Good morning. Continuing: when He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high; having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they. Jesus finished the work that He was sent to do. In Acts chapter 7, Stephen saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. There are some groups today that are really big on seeing angels. That is what they are looking for when they go to various meetings. We are not to seek or worship angels. The writer of the book of Hebrews then points out how much greater the name of Jesus is than angels. To which of the angels did He ever say "You are My Son, today I have begotten You?" He then goes on with a lot more verses showing how the Son is so much greater than the angels. And of the angels he says: are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? There are some who think that this means that we can command angels to do what we want them to. That is very dangerous grounds. For this reason we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For if the words spoken through angels (he's talking about the Law of Moses) proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? The word we have heard is so much greater than the word they heard; and so we should be careful to obey it. We hear the word every Sunday from the Pastor, and we read it every day in the Bible. It's not just to tickle our ears (though the pastor is really funny - it's not talking about that kind of tickling our ears), it is to live our life by. Father thank You that the reader pays close attention to what he/she has heard and does not drift away from it.

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