Listen up, little ones
Listen for the word brothers.
Reading
Hebrews 2:10-18—Not Ashamed of His Brothers
Optional Reading
Psalm 22:22-26
Keys for kids
- Jesus is not ashamed to call us His brothers and sisters.
- He proclaims God to us.
- He made us at one with God by His atonement.
Questions
- How can Jesus, who is perfect, be made perfect?
- What is a Christian's relationship to Jesus?
- What does Jesus tell us when we sing Psalm 22 with Him?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
We might think that this perfect One would scorn the imperfect ones whose sin He had to undo, whose failures He had to make right. But we would misunderstand grace if we thought that.
As Hughes notes, God has given us Jesus as the divine hero/pioneer of our salvation!... His being made “perfect through suffering” has reference to his being made a perfect pioneer of salvation. The idea is that he was perfectly equipped to do the job.
And this “perfect pioneer,” who secured our glory and salvation, is also our elder brother. And even though we are weak and sinful—even though our sin took Him (willingly) to suffer and die on the cross—in spite of all that, He is not ashamed of us as His brothers! As Kistemaker comments, the implication is that we, in turn, may call Jesus our brother. What a privilege to be called brothers of the Son of God! He who is seated at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven condescends to sinful man and unashamedly calls him brother (Matt. 28:10; John 20:17).
And, when we sing His praise from His book of praises—the Psalms of the Bible—we sing with Him. And He sings with us, telling us, as His brothers, of the glory of God to whom we sing our praise.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 22d, 65d
Prayer
- Rejoice that Jesus is not ashamed to call you His brother.
- 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.