Who's the Boss? (2 of 28)
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 1:4-14
We're going to be in Hebrews 1:1-14 this morning. I'll share some introductory thoughts, then we'll jump into addressing what the text says. In other words, I'll be talking around the text for a little bit, but I don't want you to be afraid we'll never get to it.
If you were with us last week, we embarked on this journey through the New Testament book of Hebrews. It's a difficult book. We talked about how intimidating it can be, because there is a lot in it that we in 21st century America may not readily understand. That's why we'll be doing some back study to understand where these Hebrew Christians were. What we do know without question, however, is that these people were followers of Jesus Christ who had given their lives to Him but found themselves wanting to give up. Their lives were filled with persecution. They had relational issues and other kinds of turmoil that centered on their commitment to Christ.
Some of you may find yourself in this situation as well. Your family may be in disarray or you may have challenges at work for reasons that have nothing to do with your personality. Rather, these are the result of your allegiance to Jesus.
Because these Hebrew people were also suffering for their loyalty to Jesus, they were being tempted to give up and give in. They wanted to go back to Old Testament Judaism, so all they needed to do was take Jesus out of the picture. Yet the author of Hebrews tells them over and over again that to give up Jesus would be to give up everything. It would be to give up the greatest thing God had ever given them. For this reason we will find argument upon argument in this book to remind the Hebrew people, and us, of the value of what Christians have so we will persevere in the faith we have come to love and enjoy.
The first topic the author addresses is that of angels. Right away you might ask, ''Who would ever think tha ...
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 1:4-14
We're going to be in Hebrews 1:1-14 this morning. I'll share some introductory thoughts, then we'll jump into addressing what the text says. In other words, I'll be talking around the text for a little bit, but I don't want you to be afraid we'll never get to it.
If you were with us last week, we embarked on this journey through the New Testament book of Hebrews. It's a difficult book. We talked about how intimidating it can be, because there is a lot in it that we in 21st century America may not readily understand. That's why we'll be doing some back study to understand where these Hebrew Christians were. What we do know without question, however, is that these people were followers of Jesus Christ who had given their lives to Him but found themselves wanting to give up. Their lives were filled with persecution. They had relational issues and other kinds of turmoil that centered on their commitment to Christ.
Some of you may find yourself in this situation as well. Your family may be in disarray or you may have challenges at work for reasons that have nothing to do with your personality. Rather, these are the result of your allegiance to Jesus.
Because these Hebrew people were also suffering for their loyalty to Jesus, they were being tempted to give up and give in. They wanted to go back to Old Testament Judaism, so all they needed to do was take Jesus out of the picture. Yet the author of Hebrews tells them over and over again that to give up Jesus would be to give up everything. It would be to give up the greatest thing God had ever given them. For this reason we will find argument upon argument in this book to remind the Hebrew people, and us, of the value of what Christians have so we will persevere in the faith we have come to love and enjoy.
The first topic the author addresses is that of angels. Right away you might ask, ''Who would ever think tha ...
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