Scripture for Today | Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 (with Pastor Tom)

About this Episode

Opening Song: 

O Perfect Father by Steph Macleod  

Lyrics:

O Perfect Father on Heaven’s throne

Who gave my orphan heart a home

Treasured and destined before all time

Forever claimed by Your love divine

What wondrous kindness shown to me

To know that I’m eternally

A chosen child of God above

The perfect Father with perfect love

 

You never fail me You never leave

You will provide my every need

Joyful or burdened I seek Your face

O Father You never turn away

Your presence is my perfect peace

No other place I long to be

A chosen child of God above

The perfect Father with perfect love

 

Whom shall I fear in the days to come

You are the great Almighty One

Formed in Your image I bear Your name

Yet in Your heart still my heart remains

My silent prayer You always hear

You cradle every secret tear

A chosen child of God above

The perfect Father with perfect love

 

Father my Father who reigns on High

Your sovereign name be glorified

Lead me through life with great words of truth

My passion Father to worship You

What joy to serve You all my days

I live to follow and obey

A chosen child of God above

The perfect Father with perfect love

 

What joy to follow all my days

I live to follow and obey

A chosen child of God above

The perfect Father with perfect love

Passage: 

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.

6 It has been testified somewhere,

“What is man, that you are mindful of him,

or the son of man, that you care for him?

7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels;

you have crowned him with glory and honor,

8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.” 

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

12 saying,

“I will tell of your name to my brothers;

in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.” 

(Hebrews 1:1–4; 2:5–12)

Musical Reflection: 

Bless the Lord, My Soul by Jacques Berthier

Reflection Notes: 
Another contribution to the Taizé tradition, this tune by Berthier provides a reverent foundation for the text: “Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God’s holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life.” 
Prayer:

O God, who desires not the death but the repentance of sinners, we beseech you, in your loving kindness, to turn your people to yourself; that when they devote themselves to you, you may remove the scourges of your anger; through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Gelasian Sacramentary