But We See Jesus-Emmanuel
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Over the past few weeks we have been considering the Second Advent of Christ. The one in which we, as believers in Jesus Christ, long for. This was the original objective of the Advent Season, dating back as early as the 2nd century A.D.
Over the past few weeks we have been considering the Second Advent of Christ. The one in which we, as believers in Jesus Christ, long for. This was the original objective of the Advent Season, dating back as early as the 2nd century A.D.
This morning I’m going to part slightly from what I have been doing so far in this series, which is to preach from one of the passages that was part of our Advent Readings. Instead we are going to look at which has ramifications regarding the Incarnation of Christ. Please turn there in your Bibles.
As we go through our text this morning we will look at ten things which can be seen in Jesus as they relate to the reason for His Incarnation.
Let’s read our text together.
Cue
For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking.
But one has testified somewhere, saying, “What is man, that You remember him? Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?
“You have made him for a little while lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And have appointed him over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.
But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
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.
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,
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.”
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,
and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
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.
Accomplishment
Accomplishment
First,
We See Jesus Accomplish What Adam Could Not
The first several verses of our text focuses on the glory of man. To do so, the writer quotes a section of , which was written by David. In essence David was referring to creation account in
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!
You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!
You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Though Adam and Eve did rule over creation for a short period of time, they lost that rule when they fell into sin. The first Adam did not meet the righteous standard of God.
So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.
The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.
Humiliation
Humiliation
Second,
We See Jesus Humbling Himself for Our Sake
Notice how the writer puts it in the first part of verse 9:
“But we do see Him [Jesus] who was made for a little while lower than the angels.”
Adam couldn’t fulfill God’s purpose, but the second Adam, Jesus, did.
This is in keeping with what Paul wrote to in
who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
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Honor
Honor
Third,
We See Jesus Being Honored
Look at the middle part of verse 9:
“We do see … Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor.”
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Grace
Grace
Fourth,
We See Grace in Jesus Death
Notice the reference to grace in the last phrase of verse 9.
“So that by the grace of God He [Jesus] might taste death for everyone.”
Perfection
Perfection
Fifth,
We See Jesus Perfected Through Suffering
Look at verse 10 for a moment:
“For it was fitting for Him [God], … to perfect the author of their salvation [Jesus] through sufferings.”
R.C. Sproul noted: “This does not mean that Jesus finally became sinless, since He was always without sin, but that He finished the course of suffering that was set before Him, including the sacrificial death.”
Identification
Identification
Sixth,
We See Jesus Identifying with His Own
Notice verse 14.
“Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He [Jesus] Himself likewise also partook of the same.”
Destruction
Destruction
Seventh,
We See Jesus Destroying the Power of Satan
According to the last phrase of verse 14, the reason why Jesus became man was to:
“Render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.”
How did He render Satan powerless? By dying our death for us.
Freedom
Freedom
Eighth,
We See Jesus Delivering the People of God From Slavery
Not verse 15.
“And [Jesus] might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.”
Satisfaction
Satisfaction
Ninth,
We See Jesus as the Propitiator for The People of God
Notice what the writer says about why Jesus had to become man in verse 17.
“Therefore, He [Jesus] had to be made like His brethren in all things … to make propitiation for the sins of the people.”
Helper
Helper
Tenth,
We See Jesus as the One Who Gives Aid to the People of God
Notice the last phrase of verse 18.
“He [Jesus] is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.”
