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The Supremacy of Jesus as found in Hebrews Chapter One

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  1. He didn't send another character, he saw the earth under a curse, under the curse of sin,

  2. he saw the earth and the mess that was in, and he said, I am coming down to redeem them,

  3. because what's necessary for the forgiveness of all sins is perfect blood. Divine blood has to be

  4. shed, sinless blood, not the blood of a goat or a bull or a heifer, or anyone else's blood,

  5. my blood. Welcome to the City Light Church podcast. Thanks for joining us today, as we look into God's

  6. Word and discover the hope and truth that he has for us. If you want to connect with City Light

  7. Church, feel free to visit us at citylightnyc.com, that's citylightnyc.com. Pastor Boyan Jansik and his

  8. team believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is already working in our hearts and minds.

  9. As you listen to today's teaching, remember that you are deeply loved by God, that you are

  10. surrounded by His grace, and that He has a real hope and a future for you.

  11. I'm beginning this morning with Hebrews chapter 1 and we're going to be going through the book of

    Hebrews 1 chapter mention

  12. Hebrews. Great name for a Christian coffee shop, by the way, if you're going to open one up.

  13. Normally, most of the time, I preach what are known as topical sermons. Those are pretty fun

  14. for me. I get to switch topics every Sunday, share personal stories, and there's a freedom

  15. there because I can switch every week, depending on what's happening in the world, what the Lord

  16. is putting in my spirit, but often I also like to do expository preaching. That's when we go

  17. through the whole Bible or a whole book of the Bible. The whole chapter, go through every verse,

  18. there's a reason for that. One, I want people who call citylight their home to be biblically

  19. literate and biblical literacy is something that's been under attack. Why? Because the word of God

  20. is powerful. The word of God is so powerful, the Bible actually says concerning itself,

  21. that the word will energize you. It will like a dynamo, not like give you a pep in your step

  22. energize you, but it will fuel you because innate in the word of God is the power to fulfill itself.

  23. So the more word you have in you, the more kingdom will be manifested around you, the less

  24. word you have in you, the less kingdom will be manifested around you. So you want to be full

  25. of the word of God. And something funny happened, you got a good size Bible too. Would you just show

  26. wave that Bible in the air? Look at that. That's even bigger than the one from first service.

  27. This, I mean, you could stop a subway train with this Bible. You can use this Bible as a self-defense

  28. weapon. This, this is how back in my day, people used to come into church. I'm just wondering how many

  29. versions are in this one Bible? I thought it was like six different, this is big.

  30. People used to come in with a whole big Bible and then Erica's still old school. Just wave that

  31. up. See, he's to come in. And no, no, but wave up what you have inside. The important part,

  32. the notebook, the notebook. And everybody would come into church with a Bible you could choke a

  33. mousse with and a notebook. Because church was a place of learning and you'd get full of the word

  34. of God and you'd learn the word of God. But somehow I will say that kind of shifted when

  35. we in churches started putting up the scriptures, right? And you got Bibles on your phones people

  36. don't bring in their Bibles. All right, that's fine. That's cool. But then because we live in a

  37. time where there's so much information, you used to be hungry for information. So you come to

  38. church and get the word of God. You write down revelations, you write down points.

  39. And now it's just like, I'll remember that or I'll watch it later on YouTube or I'll check out

  40. the podcast. But you want to be full of the word of God. And part of when we go on this journey,

  41. what you'll be learning is how to read the word of God. How to interpret the word of God.

  42. We use plenty of scriptures here, every service, but in a topical message you may get 15, 20

  43. scriptures. But now we're going through every single one of them. So be on this journey. Guess what

  44. we're doing next week? Hebrews 2. So this week you could be reading Hebrews 2. Studying Hebrews 2.

  45. And then when I miss something, you can call out and go, but what about that pastor?

  46. Let's begin in Hebrews chapter 1, a little background on the book of Hebrews that will help you

    Hebrews 1 chapter mention

  47. understand it. This was written to a group of persecuted Jewish Christians. The timing of this book

  48. is in the 60s, probably in the late 60s. Not 70 AD because most likely the destruction of the

  49. temple would have been mentioned in a book to the Hebrews. But most scholars put it at around 67,

  50. 68 AD. But this is the most important part. That it was written to a group of really down and

  51. now discouraged believers. They were Jewish Christians. They were ostracized. They were cast

  52. away. They were ostracized socially. They were ostracized financially. They weren't even allowed

  53. to trade at the markets and years and years of that had taken their toll and they were on the

  54. verge of quitting. The main theme of the book of Hebrews is, don't quit. Do not forsake your faith.

  55. Do not bail out. Keep hanging on. Keep believing. And I like to read it often and remind myself of

  56. that often because no matter how bad things are going for me in that particular moment, it's never

  57. as bad as it was for first century Jewish Christians who are ostracized in every way. Amen.

  58. So if the writer of Hebrews who we don't know who it is can write such a strongly worded letter

  59. to them, what would he tell me then? Get up off the floor, you cry, baby.

  60. Chin up, chest out, eyes towards Jesus. You're going to win. Hallelujah.

  61. And we don't know who wrote Hebrews. And there's no point in debating about it.

  62. Some people say, Paul, cool, I'm going to correct you because you're wrong, but it just doesn't read

  63. like Paul to me. It's to me, but to some other people say, it's Paul all over it. Okay. I don't

  64. know. I know it's divinely inspired. Verse one, God begins unapologetically just by naming God.

  65. I'm not trying to convince you that exists, that he exists because the scripture already says

  66. that even in nature, even in creation, that the wondrous works of God are declared and that the

  67. fool has said in his heart, there is no God. God who at various times and in various ways, he's

  68. now referencing the Old Testament. He had various times and in various ways spoke in times past to

  69. the fathers by the prophets. He's simply saying there was a diversity, a variety of ways that

  70. God the father spoke to the prophets in the Old Testament. And then there was a variety and diversity

  71. of ways those prophets then conveyed God's message. It seems to also just indicate as you read

  72. on the Jesus is like a glorious prism that all these different bands of light pointing to Jesus

  73. and the Messiah and the Old Testament when they come through the prism of Jesus, it comes as one

  74. being. He unites it all. Hallelujah. And by the way, God is a God of variety.

  75. Just even in the New Testament, he's just saying all the different ways God spoke. If you just

  76. look at the New Testament, there's over 25 different ways that God will speak to his people.

  77. Hallelujah. Verse two, the number one way, by the way, is the still small voice, the inward witness.

  78. Has in these last days, have you ever wondered how long the last days have been going on?

  79. A mighty long time. The last days is actually a designation of a particular

  80. Ian, a particular season, the church age or the messianic age. It's the age we live in now. Do you

  81. know when this age started in Acts chapter two when the church was birthed? That's when it became

  82. the last days. That's why in Acts chapter two, when Peter is preaching and he's referencing

  83. Joel and Joel says, in the last days, I will pour out my spirit, says the Lord, it's talking about

  84. this period right now, the church age, which now has been going on for 2,000 years. By the way,

  85. do you know how long most of these ages, actually every single one of them, how long they've lasted?

  86. About 2,000 years. That's another sermon, but I can't do that. I can take you through all the ages

  87. and show you that they're always last 2,000 years. So if we're in the last days, it's been about

  88. 2,000 years, that shows me that we're in the last, there's no other church age. There's no other

  89. age that the Bible even speaks of. This is the last age. So the clock is ticking, which also explains

  90. why I'm so excited this morning. Hallelujah. The only thing we can do is to take with us to heaven

  91. and souls. He's in these last days spoken to us by his son. You see in the Old Testament that were

  92. angels and angels came and delivered the Lord of Moses and there were prophets, but when it came

  93. time to present the glorious gospel, God didn't just send a messenger. He himself was the message.

  94. He came in person and he spoke to us by his son, who is God, whom he has appointed air of all

  95. things. Now there's several titles that are given to Jesus in the book of Hebrews that don't really

  96. make sense when you just look at it in the natural, like air of all things. What is an air of all

  97. things? If my son was here, I would say here's the air of all things. You would understand,

  98. oh, you're talking about how when you die, you're going to leave everything to your son. But God,

  99. the Father isn't dying. So what does air of all things mean? There's another title put a pin in

  100. that. There's another title given to Jesus, first born. Several times it references him and calls him

  101. first born, first born from the dead. What does that mean? Who's the second born, third born? There's

  102. no second born or third born or fourth born. First century Hebrews will understand that air of all

  103. things or first born is just a title that means preeminent, supreme. You're the one to you

  104. belongs all the stuff. Amen. Has in these last days spoken to us by his son, whom he has appointed

  105. air of all things through whom also he made the worlds in the Greek eons where we get eon. It's

  106. not just talking about the creation of the world itself, but Jesus is the one who may these different

  107. epochs and seasons and eons of which we find ourselves right now in the last and final season and

  108. eon and epoch. Hallelujah. Verse three, who being the brightness of his glory, yes, here's the word

  109. in the Greek for brightness. It's apalgazma which means radiance. Jesus is the radiance, is the

  110. outshining of God the Father. He's the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person.

  111. That's a call back to a stamp or a signet ring that when you put the image in hot wax what you get

  112. is the exact same image. Here's what the writers are really saying that Jesus Christ is God and that

  113. if you want to know what the Father is like, take a look at Jesus. You know, some people they're like,

  114. you know, the Holy Spirit's great. Jesus, he seems pretty cool. I read his stuff in the red and the

  115. gospels, but the Father, I don't know about him. What's the Father like? I don't know. Also, I'm a

  116. little messed up because I had a very bad father when I was a kid so now every time the pastor says

  117. father, I go like this. That's a real thing. That's why the enemy attacks fathers and attacks families

  118. and when we talk about Father God, people immediately like, is this one the shoe gets thrown at me?

  119. No, shoe throwing is a mother thing. Sorry, is this one a belt?

  120. If you want to know what the Father is like, take a look at Jesus. If you want to know what the

  121. Father would say, listen to what Jesus said. If you want to know what the Father's personalities

  122. like, take a look at Jesus. He is the express image of the Father, the express image of his person

  123. and the outshiding and the radiance of his glory and he is upholding and even better word for

  124. upholding would be maintaining. He is maintaining Jesus right now is maintaining all things by the

  125. word of his power. That seat that you're sitting on, the molecules, the atoms that make up that seat

  126. are being held together right now by Jesus and by the word of his power. This when you actually

  127. meditate on this and get this in your spirit, you will become infinitely strong from the inside

  128. out. You will know that just like God, you are immovable, you're unshakable, you will succeed.

  129. The victory is yours because he's sustaining you and maintaining you by the word of his power.

  130. That same word that keeps the sun in its place, the same word that keeps the planets on their orbit

  131. that's sustaining you. He's maintaining you and upholding you by the word of his power. When

  132. he had, we're only three verses in and the preeminence and the magnificence of Jesus is just

  133. on full display, like in Times Square, full neon flashing lights. If that wasn't enough,

  134. when he had by himself purged our sins. This is why we make such a big deal about Jesus.

  135. The rest of Hebrews chapter one is going to go into establishing over and over and over again,

  136. something very important that Jesus is God. I've got to tell you, so many people kind of know that

  137. in church, but don't really know that. There's people who are confused by it,

  138. especially I say this with respect, but I've got to name names or else I'm just going to be

  139. believing in confusion. How many of you used to be Catholic raised your hands?

  140. No, okay, it's not a shameful thing. It's not AA meeting and I'm asking.

  141. That's it? It was like 70% last time I did an impromptu survey. Maybe some people don't feel safe,

  142. and I like it. I witness because I used to be orthodox, very similar to Catholicism.

  143. I myself was confused. When I witnessed the Catholics, I'll even find that confusion.

  144. The Son of God, Jesus is the Son of God, and they have that drilled into their head,

  145. but to a degree where you lose sight that Jesus is God also. It almost presents Jesus as like this

  146. secondary figure, like God the Father sent a fall guy in his place. He looked at earth and

  147. he said, they're in the huge mess down there and it's ugly down there. Full of sin, it keeps.

  148. Hey, son, get out of your room. I'm sending you down there. Well, what am I going to do, Dad?

  149. Well, you're going to die. They're going to beat you. But don't worry about it. After that,

  150. I'll raise you from the dead. Really? That's not what happened. Jesus is God, and God came to earth

  151. in the person of Jesus. This is important. He didn't send another character. He saw the earth

  152. under a curse, under the curse of sin. He saw the earth and the mess that was in, and he said,

  153. I am coming down to redeem them. Because what's necessary for the forgiveness of all sins is perfect

  154. blood. Divine blood has to be shed. Sinless blood, not the blood of a goat or a bull or a

  155. heifer or anyone else's blood, my blood. So I'm going to come down to earth in the person of

  156. Jesus and I'm going to give my life as a ransom for everybody. And the holy, just wrath of God

  157. will come upon me and not them. That's how much he loves you. You didn't want any wrath to come

  158. upon you. He came down and satisfied divine justice that he had originated and he had implemented

  159. and he took it on in your place as your substitute. That's the power of that. He himself perched our

  160. sins. And then he sat down at the right hand. You know when you sit down? You only sit down

  161. when the job is done. Amen. And that's an important point also because in church people,

  162. they will never say this but they act like he did a 95% job and the rest is on them.

  163. He did a 98% job but they got to do their part and help us save your out. Just contribute

  164. to the almost finished work of the cross but it is finished. Then he cried out, paid and full.

  165. It is finished and then he sat down. So what's left for me to do? Believe and receive.

  166. And then he healed. Amen. There's nothing left for us to contribute to the already finished work

  167. of the cross. He sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. Verse four.

  168. Having become so much better than the angels and the reason and for the rest of Hebrews chapter one

  169. he starts comparing Jesus and Jesus' supremacy to angels because worshipping of angels

  170. was problematic in the first century church and you see that brought up all his own Galatians

  171. and in Colossians and it's a human problem because when we don't understand the fullness of the

  172. gospel we want other characters in the cast like angels, saints, Mary, wonderful woman,

  173. Bible says most blessed of all women but she has not heard one prayer that has gone up to her

  174. ever. You know why she's too busy enjoying the presence of the Lord worshipping. The saints

  175. have not heard one prayer. Some of them aren't even up there.

  176. I feel like I'm on Mantel or something. Here with some institution call somebody

  177. the saints of God are defined in the Bible. I'm looking at a sea of them right now. You are the

  178. saints of God. Don't look at some three century old painting, some guy and go oh he's a saint. No

  179. you're a saint. I don't know about him. I don't know where his faith was. I don't know who called

  180. him a saint but you you believe in Jesus. You've given your life to him. You're now sin-free. You've

  181. been born again. You're new creation. You're a saint. That's why every letter in the New Testament

  182. addresses you as a saint. Some of you are looking at me right now like you're an ape but I'm telling you

  183. you're a saint. Hallelujah.

  184. Heaven becomes so much better than the angels as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name.

  185. Now in the Bible the name it's not just what we think of as a name. It means your actual position,

  186. your title, your character, your very person. He's saying Jesus is far superior than any angel.

  187. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Some of you have good people, good friends in your lives. They want God but

  188. they're afraid to approach him. So what do they do to pray to other people?

  189. Pray to statues, pray to other characters from the Bible. You can come around and let them know.

  190. They actually cried out for you to tell them. You don't have to beat around the bush.

  191. My kids go to Catholic school. This is how it's packaged to them. It's packaged like you know

  192. when you really need some help around the house you know and your dad he's kind of grumpy sometimes

  193. right. Who do you go to? You go to mom right and mom and if you do something bad mom will calm dad

  194. down and you know less than the blow. So that's how some of you know you've been taught it this way.

  195. You can't go straight to God the Father go to his mother and she'll calm him because he's angry

  196. up there. He's raging. He's mad at the world and it's in but his mom will calm him down.

  197. God is not raging. He's chill. He's been satisfied. The blood of Jesus satisfied him

  198. and when you put your faith in Jesus he's satisfied with you and there's no more wrath left for you.

  199. Yeah it's been fully exhausted on the person of Jesus. So there's none left for you if you believe

  200. if you put your faith in him. If you don't believe then you're under condemnation.

  201. So get to believe him. Hallelujah. And when you really believe you'll give your whole life to him

  202. and you'll see even more transformation take place. Hallelujah. Verse 5

  203. for the witch of the angels that he ever say he's now just saying hey how can you even compare

  204. Jesus to an angel and he starts quoting from the Old Testament. Every time you see these

  205. quotes there's a direct verses from the Old Testament to which of the angels did he ever say

  206. you are my son today I have begotten you and again I will be to him a father and he shall be

  207. to me a son. You see that word begotten right there today I have begotten you.

  208. Let me read this to you. God the Father also spoke to God the Son and described him as begotten.

  209. It's very important in our walk to know that Jesus is God.

  210. Do you think I'm erroneous when I say that most people don't quite get this?

  211. You know most and I have to mean most people outside the church of course they don't get it

  212. but in the church all you have to do is listen to how Christians pray and they begin every prayer.

  213. Father, daddy, God in Jesus name and to the Holy Spirit I pray that the Spirit of Jesus

  214. and Father and they just like start naming all three over and over again just in case one feels

  215. left out one and not really understanding the Trinity the three and one the one and three and

  216. it's important to get that. See that word begotten throws people off because Jesus is called begotten

  217. but when you just do a cursory look at that people immediately think of it in actual terms as

  218. though God the Father had a child in heaven and Jesus was begotten that's of course not what

  219. the scripture is saying again that term begotten and the first century Hebrews would have

  220. understood it right away begotten speaks of the equality of substance and essential nature

  221. between the Father and Son it means that the Father and the Son share the same being

  222. in the Greek Asusia the same essence they're the same substance and you'll be set free when you

  223. see Jesus not as the secondary figure but as the one the holy one the Son of God. But you just

  224. said he's got to yes he came forth from the Father and he said I will return to the Father

  225. but they share the same essence they share the same substance and Yahweh God of the Old Testament

  226. is Jesus Christ of the New Testament by the way this is why they killed Jesus it's because he said

  227. God was his Father let's just go to that in John chapter five he wasn't saying you know my

  228. Father created me Jesus is not a created being he was from the beginning before Abraham was he

  229. said I am the first century folks understood it that's why they immediately wanted to kill him for

  230. this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him because he had done these things on

  231. the Sabbath verse 17 but Jesus answered them my Father has been working until now and I have been

  232. working and look at the response therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him because he

  233. not only broke the Sabbath but also said that God was his Father making himself equal with God

  234. today when we say begotten we think oh he gave birth to

  235. but it means the same and when Jesus said I'm God son and pointed a God as his Father he was saying

  236. I am the Father on one hallelujah hallelujah thank you Lord verse six

  237. but when he again brings the first born again first born is a title it means preeminent

  238. because back in that day when you were first born you're the one who got all the stuff you were

  239. the preeminent one the first in line but when he again brings the first born into the world he says

  240. let all the angels of God worship him in other words Jesus is God he's so much higher than the

  241. angels that's why in the Old Testament in the Torah he says let all the angels of God worship him

  242. if he was just an angel he wouldn't receive worship from angels verse seven and of the angels he says

  243. who makes his angels spirits and his ministers aflame a fire but to the sun he says so the angels

  244. are ministers they're servants but to the sun he says your throne oh God so you have this conversation

  245. within the Godhead if you're if you're if you're going you're kind of losing me now I will lose you

  246. because the Trinity is something glorious and mysterious and something that our carnal minds

  247. have a very hard time wrapping around I used to be able to explain the Trinity really really well

  248. and really really confidently like 25 years ago when I just memorized the definitions and then

  249. you dive into the scriptures and then the best thing is you meet God and he's so deep and so great

  250. and blows your mind away that you're then even more cautious with your words

  251. one in three three in one

  252. and they have a conversation with one another and they each call each other God

  253. your throne this is the father speaking to the sun your throne oh God is forever and ever a

  254. scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom hallelujah but to the sun he says by

  255. the way just catch that I'm not making it up verse nine you have loved righteousness and hated

  256. lawlessness therefore God your God has anointed you with the oil of gladness so the father calls the

  257. sun God and then it says your God so to the sun the father is God has anointed you with the oil

  258. of gladness more than your companions I feel like I'm losing some of you but what's the point the

  259. point is that God is one amen and and do not allow this thing to come up in your mind where it

  260. seems like the father is the main guy and Jesus is in second place and the Holy Spirit almost gets

  261. no attention in the churches today he's kind of like at the bronze medal he's in third place he

  262. comes in sometimes sometimes we're like where is he we don't know and they're all God hallelujah

  263. and it says therefore God your God has anointed you talking to Jesus with the oil of gladness the oil

  264. of joy more than your companions that's a powerful verse what is the oil of joy or the oil of

  265. gladness is it like God has a shelf and different oils around the shelf the oil of strength the oil

  266. of seriousness the oil of joy no there's just one oil one anointing that word anointing means the

  267. manifest presence of God the anointing is the holy ghost himself it's the substance of God the

  268. virtue of God and here it's called the oil of gladness or the oil of joy why because that's what he

  269. brings when he touches you with his anointing the anointing is the oil of joy and if you were to

  270. look look what it says Jesus was anointed with the oil of joy more than any of his companions that

  271. means whenever you saw Jesus in a group of people he was the most joyful in the bunch hallelujah

  272. when you have joy that's when good things happen when you have joy that's when the kingdom of

  273. God can work out through your life that's why in the bible we're commanded to rejoice now when

  274. I don't feel like rejoicing I hate those verses there is nothing it's like it's like when someone's

  275. upset and you tell them to calm down doesn't go over well right it goes over I think even worse when

  276. someone's sad and you say you know what I know you need to rejoice really where do you push that

  277. button but there actually is a button on the inside and you can rejoice by choice and this is why

  278. I can't hang out with morose preachers I don't even trust serious preachers I've been around

  279. now long enough whenever there's a constant serious he's looking at things through the lens of

  280. defeat and he's glum and there's no joy something awry something is up

  281. Jesus wasn't that way past the Paul when he was eating gruel off of a Roman cell

  282. he told the Philippians rejoice I say and again I say rejoice people think Paul was like this mean

  283. casually just religious guy I guarantee you it was fun and Jesus you know it says when the 70

  284. came back he sent out 70 they came back with a good report the evangelism went well it says in

  285. that hour Jesus rejoiced and we just read past that like oh cool Jesus rejoiced maybe we see it

  286. with a religious mind like Jesus rejoiced we picture him clapping but not with the whole hand with

  287. three fingers just and that word rejoiced in the Greek is allegria similar in Spanish he allegreos

  288. which means to leap twirl about dance and shout what did that look they never show him that way in

  289. the paintings in the paintings he always looks like he's depressed in the movies he always looks

  290. like he doesn't even care he's all like a loof like really like the father sent him on a mission

  291. he didn't want to do and he's like oh how much more will I bear with them his little faith

  292. like we read it with that tone but he didn't even when he said that he was awesome about it how much more

  293. will I bear with you you have a little faith look what I'm doing in your mind hey come here see that

  294. lapra watch what I'm gonna do right now maybe this will juice your faith up hallelujah

  295. may the oil of joy come upon you one of the greatest rebellions you can have to the plan of Satan

  296. in your life is to hit that button on the inside of you and actually rejoice by choice

  297. and and and actively shut down in your life those things that will steal your joy hallelujah

  298. I've never had great things happen to me when I've had seasons of seriousness

  299. there's a new term right now monk mode have you heard it no that's when you get really

  300. serious about life disappear for six months work on yourself go lose that weight read those books

  301. start that business and emerge six months later I've done that stuff I always emerge more miserable

  302. than how I started I got so serious and I'm gonna do all I come out is a worse report on myself

  303. like man I really am a failure terrible but whenever I've enjoyed him and put my eyes on him

  304. and then most important thing is let your wife experience joy and your children joy and fill the

  305. house with joy and focus on the joy of the Lord quick things start popping right away the kingdom

  306. of heaven operates on the principle of joy it's almost like that should be in the Bible like the

  307. kingdom of God is righteousness peace what's that there what joy in the Holy Ghost joy in the Holy

  308. Ghost verse 10 hallelujah you Lord this is the father's talking to the son you Lord calling him Lord

  309. that word there is Yahweh the father calls Jesus Yahweh because Yahweh created the heavens and

  310. there did he not who who created in Genesis one who created the heavens and there God the father

  311. of God the son or God the Holy Spirit that's the answer he said yes God the father spoke the word

  312. came forth that's Jesus where was the Holy Spirit it says the Spirit of God was hovering over

  313. the waters all three involved right a creation you Lord in the beginning lay the foundation of the

  314. earth and the heavens are the work of your hands they will perish but you remain and they will all

  315. grow old like a garment like a cloak you will fold them up and they will be changed but you

  316. are the same and your years will not fail worship team you can come up he's just this whole this

  317. whole time in Hebrews chapter one he's hitting over and over again the majesty of Jesus the greatness

  318. of Jesus the preeminence of Jesus and the supremacy of Jesus and the more you put your eyes on

  319. Jesus looking unto him who is the author in the finish of our faith the more of his kingdom will flow

  320. out of you hallelujah hallelujah like a cloak your years will not fail and then he finally ends with

  321. just one more point if you ever think about me and say he really does like kick the points over

  322. and over again I'm in good company they did that in the epistles all the time Paul even was so

  323. repetitive he said for me it's not grievous or burdensome to be repetitive but for you it's

  324. necessary verse 13 but to which of the angels has he ever said sit at my right hand till I make

  325. your enemies your footstool which of the angels does he ever said that to none because Jesus is

  326. so much higher than any created being are they not all ministering spirits they're ministering

  327. spirits they're working they're active in heaven you look in revelations they're busy busy busy busy

  328. but Jesus he sat down at the right hand are they not all ministering spirits and forth to

  329. minister for those who will inherit salvation I want you just to lift your hands close your eyes

  330. say this Lord Jesus you created the heavens on the earth and you created me you died on the cross

  331. you took my sins upon yourself my sins were punished in your body I believe in you Jesus

  332. I believe you're working my life the Holy Spirit is at work in my life God the Father is at work in

  333. my life 2025 is going to be my greatest year ever it's going to be a bright future I believe it in

  334. Jesus name amen hallelujah if God before you who what can possibly be against you hallelujah

  335. hallelujah I want you to sing these songs with all your heart

  336. Sean you pick these songs so beautifully and it's healthy and it's good and it's right you can

  337. learn a lot about a lot of things in Christianity but the foundations and basis are essential and to

  338. meditate on the magnificence of Jesus he's not a secondary character he's the one

  339. when John in Revelation went to heaven he said I saw the one capital I saw the one sitting on the

  340. throne I saw the one say where was the Holy Spirit he saw the one where's Jesus he saw the one

  341. come on where's the Father he saw the one even even the way we baptize you know you've all

  342. been baptized in the name of Jesus did you know that if you were baptized in city like you were

  343. baptized in the name of Jesus why because half a dozen times in the book of Acts when you see

  344. them baptized they baptized in the name of Jesus or in the name of the Lord or in the name of the Lord

  345. Jesus Christ so someone might say what about a Matthew 28 Jesus said go baptizing in the name of

  346. the Father son and Holy Spirit in the white in the name that names come on in the name

  347. you're telling me that the name of the Father son and Holy Spirit is you're almost there

  348. I saw the one sitting on the throne when Paul was knocked off his beast he said who are you

  349. Lord I am Jesus who are you Yahweh who are you Lord I am Jesus without persecution it's hard

  350. for you to kick against the goats Hallelujah sing this with your whole heart and just say Christ

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