Jesus The Incredible Son of God
Hebrews 1:1-3
How can you cope with the end a world and the beginning of another one? How can you put an earthquake into a test-tube, or the sea into a bottle? How can you live with the terrifying thought that the hurricane has become human, that the fire has become flesh, that life itself came to life and walked in our midst? Christianity either means that, or it means nothing. It is either the most devastating disclosure of the deepest reality in the world, or it’s a sham, a nonsense...
~N.T. Wright, For All God’s Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the
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1. Jesus is the ultimate expression of God’s word
Hebrews 1:1 (NIV)
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
Hebrews 1:2 (NIV)
but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son,
John 1:1,14 (NIV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
2. Jesus is the ultimate expression of God’s work
Hebrews 1:2 (NIV)
but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
Colossians 1:16 (NIV)
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
Hebrews 1:2 (NIV)
but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
3. Jesus is the ultimate expression of God’s will
Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being,
John 8:12 (NIV)
He said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being,
Colossians 1:17 (NIV)
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 9:26-28 (NIV)
But now he [Jesus] has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; Christ went to the cross & bore the penalty for sin and died for us.
Revelation 20:11-12,15 (NIV)
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)
After he had provided purification for sins,
Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
