Christ Preeminent in His Humanity

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Christ - Pre-eminent in His Humanity

• Hebrews 210-18
• Sunday February 3, 2008

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Dont lose Hope

• This is a 4th reason not to lose hope or not to
  drift away from Christ. The other 3 reasons were
• The new is so much better than the old (vs.2-4)
• Man is currently not in control of all things but
  this will change in the future (vs.5-8)
• Christ became a man, died in our place, and was
  raised to glory showing Gods acceptance of His
  work on the cross (vs.9)
• We have a man in glory who sustains us as our
  High Priest in the presence of God (vs.10-18)

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Unfolding of verse 9

• Made a little lower than the angels (9a) His
  incarnation becoming a man Becoming one of
  us Shares our humanity as our Brother (10a,
  11-13)
• Because of the suffering of death (9b) He tasted
  death for everyone Suffers for us as the pioneer
  (10b, 14,15)
• Crowned with glory and honor (9c) His present
  position in Heaven Sustains us as our High
  Priest (11a, 16-18)

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Unfolding of verse 9

• Made a little lower than the angels (9a) His
  incarnation becoming a man Becoming one of
  us Shares our humanity as our Brother (10a,
  11-13)
• Because of the suffering of death (9b) He tasted
  death for everyone Suffers for us as the pioneer
  (10b, 14,15)
• Crowned with glory and honor (9c) His present
  position in Heaven Sustains us as our High
  Priest (11a, 16-18)

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Jesus Shares our humanity as our brother

• God is the source of all things
• Gods Purpose (vs.10a)All things are for Him
  for His gloryAll things were created by Him
• Gods Plan (vs.10b)To bring many sons to glory
  its a done deal (Rom.829)
• Gods Perfection (vs.10c)He perfects the author
  of salvation
• Gods Pioneer (vs.10d)Christ is the author,
  originator, or pioneerBy the victorious
  suffering of His pioneer

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Jesus Shares our humanity as our brother

• Jesus a brother to the saved (vs.11-13)
• Same sourceWe are all from one (vs.11a)He is
  intimately identified with His ownNot same
  family or Father but blood (vs.14)We share the
  same Adamic source
• Same IdentityA brother to the saved in blood
  and fleshHalf brothers (Mat.1246-48
  Lk.819-20 Jn.212)Spiritual sense
  (Mt.1249-50 Mk.333-35 Lk.821
  Rom.829)Unusual but not unparalleled

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Jesus Suffers for us as the Pioneer

• Jesus is the author of our salvation. The
  originator or more specifically the pioneer. He
  has gone into uncharted waters for us. Ahead of
  the rest as the founder of their salvation. The
  sense of his victory over death and Satan.
• Our basic problemThe sentence of deathThe fear
  of deathThe slavery to Satan

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Jesus Suffers for us as the Pioneer

• The unique solutionMan must pay the sin debt
  which results in deathThere are only two choices
  either we or anotherGod cannot pay our sin
  debt He cannot dieJesus became a man and died
  in our place (vs.9d 14b)His death has rendered
  the devil powerless over usHis death has set us
  free from fear and slavery (vs.15a)

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Jesus Suffers for us as the Pioneer

• The final resultWe are assured of glory of
  Heaven (vs.10b)Not just the present state but
  the culmination of itRomans 829 its a done
  dealWe enter by simple faith in His work on the
  cross

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Jesus Sustains us as our High Priest

• He sanctifies usThe means by which we are made
  holyChrist makes us holy (the present active
  participle) The He of verse 11 is Christ He
  who sanctifiesThe believers are made holy (the
  present passive participle) Referring primarily
  to positional not moral holinessThis is a
  present continuous activity of Christ in Heaven

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Jesus Sustains us as our High Priest

• He helps usHelp take hold of, grasp, catch,
  take by the handHe does not give help to angels
  (vs.16a)Most assuredly a certaintyHe gives
  help to His own (vs.16b - the seed of
  Abraham)Like a young child held by the fathers
  hand

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Jesus Sustains us as our High Priest

• He represents us before GodHe was made like us
  (vs.17a)Why? So He could become our High Priest
  (vs.17b)What kind of High Priest? Merciful
  faithful (vs.17c) showing mercy to us and faith
  towards God Only NT book that calls Jesus High
  Priest (12x)
• What is the role of the High Priest? To enter
  the holiest of all and present us to God Not
  just once a year but continuously Not with
  imperfect sacrifices but with perfect
• He satisfies God regarding the believers sin
  (vs.17d)

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Jesus Sustains us as our High Priest

• He empathizes with usThe writer is very emphatic
  He Himself In his humanity none otherHe
  was tempted yet apart from sinHe suffered in all
  manner beyond what we sufferHe sorrowed at the
  tomb of LazarusSo he can come to our aid when we
  experience these things He alone is able.

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Dont lose Hope

• The 4th reason not to lose hope or not to drift
  away from Christ.
• We have a man in glory who sustains us as our
  High Priest in the presence of God (vs.10-18)
• He makes us holy, he comes along side us and
  takes our hand, he is full of mercy towards us as
  he speaks to God on our behalf, and he empathizes
  with us in all our distresses as none other can
  seeing he himself went through all of these things

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Application

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