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Announcements:. December 14, 21, 28 – no class! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Class resumes on January 4 th Clearwater.cbsclass.org (NO www.). The Superiority of Christ. Hebrews 1:5-2:9. Christ is Superior. Christ as Son > Angels (1:4-14) Warning! (2:1-4)

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  1. Announcements: • December 14, 21, 28 – no class! • Merry Christmas! • Happy New Year! • Class resumes on January 4th • Clearwater.cbsclass.org (NO www.)

  2. The Superiority of Christ Hebrews 1:5-2:9

  3. Christ is Superior • Christ as Son > Angels (1:4-14) • Warning! (2:1-4) • Christ as Man > Angels (2:5-9) • Christ is Superior!

  4. Son > Angels • Unique Son (1:4-5, Ps 2:7, 2 Sam 7:14) • Object of the angels’ worship (1:6, Ps 97:7) • Object of the angels’ service (1:7, Ps. 104:4) • King over an everlasting throne (1:8-9, Ps. 45:6-7) • Creator (1:10-12, Ps. 102:25-27) • Heir at God’s Right Hand (1:13-14, Ps 110:1)

  5. “Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and power had been subjected to Him.”1 Peter 3:22

  6. Son of Man > Angels • Psalm 8:4-6: What part do puny human beings play in the universe? • Made lower than angels • Crowned with glory and honor • Everything has been put under our feet

  7. “But now we do not see yet all things subjected to him.”Hebrews 2:8 But we see Jesus! Hebrews 2:9

  8. “But we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering and death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.”Hebrews 2:9

  9. Jesus as the 2nd/Last Adam • Man (1st Adam) was crowned with glory and honor…but lost it and became slave of sin. • Jesus exercised dominion on earth. • Jesus Christ regained man’s lost dominion. • Jesus Christ regained “glory and honor.”

  10. Jesus Christ is unique in… • Substance: He alone is both God and man (John 10:30) • Prophecy: No other leader’s life was foretold so clearly and accurately (Micah 5:2) • Mission: Jesus alone came to save us from our sins (Matthew 1:21)

  11. Jesus Christ is unique in… • Ability: No one but Jesus has the power to forgive sins (Mark 2:10) • Existence: Jesus alone existed before the beginning of time (John 1:1-2) • Position: No one else is equal with God (Philippians 2:5-6)

  12. Jesus Christ is unique in… • Reign: Only Jesus reigns forever (Hebrews 1:8) • “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12

  13. Will you, will I, choose the unique Son of God for our salvation?

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