Hebrews 1:7-14

This first chapter is comprised of 14

verses.

And it is, quite literally, a biblical

mountain peak, the whole first chapter, because

it presents us with

really a breathtaking look

at the identity of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now, as you know by now, the book

of Hebrews is all about the absolute supremacy

and

preeminence of Jesus over

everybody, and everything that exists.

And also remember, don't ever let this leave your mind,

because it's very important, that this was specifically

originally written to a small

Jewish congregation who

really needed to understand this, all

of this, everything in this letter, in

a much deeper way than they did.

In fact, Jesus is the theme of

both the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Look at what he said in Matthew 5.

Verse 17.

Jesus said, Do not think that I came to abolish

the law of the prophets, I did not

come to abolish,

but to fulfill.

He is the fulfillment of Old Testament truth.

Do you remember when Jesus was talking with the

two on the road to Emmaus?

Look there in Luke 24, 27, it

says, then beginning with Moses, and

with all the prophets.

He explained to them the things concerning

himself in

all the scriptures.

And all the scriptures, of course, at that time was the whole Old Testament.

Can you just imagine that exposition from

Jesus, going through the entire Old

Testament with these two people, explaining every part

of it, is about him.

And let me tell you, there is no way that

anybody, Jew or Gentile,

who will ever truly understand the

Old Testament unless they

understand the Old Testament from the perspective of Jesus.

Because it's all about him.

Speaking of the Old Testament, look at what Jesus says in John 5

and verse 39, you search the scriptures,

that's the Old Testament, because you think

that in them you have eternal life.

It is these.

These scriptures that testify about

me.

The Old Testament testifies about me, Jesus says.

All the types.

All the shadows, all the ceremonies.

They all point to Christ.

And, of course, the whole New Testament is about

Jesus, making him the

main character of the whole Bible.

We don't have to wonder why the Jews have so much in trouble

interpreting the Old Testament,

because they cannot possibly understand it

apart from Jesus Christ.

One commentator said this, what the Old

Testament concealed of Christ, the New Testament,

revealed, what the Old Testament,

contained of Christ, the New Testament, explained.

Now, there's going to be much more to say about all

of that in the Sundays ahead.

I was thinking about going down that trail, but I decided not

to just keep this as condensed

as I possibly can, because there's so much here.

So for today, let's just start by

thinking back to some things that we learned the last time

we were here in Hebrews, like the fact that the Old Covenant

was mediated to men by angels.

You remember those specific scriptures I gave you that showed

the role that the angels, God

ordained the angels to mediate?

There were two specific verses from the New Testament.

I showed you that.

We don't know exactly how, but we just know that they were used.

And remember also that I taught you last time that

the Jews, especially at this time, esteemed

angels, big time, higher than any other, created

beings, along with some pretty wild,

extra biblical descriptions of things

that angels did, that they just made up, obviously.

And if they, the angels, were

the mediators of the old covenant, then think about it.

The writer of Hebrews, writing to Jews here,

wants to prove that Jesus is

better than the angels.

Does that make sense?

He's a better mediator with a better covenant,

so he has to be better than angels.

And so as we come back to verses 4 to 14, we find

that this is the subject of our text in verses 4 to 14.

Put a summary over it.

Jesus is better than angels, okay?

And I want to do a quick review without detail, if you want

detail, go back and look at the previous two messages on

our Facebook page of what we studied last time, so I

want to pick up right where we left off, quick review first.

Look at verse 4.

Having become as much better than the angels,

has he inherited a much a more excellent

name than they.

So remember here, Jesus is

better than angels, because he has a

more excellent name than they have.

And what is this name?

Well, it's actually, as we learned in detail last time, a title.

Look next in verse five.

For to which of the angels did he ever say,

you are my son?

Today, I have begotten you.

There's the name, the title, son.

And notice, especially if you have a good old

Mech Arthur study Bible, but also in other study, Bibles, there's

some caps here in that verse, to

show you that the writer of Hebrews is actually using

the Old Testament.

That's a quote from Psalm 2 7.

He's using the Old Testament to prove this, that

these Jews that he's writing to.

He's saying, I'm going to take your own Old Testament,

and show you how, out of your own Old Testament,

Jesus is better than angels, and then next,

it says, and again, I will be a father to him, and

he shall be a son to me.

And again, there we see the title, son.

And this time, the writer uses Samuel

7:14, from their own Old Testament,

to state his case to these Jews that Jesus has

a more excellent name, son

than angels.

And his point is, when has God?

ever said.

To any angel, you are my son, this

day I have begotten you, I will be a father to you,

and you will be a son to me.

Answer, no angel, ever.

That's the answer.

And again, it's just brilliant.

On the part of the writer of Hebrews that he

uses, as you're going to see, in this text, a total of

seven Old Testament quotes to

prove his point about Jesus being better than angels in this first chapter.

An angel's a messenger.

It simply means servant.

Jesus, in this context, right

here in this passage, is not seen as a servant, though

he is in others, in this passage,

in this context, he is seen as sun.

He's not the hired help.

He's not the messenger boy.

He is the thun.

He has always eternally been the

son.

And just as a reminder, you need, remember, what I explained in detail,

last time, the terms, sun,

begotten, as we're fixing to see, I mean, a moment,

first born, those words are

not to be applied in the physical sense,

like we apply them to our earthly existence.

Don't do that.

Cults do that, okay?

Son, begotten, firstborn, in

this context, apply only to Jesus

and Jesus alone, and no one else, ever.

No human being ever, no other angel ever, and

only in terms big picture of describing his deity.

That's what those terms are used for.

We're simply just using human terms here to

ascribe the deity that alone

Jesus has to himself.

So first, we saw that Jesus

is better than angels because he has a better

name, the name son.

Secondly, still reviewing here.

We saw he is better than angels because of

his being worshipped.

And that takes us next to verse six.

at it.

And when he again brings the first born into the

world, he says, And let

all the angels of God worship him.

And this is a prophecy that the writer,

again, straight out of the Old Testament,

that's a quote from Psalm 97, 7.

as I said last time, whether you see, when he again

brings the firstborn into the world, as the incarnation

of Jesus, like RC, who said, at his

birth, and all the angels were praising him, glory to God

in the highest, or, whether you see this, as MacArthur

does, as the second coming of Jesus.

Either way, all the angels of God worship him.

And either way, you understand the word again.

So, point being, he

alone deserves the worship of angels.

And if he does, if he does, then think about it.

He must be better than angels, right?

If he's worshipped by angels, and that's the writer's point.

Now, next, let's move on to the reality that

Jesus is superior to angels because

of his nature.

And this will be .3.

Now we're moving into new territory.

And here we see the difference in the nature of angels and

the nature of Jesus.

Look at verse 7.

And of the angels, he says, who

makes his angels, wins,

and his ministers a

flame of fire.

So, before the writer makes the contrast with

Jesus, the first thing he wants to do is establish

with us the nature of angels, and

again, what does he do?

He uses the Old Testament, straight from Psalm

1044.

This is a quote.

And notice first, it says, who

makes, look at that word, his angel.

Remember last week, John 1:3, all

things came into being, through him, through

Jesus, apart from him, nothing came into being

that has come into being.

That's Jesus.

And then earlier in Hebrews one and verse two, in

these last days, has spoken to us in his son,

whom he appointed heir of all things through

whom Jesus also, he

made the world.

And remember the word for world, there is ages of meaning,

big picture, all of the universe, and everything connected to

the universe is what the word means there.

And all of that means one thing, of course, in the context of what we're talking about.

Jesus created all the angels.

You with me?

Notice it says, his angel.

Here in verse 7.

That's a possessive pronoun in his.

So, whose angels are these?

They are his angels.

They are Jesus' angels.

He created them.

He made them.

They are his own angels.

And look next in verse seven, how he describes the nature of

angels, first with the word winds.

Then he uses ministers of flame of fire.

The use of the word winds, back to the Old Testament,

is quoted straight out of Psalm 1044, referring

to the fact that, just like the wind, angels are invisible.

Can you see the wind?

No.

You can't see angels either.

Just like the wind moves with powerful and

rapid movement.

how the wind moves.

That's how angels moves.

And then look at these other descriptions, ministers.

Flame of fire.

So not only do angels move invisibly,

rapidly, powerfully, to carry

out God's bidding, as ministers, servants.

They do so, it says here, as

flames, of fire.

And in the Bible, where

do we normally encounter this reality of

flames, of fire?

That's usually in connection with judgment, right?

And many times in scripture, we

do, indeed, find angels serving

as God's executioners, carrying

out judgment upon the earth.

Metro councilman and candidate for mayor of the city

of central Erin Moch is quoted as saying in

an article from brpride.org, one of the most

important things that youth can do is pay attention to

their queer history.

I beg to differ as an ambassador of King Jesus.

The only queer history I want our kids and

grandkids to pay attention to is Genesis 19,

where the angels say to Lot, look there in Genesis 19,

13, for we are about to destroy this place.

Because their outcry has become so great before the

Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.

because of the primary sin of homosexuality.

It says this in Genesis 1924.

Look at it, then the Lord rained on

Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone, and

fire from the Lord out of heaven.

That's queer history, 101, from God's standard

of morality, God's word.

You don't like that, I don't care.

That makes you uncomfortable.

I care not.

I'm an ambassador of King Jesus, whose standard

of morality is derived from the word of God, and that's what it says.

Whether you like it or not, is not important to me.

There are many examples of angels serving as God's executioners.

Now I want to just give you one more.

I could give you a lot.

I mean, I could be here until 12:30, given these things to you, but

I just want to give you one more, instead at the end of time, Matthew

13, verse 41,

then the Son of Men will send forth.

Look at that.

His angels, they're his, and they

will gather out of his kingdom all stumbling blocks,

and those who commit lawlessness, verse 42, and

will throw them into the furnace of

fire in that place, there will

be weeping and gnashing of

teeth, gnashing of teeth.

So, the angels are winds.

invisible, swift, powerful.

Also, the angels are ministers,

servants, agents of judgment, but

most significantly, for

our purposes here to understand, in the context of what we're

talking about, they are created beings, and

they are created by Jesus, and

they are his angels.

And they operate at his discretion.

The contrast as we are fixing to see next is

clear and very deliberate.

They are made, and they are sent, they do not rule.

And that contrast is made very clear next in verse 8.

Look at it.

But of the certain, he says.

And here's the contrast.

We just got the nature of angels in verse 7, right?

Well, then verse 8.

But of the sun, he says, your

throne, oh, God, is

forever and ever.

That's the father talking to the son.

That's huge.

There cannot possibly be a stronger,

bigger, more major contrast than

this, angels are created, ministers,

servants, but of the Son, he says,

your throne, oh, God, is forever and ever.

Yet another very clear verse.

Very straightforwardly, with no ambiguity

whatsoever, calling Jesus God

debate over again.

How many verses do you need to get this?

that Jesus is God.

And again, this is a quote,

straight from the Old Testament, straight from

Psalm 45, 6, God

the Father is saying to God the Son, Your throne,

O God, is forever and ever, just clear,

powerful, emphatic, irrefutable, proof

that the Bible teaches that Jesus is God, case, closed again.

If that truth is not a part of Christianity, then you are

not a part of Christianity.

Because you are believing in a Jesus that, again, does not exist.

Notice also in verse 8, he has a throne.

An eternal throne.

That last, it says, forever and ever.

Jesus, God, the Son,

rules eternity, eternity, future.

This was never said by

the Father about any angel ever, and it never will be.

Notice next, verse 8.

And the righteous scepter is

the scepter of his kingdom, Jesus' kingdom.

Jesus, whose throne is eternal, who rules

eternity, always rules

justly and righteously.

And then verse 9, continuing to speak of King

Jesus, straight out of Psalm 45,

7, and the Jews' own Old Testament, you

have loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness,

therefore, God, your God,

has anointed you with the oil of gladness, above

your companions, and now it flips.

We have tones here of even the

incarnation of Jesus when he was here, you

have loved righteousness and hated lawless.

And then, God, your God,

that's the other side of the incarnation, that's

son to the Father now.

Not only is he God, but he

is most magnificently seen as the Son

of God, the Father, in his incarnation,

as a man, and so God, it says,

has anointed you, Jesus, with the oil

of gladness, above your companions.

Tremendous.

Listen to what Dr. Sproll says about this verse.

Here, he says, the Father is addressing the Son directly

as the text ascribes the divine name and eternal throne

to the Son, who loves righteousness and hate wickedness.

This is a declaration of the son's full

deity, and everlasting kingship,

and no angel ever receives such an address.

You getting a picture?

That he loves righteousness and hates lawlessness

here in verse 9, and not only reveals the actions of Jesus, it

also reveals the motives of Jesus.

He didn't just do righteousness when he was here.

He loved it, is what this is saying.

Have you ever obeyed without joy?

Have you ever obeyed begrudgingly?

Oh, man, I know this is the right thing to do.

I gotta do it.

Not Jesus.

He never did that, not ever, not for one second.

He always loved righteousness.

As the holy God man, he loved it.

and still does.

James 117 says, every good thing

given in every perfect gift is from above, coming

down from the Father of lights, with whom?

Look at this, there is no variation or

shifting shadow.

I love the King James, no variableness or shadow of turning.

Let me tell you, that's true righteousness.

Never any variation.

That's the point.

Always just.

Always righteous.

Not like us.

That's Jesus.

And if that's true, then it has to be true that he hates lawlessness, right?

That he has a total, pure, holy

hatred for sin, that's Jesus.

And you see that most clearly in his substitution area, atoning

sacrifice, for sinners,

like us, on the cross, right?

Then next in verse 9 comes a direct statement of

the superiority of angels over Jesus.

Therefore, God, your God, has anointed

you with the oil of gladness above your companions.

Now, the commentators like to argue about who the companions are here.

The word for companions here just simply means associates.

And in my simple little North Baton Rouge way of understanding things, I

think that since the point being made in

the context of the passage here is that

Jesus is greater than angels, and angels were

messengers of God, and Jesus was also a

messenger of God, just a much greater message than

the angels, that these companions, I think, in this sense, are angels.

I think that's who the companions are here.

It's just stand right in the context of our subject matter,

saying, God has anointed you, Jesus, with

the oil of gladness above your companions above the angels.

We're just staying in the flow as the way I see it.

Now, in the Old Testament, not everybody got anointed.

In fact, God had designed that only the king was

to be anointed in Old Testament history,

and so, as God has anointed

Jesus, we see here, that puts him on top.

Again, that shows him to be greater than and superior

to every angel.

And, of course, Jesus is God's anointed.

Look at Acts 10:38.

An infinitely better preacher than me, named Peter, is preaching,

and he says, You know of Jesus of Nazareth, How God

anointed him, with the Holy Spirit, and power.

The word in the Old Testament for the coming Redeemer was what?

Messiah.

What does the word Messiah mean in the Hebrew?

The anointed, or the anointed one?

The word Christ in the New Testament is not Jesus' last name.

The word means the anointed, the anointed one.

And it says here that Jesus has been anointed

by God with the oil of gladness.

Now, there's all kind of different ideas about what the

oil of gladness is.

But I'm not going to take you through down delaying of all

the distinctions and all the different details and opinions.

I just like to boil it down for you, big picture.

What did we just read?

in Acts 10:38?

God anointed Jesus with what?

the Holy Spirit and power.

So that the all of gladness, I think, is referring to the Holy Spirit.

Now, get a little more nuance.

This could be during his earthly

ministry where he was anointed with

the holy spirit and power, or it

also could be, maybe, kind of like in line with

what RC was thinking earlier, and what John MacArthur

does think about this here, being anointed

with the all of gladness above his companions that this is referring

much bigger picture to the coronation of Jesus.

When he went to heaven, after his resurrection,

most significantly, after his work was

done, here on the earth, when the Father

exalted him and gave him a name that was

above every name, and it was at that moment, he's

then kind of an official way, when his

work is done, anointed above every angel.

Now I can't be dogmatic on that.

But that's the take that makes the most sense to me

in the context of what we're talking about here, in

Jesus being superior to all the angels.

Now, so far think about this.

We have just seen, in

just these few verses, that Jesus is better than angels,

in his title, better than angels in

his worship, better than angels in his nature.

Next, we're going to continue to see in

his eternity.

Look at verse 10.

And you, Lord, in the beginning,

laid the foundation of the earth and the

heavens are the works of your hands.

And again, the writer

is masterfully using the Old Testament to

explain the superiority of Jesus to these Jews.

This is a quote right here, again, from Psalm

102, 25, and it's showing to these Jews and anybody

who will ever read the book of Hebrews, for all human

history, that Jesus is better than angels, because

he is the eternal creator of all things.

Remember, If he existed

in the beginning, to do the creating,

he had to have existed before the

beginning, which makes him what without beginning.

self existent.

having the power of being within himself.

It says here in verse 10, And you, Lord, in

the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth and

the heavens are the work of your hands.

If Jesus created the heavens and the earth in the beginning, then it's

clear, as we learned from other verses, that

he populated it as well.

Hence, again, he was

the creator of the angels, and that's what we saw in verse 7, and,

of course, John 1, all things came into being through him.

Next.

Verse 11.

Another direct quote from Psalm

10226.

They will perish, but you will remain,

and they all will become like an old garment.

Now, what does they will perish mean?

Well, that's referring back to the heavens and the earth in verse 10, right?

Look at 2 Peter 3:12.

It says, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of

God, because of which the heavens

will be destroyed, by burning,

and the elements will melt with

fervent heat.

Everything you see, with your eyes,

when you look up at the sky, everything a

scientist sees, when he looks in the Hubble

telescope, at the now we know at least a

trillion galaxies, all of it is going to perish.

And the Lord is going to think about it, create a

new heavens, and a new earth.

And it says next in verse 11, speaking of Jesus, they

will perish, the old heavens and the old earth, but

you, Jesus, will remain.

That is the always, everlasting eternality of Jesus.

Look next, and they will become like an old garment,

and then verse 12, and like a mantle, you will roll

them up like a garment.

They will also be changed.

Again, we're talking about a completely new heavens and a new urn.

What in the world is that going to look like?

I don't know, but it's going to be great.

I can promise you that.

Look at that phrase.

You will roll them up.

When that happens, let me tell you.

That's a scene beyond our imagination.

Look what it says in Revelation 6:14.

The sky.

was split apart like a scroll

when it is rolled up.

The sky, the space and everything, and

every mountain and island were moved out of

their places.

Think of what happens to the literally, now

we know, because of technology, trillions of massive

stars and whole galaxies in

that moment, melting with fervent heat and rolling

up like a scroll.

So when Hebrews 111, here says, they will perish,

the heavens, the earth, that's what it means.

And then lastly, in verse 12, speaking of Jesus.

Still quoting Psalm 102, 26, and now

into verse 27, but you are the same,

and your years will not come to an end.

Old Testament.

Jesus is not a created being.

He is eternal.

He is immutable, which means unchangeable.

He will create, he, Jesus, will create a

new heavens, a new earth.

Planets come and go.

Stars come and go.

Whole galaxies come and go, but Jesus is the

same yesterday, today, and forever.

And so in our text so far, we have seen.

Jesus is superior to angels in title, Son,

in worship, as all the angels worship him, in nature,

in eternity, and now, lastly for today, in his destiny.

Verses 13 and 14 are going to teach us next that

the destiny of Jesus is much greater

than any angel.

Here comes next, the seventh, seventh

Old Testament quote in this passage, verse

13,

But to which of the angels?

Has he ever said, sit at my

right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?

That's straight out of Psalm 110,1.

And the answer is, to

absolutely no angel has he ever said anything like this.

Sit at my right hand.

Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.

The eternal destiny of Jesus is ultimately,

everything in the universe is going to be fully and completely,

in every sense, possible, totally subjected to him.

That's what we're talking about.

Philippians 2 9 through 11,

For this reason, also, God, highly exalted

him, and bestowed on him the name which is above

every name, so that the name of Jesus,

every knee will bow of those who are in heaven,

and on earth, and under the earth, and that

every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ

is the Lord to the glory of God, the Father.

That's every single human being who has

ever existed, every communist, every atheist,

every leftist, every Republican, every Democrat,

every politician, everybody that you can ever

think of, right there in Philippians 2, 9,

it applies to that, 9 through 11.

Everyone.

They're going to say it with their mouth, and they're going to bend their knee to the king

of kings, and it's coming.

This is God, the Father's plan for God,

the Son, to rule in

totality all of existence.

No more devil on a leash.

The devil and his demons at this point are in the lake of fire being

punished for all eternity.

To quote from the Wizard of Oz, he has no power here anymore.

after that.

1 Corinthians 15, 24 27.

Then comes the end.

When he, Jesus, hands over

the kingdom, to God

the Father, when he has abolished all rule

and authority and power, for he must

reign until he has put all enemies under his feet,

the last enemy that will be abolished, is death.

And there'll be no more death.

And then verse 28.

When all things are subjected to him, Jesus,

the Son himself, also will be subjected

to the one, the Father, who subjected

all things to him, so that God may be all in all.

You want some Trinity?

There it is right there.

You think your little p brank and understand how that relationship

works, will come see me after church and explain it to me, please.

R.C.

Sproul says this about verse 13.

The right hand...

Remember, it's not as literal, sitting on a concrete throne, and this...

Get that out of your mind.

Don't be silly.

The right hand is the place of highest honor and cosmic authority.

God never said this to an angel.

No creature can occupy the right hand of the majesty on

high, or receive all authority in heaven and earth,

only the sun does.

End quote.

So the destiny of the god man, Jesus Christ, is

eternally ruling and reigning in absolute

totality forever and ever.

And then lastly, for today, the destiny of angels.

Here's the contrast.

verse 14.

Are they not all ministering spirits?

Sent out to render service, for

the sake of those who will inherit salvation.

And this is the last great contrast between Jesus and

the angels here in verse 14.

The sun, rules, and reigns.

That's his destiny, the angels serve,

and they will keep on serving, not only him,

but also, guess who?

Us.

believers.

This verse says, those who will inherit salvation.

I can't imagine that.

Because I agree, as I told you before, Dr. Jim Boyce, if an

angel walked in this door, we'd be tempted to worship it, right?

Again, RC says this, Angel's vocation is serviced

to the heirs of salvation not to rule the cosmos.

They minister to the people of God.

The Son is the heir and the Lord of those people.

end

In the end, church, we will be

favored, over and serve by angels, forever.

That's what this is saying.

In fact, it's true right now that angels are ministering servants to us.

Remember we talked about that.

They protect us from danger, as I told you last time.

I think they protected me when I was lost and doing everything I

possibly could to self destruct my own life, I think there

were times when they protected me, who I was

my own worst enemy, asked my mom.

But let me give you one example, okay?

I can't help it.

I got to give you one example of how angels protect us now,

all right?

From 2 Kings 6.

Let me set the scene for you.

The prophet Elisha and his servant, they're

being manhandled by the king of Syria,

and they don't have any way to defend themselves here.

So let's dip into this scene, starting in 2 Kings 6.15.

Now, the attendant of the man of God, that was Elisha's

servant, had risen early, and gone out,

behold an army, with horses and chariots, was circling the city.

And his servants said to him, Alas, my master, what shall we do?

So he answered, Elisha, do not fear.

For those who are with us are more than those

who are with them.

Then Elisha prayed and said, oh, Lord, I pray,

open his eyes that he may see, and the Lord opened

the servants' eyes, and he saw, and behold, the

mountain was full of horses and chariots

of fire all around Elisha.

Those were angels.

Ministering spirits.

And they were sent to protect Elisha, and his servant.

It was angels who got Lot and his family out of Sodom.

It was angels, who got down there in that lion's

den, with Daniel.

They ministered to us now.

And their destiny is to minister to us throughout all eternity.

Jesus' destiny is to rule and reign over

us and over everything

that is in the totality of existence in

the eternal state of the new heaven and the new earth.

So, folks, the

writer can't be clearer.

There's only one conclusion we can come up with.

Jesus is superior to angels.

That's his point, and he proves it pretty well, I think.

Confirm to this immediate original

audience of Jews, and the

church, for all time, through the

use of seven Old Testament passages that

are all about Jesus, every one of them.

Think back to the start of this small 14

verse chapter one, and what we've learned in it.

The deity of Jesus is established by divine names

that we've seen, Son, Lord,

and God.

By divine works, he is shown to be in this

passage, omniscient, omnipotent, unchanging,

and eternal, by divine worship.

He is the one to be worshipped by the angels and

all believers for all eternity.

And so the superiority of Jesus over everybody,

and everything, is clearly and unmistakably

proclaimed in chapter one.

And guess what?

We're just beginning to get warmed up.

In our study, of this tremendous book of

Hebrews, which starts in chapter

two, next, by

starting with this phrase, for

this reason, and

you have to come back next time and find out what this reason is.

Let's pray.

By the way, thank you, Lord.

What a worm of a man I am to preach something like this.

I can't understand why you have me doing it.

I'm just trying to be obedient.

Lord, that's all I can do.

Some of the loftiest passages of scripture that exists right here.

We've seen them.

Jesus is presented to us so clearly.

I pray for every person in this room, Lord.

that they now have a deeper

understanding of the majesty of who Jesus is.

And if any in this room have not come to him on his terms

of repentance and faith, I would pray that

you would use the majesty of Jesus in

these verses, and the power of the Holy

Spirit, to draw them to yourself in salvation.

As always, we pray everything we've done here today, we

pray, have been done for your maximum

glory.

In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.