By Rebecca Cooke
“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” Over and over we are admonished to open our ears (how ironic to us in this FCBH journey) and heed the message. We parents give warnings quite often in an effort to prevent our children from going astray and the eminent punishment involved. Who has not heard (or used) the phrase “This hurts me more than it does you”? As a child, we believe the parent speaking those words must surely be lying. As a parent, we understand how painful it is to watch our children act out, or act ugly as I say sometimes. We feel a little like maybe we could have prevented it all if we had been more strict earlier or warned them more often.
Hebrews 2-10 begins with the refrain, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” And it continues with an explanation of how God surely understands our mistakes, as the human, Jesus—who is also the high priest who came to earth and suffered what we have. He is therefore able to sympathize with our weaknesses (4:15). He is able to deal with us with more compassion because he has been flesh. He is the new covenant, the new promise of God’s love and judgment, the new sacrifice.
Welcome!This Lenten season, the First Baptist Church of Christ will take the time to listen to the entire New Testament (days and passages are listed on the right column). Through our partnership with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, every member of the church will be offered a free MP3 recording of the New Testament. By listening to this recording for less than half an hour each day, one can hear the entire New Testament in forty days.
At this blog, you’ll be able to read some of our members’ thoughts about what they are hearing. Our contributors reflect the great diversity of our congregation. They are male and female, older and younger, some with a seminary background and some without. As you read their questions, reflections, and observations, I invite you to join the conversation by posting a comment.
Monday, March 29, 2010
March 27: Hebrews 2–10
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