Listen up, little ones
Listen for the words attention and drift.
Reading
Hebrews 2:1-4 Don’t drift away
Optional Reading
Joshua 24:14–28
Keys for kids
- Not paying attention to the Bible may cause us to drift away.
- Drifting away leads to God’s just punishment.
- Jesus and his witnesses confirm our great salvation.
Questions
- Who is the author warning?
- What causes drifting away?
- How can and why must we be careful not to drift away?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
The author of Hebrews is showcasing Jesus to an assembly of Jewish Christians who are being tempted to give up on Jesus. Chapter after chapter Jesus is held up in all His glory and these Christians are urged to keep on keeping on with Jesus.
Here we have the author continuing to show how much superior Jesus is to the angels. As Kistemaker notes, the author reminds us that we have been given a portrait of Christ’s eminence and greatness and, therefore, ought to listen to what he says. For the higher a person stands in rank, the greater authority he exerts, and the more he demands the listener’s attention.
To not listen is far more than to simply miss a message. It is to drift away from salvation and be lost. The Bible is clear that those who are truly saved will never be lost. But, it is also clear that some will profess for a time, then drift away. Hughes comments that such dangerous drifting is not intentional, but comes rather from inattention and carelessness…the pressured little church…had become careless about their moorings in Christ…as the storms of opposition rose, some of them were drifting farther and farther away from Christ toward the shoals of shipwreck in their old world of Judaism.
Pay even more attention to Christ. Don’t drift away.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 95c, 65d
Prayer
- Pray that you and none in our church drift away.
- 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.