The Impact of the Life of Christ Hebrews 2. Hebrews 1 “So we must listen very carefully to the...

The Impact of the Life of Christ

Hebrews 2

Hebrews 1

Who is Jesus Christ?

Center of God’s Eternal Plan

Worshipped by All

The All-Powerful Ruler

The Creator & Reason for EverythingHis Name is

“Yahweh”

He is the Eternal God

“So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard…”

Hebrews 2: the Impact of Jesus ChristTwo Problems (2:1-

3) 1) Drifting

Listen!

Recall Israel?

Take time!

So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it... For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished.

Damanhur “Temples of Humankind”The spiritual group's writings

are in a coded language only they understand and its dances are full of symbolic movements.

Founded in 1975, the Federation of Damanhur thinks of itself as the builders of a new civilization that stands for peace and human potential. It prides itself on being an eco-society based on ethical and spiritual values…


3) 2) Apathy

Is rejection

Consider!

High stakes!

So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself?


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

1) Proof

Historical Record

Something happened!

This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him?

God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles…


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

1) Proof

Historical Record

Something happened!

People change!

God also testified to it by… gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will…

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation 1 Peter 2:2

• Too busy? Growing?

How’s your power ?


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

v.5-6 And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about. For in one place the Scriptures say, “What are people that you should think of them, or a son of man that you should care for him?

A Good Question!

Things are changing!


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

7-8 Yet you made them only a little [while] lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.

You gave them authority over all things.” Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out.

But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority.

“for a short time”

ALL Authority!

So how do we know?


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

2:9 What we do see is Jesus, who was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.”

Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone.

This we know…

This impacts

US


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

v10 God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.

New leadership


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

v10 So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

For he said to God, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people

Adopted!God’s Etern

al Plan!


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

2) Your Glory!

Your change!

The wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. 1 Corinthians 2:7

Don’t you realize that we will judge angels? 1 Corinthians 6:3

And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about. Hebrews 2:5


3)Two Solutions

(2:4ff)

2) Your Glory!

Your change!

Not a victim!

Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Hebrews 2:14 (NLT)

Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying. Hebrews 2:15

Hebrews 2: the Impact of Jesus Christ

Slaves Kings and Queens

“Live in fear…” Confident Future



“Live in fear…”A waste of a life…

Confident FutureLiving with purpose

And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

1 Corinthians 15:32



“Live in fear…”A waste of a life…

A dreary, non-thinking dog’s life…

Confident FutureLiving with purposeGrowing, learning, conquering, building significance…



“Live in fear…”A waste of a life…A dreary, non-thinking dog’s life…

OWNED…no family

Confident FutureLiving with purposeGrowing, learning, conquering, building significance…

With a Great Family!

For he said to God, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters…” Hebrews 2:12 (NLT)


Everything About You is SignificantConfident FutureLiving with purposeGrowing, learning, conquering, building significance

With a Great Family!

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