Our author is going to rock some Jewish minds! The Jewish faith puts Moses on a pedestal for his contributions to their history and faith. Now our author tells this group that Jesus is higher than Moses. Moses was one of the most revered men in Jewish history and in the Jewish faith. Our author […]
Our writer continue on with his study of why Jesus was able to provide our salvation. It wasn’t simply because He was God or even that He became a man. The reason was because He made the right choices every time. Jesus laid aside His royal robes and stepped down into this mess of humanity. […]
After establishing Jesus’ superiority over the angels we come to His message. Since the messages received from angels were reliable and important, because of His superiority, His message should receive more importance. “Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it” (verse 1). To start with, […]
We have come to the book of Hebrews. Our author introduces us to the foundational truth of the gospel. Jesus is God’s Son and as such, holds authority over all things. Jesus is higher than any created being because He was with God in the beginning and is author of that creation. Some of the […]
Paul concludes his letter to Philemon. He doesn’t make “one last plea” for Onesimus. He leaves the matter in Philemon’s and God’s hands. Paul gave his final plea for Onesimus in verse 21; “Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.” That confidence, faith, allows […]