Jesus The Heir - [Hebrews 1:2]

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Well, probably the most important question that's ever been asked is who do you say that I am when
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Jesus asked his disciples? Who do you think I really am? So I could ask you that question this morning.
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If you had to summarize Jesus in 60 seconds, who would you say Jesus is?
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there are many popular opinions of Jesus who said this about Jesus a Man who is completely innocent
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Offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others including his enemies and became the ransom of the world.
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It was a perfect act Gandhi Who said this about Jesus and the day will come when the mystical?
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generation of Jesus by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin Will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these
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United States will do away with this artificial Scaffolding and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of the most venerated reformer of human errors
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Thomas Jefferson Who said these words I know man and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man
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Between him and every other person in the world. There is no possible term of comparison
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Alexander Caesar Charlemagne, and I have founded empires, but on what did we rest the creation of our genius?
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upon force Jesus Christ founded his empire on love and at this hour millions of his men would die for him
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Napoleon Bonaparte Who said this about Jesus no one can read the
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Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus His personality pulsates in every word
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No myth is filled with such life Albert Einstein who said this
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I believe in God, but not as one thing not as an old man in the sky I believe that what people call
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God is something in all of us I believe that what Jesus and Muhammad and Buddha and all the rest said was right.
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It's just that the translations have gone wrong John Lennon Who said this
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I didn't understand this idea of a God who says you have to acknowledge me You have to say that I'm the best and then
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I'll give you eternal happiness if you won't then you'll get it It seemed to me to be about ego.
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I can't see God operating from ego, so it made no sense to me Brad Pitt Wasn't supposed to be funny, but I guess you can laugh
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The unique impression of Jesus upon mankind Whose name is not so much written as plowed into the history of the world is proof of the subtle virtue of this infusion
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Jesus belonged to the race of prophets. He saw with open eyes the mystery of the soul One man was true to what is in you and me he as I think is the only soul in History who has appreciated the worth of man
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Ralph Waldo Emerson And then finally who said this
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Christ is another way of saying Krista is another way of pronouncing Krishna the name of God the general name of the supreme personality of Godhead Whose specific name is
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Krishna Krishna? Therefore whether you call God Christ Krishna Ultimately you're addressing the same supreme personality of Godhead.
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Well, that was the leader of the Krishna's And then lastly, I thought I would add this who said this
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I'm a Christian. I'm a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ I believe that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life
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But most importantly I believe in the example that Jesus set by feeding the hungry and healing the sick and always prioritizing the least of these over the powerful
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Accepting Jesus Christ in my life has been a powerful guide for my conduct and my values and my ideals
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President Barack Obama, who do you say Jesus is? Why don't you turn the your
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Bibles to the book of Hebrews and let's find out what the writer of Hebrews says Who is
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Jesus and why does it matter? We're going verse by verse of the book of Hebrews and and I have news for you
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If you like to hear about Jesus the next three to eight years are going to be great If you want to hear about yourself and be stroked and told how good you are and in of yourself you got the wrong
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Church We know we're fallen. We know we're sinful yet. We know we're loved by this
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God and his name is Jesus And the book of Hebrews basically does this
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I'm gonna show you the person and work of Jesus So that you have no other option than to fall down on your face and say you certainly are
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God and King This book extols Jesus may be like no other book in all the
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Bible and it's important for the church to have the right view of Jesus because that determines everything have a wrong view of Jesus a puny view of Jesus a
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Featherweight view of Jesus versus versus a the right view of Jesus kind of Remember my grandmother she used to collect elephants
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It had nothing to do with politics But she collected little elephants and the one that I liked the best was really really heavy
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And it was made of pewter and in my mind Hebrews extols Jesus as this heavy
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God this weighty God a substance that's there versus light and Featherly featherly feathery and Fraud like who is
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Jesus? Let's look at Hebrews chapter 1 verses 1 through 3 as the writer is making the case for Jesus is superior to the prophets
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Later, he'll say he's superior to angels to Moses to Aaron to the Old Covenant He's superior
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But early on he's superior to the prophets and don't you think that's a wise way to begin the argument?
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Talking to people who are Hebrew talking to people who maybe want to run back because of the persecution
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They want to run back to Judaism. They want to run back to the temple. That still is even up at the time and So the writer is going to say from the very get -go by the way, the prophets are great and God did speak to them through them
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But he's spoken to us in these last days finally fully in the person and work of Jesus the
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Son Long ago Hebrews 1 1 at many times and in many ways
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God spoke to our fathers by the prophets But in these last days between the first coming of Christ and the second coming of Christ is what the
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Bible deems last days So we're in the last days as well. He has spoken to us by his
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Son Why should we listen to Jesus What's so wonderful about Jesus that he's the final authority the full authority and what the writer is going to do is he's now going
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To give you seven things about Jesus seven affirmations of his greatness So you'll say yes, of course
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He's the one to be listened to I should listen to Jesus for these reasons and then he lists them and we'll go through them
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Verse by verse. Why should I listen to Jesus and for those of you who understand?
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Language he uses relative clauses here whom he appointed to be the heir of all things
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Through whom he also created the world Thirdly, he is the radiance of the glory of God fourthly the exact imprint of his nature
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Fifthly he Jesus upholds the universe by the word of his power Sixly after making purification for sins and number seven
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He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high Jesus is the final
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Word of God the full Word of God Why should I listen and then he lists these seven reasons why you should listen?
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So let's take a look at number one this morning and that is Jesus is heir
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Jesus is the heir. Do you see it again in verse 2 whom he appointed the heir of all things?
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Things It's gonna be so good to look at these Characteristics of Jesus these things about Jesus because it will solidify in your mind.
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Yes He is who he says he is when I read the Gospels What he says is true and yes then
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I should listen to him if prophets were from God and they were I need to listen to Jesus because who else but Jesus is like these
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Seven things Moses isn't like these Moses doesn't do these Moses hasn't been appointed to these things
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Neither has Aaron or anyone else. I like to think biblically about Jesus And it helps in so many ways
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Tozer said the heaviest obligation Lying upon the Christian Church today is to purify and elevate her concept of God Until it is once more worthy of him.
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That's exactly what Hebrews does Why is God's revelation through his son?
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final and full Number one. He is the heir of all things
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He's the heir of all things Now that word heir comes from the word lot and so you can imagine if there are ten
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Children everyone gets a lot they get a tenth of the estate back in the Jewish day
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If you had three children, the firstborn would receive double so they'd he'd get 50 then 25
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Then 25 I've told you the story before when my mother died my father had been dead for some time my mother died and there are three of us and I receive thankfully because I'm the oldest
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I received the most inheritance Thirty three point three four percent and then my sister got thirty three point three three and so did my brother
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Now if you've got many sons, the inheritance is split up. But what if there's only one son? what if What if like some of the
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Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses They think that everybody's spiritual brothers and that would mean Jesus and Satan our spiritual brothers
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And so maybe they all get a little bit of the inheritance Here Jesus is appointed heir.
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He receives the inheritance of all things There's only one son. So he gets everything
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He's there of all things because God has one son
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Moses isn't the son Joshua's not the son Aaron's not the son Elijah's the son So the writer of Hebrews is trying to say this
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Why is Jesus to be listened to as the full and final revelation from God? Because he's the heir of all things
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Moses isn't Aaron isn't nobody else's Matthew 11 all things have been handed over to me by my father
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He gets everything. There's there's dignity that that comes with this idea of air. There's honor the highest place
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I I can just imagine if you've got 25 That's too many. I was gonna say 25 kids
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That's some reality show in Utah If you've got eight kids and you're one of those eight kids and your parents are uber rich and And all of a sudden you're listening at that day with their disclosing how much you get and you get nothing
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You would know how much value your parents put on you You don't get any inheritance because you're a scoundrel or you're a drug addict.
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You're whatever But if you were the one kid out of the eight that got it all you think I'm the favored one
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I'm the precious one. I'm the one that my parents loved the most Jesus receives everything
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Dignity the supreme place in the universe And it's something he's always received.
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He's always had rather but now he receives especially as the incarnate son of God Now since we're studying
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Hebrews, let's think like Jews for a moment Let's think like Hebrews for a moment when you hear the word inheritance
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If you were Jewish and you only have the Old Testament, what would go through your mind? What would go through your mind generally is
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Land right land for Israel was to be inherited
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Deuteronomy 4 for instance to give you the land as an inheritance Deuteronomy chapter 12
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But when you go over the Jordan and live in the land that the Lord your God has given you to inherit it and when he
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Gives you rest from all your enemies around You may live in safety The Jews would think you inherit the land
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But not just land for Jesus not just property for Jesus not just 401ks for Jesus not just stocks and bonds for Jesus, but what does the text say?
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Why should we listen to him as the full and final spokesperson spokesman? Because he's the heir of all things
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Pontos everything all things He's the heir the messianic heir turn your
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Bible, please to Genesis 17 and let's Get used to on Sunday mornings here through the book of Hebrews going to the
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Old Testament If you understand the Old Testament better It will help you with Hebrews and here's the other wonderful thing if you understand
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Hebrews better. You'll get the Old Testament better Genesis chapter 17 this was also obviously present in the mind of the hearers of the book of Hebrews they would know this they would recognize.
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Oh, yeah inheritance is land in general, but Specifically, what's the inheritance?
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Genesis 17 verse 1 When Abram was 99 years old Yahweh Appeared to Abram and said to him.
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I am God Almighty walk before me and be blameless He left her on 24 years earlier
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It's been 13 years since Ishmael has been born in that meantime. No visits from God.
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No audiences with God Sarah's 89 and For the first time
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God calls himself this I am God Almighty maybe with the background that word almighty is has to do with a mountain and mountains are strong and powerful and mighty
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Why would God call himself this? Almighty now Because it's going to take an almighty act to make this promise come true
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And the wonderful thing about God is It's easy for him to make a bumblebee and it's easy for him to create the world
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No prayer is too hard for God to answer because he's powerful 13 years he's been waiting
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Abraham has verse 2 that I may make my covenant between me and you and may multiply you
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Greatly remember Genesis chapter 12 this unilateral unconditional covenant between God and Abram What's the response of Abram?
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He fell on his face? Adoration I will receive what you have for me
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Obediently and God said to him so far Abraham's not talking
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Abrams not talking He just wants to obey and God says Look at how this covenant is based on God My covenant is with you and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations
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Well, we're not gonna have a special holiday. We're gonna change your name How do we remember this?
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I'm gonna change your name. No longer. Shall your name be Abram? What's Abram mean? Exalted father
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Do you have a lot of kids? He's the exalted father He was reminded that every time somebody said his name, but your name shall be
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Abraham father of multitude That's gonna go over well for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations
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Can you imagine I like it when Barnhouse is saying Abram goes back and tells his family by the way, my name's been changed.
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Oh good. Finally. You've got rid of that that Albatross around your neck Abram. You're this exalted father when you don't have any children with your wife
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Barnhouse relates they all knew his former name was Abram father of many and they knew it had been Somewhat a thorn to him so we can imagine the stir of interest and curiosity when he announced
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I'm going to change my name How the old man couldn't take it it finally got under his skin After all to be the father of nobody for 86 years and then to be the father of only one
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With a name like he has father of many must have had its rough moments. He's gonna change his name
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I wonder what it will be. I Am to be known as Abraham father of a multitude
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Barnhouse we can almost hear the silence of the stunned moment as the truth breaks upon them
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Father of a multitude then the laughter broke forth behind the scenes. The old man's gone crazy
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He has one child when he was 86 and now at 99. He's beginning to get ideas father of a multitude well
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Was there anything more ridiculous for a man of this age? of his age
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Verse 6 and I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make you
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Into nations I will appoint you actually that's words from the writer of Hebrews as well.
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Same Greek word Used in the Septuagint I will appoint you to nations and kings shall come
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From you I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant to be
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God to you and to your offspring after you and Verse 8 don't miss it and I will give to you.
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This is inheritance language I'll give to you Abraham and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings
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All the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession and I will be their
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God Think about it just for a second. The Jews would be thinking including the audience
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That the epistle of Hebrews is written to There's nobody like Abraham father.
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Abraham had many sons. I am one of them and so were you? It's that kind of familiarity
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We're children of Abraham you could even hear it in the in the in the scribes and the Pharisees Abraham is our father and why is
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Abraham so great and so highly to be esteemed well for many reasons, but he's the father of the nations
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He has so many children And now if you go back to Hebrews Jesus doesn't just get the nation's
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Jesus doesn't just get the land Jesus's inheritance is over what all
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All things the entire universe even if you go down to Hebrews chapter 2 verse 5
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Subjected the world to come in the future verse 8 of Hebrews 2
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Putting everything in subjection under his feet Why listen to Jesus?
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He's greater than Aaron greater than Abraham greater than Moses. I should listen to Jesus Now when
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Hebrews chapter 1 says he's appointed heir of all things you might ask the question
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I think it's fair to ask When was he appointed? When does this appointment take place?
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Now some think this is eternity past Before time begins the exalted father says to his son the eternal son.
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I've appointed you heir of all things But I think it makes much better sense if you say to yourself the text here in context must mean that he's been appointed heir of all things after he's purified sins after he's died a substitutionary death after he's
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Ray been raised from the dead Jesus is heir and that means if he's the possessor of all things he's
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Lord of all things Remember years ago the Lordship salvation debate you can take
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Jesus as Savior and not take him as Lord How foolish that is
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God has made him both Savior and Lord and by the way if you own all things you're Lord of all things all things under his authority
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Possessor of all things disposer of all things Romans 11 for from Jesus and through Jesus and To him are all things to him be the glory forever.
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Amen That's authority John 16 all things that the father has are mine
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John 13 Jesus knowing that the father had given all things into his hands
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Doesn't this heir of all things fit perfectly with the fulfillment in Isaiah chapter 9 a
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Child will be born to us a son will be given to us and the government will rest on his shoulders and his name will be called
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Wonderful counselor mighty God eternal father prince of peace there will be no end of the increase of his government or of peace on the throne of David and over his kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with justice and Righteousness from then on and forevermore the zeal of the
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Lord of hosts will accomplish this He has been appointed heir of all things by God the
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Father himself Doesn't this make you hear the truth echoed in Daniel 7
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I kept looking in the night visions and behold with clouds of heaven one like the
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Son of Man was coming and he came up to the ancient of days and was presented before him and To him
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Jesus was given dominion Glory and a kingdom why that all peoples nations and men of every language might serve him
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His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away and his kingdom is one which will not be destroyed
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Why listen to Jesus because he's the heir of all things and the lot fell on Jesus Now if you're thinking you might say to yourself, what's the next portion here through whom he was also he also created the world
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If Jesus created everything, how can he be the heir of everything and what's the answer? Well in his humanity, he's the heir what
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Adam loses Jesus gains and The more I think about it the more fascinating this is wasn't
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Jesus Homeless and now he's the heir of all things wasn't he buried in a grave that didn't even belong to him
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Teacher I'll follow you wherever I go Matthew 8 and Jesus said to him foxes have holes
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Birds of the air have nest but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
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You want to follow me? I'm homeless and because of the death burial resurrection of Jesus and what
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Jesus has done the father said I give you everything Turn to Matthew chapter 4, please
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If the father wants to give him everything because of his obedient life his representative death his substitutionary atonement
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His literal resurrection, I would bet the house That Satan would want to try to stop this
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Jesus is the Eternal Son. He's worthy of an inheritance, but the inheritance is through Suffering then glory and what does
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Satan always try to do? He tries to circumvent the
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Lord Jesus in his work And what does he do here in Matthew chapter 4?
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Hey, I know you're gonna be the heir. I know you are the heir but grab it now
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Remember Matthew 4 8 as the stakes become higher and higher with each progressive temptation that Jesus is going through Matthew 4 8
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Again, the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their glory
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I don't know exacts on how this happened, but there's Rome There's Egypt There's the
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Assyrian Empire There's Persia. There's Jerusalem. Just take it all it's all yours.
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I know you're the heir I know you're the son verse 9 and he said to him all these things
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I will give to you if You'll fall down and worship me Come on glory before suffering
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Cross before crown, we know you're the heir take it all and take it now just genuflect one time bow one time one shortcut
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You're the son you deserve it. You're worth it But Jesus knew ahead of time did he not?
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Even when he prayed my father if this is possible, let this cup pass from me yet. Not as I will but as you will
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Hear the ruler of the world Satan the prince of the power of the air, I know you've got you want it all
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It's going to be yours. Just take it now. You are the heir verse 10 then
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Jesus said to him Be gone Satan For it is written you shall worship the
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Lord your God and serve him only Friends if I've said it once I've said it a dozen times
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Of course when we see this passage and read it if you say to yourself, how do
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I overcome temptation? That's a fair thing to ask Jesus used
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Deuteronomy every single time but the passage primarily has nothing to do with that It has to do with Adams in the garden and he's tempted and he fell ease in the garden
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She's tempted and she fell Israel's in the wilderness. She's tempted and she fell David's on a rooftop
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He's tempted and he fell Have you ever been tempted and fallen I have
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Isn't there someone who could undergo a temptation and not fall? Can't we have someone who could stand up to Satan?
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And we see here the representative man Christ Jesus Be gone
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Satan for it is written. You shall worship the Lord your God and serve him only The devil left him and behold angels came and began to minister
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To him how awesome is it that the father sends the angels to minister to Jesus?
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the sovereign power that The devil wanted Jesus to bypass
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Jesus uses in a different way Be gone Satan the obedience of Jesus By the way, if you ever ask yourself the question, am
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I saved by obedience? The answer is no Baptist today
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There's a couple of Presbyterians, but they're in the back Are you saved by obedience?
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Did not Jesus say do this and live it was a right question when the guy comes to the rich young ruler
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I mean when the rich owner you the ruler comes to Jesus. What must I do to inherit eternal life?
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That's the right question. You've got to keep the law. You've got to never succumb to temptation
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You've got to love God with all your heart soul mind and strength and if you do that you merit salvation and salvation is always through meriting and working
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Do this and live and the visitors are trying to figure out how to get out of church right now
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But we can't do it because we're fallen and we're tainted by sin if Adam could have obeyed
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He would have lived but he fell and now we fell in Adam, but there's one who didn't fall in Adam How do
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I know Jesus never sinned many reasons one is the father says I give you everything
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I Give you everything. Can you imagine Jesus increases in wisdom
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Luke 2 says He's smarter at 13 than he was at 12 more wise and And he increases in stature
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He's taller at 13 than he was at 12 and he increases with it in favor with with men
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From 12 to 13. He he's just growing up and then to think because we think of the humanity of Jesus He increases with favor with God how can the
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Incarnate Son do that because I know he's more than human, but he's fully human
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Philippians chapter 2 talks about that same thing. He's obedient to the point of death even death on the cross growing in his aptitude for obedience as any
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Human would and Jesus perfectly obeys and the father says you get it all
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I know people that if they've got drug addicts for kids They don't get any inheritance and the flip side the positive side is you're obedient You you've honored me son.
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You get everything That's exactly what's happened here if I've made anyone unclear the fact about salvation by works
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You're saved by the works of another Jesus Christ who merits salvation who was obedient to the point of death
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He's the one that earned salvation for us and we receive that not by our works, but by and through what?
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faith Here's Jesus out in the middle of the desert When you think of desert in the
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Old Testament you ought to think of curse and an isolation and loneliness danger probably the worst place out in the
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Palestinian area and that's where Satan brings Jesus to be tempted and Jesus Fulfills his messianic mission.
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Let's go back to Hebrews chapter 1 No, you know what? I? Changed my mind.
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Am I able to do that? Yes, I am. Should I do that? Psalm chapter 2 turn to Psalm chapter 2, please
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This is more language and we're gonna go back to Psalm 2 very often in the book of Hebrews.
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This is more language of Jesus the heir of all things This has got a
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Davidic King theme Echoing through it Psalm 2 8 if you say to yourself
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Why are Psalms so important there are many reasons for that but Psalm 2 and Psalm 22 and Psalm 110 should just pop out in your mind when you think of the
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Messiah and Here we have the Lord of the Covenant Establishing the Messiah's reign even though the kings and nations don't like it
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Psalm 2 fits perfectly in this theme that Jesus is the heir of all things and the father
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Gives him all things and therefore in Hebrews. That's why you should listen to him
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Why do the nation's rage and the people's plot in vain the kings of the earth?
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They entrenched themselves. They put up a barrier. They dig foxholes as it were
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They set themselves and and the rulers take counsel together scheming together
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Alliances together against Yahweh and against his anointed his son saying let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us
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I Don't want this man to rule over us What's the response of God?
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He's anxious He's disquieted Can't sleep at night he who sits in the heavens
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Laughs The Lord holds them in derision Then he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fury saying here's the language of appointment.
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Here's the language of air But as for me the father says
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I've set my king on Zion my Holy Hill are my holy mountain
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You conspire you rebel you push back and I ordain I appoint
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I Decree you started it and my father you say that all the time
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You're gonna start something but I'm gonna what Finish it you had the same dad that I did my dad also said very wise things like don't cock it
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Unless you're gonna throw it That's when you have a boxer dad when you look at Psalm 2
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I've set my king. I have installed my king. That's a Hebrew word for I'm gonna install you into office like Messiah these defiant rebels
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We're gonna be checkmated because God has appointed his son Calvin let them exalt themselves as they may
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They may never be able to reach heaven yet while they think to confound heaven and earth together.
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They resemble so many grasshoppers What does the
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Anointed Son say the one that Hebrews will then say he's got all things
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When the Messiah speaks, what would he say when the eternal Son of God?
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Who's in control who's sovereign who does whatever he wants. He determines what he wants plans what he wants
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What does he say when the world is against him? By the way,
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I thought of this Psalm when gay marriage was Supposedly deemed legal in the
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United States. I thought of this exact song. What does Jesus say? Should I be afraid of what's going on?
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I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord This is the second person of the Trinity the
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Eternal Son He the father said to me the son thou art my son today
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I have Begotten you or as the ESV says you are my son today.
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I have begotten you the Messiah Coronated crowned ask of me
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The father says to the son and I will surely give the nations as thy inheritance
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That's Hebrews 1 2 language and the very ends of the earth as thy possession
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Inheritance is the right of a son and this is the exact same kind of language as Hebrews chapter 1
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The counsel of God will stand he appointed the son the son will do whatever he's pleased to do because he'll always please the father and What's the response?
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And I hope there's no one here today that does not recognize Jesus as the
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Eternal Son Who's appointed heir of all things but if you are one of those people
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There's some commands that follow in Psalm chapter 2 that you must hear and must respond to with obedience
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We've learned a lot about who this King is. What's the response to the King? notice these commands found in Psalm 2
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Verses 10 to 12 if you'd like some practical application for Jesus being the heir of all things
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The first thing you do is you recognize that and you bow your knee in faith and Here it's shown in these five imperatives these five commands.
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Do you notice? Verses 10 through 12 are the responses
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By the way, it is of some interest to me and probably should be to you as well this first verse verse 10
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John Lambert quoted to King Henry the 8th Before he was burned in 1538
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What's the message to the White House? Psalm 2 10 to 12 show discernment verse 10
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Now therefore all kings show discernment if it's good for the Kings, it's certainly good for anyone else here today
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Take warning Oh judges of the earth There's another command worship the
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Lord with reverence Bow low obey with fear stand in awe
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Recognize Jesus for who he is the eternal Son of God the heir of all things the creator of all things the one who's made purification for sins and has sat down and now is at The right hand of the
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Father command for rejoice
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Rejoice with what though trembling Rejoice with trembling
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Not some kind of giddiness not some kind of haughtiness But I rejoice with trembling and then finally verse 12
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Do homage to the Son? The best way to translate that is kiss the
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Son Give profession of loyalty and a possession of loyalty and an allegiance does this
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Verse strike you as it does me first Kings 19 yet I will leave 27 ,000 in Israel all the knees that have not bound to be not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him
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Because kiss is an act of worship Quit kissing calves quit kissing money fame entertainment serve the
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Living God kiss him of course that makes me just think of the response of the
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The woman in the city who was a sinner and she learned that Jesus was at table She brought an alabaster vial of perfume and standing behind him at his feet.
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What what did she do? She wet her wet his feet with her tears and kept wiping them with the hair of her head and kissing
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His feet and anointing them with perfume. That's the response to the air of all things
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Instead of rebelling against the Sun kicking the Sun you pledge allegiance to the Sun homage to the
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Sun Every knee should bow those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth
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Every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father if Jesus isn't
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God How can praising Jesus worshipping Jesus adoring Jesus? kissing
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Jesus give the Father glory when the Father won't give his glory to another but Jesus is
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God and What kind of great benediction is this? Who doesn't want a benediction for those who have kissed the
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Sun and faith have been granted saving faith How blessed are all who take refuge in him literally how rewarding the life how great the life
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For those who take refuge in him through faith Psalm starts off with people raging and it ends with for those who take refuge in my son saved secure loved
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To him who loves us revelation 1 5 and released us from our sins by his blood
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Friends Here's the book of Hebrews at the beginning You should listen to Jesus as the final authority
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Because he's the heir of all things He owns everything Therefore let the house of Israel know for certain acts 236
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God has made him both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom you crucified
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Psalm 4 Romans 14 verse 9 to this end Christ died and lived again that he might be
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Lord both of the dead and the living For today in the city of David there has been born for you a
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Savior who is Christ the Lord Lord Who do you say
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Jesus is I hope you say he's God. I hope you say he's the eternal Son I hope you say he's the anointed one
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I hope you say he's the one who purified my sins, but you must also include that he's the heir of all things do you
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Let's pray. I thank you father for your word. I thank you that Jesus is the heir
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I don't know how many people here have sat as lawyers have read that the will of their deceased loved ones
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Listening listening maybe for a large inheritance But to think that Jesus owns it all
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Because Jesus did it all and because of the who Jesus is are all in all
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Father because Jesus speaks finally and with authority because he is the heir Would you help us to be good students of the
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Word of God We need help to present ourselves approved to you as workmen who do not need to be ashamed accurately handling the
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Word of Truth The father I pray for Bethlehem Bible Church Might have people here who are not born again.
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I pray that you would Grant them the ability to kiss the Son lest they perish.
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I Pray that you would give them joy knowing that as Romans 8 says we are co -heirs with Christ and if Jesus owns it all
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What does that mean for us God? You're so good to us. I pray for the young people here
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I'm sure there are five -year -olds and ten -year -olds and fifteen -year -olds and college students as well
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Who know all about you and your son, but have not kissed the
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Son. I pray that you would give them saving faith I pray that Even though your wrath is quickly kindled as the psalm says
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You bless people who love the Son and that's what we want to do in Jesus name.