 2:1-12
Keys for kids
- God is not silent.
- He has spoken in many ways in times past.
- In the last days He has spoken through Jesus, His Son.
Questions
- How and to whom has God spoken in times past?
- How and to whom has God spoken in these last days?
- What message has God communicated to us?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
God, who is with us, is not silent. Some view God, if they allow that He exists, as a distant creator who may have created the world, but has since left this world alone. But God is. And God has spoken.
The unknown human author writing to Hebrew (Jewish) Christians begins his message telling us some of how God has spoken: at various times/ways in time past vs. in these last days; to the fathers vs. to us; by the prophets vs. by His Son.
By His Son. With those words the author introduces us to Jesus Christ, the messenger of God whom He will reveal in His glory and on His throne throughout this book. Yet Jesus is not only the messenger of God—He is God. And He is also the message itself. As Andrews puts it only by seeking Him can we discover what God has to say to us.
As Hughes comments, Hebrews *has a double dose of growth-producing power—first, because it presents the greatness of Christ as no other New Testament writing does and, second, because it repeat-edly demands a response from the reader. Seriously considered, Hebrews will make us grow and find a bigger Christ. *
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 2a, 65d
Prayer
- Ask God to help you grow and find a bigger Jesus in Hebrews.
- Pray for the hearing of God’s word preached this Lord's Day.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.