Faith Comes By Hearing

Have you ever found yourself asking God to speak to you? Asking in a moment of desperation to hear His voice? I know I have - I have also found God to be faithful and patient with me during those times. Hebrews 1:1-4 teaches a lesson we all need to hear. It teaches us that God is not silent,

Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs.

Hebrews 1 shows us that God spoke at different times and in different ways through the prophets, and now He speaks to us by His Son who after making purification for sin sits at the right hand of the Father.

One final though look at the word radiance in verse 3 that word is significant. "The Son is the radiance of God’s glory" (apaúgasma) is only found in Heb 1:3 where it is referring to the effulgent glory of the Godhead. This is more than just a reflection but literally a ray from an original light body. Thus Christ isn’t merely a reflection of the Godhead He is a part of the Godhead. Hence the next line "the exact expression of His nature." 

What a reassurance God is not silent nor is Christ merely a reflection of the Godhead but a ray of light from it.

See you Sunday!