Jordan - Hebrews 2

The reality of Jesus, our brother, comes through in this chapter.  You hear God labelled our father, and you here Jesus as the Son, our Savior.  Jesus calls us "brothers and sisters," but do we ever refer to Jesus as our brother?  


Jesus is our big brother, the guy who's been tested so we can ask Him for advice when we are tested (v 18).  But ya know, I bet Jesus will, a lot of the times, tell us what the author of Hebrews says in verse 1:  "we must pay greater attention to what we have heard so the we do not drift away from it."  Most often, we know the answers to our problems, but we have drifted away.  I remember growing up with my two younger brothers and telling them the same thing over and over again.  Whether it be the "best way" to throw a curve ball, or how to use your wrist when shooting a basketball.  Sometimes I would say "duh, its like this," other times I would be more caring and sometimes I wouldn't even try because they would figure it out on their own eventually.  There were times when they would take my brotherly advice and other times when they would stare blankly at me, thinking that I didn't know as much as I said I did (and they were right!).


Jesus is that guy, the one giving us clues and sometimes just reminding us that the answers have been right in front of us the whole time.  Its up to us to realize that He has been through this before and he does know what He is talking about!