1. General & Personal Letters Lesson 14 Jesus is Superior Hebrews 1 – 4:13

2. “It shall greatly help to thee to understand Scripture if thou mark not only what is spoken or written, but of whom and to whom, with what words, at what time, where, and to what intent, under what circumstances, considering what goeth before and what followeth.” - “Golden Rule of Interpretation” by John Wycliffe

3. Hebrews 1:1: “In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways” Hebrews 1:2a: “but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son”

4. Completion

5. Jesus was appointed heir of all things (1:2) Through Jesus He made the universe (1:2). “The Father was the Architect (Genesis 1:1), the Son was the Contractor (John 1:1), and the Holy Spirit was the Carpenter (Genesis 1:2). Creation occurred from the Father, by the Son, through the Holy Spirit.” - Jon Courson

6. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory (1:3) “Christ is to the Father what the rays of the sun are to the sun.” - Warren Wiersbe

7. Jesus is the exact representation of His being (1:3) John 14:9-10: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?”

8. Jesus is sustaining all things by his powerful word. (1:3)

9. Colossians 1:17: “He is before all things, and I Him all things hold together.”

10. When He has by Himself purged our sins (1:3) Jesus sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven (1:3)

11. 1. He was appointed heir of all things – the Inheritor 2. Through Him He made the universe – the Creator 3. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory – the Radiator 4. He is the exact representation of his being – the Representer 5. He is sustaining all things by his powerful word – the Sustainer 6. He has by Himself purged our sins – the Purifer 7. He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven – the Ruler Jesus in Hebrews 1:2-3

12. Hebrews 1:4: “So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.” H-I-M

13. Hebrews 1:5a: “For which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father” (taken from Psalm 2:7) Hebrews 1:5b: or again “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.” (taken from Samuel 7:14) John 1:1-2: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.”

14. Hebrews 1:6: “And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.” (taken from Psalm 97:7) Hebrews 1:7: “In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.” (taken from Psalm 104:4)

15. Hebrews 1:8-9: “But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” (taken from Psalm 45:6-7)

16. Hebrews 1:10-12: “He also says, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.” (taken from Psalm 102:25-27)

17. Hebrews 1:13: “To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet” (taken from Psalm 110:1) “Christ is the Son; angels are servants. Christ is King; angels are subjects. Christ is the Creator; angels are creatures.” - J. Vernon McGee

18. The Peril of Drifting

19. Hebrews 2:3: “How shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?” NOTHING 2 Corinthians 6:2: “Now is the time of God’s favor, no is the day of salvation.”

20. Hebrews 2:7: “You made them [mankind] a little lower than the angels.” Hebrews 2:10: “It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.”

21. Hebrews 2:14-15: “Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”

22. “An apostle, like a prophet, came from God to man with a message; he spoke for God to man. However, a high priest was going on the other side of the freeway in the opposite direction. He was going from man to God; he represented man before God.” - J. Vernon McGee

23. Hebrews 3:6: “But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.” The Peril of Unbelief

24. Hebrews 4:10: “For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.” Hebrews 4:12: “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double- edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

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