JESUS, THE FINAL AUTHORITY
Hebrews 1:1-9
THE OLD TESTAMENT , THE AGE OF THE LAW
V:1. " After God spoke long ago in various portions and
in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets."
A. The Old Testament is the recording of God's Word to the
Jews.
1. God used 30
different people to record the Old Testament over 1500
years
starting around 1450 BC.
2. Each writer
wrote what God revealed to them at that time.
3. The revelation
to each writer was unique in some ways and confirmation
of the Word
in other ways.
B. God chose the
Jewish nation in which Jesus would have His fleshly
descendants to
be the first to receive His Word.
1. God gave the
Jews His Law which served as a tutor until Grace came
in the form of His Son.
2. Israel
had an exclusive relationship with God.
a. God freed
them from slavery.
b. God opened
their eves to see Him.
c. God opened
their ears to hear Him.
3. According to
the dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Old Testament was complete
at least 300
years before the birth of Christ.
4. Christ referred to the Old Testament
throughout His ministry.
a. Why did He
refer to the Old Testament?
b. Because it
was His Word.
c. It was the righteousness of God.
d. Because the
Old Testament condemned man for his sins.
e. Because it
recorded all of God's commands.
f. Because it
is a record of Israel 's
disobedience and rejection of God.
g. Because it
foretold His coming as the Messiah for mankind.
THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE AGE OF GRACE
V:2. " In these last days he has spoken to us in a Son,
whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world."
A. With Jesus death on the Cross, He fulfilled all the
requirements of the Law.
1. The age of the Law
ended with Jesus death and the Age of Grace began with His
resurrection.
2. The New
Testament began with the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
3. Jesus is King,
High Priest and prophet.
B, Jesus is the creator of all thing.
1. According to
John 1:3 everything was made by Him and nothing was made
without Him.
2. God the Father
appointed Him the inheritor of all things.
a. This points
to the unity of Jesus and the Father.
b. This also
points to Jesus and the Father as the co creators of all things.
C. Jesus is the person of the Son in the Holy Trinity.
1. Jesus was
always Son, who was presented to the world through His birth in
in Human flesh
into humanity.
2. Jesus is the
Spirit of God that took on human flesh for our salvation
D. In the Old Testament God's revelation was through His
prophets.
1. In the New
Testament times, the Age of Grace, God's final revelation
is though His
Son.
2. God's revelation
through His Son is that salvation of mankind is through
death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
3. While we were
yet sinners Christ death on the cross paid our sin debt in FULL.
4. The Will of
Father in the Age of Grace is communicated
through the Son.
a. The future
judgment of unbelievers is communicated
through the Son.
b. The future
glory of believers is communicated through the Son.
THE GLORY OF THE SON OF GOD
V: 3 "The Son is the radiance of his glory and the
representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word,
and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right
hand of the Majesty on high."
A. Jesus and the Father are one
1. Jesus in the
flesh was the exact replica of the Father.
2. Jesus in the
flesh was man and God.
3. He was holy and
without sin,
4. He loved
righteousness and hated sin.
5. He walked on
earth with all the aspects of the Father.
6. He told His
disciples, that whoever has seen Him has seen the Father.
7. The world came
into being by His Word and is maintained by His Word.
B. His death on the cross was the victory over sin.
1. All believers
in Jesus Christ are made clean by His shed blood on the cross.
2. He ratified the
New Covenant with death on the cross putting an end to
all animal
sacrifices for one time atonement of sins.
3. His death and
resurrection established Him as the final and only High Priest.
3. The blood of
Jesus is the atonement of all sins, past, presence and future.
C. Jesus came down from heaven to satisfy our sin debt.
1. Jesus returned
to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father
making intercessions
for you and I.
2. All of our
prayers are directed to the Father through Jesus. Matt 21:21-22
HIS POSITION IN HEAVEN
V: 4-5. " Thus he became so far better than the angels
as he has inherited a name superior to theirs. The Son Is Superior to Angels 5
For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my son! Today I have
fathered you"? And in another place he says, "I will be his father
and he will be my son."
A. Angel are created being. Ezekiel 26:12-15
1. They are
messengers of God.
2. They were
created to give God praise.
3. Lucifer, an
Arch Angel, who we know as Satan, was part of God praise team until
his pride forced him out of heaven. Isa
14:12
B. Angel after their
creation, were capable of sin. Ezekiel
26: 12-15
1. In Genesis, God
created the heaven and the earth.
2. Angels were
created before the earth was created.
Job 38:4-7
C. Jesus being spirit is elevated above all spiritual
beings.
1. Jesus is the
creator of angels.
2. Jesus became Son to be salvation of mankind.
a. Angel were
not called on for this task.
b. They
announced the birth of Jesus in human flesh.
3. Angels have
only the limited power God gives them for specific task. Ex 14:19
4. Jesus has all
power.
D. God the Father
established the Son relationship with Jesus.
1. Jesus being
equal to the Father submitted Himself to the will of the Father.
2. Jesus said, not
my will but the Fathers will.
HIS MISSIAHSHIP
V:6-7. " But when he again brings his firstborn into
the world, he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him!" 7 And he
says of the angels, "He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame
of fire,"
A. God is spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and in truth.
1. The Lord makes
it clear that there is a hierarchy of spiritual being.
2. Jesus is the
supreme spiritual being.
3. Jesus the
creator, always was and always will be.
4. Jesus has no
beginning or ending.
B. Angels are commanded to worship the Lord.
1. Angels are the
Lord's ministers.
2. Angels are
under the command of Jesus. Matthew
26:53
C. Angels worship the Lord Jesus in His first coming and
will worship Him in His second
coming. Matt 16:27
HIS KINGDOM
V: 8-9. " But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and
ever, and a righteous scepter is the
scepter of your kingdom. 9 You have loved
righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over
your companions with the oil of rejoicing."
A. Jesus is the King forever fulfilling the promise God made
with David.
1. Jesus is the
author and the sustainer of righteousness.
2. Jesus is the
author and the finisher of our faith.
Heb 12:2
3. His blood shed
on the cross to make us righteous before the Father
B. God has empowered Jesus to be our joy.
1. Life is in Jesus
Christ.
2. Jesus said, I am
the way the truth and the life.
LETS PRAISE GOD FOR OUR SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST.
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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