Because of who Christ is.....

For the past 6 months my devotion time has been camped in the book of Hebrews. It was been an amazing study and awesome to see the superiority of Jesus Christ our Savior. I could talk on Hebrews all day long and write many many blog posts, but this time just simply look at our Lord and how He is seen in this amazing book....

JESUS CHRIST:

- Superior to the prophets (1:1)

- Heir of all things (1:2)

- Creator of the world (1:2, 10 and 2:10)

- The visible manifestation of God Himself (1:3)

- Upholder and director of all things (1:3)

- Seated at the right hand of the Father (1:3)

- Better than the angels (1:4)

- Inherited a better name than the angels (1:4)

- Worshiped by the angels (1:6)

- Eternal (1:11)

- Unchangeable (1:12)

- The victorious one (1:13)

- Our Savior (2:3, 9)

- Ruler of all (2:8)

- The Captain of salvation (2:10)

- The victor over death (2:14)

- The deliverer from bondage (2:15)

- Our helper through trials (2:18)

- Our High Priest, the One sent from God to represent God to us (3:1)

- Builder of God’s house - believers (3:3)

- He is God (3:3-4)

- Our Sabbath rest (4:1-9)

- Knower of all (4:13)

- Perfect (5:9)

- Author of Eternal Salvation (5:9)

- The power of an endless life (7:16)

- High priest forever (7:23-24)

- Holy, Harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, higher than the heavens (7:26)

- The way into the Holy of Holies (9:8-11)

- The mediator between us and God (9:24)

- The Author and Finisher of our faith (12:2)

- The One by whom we praise God (13:15)

From looking at our Savior, let us look at our response as the children of this Almighty God.

LET US:

- Labor - 4:11 (because Christ has finished the work)

- Hold Fast - 4:14 (because we have a great High Priest)

- Come Boldly – 4:16 (because we have a sinless High Priest that understands our temptations)

- Go On – 6:1 (because we know the foundation doctrines, we move on to perfection)

- Draw Near - 10:22 (because of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross which made a living way)

- Hold Fast our profession of faith – 10:23 (because Christ is faithful)

- Consider One Another – 10:24 (because of Christ’s faithfulness we are to encourage each other)

- Lay Aside ever weight and sin – 12:1 (because we have the witness/example of the heroes of the faith in chapter 11)

- Run with Patients – 12:2 (because Jesus Christ is the Author AND finisher of our faith)

- Have Grace to Serve God– 12:28 ( In the Greek, this word “grace” means “Graciousness, Joy, Liberality, Pleasure, Thanks”. Because we are secure in Christ and His kingdom/reign cannot be moved, let us have pleasure and joy in serving Christ!)

- Go Forth – 13:13 (Because of Christ sacrifice and salvation, we leave the world behind and be identified with Christ)

- Offer Sacrifice of Praise – 13:15 (because of what Christ has done and because it is a sacrifice that is well pleasing to God!)

We often ask, "What is God's will for my life?" The book of Hebrews and the whole Bible is full of the revealed will of God. We can run the race God has before us with joy and confidence because of who our Lord is!