This is the first warning in the book of Hebrews. And it’s not a soft one. Hebrews 2:1–4 tells us plainly: if we have received a message greater than that of angels, a covenant confirmed by Christ, attested by eyewitnesses, and affirmed by the Spirit through signs and wonders—then we must pay very close attention to it. Otherwise, we will drift. And drifting is not a passive problem—it is the beginning of shipwrecked faith.

Hebrews 1:4 shifts to a new comparison—Jesus is greater than the angels. For many modern readers, this may seem unimportant. “Of course Jesus is better than angels,” we think. But for the first-century Jewish-Christian audience, angels were revered.

Throughout Hebrews, we’ll see a pattern. The author brings up a part of the Old Testament—be it the law, a prophet, or a priest—and then he shows us how Jesus surpasses it. Again and again, we’ll hear: “This was great… but Jesus is better.”

"If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet"

Notice something striking–the disciples did not take the bread for themselves; Jesus broke it and gave it to them. He offered it freely to a table full of sinners.

Baptism visually represents a burial and resurrection. When someone is lowered into the water, it signifies the death of their old self, enslaved to sin. When they rise, it symbolizes their new life in Christ, free from the bondage of sin.

Philippians 3 almost paints a bleak picture of the believer’s journey. Are we called to seek out suffering? Is that the goal? If the Christian life ended in suffering, it would be unbearable.

Paul was never content with complacency. The Christian life is one of continuous movement: “I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me His own” (Philippians 3:12).

The cross is not just a moment of salvation—it is a daily experience.

There is a truth that is all at once freeing and terrifying. To know Christ, we must destroy the idol of self.

A 6 part guide praying through Psalm 1.

he grace of Jesus never leaves us as it finds us. His pursuit transforms us, calling us to forsake our old ways and walk in newness of life. This means that a true follower of Christ not only abandons the sin they carried before but also is given Christ’s love and heart for broken sinners around them.