If you'd like to follow my train of thought, which I hope is biblical, you can turn to Hebrew

chapter 2. Let's do that together. There's a Bible on the rack under the pew in front of you or perhaps you brought your own or if you'd rather just listen that's okay too.

Hebrew chapter two we're going to read verses 14 through 18, and complete our exposition of the first

two chapters of Hebrews.

While I have a moment while you're turning, I would ask for your prayer. I'm flying to Australia tomorrow afternoon to speak half dozen times to a group called the Evangelicals of the Anglican Fellowship of Evangelical Anglicans or something like that in

Melbourne and I would very much appreciate your prayers that the Lord would give strength

that the Lord would help with the jet lag.

You know it's a day and a half or something like that difference and you get off the plane you go straight to speak and come up for air five days later and come home and you wonder,

was that real?

And if you pray, if you pray, it will be real and hearts will be helped. So please pray for me.

Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 through 18. Since then the children share in flesh and blood, he

himself likewise, this is Christ, Christ himself likewise, this is Christ, also partook of the same nature, that through

death he might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is the devil,

and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

For assuredly he does not give help to angels, but he gives help to the descendant or the descendants children of Abraham.

Therefore, he had to be made like his brethren in all things that he might become a merciful and faithful

high priest in things pertaining to God to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

For since he himself was tempted in that which he suffered,

he is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted or tested.

Let's pray before we open this text.

Father, would you draw near now as our teacher? By your Holy Spirit, open my mouth to speak boldly and clearly and faithfully and humbly, lovingly as I ought to speak and open

hearts to receive what you have appointed from this text for us this morning.

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