Ever feel small and insignificant?  If you've spent any time reading God's word you  know that He thinks we are important enough to have created us amongst the stars, planets, oceans, and mountains.  To be numbered in a list of such mammoth bodies is evidence enough that we are at least as valuable to God as these, and that includes all people, not just believers.  But what does the Bible say about the worth and significance given to the believer?  The junior high youth found out in Colossians 1:21-23 that, not only are we valuable because God created us, but that if we acknowledge our sin and repent, we may be credited with the infinite worth of Christ himself, though we do not become gods as He is.

In Romans 3:23-27 we saw how the believer, as a sinner, through such weakness, is found Holy and justified, not by their own works or deeds, but by the blood of Christ, who died as payment for those sins, therefore presenting and preserving God as entirely just as no sin goes unpunished, but through faith we are forgiven by His payment as God himself becomes our justifier.  We have no boasting in such a situation, for it is God only who does any work.

So, though we may know we have worth by evidence of our existence, we went further to see how much more so is the worth of the one who is in Christ Jesus.

Last night the Jr. High youth dug deep into Hebrews 2:1-4 as a continuation of our discussion and analysis of the book of Hebrews.  What we found was the very essence of the Gospel message.  The angels spoken of in the previous chapter, of whom Christ is superior, had a message which was reliable, and how much more so Christ's.  Also we explored the flip side of salvation where this text says there was righteous penalties for each and every transgression against the angels' message, and how much more so Christ's.  We journeyed together into the depths of this verse to learn that our salvation is indeed glorious and God backs it up with power, but if we neglect the salvation only secured through Christ, we have no escape.  In the end, our salvation is sure, as Christ is sure, and as God's testimony supporting that salvation in the form of signs, wonders, and miracles is sure (v.4)

What plagues you?

In our reading this week we were told of how the Pharaoh of Egypt did not let Moses’ people go out of the land when Moses said so (Exodus 11).  Pharaoh disobeyed God by disobeying Moses.  The entire land of Egypt experienced 10 plagues because of this disobedience, the last of which was the first born of every Egyptian was killed.  Who killed them?  God did.  Why?  Let’s find out together.

For the junior highers...

In Genesis 5:22 we see that "God took" Enoch.  Does this mean he died?  Well, let's look back to see how other people's deaths were described in this same chapter.