Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 2:3-4

"how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard; God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will." — Hebrews 2:3-4 (ASV)

Which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

This gospel of ours is stamped with the seal of God; he has set his mark upon it, to attest its genuineness and authority. The miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit were the seal that the gospel was no invention of man, but that it was indeed the message of God.

Gifts of healing, gifts of tongues, gifts of miracles of various kinds, were God's solemn declaration to man, "This is the gospel; this is my gospel which I send to you; therefore, do not refuse it."

Which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

Observe, then, that this gospel comes to us by Christ, and it is confirmed to us by his apostles, and further confirmed by those signs and wonders, and various miracles, which God sent as the seals of apostolic teaching; so that this gospel is not one about which we can raise any question whatever. It comes by a medium which we must not dare to question; it has confirming seals that it is blasphemous for us to dispute. Oh, how gladly should we receive it!

How tenderly should we treat it? How devoutly grateful should we be for it; and how earnestly should we comply with all its requirements?