Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 22 December 2020
TOPIC: Don’t Drift Away!
TEXT: Hebrews 2:1-9(NKJV)
1. Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
2. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,
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,]
4. God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
5. For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to 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.
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.
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.
STUDY: The passage begins with a passionate appeal to the Hebrews to give careful consideration to the message of salvation they have heard, lest they drift away. In <a>verse 2</a>, we read that the salvation message was spoken earlier by angels to people in the past which some who heard it did not give heed and were punished for their stubbornness. <a>Verse 3</a> calls the salvation the Hebrews must not neglect, “so great a salvation!” God has confirmed that great salvation historically with signs and wonders through the Holy Spirit(<a>vs. 3-4</a>). Therefore, to neglect such a great salvation would mean facing God’s judgment. The Collect for Advent II enjoins us to pray to the Lord to:
…prepare our minds to receive the gospel, help us so to hear them, to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them that, through patience, and the comfort of Your holy word, we may embrace and forever hold fast the hope of everlasting life, which You have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Beloved, this is a call to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (cf <a>Phil. 2:12</a>). Let us desire to be with the Lord through prayer and meditation on His Word, seizing every opportunity to be at prayer meetings and Bible Study/Sunday School. If we are not to drift away, let us be alert and prepare for that great Day; living everyday as if it is our last; and confident that at the final salvation, we would be partakers of the glorious church, not having any spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but holy and without blemish.
PRAYER: Father, help us never to neglect such a great salvation in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Daily Fountain Quote of the Day
“Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely upon His God.” (Isaiah 50:10)
Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 22 December 2020. The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptized membership, after the Church of England.
