Hebrew 12:25

Hebrews 12:25 says, See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:  This is a call, or a warning, to not neglect the call of Christ.  Those who had spoken for God before Christ came were but people of the earth, but when Christ came, He came down from heaven.  Matthew Henry says that Christ by His word shook not only the world, but the heavens as well.  We should never underestimate the power of the word of God.  We are told that in Jesus Christ that the Word became flesh.  Before Christ came, God shook the nations to make a land for His people.  Now, God has shaken the heavens to make an everlasting home for His people, those who have put their faith in Christ.  We cannot ignore God's calling us to faith in Christ and have any hope of salvation.  Verse twenty-six adds, Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.  This is what I was discussing above.  The life of Christ shook the very foundation of the universe.  There is no place that we can go that God is not already there, and there is no other way to salvation except through the blood of Christ.  Verse twenty-seven continues, And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.  The old sacrificial system could be shaken, but salvation through Christ and the rewards that it brings never will be shaken.  Verse twenty-eight states, Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:  We are reminded that since we are receiving an everlasting, unmovable kingdom that we are to serve God acceptably.  This means that we are to acknowledge God's grace in saving us, and this will lead us to serving Him with reverence and Godly fear.  This does not mean that we are always to be afraid that God is going to strike us down, but that we should live in awe of both God's power and His grace.  Verse twenty-nine adds For our God is a consuming fire.  God does indeed have the ability to burn everything up.  Fortunately, for us who are followers of Christ, all God burns up are the everlasting consequences of our sins.