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The Left Turn

I know that the Staff Trax normally discusses either personal things or the Gospel, but this week I am taking a left turn and looking at the New Testament and not the Gospel reading. This week, the New Testament verses are from Hebrews.

In the beginning, Hebrews 1:1-4 it talks about how in the Old Testament days, the people of God heard from prophets, but now we hear from Christ. Isn’t that cool? We can hear directly from God. Unlike in the Old Testament, now we are saved by grace, faith, and scripture.

It says in Hebrews 1:3, “He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

There is nothing we can do to save ourselves. It took Christ dying for us, not even the angels could save us.

The title for the Hebrews 2:5-12 says, “Exaltation through Abasement.” I have a graduate degree and had no clue what that meant until I looked abasement up in the dictionary. Humiliation. He is exalted through His humiliation on the cross.

In Hebrews 2:9 we are told, “but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.”

Christ died for us, and through that He gave us salvation through grace, faith, baptism, and communion.

Christ did not remain humiliated. He came off the cross and is now exalted high above the angels and sits at the right hand of the Father. I cannot imagine the embarrassment that Christ went through for the Bible to bring it up again so long after the resurrection. We also learn, “For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, saying, ‘I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.’” (Hebrews 2:11-12)

We are sanctified through Christ. Let us live in that belief.

Blessings,
Laura Higbee
Salem Office Administrator

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