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Sep 17, 2023

Hebrews: Superior to Angels

Passage: Hebrews 1:4-14

Speaker: Brian Land

Series: Hebrews: Fulfilled in Christ

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: jesus, angels, better, spirits

Prophets, Priests and Kings are humans God has used as his agents for humanity whereas angels are God’s spiritual agents. The Book of Hebrews explains that these agents are amazing while Jesus is infinitely better. Go through the passage and see how Jesus is described, and how he is totally superior.

Main Passage: Hebrews 1:4-14

4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son, today I have begotten you”?

Or again,
“I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?

6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.”

7 Of the angels he says,
“He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.”

8 But of the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

10 And,
“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
like a garment they will be changed.
But you are the same,
and your years will have no end.”

13 And 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 for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

 

Sermon Discussion Questions:

Talk about your view of angels. Is there a particular image that comes to mind? Where did that image come from?

Looking in this passage and other passages -- what do we know about angels? (not really that much)

What are they like?
(Today we’ll talk about how they are created, spiritual, power and personal...what else?)

What roles do they have?
(Today we’ll talk about how they are messengers, ministers, warriors and worshipers...what else?)

Prophets, Priests and Kings are humans God has used as his agents for humanity...angels are God’s spiritual agents. The Book of Hebrews explains that these agents are amazing while Jesus is infinitely better. Go through the passage and see how Jesus is described, and how he is totally superior.

What does this all say about us and real life? What difference does this all make?

Today we’ll talk about these 3 applicable truths:
- We are in a violent cosmic war

- “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

- The battles rage, but the war has already been won by Jesus’ on the cross and through the grave.