Hebrews Chapter 3 The Apostle of Our Confession

Jesus is indeed the Apostle and High Priest of our confession!

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Hebrews Chapter 3 The Apostle of Our Confession

Hebrews 3:1  Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,

“Therefore” because of the truths we found in Hebrews 1 and 2 the truths of Hebrews 3 are possible.  Jesus is the exalted One, Jesus is the High Priest we can see today!  The Holy Spirit identified us as the “holy brethren” and “partakers of the heavenly calling”.  We must see ourselves after heavens view.  From the awareness of who we are in Christ we must consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. Jesus is indeed our Apostle!  He is the One sent to us and declare the goodness of the Father.  Jesus is indeed our High Priest ever working our behalf!  Jesus is watching our confession!  It is the confession that the whole kingdom of God is built upon!  Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God!  Consider Jesus!

1 Peter 2:25  For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

What a beautiful truth, Jesus is the Shepherd and Overseer of our soul.  This is the terms of the covenant being unveiled by the precious word of God.  Consider Jesus!

2 Thessalonians 3:3  But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

Here another truth about Jesus’ faithfulness is unveiled!  Jesus will establish us and guard us from the evil one!  Consider Jesus!

Jude 1:24  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

Jesus is able to keep us from stumbling and present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.  This is not only a revelation of how our Apostle and High Priest takes care of us, it also shows how He does it with exceeding joy.  It is the pleasure of Jesus to work on our behalf!  Yes, consider Jesus!

Hebrews 3:1  Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,  2  who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.  3  For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.  4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.  5  And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,

The good news only builds!  Jesus Christ is faithful in His house!  Moses was and is worthy of honor because he was faithful over his house as a servant!  However Jesus is the one who built the house and He is worthy of greater honor.  Moses  as a servant was a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward.  What was spoken afterwards is Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Moses as a servant was a pattern and shadow of what was to come! 

Hebrews 3:6  but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Jesus Christ is faithful as a Son over His house.  Notice Moses was faithful as a servant, Jesus is faithful as a Son over His own house!  We are members of that house if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.  What are we holding fast to?  Our consideration is of Jesus as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession! 

Colossians 1:20  and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.  21  And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled  22  in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight;  23  if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul , became a minister. 

How Jesus presents us holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight is almost to good to be true.  However, it is absolutely true!  We can not ignore the if presented in this truth!  … if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast.  Your confession of faith in Jesus is the most valuable possession you have! 

1 John 5:4  For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world; our faith.  5  Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

The object of your faith needs to ever be in Jesus Christ and Him crucified.  Yes, indeed consider the Apostle and High Priest of your confession!  Not faith in your faith but faith in your Apostle and High Priest!  One Man’s obedience makes many righteous!

Ephesians 2:19  Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

It time for the believer to arise and know who they are.  Fellow citizens in heaven with the saints.  Members of the household of God.  The members of the house have rights and privileges visitors and strangers will never know.   

John 8:35  "And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.  36  "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Consider Jesus' words.  A slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.  Do you believe in the strength and goodness of this word?  If Jesus makes you free you are free indeed!

Hebrews 3:7  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice,  8  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness,  9  Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.  10  Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, 'They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.‘  11  So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.'“

(Psalm 95:7-11)

Hearing the voice of Jesus is the most important thing we can do!  The children of Israel did not want to hear His voice and they never entered into His rest.

Psalms 103:7  He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel .

Moses knew God’s ways the children of Israel only knew of His acts.  The difference is Moses heard His voice and children of Israel begged not to hear His voice because of their fear.

John 10:27  "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.  28  "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

What a glorious truth; we the sheep know His voice and we follow Him!  Jesus our Apostle and High Priest of our confession gives us eternal life.  Jesus said “they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.  Consider Christ Jesus!

Hebrews 3:12  Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;  13  but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today,"lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.  14  For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

The warning is real and repeated over and over hold fast our confession and confidence in Jesus Christ to the end.  Exhort one another to keep on believing!

Matthew 24:13  "But he who endures to the end shall be saved.  14  "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Jesus own words “he who endures to the end shall be saved!  The gospel of the good news that Jesus is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession needs preached!

Hebrews 3:15  while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.“  16  For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt , led by Moses?  17  Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?  18  And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?  19  So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Those that came out of Egypt and were promised the land flowing with milk and honey never entered in because of their unbelief.  The word of truth must be mixed with faith to bring fruit bearing results.

John 3:35  "The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.  36  "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

What you believe about Jesus determines your destiny both in this life and in the life to come.  Faith in the Apostle and High Priest of our confession yields the desired results.  We can partake of the promises here and now with our eyes and hearts upon eternity.

Romans 1:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

This covenant of grace and truth is operated by faith.  The just shall live by faith.  May you ever consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.  He will keep us if we will but keep the object of our faith ever in Him.  We are more than conquerors!

Hebrews 2 We See Jesus!

"We see Jesus" lesson 2

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Hebrews 2

We See Jesus!

Hebrews 2:1  Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.  2  For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,  3  how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,  4  God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

What is it that we must give the more earnest heed to?  The therefore points to the exalted Christ.  We must hear Him!  Hebrews is a building block book.  Truths are carefully laid and built upon.  If you miss the foundational truths you are open for error of doctrine.  We must give earnest heed to this great salvation that first began to be spoken by the Lord.  God the Father bore witness to Jesus' ministry with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit!  The law came through Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  We must heed the Son!

Acts 10:36  "The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ; He is Lord of all;  37  "that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:  38  "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. … 43  "To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."

Jesus Christ is Lord of all!  The good news is found in Jesus Christ alone.  It is JESUS CHRIST that the prophets and the law witness to!  Whoever believes in Jesus will receive remission of sins!  This is the message we must give more earnest heed to!

Hebrews 2:5  For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.  6  But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?  7  You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.  8  You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. (Psalm 8:4-6)

The Holy Spirit is quoting from Psalm 8:4-6 here in this passage.  Jesus was set over the works of God’s hands.  All things are in subjection under his feet.  God left nothing that is not put under Jesus; however we do not yet see all things put under him. 

Matthew 28:18  And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

Jesus is the One who holds all authority in heaven and on earth!

Colossians 1:18  And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.  19  For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,  20  and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

Jesus has preeminence!  If you have a list 1 through 10 Jesus preeminence is not number 1.  Jesus is the center.  Number 1 how does Jesus want me to do this?  Number 2, how does Jesus what me to do this.  When Jesus becomes the center of all our decision making we will walk in the victory He has provided.

Hebrews 2:9  But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

Verse 8 ended with we do not see all thing under His feet.  Verse 9 begins with “BUT WE SEE JESUS’ Turn your eyes upon Jesus.  There may be some issues and circumstances that  appear not under our feet.  You are given a choice!  Do we look at our circumstances and complain and murmur or do we look upon the face of Jesus and praise Him that all things are under His feet?  Looking upon Jesus is the lifestyle of faith God has called us to live out!  By the grace of God Jesus has tasted death for everyone.

Acts 4:10  "let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.  11  "This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.‘  12  "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

Peter denied Jesus three times.  Jesus prayed for Peter that his faith would fail not.  Here in Acts 4 Peter is declaring Jesus to the very ones who nailed Jesus to the cross.  Peter declared Jesus to be the chief corner stone which was rejected by the Jews as a whole.  However, there is salvation in no other.  Jesus alone is Healer and Savior and there is no other name!

Hebrews 2:10  For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.  11  For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Jesus, the Captain of our salvation, was make perfect through sufferings.  The suffering appeased the Father to such a degree that it brought us sanctification!  His pain was our gain to such a degree Jesus is not ashamed to call us brethren.  Chew on that and give heed to it!

Ephesians 5:30  For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.  31  "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.“  32  This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

The believers are flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone.  It is true to such a degree we have been made one with Him.  He is our husbandman we are His bride.  Put it in your mouth “I am one with Jesus”.  It is the heart of Jesus; get in agreement with Him.

1 Corinthians 12:12  For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.  13  For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body; whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free; and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

There is but one body of Christ.  John the beloved declared whosoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.  A few verses later John declared whoever believes in the Son of God is born of God.  This is the gospel we must give more earnest heed to!  The Holy Spirit convicts unbelievers of sin; the Holy Spirit convicts believers of righteousness, and the Holy Spirit convinces all that the devil has been judged already!

Hebrews 2:12  saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.“

The curtains of heaven are open!  Jesus will declare the Father to us!  In that day Jesus will sing the praises to the Father.  This is one song service I don’t want to miss.

Psalm 22:22  I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

Here is an awesome truth the prophetic confirming the prophetic.  Just as we have seen Jesus fulfill the prophetic of many old testament passages this is one that is still to come.

Hebrews 2:13  And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.“

What a day it will be when Jesus presents us to the Father by name!

Matthew 10:32  "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.  33  "But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

Isaiah 8:18  Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel From the LORD of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion .

Give earnest heed to the truth that one day Jesus will confess you before the Father!  We are in such a strong awesome covenant with Almighty God!

Hebrews 2:14  Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

Through Jesus Christ’ death the power of the devil has been destroyed! …more earnest heed!

Revelation 1:18  "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Jesus is alive forever more!  Jesus now has the keys to hell and death!

Colossians 2:15  Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

Jesus has all authority and power.  He disarmed the enemy, all principalities and powers have been made a public spectacle, by the triumph of Jesus!  Your victory is already one turn your eyes upon Jesus!  Give the more earnest heed to the gospel; quit trusting in the circumstances that surround you!

1 John 3:8  He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 4:4  You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Jesus destroyed the works of the devil; Jesus lives in you!  You have overcome the enemy because greater is He who is in you than he that is in the world.  Give the more earnest heed!

Hebrews 2:15  and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.  16  For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.  17  Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.  18  For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

Give the more earnest heed!  Jesus destroyed the work of the devil to set you free from every bondage that sin gives birth to!  He robed Himself in flesh to become like us!  Jesus was obedient even to the death of the cross.  Thereby he has become our merciful and faithful High Priest; He is eternally our propitiation!  The Gospel is that Jesus died for our sins!  When we repent and surrender to Him we become His children!  Jesus is the one who comes to our aid, yes even in our greatest failures and weaknesses! 

Hebrews chapter 1:

Hebrews chapter 1 shows how God exalted Jesus! Thus the title for this week! JESUS the Exalted One

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Hebrews chapter 1:

Hebrews 1:1  God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the

fathers by the prophets,  2  has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

Hebrews is written to the Jewish believer;  Hebrews chapter exalts Jesus.  The Father has chosen to speak to us through His Son Jesus Christ.  Jesus' words are Spirit and life!

Luke 9:28  Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.  29  As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.  30  And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,  31  who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.  32  But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.  33  Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"; not knowing what he said.  34  While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered the cloud.  35  And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

Peter, John, and James were witnesses to this miraculous event.  Moses and Elijah appeared speaking with Jesus about Him going to the cross.  Peter got all excited and was ready to build a temple for each Moses, Elijah, and Jesus!  The Father quickly intervened with a cloud of glory and spoke.  “This is My beloved Son, Hear Him!”  

Deuteronomy 18:15  "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,

Moses testified that Jesus was coming and it was imperative to hear Him!

John 1:16  And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.  17  For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Moses prophesied of the day when Jesus would come!  John the beloved penned we now receive exclusively through the grace and truth found in Jesus Christ.

Luke 16:16  "The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

Jesus' own words show God’s division in time!  The law and the prophets were until John the Baptist.  There was a changing of the guard, if you will!  Jesus came with the kingdom of God !  There is one exclusive way into the kingdom it is through Jesus and there is no other way!  Hear the voice of Jesus!  John the Baptist was the greatest prophet; yet the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than John the Baptist.

Galatians 4:4  But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,  5  to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.  6  And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!“  7  Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Romans 8:15  For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father.“  16  The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,  17  and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

Jesus came and not only made us heirs but joint heirs with Him!  Jesus indeed is the high exalted one!  Oh that we would grasp the greatness of God and understand the benefits of hearing the Son.  Jesus' words are Spirit and they are life!

Hebrews 1:3  who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4  having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Jesus is the brightness of the Fathers glory; He is the expressed image of the Father.  Jesus upholds all things by the word of His power!  If you are going to give an ear to hear, would you not chose to give ear to the most powerful word you can find.  That would be the words of Jesus!  Hear Him!  Walk in the greatness of the revelation of His Word!  After Jesus Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high!  Jesus exalted better than the angels, has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they!  Jesus is the chosen One and there is no other One!

John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2  He was in the beginning with God.  3  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.  4  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

What a revelation of Jesus!  Without a revelation of Jesus there is no salvation!  In Jesus alone is life and that life is the light of men!

Colossians 1:15  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.  16  For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.  17  And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 

Does this passage parallel with Hebrews 1?  Yes, indeed Jesus is the image of the invisible God!  All things were created through Him and for Him.  Take it personal, you were created through Him and For Him!  Say it, “ I was created through Jesus and for Jesus!”  In Him all things consist!  He is Lord of all!    

John 1:29  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Jesus by Himself purged us from our sins!  He fulfilled the truth that John the Baptist prophesied The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!  Jesus did it!

Philippians 2:9  Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,  10  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,  11  and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The Father exalted Jesus’ name above every name!  The name of JESUS is precious, holy, sacred, hollowed, blessed, sanctified, and consecrated;  there is no other name for salvation, healing, provision, and wholeness!  That is why the enemy is always busy trying to reduce Jesus name to a curse word!  However, saints of God can hold the name of Jesus high!  Just to breathe the name of Jesus can turn everything around!

Hebrews 1:5  For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"?

Psalm 2:7  "I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.

Jesus is the fulfillment of prophesy over and over again!  Jesus is the only begotten of the Father!  The Father Himself exalted the Son and His name giving Him preeminence above all!  

1 Chronicles 17:12  "He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.  13  "I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

Again prophetic fulfillment found Jesus Christ alone!

Hebrews 1:6  But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all the angels of God worship Him."

Luke 2:10  Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.  11  "For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.  12  "And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.“  13  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:  14  "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!“  15  So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."

Hebrews 1:6 show the command of the Father for the angels of God to worship Him.  It show that Jesus is God!  At Christ birth we find the angels of God exalting Him!

Hebrews 1:7  And of the angels He says: "Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire."

Psalm 104:4  Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.

There is a heavenly host kept in reserve for the time of the kingdom of God .  The Father has put angels on assignment for the furtherance of the kingdom of God !

Hebrews 1:8  But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."

Psalm 45:6  Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.  7  You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

Hebrews once again showing Jesus' fulfillment of the prophetic.  Do not miss the kingdom of God is a scepter of righteousness.  Not man’s devising of righteousness, or the righteousness of the law but the righteousness found exclusively in Jesus Christ our Lord!  The character of Jesus is a complete reflection of God’s character loving righteousness and hating wickedness.  Jesus has been anointed with the oil of gladness!  The kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Ghost!

Hebrews 1:10  And: "You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 11  They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment;  12  Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not fail."

Psalm 102:25  Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.  26  They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed.  27  But You are the same, And Your years will have no end.

So many have fallen to worship creation instead of the Creator!  Yet the Father has made it clear the enduring and the eternal is found exclusively in Jesus; all else will perish!

Hebrews 1:13  But to which of the angels has He ever said: "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"?

Psalm 110:1  The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."

Prophetic fulfillment is so great here in Hebrews chapter 1.  This also introduces the theme found in chapter 2, WE SEE JESUS!

1 Corinthians 15:24  Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.  25  For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.  26  The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.

Jesus is reigning and we are joint heir with Him.  This is the hour of living by faith in Jesus Christ!  There is the blessed hope that the last enemy destroyed is death.  Those who have faith in Christ will make an exchange the mortal for immortality!

Hebrews 1:14  Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

Psalm 34:7  The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. 

Psalm 91:11  For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12  In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

Hebrews 12:22  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem , to an innumerable company of angels, 

Hebrews 13:2  Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.

God indeed has put His angels on assignment for those who will inherit salvation.  We have not been  called to worship the angels or even been told to command the angels.  However, we have been given the incite that God commands the angels on our behalf!

The Believer Walking With A Healthy Soul

God calls the believer to walk with a healthy soul!

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The Believer Walking With A Healthy Soul

Psalms 103:11  For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;  12  As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

John 1:29  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Hebrews 10:10  By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  … 14  For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Praise the Lord God has dealt with the sin issue once for all!  However, some have carried this truth of God’s “once for all sacrifice” to illogically, and even worse, erroneous conclusions.  Rightly dividing the word of truth can make the difference between walking in victory or victory being illusive!  The word of God itself separates between the spirit, soul, and body of man.  There are scriptures that speak to the spirit, scriptures that speak to the soul, and verses that address the body of man. 

Hebrews 12:22  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,  23  to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

We are joined back to God Spirit to spirit; we are given a new man!  It is a spirit man, if any man be in Christ he is a new creation, the old things passed away, and behold, all things have become new.  This is a truth of our spirit.

However, with this truth said we must understand a perfected spirit still has to deal with the soul of man which needs transformation.  The souls renewal begins by reckoning the old man of flesh dead!  Yes, God does see us Spirit to spirit; however, God is not blind to the condition of our soul.  As the Father of all spirits, he will bring correction to us so our souls will come into line with what has already been accomplished in our spirits.

2 Timothy 2:19  Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."  20  But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.  21  Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

This passage in 2 Timothy demonstrates this truth.  Those who belong to God have a seal of ownership upon them.  There are vessels of honor and vessels of dishonor in the same house.  Vessel of dishonor are those who have the seal of ownership yet have not departed from iniquity.  Every vessel of God is called for honor and sanctification to be used by the Master. God has called us to become vessels of honor in His house.

1 Corinthians 5:4  In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5  deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.  6  Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?  7  Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.  8  Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

According to the Word of God, when believers begin to walk a sinful lifestyle and call that same lifestyle as acceptable to God, the church is called to separate themselves from them.  Look intently into this passage!  Deliver such a one to satan for the destruction of the flesh that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.  Yes it is clear the Word of God divides between spirit, soul, and body and so should we!  If a believer walks in sinful lifestyle, God is willing for the destruction of the flesh to save his spirit.

1 Corinthians  5:10  Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11  But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; not even to eat with such a person.

This passage makes clear we are not talking about judging those who do not belong to the body of Christ.  A brother living a sinful lifestyle should not be those whom you keep company with.  This is a word largely ignored by the church.   For Jesus Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us!  Verse 8 of thus passage brings clarity.  8  Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven (The law of Moses), nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness (a sinful lifestyle), but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (the covenant of grace and truth).

Romans 12:9  Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

The church can not afford to call sinful lifestyles good when God calls it evil!  Accepting a sinful lifestyle in a brother or sister in Christ is loving with hypocrisy; it is walking with a sin sick soul!  We have been called to walk in the newly created man that God has made us.  It is time to quit behaving like mere men! 

Romans 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  2  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

We have been called to renew our mind and bring our body to be a living sacrifice.  Could the difference between the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God be the degree to which we surrendered our body and our transformed soul into line with the perfected spirit God has given us?

1 Timothy 5:20  Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.

The mentor Paul admonished Timothy to rebuke in the presence of all, those who are sinning!  Yes there is a biblical dividing between spirit, soul, and body,  The brethren walking in sin should be rebuked in the presence of all!  This is the Word of God.

Ephesians 5:5  For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.  6  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.  7  Therefore do not be partakers with them.  8  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

God has called His children not to be partakers with the children of darkness!  Now you are light in the Lord!  Walk as children of the light. 

1 Peter 4:3  For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles; when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.  4  In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.

We spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the unbelievers.  The church is not called to be reflection of the world; we have been called to be a reflection of the Word of God.  Stand up and be the vessel of honor ready for our Master’s use!

1 Thessalonians  4:3  For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;  4  that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,  5  not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;  6  that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.  7  For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.  8  Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God,who has also given us His Holy Spirit.

Do you know how to possess your vessel in sanctification?  Be made new in the spirit of your mind!  Let your soul receive the Word of God and become a refection of the Word.  To reject this word is to reject God!  Walk with a healthy soul and be a vessel of honor!

Delighting in the Fear of the Lord

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.

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Delighting in the Fear of the Lord

Isaiah 11:1  There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.  2  The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.  3  His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

Last week using this passage we wrote on “Jesus is the One” and indeed He is the One.  However, I’m feeling compelled to focus on what the passage itself focuses on.  Jesus is  the one who delighted in the fear of the Lord.  Jesus walked by considering the greatness of the Father and the desires the Father had for Him. Walking in the fear of the Lord brings priority and commitment to God Himself.  Walking in the fear of the Lord brings you to forsake the things the Lord Himself hates.  Walking in the fear of the Lord brings evaluation to how we shall live our lives with His desires in mind.

John 6:28  Then they said to Him, "What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?"  29  Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."

The Father’s desire is for us to believe in the one He sent.  Delighting in the fear of the Lord brings us to place the object of our faith in Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 28:14  Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Walking in the fear of the Lord keeps your heart open to hearing His voice.  Conversely those who do not walk in the Fear of the Lord harden their heart against the voice of God.  Happy is the man who is always reverent.  The fear of the Lord is a reverential fear.  It is a respect for the God’s holiness.  It is a commitment to surrender to His righteousness.  Like Jesus did we are called to delight in the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 36:5  Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.  6  Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast.  7  How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.  8  They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.  9  For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.  10  Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Walking in the fear of God for the saint is completely different than walking in the fear of God for the sinner.  Walking in the fear of God as a believer gives you reason to trust in His mercy and exalt His faithfulness.  It causes the believer to delight in His judgments!    Your eyes are opened to the loving kindness of our God; the children of God  know what it is to trust Him and come under the shadow of His wings.  Those whose object of faith is Jesus Christ alone will be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of God’s house.  Yes, this one will drink from the rivers of God’s pleasures.  In the Father alone is the fountain of life.  In Jesus alone we can see the light.  Our expectations are to know the loving kindness of God in intimacy!  Oh, that men would fear Him! 

Psalm 31:3  For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name's sake, Lead me and guide me.  4  Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength.  5  Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Those who delight in the fear of the Lord surrender completely into His hands.  Into your hand God I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth!  Confidence in the greatness of God is the place of rest God calls His children to abide in!

Proverbs 16:3  Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established.

Commitment to the purpose and destiny of God will bring your thoughts to be established.  Confusion comes with a divided heart.  Desire for one’s own way and to some degree consenting to God’s desire gives the enemy of our soul a foothold into our lives.  When the enemy has a foothold it can very easily become a stronghold.  Delighting in the fear of God will bring us into singleness of mind!

Psalm 37:3  Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.  4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

There is four instructions in these few verses!  Trust in the Lord!  Feed on God’s faithfulness.  Delight yourself in the Lord.  Commit your way to the Lord!  When we come to fully trusting we shall see God Himself bring the desires of our heart to pass.

Psalm 65:4  Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.  5  By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas;

The goodness of God should be the birthing place for your fear of Him!  Be awe stuck at knowing your God is an awesome God.  We are the blessed people that God has chosen!  You have a dwelling place in His very courts.  We indeed shall be satisfied with the goodness of His house, of His Holy temple.  Know you not that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit?  God will answer us; He is the God of our salvation!  He alone is the confidence of all the ends of the earth!

Psalm 103:17  But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,

Your fear of God will affect the generations behind you!  His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him!  Yes, Delight yourself in the fear of the Lord.  Jesus did; He is our great example!

Psalm 85:8  I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.  9  Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.  10  Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Delight in the fear of the Lord and you will hear His voice; the glory abides on those who fear Him and they receive mercy and truth, and righteousness and peace!  What a promise!

Luke 12:5  "But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!  6  "Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.  7  "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.  8  "Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.

If you are in reverential fear of God in His awesomeness and His power you will not have to fear God in judgment!  The Father cares for His children!  If we have surrendered and confessed Jesus as our Lord and Savior we can live in His rest and peace!

1 John 4:16  And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.  17  Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

The revelation of God’s love toward us is so great!  John the beloved wrote that “Love has been perfected among us in: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment.”  It is due to the great work that Jesus accomplished on the tree.  Because as His is, so are we in this world.  Jesus imputed righteousness, Jesus imputed holiness, Jesus imputed perfection into our spirits!  Oh what a delight to walk in the Fear of the Lord, rejoicing in His love, mercy, and faithfulness toward us!