Hebrews 1:5-14

Sermon Notes

Jesus Christ is at the center of all that God has done in…

• Revelation
• Creation
• Redemption

Jesus is The Prophet through whom God’s final word has come

Jesus is The Priest who has made purification for our sins

Jesus is The King, eternally enthroned at God’s right hand

What does the contrast between Jesus and the OT prophets look like?
Hebrews 1:1-4

What does the contrast between Jesus and the angels look like?
Hebrews 1:5-14

In view of how incomparable the Son is as God’s spokesman, savior and redeemer, how should we then respond?
Hebrews 2:1-4

Jesus Christ is incomparable because He is…

• The final revelation of God – v. 2
• The ultimate heir of all things – v. 2
• The origin/source of all things – v. 2
• The radiance of God’s glory – v. 3
• The exact representation of God v. 3The sustainer of all things – v. 3
• The purifier of our sin – v. 3
• The majestic Lord – v. 3
• Greater than all the angels – v. 4
• The begotten Son of God vs the created angels of God – v. 5
• Worshipped by all the angels – v. 6
• The everlasting God – v. 8
• Anointed and exalted by God – v. 9
• The eternal Creator – v. 10-12
• Ultimately Victorious Over All – v. 13

“So angels were created for Christ’s everlasting glory and for our everlasting joy—which, as you well know, are not contradictory aims. Because Christ is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. The heavenly worshipers are all—all of them—sent to serve you and bring you safely home. ”
John Piper

“No religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.”
A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy

“For most of us the threat of life is not so much that we should plunge into disaster, but that we should drift in to sin. There are few people who deliberately and in a moment turn their backs on God; there are many who day by day drift farther and farther away from him… We must be continually on the alert against the peril of the drifting life.”
William Barclay, The Letter to the Hebrews

“Our neglect of union with Christ explains the gaps between our faith and our lives. When the work of Christ for us becomes abstracted from the person of Christ within us, is it any wonder there is a chasm between our heads and our hearts or between our beliefs and our experiences? Is it surprising that we feel frustrated and cynical or tossed to and fro?”
Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ