1. So we must be more careful to follow what we were taught. We must be careful so that we will not be pulled away from the true way.
2. The teaching that God spoke through angels was shown to be true. And every time his people did something against that teaching, they were punished for what they did. They were punished when they did not obey that teaching.
3. So surely we also will be punished if we don’t pay attention to the salvation we have that is so great. It was the Lord Jesus who first told people about it. And those who heard him proved to us that it is true.
4. God also proved it by using miraculous signs, wonders, and all kinds of miracles. And he proved it by giving people various gifts through the Holy Spirit in just the way he wanted.
5. God did not choose angels to be the rulers over the new world that was coming. That future world is the world we have been talking about.
6. It is written some place in the Scriptures, “Why are people so important to you? Why do you even think about them? Why do you care about the son of man? Is he so important?
7. For a short time you made him lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
8. You put everything under his control.” Psalm 8:4-6 If God put everything under his control, then there was nothing left that he did not rule. But we don’t yet see him ruling over everything.
9. For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace, Jesus died for everyone.
10. God—the one who made all things and for whose glory all things exist—wanted many people to be his children and share his glory. So he did what he needed to do. He made perfect the one who leads those people to salvation. He made Jesus a perfect Savior through his suffering.
11. Jesus, the one who makes people holy, and those who are made holy are from the same family. So he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.
12. He says, “God, I will tell my brothers and sisters about you. Before all your people I will sing your praises.” Psalm 22:22
13. He also says, “I will trust in God.” Isaiah 8:17 And he says, “I am here, and with me are the children God has given me.” Isaiah 8:18