Sermon Tone Analysis

Last Week’s Text (Hebrews 2:10-13) was Building Up to Our Text Tonight

I was Saying…

God, in His Amazing Grace Gave His Son Over to Suffer and Die for Humanity

He Found it Entirely Appropriate for Jesus to Become a Human…

And for Him to Experience All that We Experience…

So That in His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection…

He Might Bring Many Sons to Glory

God Wants to Rescue Us and Call Us His Children

Jesus Wants to Rescue Us and Call Us His Siblings

There’s a Lot of Good Stuff in There, But…

It was All Primarily to Lead Us Up to Our Text Tonight

The Author is Now Going to Drop an Atomic Bomb of Information On Us

Jesus Had to Become Like Us, Experience What We Experience, and Die Like We Die…

And Here’s Why!

Hebrews 2:9–18 (NASB95)

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.

Now Let’s Begin Our Study With Verse 14

Hebrews 2:14 (NASB95)

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,

“Therefore” = “Keeping in Mind What We Were Just Talking About”

What Were We Just Talking About?

That Jesus Became Human

He Became What Humanity was Always Meant to Be Through His Perfect Suffering and Death

Which Made it Possible for God to Adopt Us as His Children and Glorify Us

Since He Experienced What We Experience, He is Not Ashamed to Call Us His Siblings

Keeping All That in Mind…

Hebrews 2:14 (NASB95)

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,

Again, the Point is Made:

Jesus Became Human

God Became a Mortal Human to Share and Experience What We Share and Experience

In Order for Jesus to Save Us, He Needed to Be Like Us

Hebrews 2:14 (NASB95)

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,

Jesus Became a Mortal Human “That”…

“That” = “in Order to”, “So That”

“That” Leads Us to the Purpose/Reason

Jesus Became a Mortal Human So That…

He Could Die

I Feel Like We Should Take a Moment to Think About That

The Purpose of Jesus’ Birth…

The Purpose of His Life…

The Purpose of Him Becoming Human....

Was to Die

But What His Death Would Accomplish is the Real Point

Through His Death, He Made the Devil Powerless

Satan Held the Power of Death

Ever Since He Tempted Adam and Eve to Sin…

He Has Held the Power of Death in His Hands

Every Person Since the Beginning Has Fallen Prey to the Devil and Death

But Jesus Ended the Tyrannical Reign of Death By His Utter Defeat of the Devil

2 Timothy 1:10 (NASB95)

but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

But if Jesus Truly Defeated the Devil and Death…

Why Does the Devil Still Tempt Us?

And Why Do We Still Die?

It Brings Us Back to the “Already and Not Yet” Aspect of God’s Kingdom

Jesus Has Already Defeated the Devil and Death

But He Has Not Yet Cast Them into Hell for Eternity

Jesus’ Reign as King Has Already Begun…

But He is Patiently Waiting Until the Day of His Return to Bring Judgement Upon His Enemies

The Best Illustration I’ve Ever Heard On the “Already and Not Yet” Aspect of the Kingdom is:

The Story of WW2 American POWs in a German Concentration Camp

They Had Been Captured, Held Against Their Will, and Tortured By the Nazis

But One Day, They Happened to Scrounge Together Enough Parts…

To Build a Make-Shift Radio

When They Were Able to Lock Onto a Signal, They Heard the Greatest News

The War was Over and the Allied Forces Were Victorious

But News Hadn’t Reached the Nazis Running the Concentration Camp Yet

So for the Next Several Days, They Continued to Run the Camp and Torture the POWs

But the POWs Couldn’t Be Beaten Down Now

They Knew that They Would Be Rescued and Given Their Freedom Any Day Now

And They Were Right

A Few Days After They Had Heard the News On the Radio…

They Woke Up that Morning to Find the Camp Completely Empty of All Nazi Soldiers

They Had Finally Received the News and Fled

The Point:

The POWs Already Knew They Had Won…

They Just Weren’t Experiencing the Victory Yet

But They Had Hope that They Soon Would

We Still Suffer Through Temptations and Trials Brought On By the Devil

And We Still Know that Death is Coming for Us

But We Also Know that Jesus Has Already Won

And Though We Aren’t Experiencing the Joy and Freedom of That Victory Yet…

We Will Soon

Sometimes Living in the “in Between” is Hard

In Between the Promise and the Fulfillment of that Promise

In Between Having Faith in Everlasting Life and Seeing Everlasting Life

In Between the Cross of Friday and the Empty Grave of Sunday

But We Must Allow Our Faith and Hope in Jesus’ Victory Over Death…

To Give Us the Strength and Endurance to Remain Faithful to Him During the “in Between”

Hebrews 2:15 (NASB95)