Mark’s Memos

“Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.” (Hebrews 2:1) If you don’t “give the more earnest heed” to nurturing your faith, you will experience cultural drift. If you’re in a canoe on a Minnesota lake in the summer...

But to which of the angels has He ever said: "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?  (Hebrews 1:13-14; Psalm 110:1) Only to Jesus did God...

“You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; …” (Hebrews 1:9; Psalm 45:7) This quote from Psalm 45:7 is applied by the author of Hebrews to Jesus. Jesus loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So many of our politicians today seem to hate righteousness and...

But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8; Psalm 45:6) Notice that in this verse God calls His Son “God”! The Holy Spirit inspired the author of the book of Hebrews to...

But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all the angels of God worship Him." And of the angels He says: "Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire." (Heb. 1:6-7) God declared that all His angels are to worship Jesus!...

For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"? (Heb. 1:5; Ps. 2:7; 2Sam. 7:14) Jesus is superior to all the angels (Heb. 1:4)! Nowhere did God ever call an...

“having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” (Hebrews 1:4) Some people are fascinated with angels. While angels are fascinating, even more fascinating than angels is Jesus Christ! Jesus is much...

“when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,” (Hebrews 1:3). Jesus purged our sins and then sat down at the right hand of God in heaven. How did Jesus purge our sins? Through His death on the cross He shed His blood to...

“and upholding all things by the word of His power, …” (Heb. 1:3a) Jesus was involved in the creation (Heb. 1:2b; John 1:3). Jesus upholds all things by the word of His power. In other words, Jesus keeps the world functioning! Who else but God could create the world...

"… His Son, … who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, …” (Heb. 1:2-3). Jesus is the brightness of God’s glory. Jesus is the express image of God’s person. Jesus is God (John 1:1)! If you want to know God, get to know Jesus (see John...