Hebrews 2:10-18
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For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.
Christ as our brother has done so much for us.
Christ in assuming humanity, (when the Word became flesh and he dwelt among us) when he added humanity to his deity.
He has willingly identified with us to the extreme.
He was tempted in every way that we are yet without sin.
He is our brother.
But who is this brother? Who is Jesus?
Verse 10 tells us:
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.
Christ our brother is the purpose for all things.
He is the purpose for my life, your life, the mountains, the oceans, the grass. From the smallest to the largest creature, everything was made for him.
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.
At this point, the application question has to come to the forefront. Are you living according to His purpose? Is Christ the purpose of your life or have you and I made our life some worthless pursuit?
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.
What about your life brings glory to Christ?
When you think of your life plan and what you plan to do for the rest of your days, does the glory of Christ even come to mind?
One of the most important questions we can ask our children is what they want to be when they grow up.
A better question we should be asking is how they plan to glorify Christ when they grow up.
Christ our Brother is Creator of all things.
Nothing IS that is not BECAUSE of Christ.
Not some random Chance- Christ.
Not a Big Bang- Christ.
Not Evolution- Christ.
Jesus is the agent of Creation. He is the Creator of all things.
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All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
Christ our Brother is the Author and Perfecter of our faith through sufferings. This what he means by made perfect in verse 10. Christ has accomplished it.
We have made a mess of this life.
The First Adam gave us death. God in His grace created him, placed him into the Garden and he disobeyed.
Now, we live in the reality of that death, those cursings and that fall.
But Christ, through his suffering, has not only authored our faith This word authored here means pioneer. One who has planned and gone before us perfectly. He has blazed the way before us.
he is the author of our salvation(That is he plans it, accomplishes it, sovereignly orchestrates it through His Spirit as He calls us to Himself). He leads the way. He wrote this story. It was his plan to suffer and die for us. Which is why I have pointed out over and over again that Jesus is not taken off guard by anything that goes on in his death and crucifixion.
It all happens according to plan.
He is also the perfecter of our faith.
Jesus has accomplished what it took to complete the task.
Christ our brother, has brought many sons to glory. We are going to glory. We are going to the Father but we are being brought from somewhere.
“Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. ‘Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
One of the goals of the salvation we find in Christ is that we would be transferred out of our misery and darkness into he glorious light and glory.
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
Just as Moses, goes into the Egypt and bring out the Sons of Israel, out of their bondage, so too Christ goes and delivers us from our bondage and sin.
“Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. ‘Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
This is what Christ as our brother does for us. He is our great deliverer, because of who he is and what he has done.
For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Two important Identifications.
He who sanctifies- This is Jesus. Sanctify-means to be made holy.
Who makes you holy? Jesus.
Those who are sanctified- Those who are saved. (Explain that sanctified here means justified)
Bear in mind it speaks of no potentiality here.
This is reference to our justification. He has sanctified us. We are in a real sense sanctified in the eyes of God. This is our justification. We have been made holy.
This is why we reject the Catholic idea of sainthood. Those who are in Christ stand positionally before God as Christ does because we are in Christ and Christ is in us.
This is why he is not ashamed to call us brethren, because of who and what we are in him.
Christ is not ashamed of me… Let that sit.
Though I have done countless things I am ashamed of, because of what Christ has done, He is not ashamed of me. What a blessing.
He isn’t ashamed of me, because he died and has purchased my forgiveness and righteousness and he has given it to me to cover up my shame.
I’m reminded of Adam and Eve. The blessing and bliss that existed when they were seen without sin. Do you remember this?
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
But then they sin.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Lawful Use of the Law
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Lawful Use of the Law. , ;
To cover their shame.
Now he is not ashamed to call me brother.
He has given us the true and better covering to cover up our nakedness.
saying, “I will proclaim Your name to My brethren, In the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise.” And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”
Hebrews 2:12
We trust in Christ and with Christ as we stand together with our brother in front of the Father.
Christ, our brother has conquered our enemies.
Christ, our brother has conquered our enemies.
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
Christ through His death has rendered powerless the devil and the power of death.
For those in Christ, there should
The death of death in the death of Jesus Christ. John Owen
The power of death is its finality, but in Christ that is gone.
That means you and I can face death with the same confidence as the author and perfecter of our faith did.
I love reading the stories of martyrs and their stories of their deaths. The confidence they have is supernatural. I truly believe its because they have the confidence of Christ.
Christ our brother, comes to our aid.
Christ our brother, comes to our aid.
For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Lawful Use of the Law
Lawful Use of the Law
1 Here, Lord, my soul convicted stands Of breaking all thy ten commands; And on me justly might’st thou pour Thy wrath in one eternal shower.
2 But, thanks to God, its loud alarms Have warned me of approaching harms; And now, O Lord, my wants I see;
Lost and undone, I come to thee.
3 I see my fig-leaf righteousness
Can ne’er thy broken law redress; Yet in thy gospel plan I see, There’s hope of pardon e’en for me.
3 I see my fig-leaf righteousness
Can ne’er thy broken law redress; Yet in thy gospel plan I see, There’s hope of pardon e’en for me.
4 Here I behold thy wonders, Lord, How Christ has to thy law restored Those honours, on the atoning day, Which guilty sinners took away.
5 Amazing wisdom, power, and love, Displayed to rebels from above! Do thou, O Lord, my faith increase, To love and trust thy plan of grace.
5 Amazing wisdom, power, and love, Displayed to rebels from above! Do thou, O Lord, my faith increase, To love and trust thy plan of grace.