High and Lifted Up

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High and Lifted Up
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• In Hebrews 1, God is telling us that He was very
  selective in how He spoke to us.
• Hebrews 11 tells us that Long ago (in the days
  of the Old Testament) God spoke many times and in
  many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.

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• God spoke many times and in various ways. ...
  through angels - Genesis 1611-12... through
  visions - Genesis 151... through dreams -
  Genesis 2810-19... through symbolic actions -
  Jeremiah 181-10... through a gentle whisper -1
  Kings 1912... through miraculous signs -
  Exodus 820-25

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• God spoke through prophets (Moses, Elijah,
  Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Malachi). Each
  prophet grasped and expressed a fragment of the
  truth of God, but none grasped the whole truth.
• Amos a cry for social justice.
• Isaiah grasped the
• holiness of God.
• Hosea, because of his
• own bitter home
• experience, realized the
• wonder of the
• forgiving
• love of God.

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• 2 And now in these final days (from Jesus birth
  forward), he has spoken to us through his Son.

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• God promised everything to the Son as an
  inheritance, and through the Son he created the
  universe. 3 The Son radiates Gods own glory and
  expresses the very character of God, and he
  sustains everything by the mighty power of his
  command. When he had cleansed us from our sins,
  he sat down in the place of honor at the right
  hand of the majestic God in heaven.

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• Billy Sunday once said "There are 256 names in
  the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I
  suppose this was because He was infinitely beyond
  ALL that any one name could express."

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• 4 This shows that the Son is far greater (better)
  than the angels, just as the name God gave him is
  greater than their names.

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• Christ is better than the angels (14). He
  brought in a better hope (719) because He is the
  mediator of a better covenant, which was
  established upon better promises (86).

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• Why would that be important for us to know that
  Jesus was better than all this?

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• Back in 1992, George Barna conducted a survey of
  church people and found that only 55 of those
  who attend church regularly said that their faith
  affected the way they live. That meant that 45
  felt their faith didnt affect their lives. Why
  would that be?

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• How is Jesus better than the prophets?
• He is the Heir of all things! whom he has
  appointed heir of all things

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• He is the Creator of all things! through whom
  He also made the worlds

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• He is the Sustainer of the Universe!upholding
  all things through the word of his power

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• He is the Radiance of Gods glory! who being the
  brightness of his glory

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• He Is The Exact Representation Of His Father! -
  express image of his person

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• He is the Redeemer of Mankind!He.. himself
  purged our sins

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• He Is Ruler of the Universe. when He had by
  Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right
  hand of the Majesty on high.
• Hebrews 1011-12 And
• every priest stands ministering
• daily and offering repeatedly
• the same sacrifices, which can
• never take away sins. (12) But
• this man (Jesus), after He had
• offered one sacrifice for sin
• forever, sat down at the right
• hand of God.

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• The Christ Factor -- Jeff Strite
• Jesus Is Better -- John Hamby
• Better than Angels -- Jeff Strite