One of the great burdens of this book is to show how serious listening to Jesus is considering Jesus, fixing our eyes on Jesus.

The first commandment, the first commandment in the book of Hebrews is listen.

Listen, please listen to Jesus.

Why must we give Jesus our unwavering attention?

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper opens Hebrew. give Jesus our unwavering attention.

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper opens Hebrews 2 1 to 4 to underscore the necessity

of Heeding God's decisive word in Christ.

This sermon was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on April 28, 1996.

It's a remarkable thing to me that in Chapter 1 of Hebrews, there's no command to us.

We are not told to do anything in Chapter 1.

Chapter 1 is all celebration, all declaration to this effect.

In former times, God spoke in a lot of different ways through the prophets.

Now, in these latter days, he has spoken to us by a son.

And then, the rest of the chapter is to describe the sun.

He's the heir of all things.

He upholds the universe with the word of his power.

He created all things.

He's the radiance of God's glory.

He's the exact representation of the Father's nature.

He made purifications for sin.

He sat down at the right hand of the majesty.

He is over all angels dispatching them to do his bidding

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