HEBREWS HEBREWS “The writer . . . encourages them with the assurance that they have everything to lose if they fall back, but everything to.

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HEBREWS
HEBREWS
“The writer . . . encourages
them with the assurance that
they have everything to lose if
they fall back, but everything
to gain if they press on.”
–F.F. Bruce
HEBREWS
Message of Hebrews:
Continue following the superior
Savior, Jesus Christ.
HEBREWS
“If the Gospels present a string
of stories about Jesus, the
Book of Hebrews presents a
string of truths about Jesus.”
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
Jesus Is God’s Son and
Angels Worship Him
Hebrews 1:4-6
(NET Bible)
4 Thus he became so far better than the
angels as he has inherited a name superior
to theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did
God ever say, “You are my son! Today I
have fathered you”? And in another place
he says, “I will be his father and he will
be my son.” 6 But when he again brings
his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let
all the angels of God worship him!”
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
Jesus Is God’s Son and
Angels Worship Him
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
Jesus Is God’s Son and
Angels Worship Him
Jesus Is King and Angels
Serve Him
Hebrews 1:7-9, 13-14
(NET Bible)
7 And he says of the angels, “He
makes his angels spirits and his
ministers a flame of fire,” 8 but of the
Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is
forever and ever, and a righteous
scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and
hated lawlessness. So God, your God,
has anointed you over your
companions with the oil of rejoicing.”
Hebrews 1:7-9, 13-14
(NET Bible)
13 But to which of the angels has he
ever said, “Sit at my right hand until
I make your enemies a footstool for
your feet”? 14 Are they not all
ministering spirits, sent out to serve
those who will inherit salvation?
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
“He is the Son of God, his agent in
creating and maintaining the universe,
who yet became the Son of Man and
submitted to humiliation and death.
He is now exalted above all the
heavens, enthroned at God’s right
hand, and he lives forever there as his
people’s representative.” –F.F. Bruce
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
Jesus Is God’s Son and
Angels Worship Him
Jesus Is King and Angels
Serve Him
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
Jesus Is God’s Son and
Angels Worship Him
Jesus Is King and Angels
Serve Him
Jesus Is Creator and Angels
Are His Handiwork
Hebrews 1:10-12
(NET Bible)
10 And, “You founded the earth in
the beginning, Lord, and the
heavens are the works of your
hands. 11 They will perish, but you
continue. And they will all grow old
like a garment, 12 and like a robe
you will fold them up and like a
garment they will be changed, but
you are the same and your years
will never run out.”
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
Jesus Is God’s Son and
Angels Worship Him
Jesus Is King and Angels
Serve Him
Jesus Is Creator and Angels
Are His Handiwork
A More Desirable Object
of Affection
Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight,
And all the twinkling starry host:
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angels heaven can boast.