07 "God’s Son Is More Glorious Than God’s Servant" Hebrews 3:1-6 | Thursday, October 1, 2026

Hebrews chapter 3. If you found your

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word, we'll read it together. Hebrews

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chapter 3. Our text this night this

evening will come uh from verses 1

through verse 6. It's been a couple

weeks since we've been here. So, I'll

just remind you and there'll be a little

bit of tiein here as we move into

chapter 3 to chapters 1 and two. But the

author here is establishing the

greatness the glory of Jesus the son of

God uh over the angels in particular in

the last chap uh two chapters that we've

seen and then uh toward the second half

of chapter 2 we saw that uh about the

condescension of the son of god how he

came from um how he came down from um

heaven as the son of god and became

robed in human flesh. Um, we're in

Hebrews, so let's put the slide up

there. Everyone's gonna continue staring

at it, distracted. So, let's get the

Hebrews on up there. There we go. All

right. And my clock restarted. So, that

means that none of that time just passed

in real life. So, I do have a clock. If

it goes long, it's because the clock's

not up there, which has happened the

last two Sundays. So, that's why we've

had hourlong messages. Anyways, chapter

two, the condescension of the son of

God. He became a man to share in our

sufferings, to know our experiences,

to make us his brethren, to bring us to

glory. We saw in chapter 2, he uh came

to sanctify us. He came to defeat the

devil who holds the power of death and

deliver us from the fear of death. And

he came, of course, to serve as our

faithful high priest. He made

reconciliation

for our sins, brought us closer to God,

and for that we give him praise and

thanks. The reason why I review that is

because chapter 3 starts with the word

wherefor. And so this is directly

connected to what he has said in

chapters uh one and two. And so they're

tied in here and we'll see how just that

is. So Hebrews chapter 3 verse 1.

Hebrews 3:1

Wherefore holy brethren, partakers of

the heavenly calling, consider, there's

the command to us tonight. We need to

consider

something particular about Jesus Christ.

He says, "Consider the apostle and high

priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

who was faithful to him that appointed

him, as also Moses was faithful in all

his house. For this man was counted

worthy of more glory than Moses, in as

much as he who hath builded the house

hath more honor than the house. For

every house is builded by some man, but

he that built all things is God. And

Moses verily was faithful in all his

house as a servant, for a testimony of

those things which were to be spoken

after. But Christ as a son over his own

house, whose house are we if we hold

fast the confidence and the rejoicing of

the hope firm unto the end. The title of

our message tonight is God's son is more

glorious than God's servant. God's son

is more glorious than God's servant. May

God bless his word. You can be seated

and we'll explain this passage.

Who is the greatest of all time? Who is

the greatest of all time? In some

contexts,

uh the answer to that question is

somewhat debatable. Who is the greatest

actor of all time? We're probably gonna

have different opinions on that. Uh, who

is the greatest president of all time?

Some might say George Washington. Just

go with the first one. There hasn't been

a great one since, right? Or you might

say Ronald Reagan, or you you might say

uh um, you know, some president of

oldtime past, Abraham Lincoln, or

something like that. But people are

going to debate. Everybody's going to

have their opinion on it. Uh, when you

ask who is the greatest basketball

player of all time, it typically comes

down to a contested debate between

Michael Jordan and LeBron James. And

this group in here, I am confident,

would all say Michael Jordan. Pretty

sure because Luke's not here. He might

say he's that generation that doesn't

know Michael Jordan. My daughter knows

it's Michael Jordan because she's been

taught correctly.

So, there are some contexts where the

the greatest of all time can be debated.

But then there are certain contexts

where the debate is settled. To be

honest,

there's no debate that Wayne Gretzky is

the best hockey player of all time. Even

the greatest ones of our generation have

not come close to the statistics that he

put up, including an over 80 goals in

one season. the it's it's it's amazing

if you get to 50 goals and he went over

80 goals in one season. Just remarkable.

He's the best hockey player of all time.

Although I'm a fan of Peyton Manning and

John Elway, I cannot allow my orange

colored glasses to keep me from

admitting that Tom Brady is probably

unequivocally the best quarterback of

all time. As much as it pains me to say

that,

um, it's difficult to deny that Lionel

Messi is the greatest soccer player of

all time. There might be some who debate

that, but the vast majority would say

that Messi is. And then Jack Nicholas,

the greatest golfer of all time. Tiger

Woods was on track, but he didn't quite

make it there. Uh, and then perhaps that

Muhammad Ali is the greatest heavyweight

boxer of all time. Those are those are

ones that where the debate is really

settled. There's not a whole lot of

debate surrounded surrounding it. Well,

I want to say to you tonight that there

is no debate that the title of the

greatest leader of God's people is Jesus

Christ. He is the greatest. The Bible

sets forth some great leaders. leaders

like Abraham,

Joseph.

Of course, you have kings like David,

Solomon, Hezekiah, Josiah. They were for

the most part good kings and they were

great leaders in some of the best times

of Israel's history. And yet, they each

had their shortcomings. But rising to

the top of the greatest leaders of

Israel. If we set aside Jesus Christ,

probably every one of us would say

Moses. That Moses was the greatest

leader for Israel. Think about it. We've

studied this in Exodus, Leviticus, and

Numbers. See if any of these things ring

a bell that he stood before Pharaoh

during the plagues. God see God work

miraculously in that way. He led Israel

through the Passover.

through the Red Sea on dry ground and

onto Mount Si. He was able to go up into

Mount Si into the cloud of God's glory

and he was able to see a portion of

God's glory and he lived. He ate with

the elders of Israel in a fellowship

meal before God in Mount Si.

He received the law of God directly from

his mouth. He went into the tabernacle

when the cloud of God's glory descended

on it and the glory of God was present

in it. God personally called Moses my

servant six times and he is mentioned

throughout scripture over 41 times as

the servant of the Lord. And throughout

the Bible he is upheld as highly exalted

and glorious in the sight of God's

people. Moses is certainly

great.

And that is the appeal for the believers

that this letter is written to

that while they are facing persecution

for identifying with Jesus Christ, they

were not facing persecution while

identifying with Moses. And so their

propensity here is to shrink back from

Jesus and go toward Moses once again.

But here the author of Hebrews settles

the debate once and for all that God's

son is more glorious than God's servant.

This text calls us to consider

why Christ is more glorious than Moses

was. And the reason that that matters is

because how you view the glory of God's

son will affect how you respond to him

and what he says. Isn't that what we've

seen Hebrews about? God said that he

hath in these last days spoken unto us

by his son. And so the whole message is

a call for them to hear, to heed, to

hold fast to the son of God. And this

argument now shifts to the fact that the

son is more glorious than the servant.

And so I want to show you here first of

all why Christ is more glorious than

Moses. But then I want to show you by

way of application how we should respond

to him in light of his glory. I want you

to notice first of all with me that

God's son is the appointed apostle and

high priest of our profession. That's

what we see in verse one. And verse one

is really a transitional uh statement

here that summarizes where we've been in

Hebrews, but then points us forward to

where we're going uh in Hebrews. Notice

this with me. First of all, it says in

verse one, "Wherefore, holy brethren,

partakers of the heavenly calling." Now,

think about this for a minute. Holy

brethren, partakers of the heavenly

calling. This points us back to chapter

2, what we were just looking at a couple

of weeks ago, when it says that Jesus is

not ashamed to call us brethren. It says

that he has sanctified us. That means

that he's made us holy. And so you have

this idea that because of the sufferings

of Christ, we who have placed our faith

in him have become holy brethren with

Jesus. That means we are brothers and

sisters together. That's why

occasionally you might hear me call

someone brother so and so. You hear

somebody say sister so and so. It's just

a way of communicating that we are

family in Jesus Christ. That's what it

calls us here. We're brethren who are

made holy by the blood of Jesus Christ.

And then notice it says that we are

partakers of the heavenly calling. The

heavenly calling takes us back to

chapter 2 10 where it says that Jesus

Christ is the captain of our salvation

and that he is bringing many sons to

glory. That speaks of the heavenly glory

that we will one day share with Jesus

Christ in heaven with God. And so you

can see right off the bat that he is

summarizing

who we have become through the

suffering, the death and resurrection of

Jesus Christ. We have become a holy

family of God and we are partakers of a

heavenly calling. But then notice what

he says to us. Consider

consider that we need to think

reflectively

on something here particularly

about Jesus. Why? Because how we think

about Jesus will ultimately shape the

direction we go. these believers, uh,

these Hebrew believers that are facing

persecution, if they don't think Jesus

is on the same level as Moses,

then why would they stick with Jesus

when it's bringing persecution instead

of going back to Moses where there was

no persecution? And so, how they view

Jesus makes an impact on the direction

that they will go here. Here I want to

say the same thing to you that if you

don't think that Jesus is more glorious

than a man then you will go for that man

and follow that teacher and follow that

philosopher or that professor in college

you will follow them if you don't think

Jesus is more glorious than them. That

is the matter that he wants to settle

here. Who is Jesus? Notice first of all

it says that he is the apostle

and high priest of our profession. Now

we see the word apostle. We think of the

twel apostles. We think of the apostle

Paul. Let's think about their ministry

for a moment. What was their role in

that apostolic office? They were

authorized and commissioned by Jesus to

carry his message to the nations to

fulfill his purposes of expanding his

kingdom. That's what an apostle does.

But here Jesus is called an apostle.

Who has authority over Jesus?

No one but the father. Though Jesus is

equal with God, he submits himself to

the plans and the purposes of his

father. And so, uh, when it says that

he's the apostle, what it means is he is

the one that God has authorized to go on

his behalf to fulfill his purposes and

carry his message. That is what Jesus

has done. And what we notice is that

that is exactly what he has done

according to chapter 2. What we have

studied remember it said that God made

him Jesus a little lower than the angels

for what reason? The suffering of death

that he might bring many sons to glory.

And so what that means is if we are holy

brethren and if we are partakers of the

heavenly calling, does that not then

mean that Jesus fulfilled his mission?

That if that was why he was sent, if he

became lower than the angels to suffer

for our sin and to bring us to glory

through his death and resurrection, then

if we are holy brethren, we are

partakers of the heavenly calling,

Christ has done everything the father

sent him to do. He has carried the

message of God. Now that's key because

what do we remember from the first two

verses of this letter that the God who

spoke in past times in a variety of ways

by the mouths of the prophets has spoken

to us in these last days by his son. And

so what that means is that Jesus is the

divinelyapp appointed messenger of God.

He establishes that he's the apostle of

God. He came to fulfill God's purpose

and to carry God's message. So in other

words, he is the mouthpiece of God.

Isn't that what uh the first four verses

of Hebrews told us? That he is the

express image of his person that God has

spoken by his son. And so Jesus is the

apostle. But then it says he's also the

high priest. This was introduced at the

end of chapter 2 when it talks about how

Jesus uh condescended, took on human

flesh, was made lower than the angels

for the suffering of death. It tells us

in verses 17 and 18 that the specific

reason he did that was to make

reconciliation for sins. Make

reconciliation is a word that means to

uh remove the enmity or the hostility

that stands in the way.

your sin stands between you and God.

It's it's just like if somebody does you

wrong and there's friction in your

relationship. It's the same thing

between you and God. Our wrongdoing, our

offenses against him leave enmity and

hostility between us, which is why we

can't enter God's presence. It's why we

can't commune in fellowship with him in

our sin. The high priest must come pay

the price of death, remove our sin, and

thereby become our merciful and faithful

high priest. The one who goes between us

and God on our behalf. That's who Jesus

is. But notice it says that he's the

apostle and high priest of our

profession.

Profession there is not talking about

what you do for a living. This is a word

that means to say the same thing

together. It's got all of that involved.

You might hear how there are confessions

of faith. Our our statement of faith is

another way to say that. If you go on

our website, you look at our statement

of faith. It is initially born from the

New Hampshire Baptist confession of the

1600s. That confession is a systematized

way of communicating our theology. what

we believe about God and about Jesus

Christ. My mind goes to the lyrics to

the song of the saints. This we believe

that we have a savior, Jesus the Christ

for our sin crucified. Yes, we believe

that on the third morning, God was the

stone for he rose back to life. Forever

he reigns. Let his praise fill the sky.

Glory to God the Father. Glory to Christ

the risen one. All hail the king with

heaven sing hallelujah. Amen. That's a

statement of faith.

He says that Jesus is the apostle

and the high priest of our profession.

He is the object

of our faith. That's what this is

saying. We confess that he is the one

sent from God to pay the price for our

sin to accomplish redemption and send

the message into the far reaches of the

world. That that is who we believe Jesus

is. But what in particular

do we need to consider

about him? Look at verse number two.

Who was faithful to him that appointed

him. Who is that? That's God the Father.

He appointed him the apostle and high

priest of our profession. But notice it

says, "As also Moses was faithful in all

his house." And so initially here, it's

as if the author is placing Jesus and

Moses on the same level in terms of

glory. That's how this initially uh uh

is seen here. And his point is really

understood in in recognizing that he is

quoting from scripture here where it

says that Moses was faithful in all his

house. You know what this takes us back

to? Numbers 12. Do you remember what

happened there? No. Let me remind you.

In Numbers chapter 12, Niriam and Aaron

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had beef with Moses about his Ethiopian

wife, right? Is that ringing a bell? So,

what did they do? The Bible says they

came and they spoke against him. You

remember what God did? No. Let me remind

you. God called all three of them to the

tabernacle. I don't know about you, that

doesn't sound good. God says, "All

right, we're going to have a meeting.

Let's get you three together. You ever

have done that with your kids? Let's get

you all together. we're going to sit

down and settle this once and for all.

He brings Moses and Miriam and Aaron to

the tabernacle and he he speaks to Aaron

and Miriam and he tells them, "When I

speak to a prophet, I'm going to speak

to them in visions and in dreams."

But then he said, "But my servant Moses

is not." So

with him I will speak mouthto mouth or

face to face as we might say it. With

him I will speak plainly not in dark

speeches.

And he says that how he says he beholds

my similitude my my likeness.

What is that talking about? When God

showed him his glory,

he says, "That's who Moses is.

Moses is not an average man. He's not an

average prophet. He is my servant to

whom I speak plainly, face to face, to

whom I show my glory." That's who Moses

is. And it's in that context that he

says that he refers to Moses as being

faithful in all my house. This is what

it says in Numbers 12:6. Moses is

Numbers 12:6

faithful. in all my house. So think

about this for a moment. That is set in

the context

when God has spoken to his people by his

servant [clears throat] Moses.

He's spoken to them. What are they

doing? Speaking against him.

Who made you a judge over us? That's

what they said to him. And so what

they're doing is they are rejecting

God's word from the mouth of Moses. Now,

how about that contextual setting when

it's quoted here in Hebrews? Because God

is saying now through this author that

his son is now his mouthpiece. He's no

longer speaking by his servant Moses. He

is speaking by his son Jesus.

And if you do not listen to him, this is

where he's going in this chapter. We're

going to see it uh not next week, but

the week after. He's going there in this

chapter that that the generation in the

wilderness fell because they did not

believe what Moses said and they did not

obey what Moses said. And so in this

context from Numbers 12 when he says

that Jesus is faithful just as Moses was

faithful in all my house, he's warning

them that you need to consider

what he has to say.

You need to listen. You need to heed my

word from my son. Why? He's faithful in

all mine house. And so at this point, it

seems like he's he's putting uh Jesus

and Moses on this same level of glory.

But what we find next is that he's very

quick to uh display that that Jesus

transcends Moses in glory. And he does

so by demonstrating the difference in

their rank. Let's see if we can follow

the logic here. Would you look at verse

number three? He says, "For this man,"

speaking of Jesus,

"was counted worthy of more glory."

Question, who counted him worthy of more

glory?

His father did.

His father did not just say that my son

is on the same level as Moses, but no,

my son is more glorious than Moses. God

counted him more worthy of glory than

Moses. How so?

in as much as he who hath builded the

house hath more honor than the house.

What's going on here is he's stating his

case that Christ is worthy of more glory

than Moses by using the illustration of

building a house. Now, when we are out

canvasing as a church, I've often been

struck by the beauty and the design of

some of these multi-million dollar

houses uh that we come across. Whether

uh we're talking about the materials

that are used, the architectural style

or the rooftop decks and and the the

large walls of picture windows that peer

out at the flat irons. I mean, they're

just beautiful at times. Could you

imagine what it'd be like sitting in one

of those homes eating dinner around the

table looking out seeing the sunset over

the flat irons and just like it is a

beautiful house. But let me ask you,

where does the glory of that house

really belong

to the wood structure

to the stones there as if this house

came into being all by itself?

Or does the glory go to the master

tradesmen who put those stones in place?

Who aligned that framing perfectly plum

and square?

But how about even more glory goes to

the one who had the ingenuity, the

vision, and the mind to draw out these

plans to see this is the way the house

needs to sit so that it looks directly

at those mountains so they can enjoy a

beautiful dinner on their rooftop deck

taking in the glory of the sunset. the

the the real glory belongs to the

architect, the builder of that house.

That is the argument that the author is

making here about the glory of Jesus. He

says that he is worthy of more glory by

this simple fact. Moses

is part of the house,

but Jesus is the builder of the house.

Because what we notice at the end of

verse two, it says Moses was faithful in

all his house. In other words, picture a

house. Moses is in the house. Moses is

of the house. Moses is part of the

house. But Jesus is the one who is the

builder of the house. Therefore, he is

more glorious than the man who is a part

of the house. That's that's his point

here. But then notice the glory of

Christ's deity in verse four. It says,

"For every house is builded by some man,

but he that built all things is God. Who

has been described as the builder?"

The son. Now in verse four, who is

described as the builder? God. You know

what that means? The son is God. Isn't

that what we saw in chapter one? That he

is the express image of God's person

that God made the worlds by him. Is that

not what it said? Look back. I don't

think you believe me. Look back at

chapter one verse uh number three uh

verse number two, excuse me. says, "Hath

of these last days spoken unto us by his

son, whom he hath appointed heir of all

things, by whom also he made the worlds,

who being the brightness of his glory

and the express image of his person, and

upholding all things by the word of his

power." That is who Jesus is. That while

he is the son of God, he also wields all

of the power and divine person of God.

And so Moses is a man

But Jesus is God. And so you can see the

what he's establishing here that while

Jesus was just as faithful as Moses was,

the reality is Moses was faithful in

God's house. He was a part of God's

house. But Jesus is the builder of God's

house. And that makes him more glorious

than Moses.

And so because of who we have become in

Christ, holy brethren, partakers of the

heavenly calling, we need to consider

Jesus worthy of more glory than Moses

because first of all, he's the builder

of God's house. But then we notice

number two that God's son is also the

appointed ruler over God's house. these

these prepositions and adverbial

phrases, these are very key to

understanding his point in these texts.

You'll notice a lot of uh Moses is in

God's house. He's in God's house, but

Jesus is over God's house. There's a

difference between being in something

and being over something. If you are in

an airplane, you're just flying. If you

are flying the airplane, you are over

it. You are the captain. You are in

charge. There's a difference there

between the pilot and a passenger, is

there not? And that's the argument that

he's making here. There's a difference

between a servant

and a son. Let's see it together. Look

at verse number five. It says, "And

Moses verily truly was faithful." Look

at this. In all his house. So there it

is again. Moses is inside of the house

of God. But notice how as a servant.

As a servant. And so Moses is a servant

of God. But I want to point out here

that this particular word translated

servant is not what you would typically

find translated servant, which is a word

that refers to a household slave, which

would be a low status, a low rank in the

household estate of a rich master.

That's the word dulos. That's the most

common word translated servant or slave.

This is a is is the word therapon

which is a servant of nobility,

a servant of high ranking. And so what

he's doing here is he's not diminishing

who Moses is. He's actually raising the

level of Moses's glory. That he was not

a standard slave. He was a ranking

authoritative slave. He was like the

right hand of the master. He was the one

to whom all the other servants in the

household answered to. That's who the

therap was. The duloses, if I can say it

that way, answered to the therap. And so

if you get the picture here, you have

the nation of Israel and the nation as a

whole are the servants

of God. But Moses is my servant as God

calls him. He is the the right-hand man

of God at this point to whom all of

Israel answers. That's his point here.

Moses is a servant. So the question then

is what role is Moses serving here as

the highest ranking servant. Notice that

it says for he's he's been appointed a

servant for this purpose for a testimony

of those things which were to be spoken

after. Notice again that word spoken.

That is one of the most key words in

this entire book because it's all about

how God has spoken to us by his son. And

so he says that Moses came to speak and

to testify of things that would be

spoken after him. What is this referring

to? Deuteronomy 18:1 18 says this. God

Deuteronomy 18:1

says this to Moses. I will raise them up

a prophet from among their brethren like

unto thee, and will put my words in his

mouth, and he shall speak unto them all

that I shall command him. And it shall

come to pass that whoever will not

hearken unto my words, which he shall

speak in my name, I will require it of

him. You know what God was telling

Moses? I'm going to raise up another man

from the nation of Israel who's going to

serve in a sense like you have. He's

going to be like you. As I have put my

words in your mouth, I'm going to put my

words in his mouth.

And just as if they have not listened to

you, I will require it of them. If they

will not listen to him, I will require

it of them. And so that's what he's

saying. Moses served this role

of pointing them forward to another

prophet who would come, another who

would speak the words of God. This is

speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ is

what the book of Acts would tell us.

That's interpreted to speak of the

prophet, priest, and king Jesus Christ.

And and so those are the words that

Moses pinned that God would raise up a

prophet speaking of his son Jesus. And

so Moses was appointed to serve in God's

house to testify of what Jesus, his son,

would say.

And so that's who Moses is. He is a

servant, a high ranking servant in God's

house. But notice what it says of Christ

in verse six. but Christ

as a son

over his house. You see the difference

there?

The son. This takes us back to chapter

one. We just read a minute ago, so we

don't need to go back, but it speaks of

how God appointed his son the heir of

all things. So in this economy, you have

the rich, wealthy master who owns it

all. He appoints his son to be his heir.

And in that world, the heir for more for

all intents and purposes carries the

full authority and controlling stake

over all that belongs to his father. He

shares like equal control over it

because when his father dies, it's going

to become his. Now, God cannot die. And

so, that's where every illustration with

God falls short because he's infinite.

But the point the author is making here

is that God has already appointed who

his heir is and that is his son. His son

is the heir of all things. Which means

this everything God has belongs to the

son. Everything in the father's house

belongs to the son. And therefore Jesus

is not like Moses in the sense of being

a servant in God's house. He is a son

over God's house.

You know what that means? That Jesus is

not only the builder of God's house, he

is also the God-appointed ruler of God's

house. So then the question is,

what is the house? That's the one

question that hasn't been answered yet

by this text until now. What does it say

there in verse six? Whose house are we?

Whose house are we? Who is the we? Holy

brethren, partakers of the heavenly

calling. That is those who put their

faith and trust in the Lord Jesus

Christ. You become a part of God's

house. In other words, the house that he

is speaking of in this text is not a

building.

It is a group of people.

It is his household of faith. to which

by the way Moses also belonged the

household of faith. See nobody was saved

if we put it that way. Nobody was saved

simply because they were a Jew.

Being a part of Israel did not mean you

were automatically born again. You

shared in the covenant blessings, but

you too had to put your faith in the

redemptive promises and purposes of God

to come in the person of Jesus Christ.

They were saved then the same way that

we are saved now. They looked forward to

the Savior by faith through the

sacrifices that they offered. We look to

the Savior who's already come as

portrayed by the sacrifices that they

offered. That's the difference. The

cross stands in the middle of God's

redemptive timeline. You're either

looking by faith to the cross or you're

looking by faith from the cross. But

either way, we all come to God through

faith in Jesus Christ. And what Hebrews

has told us is when you believe on the

son of God, when you hear his voice,

when you heed his word and trust him by

faith,

he is not ashamed to call you brethren.

Isn't that what we saw in chapter 2 11?

You can check it out yourself. He's not

ashamed to call them brethren. He's he's

bringing many sons to glory. Sons there,

the children of God. That is what Jesus

is doing. And so what he says here is

that you

become a part of God's household

by faith. You belong to that household.

But notice there

the one condition.

What does he say?

If

we hold fast, if we hold fast to the

confidence of and rejoicing of the hope

firm unto the end. The confidence here,

it's a word that means frankness or

outspokenenness.

It would be the opposite of being

ashamed of Christ because that's what's

going on in their lives right now is is

because the persecution they're

experiencing under Christ, they are

becoming ashamed of him. They are

shrinking back and they are turning over

to Moses. Holding fast to the confidence

means I don't care what I'm facing here.

I stand with Jesus openly, publicly,

frankly. I belong to him. And then the

rejoicing there is a word that means to

to boast or to to take pride in. And not

in like a sinful way, but the idea is

this. Like if my wife was up here and I

put my arm around here and said, "This

is my wife

taking pride in her." That's the idea

that it's communicating. I if if firm

unto the end,

you have your arm around Christ and you

say, "He's my savior.

The son is the one to whom I belong. I

am He's not ashamed to call me his

brother. I'm not ashamed to call him my

lord and my savior. That's what he's

talking about here. That if you hold

fast to your confidence and your

rejoicing in the hope, what is the hope?

Being brought to glory through Christ.

That's the hope. And so, do you get what

he's saying here? that if you belong to

God's household,

you are going to persevere in your faith

no matter what to the very end.

The perseverance of the saints is a

biblical doctrine.

Not in the sense that you can ever lose

your salvation,

but in the sense that if your faith was

saving faith in Jesus Christ, that

saving faith will also be keeping faith

to the very end. That you will not lose

your faith in Jesus Christ if you are

genuinely born again. If you genuinely

belong to him, because notice the

language that it says here in this text.

It does not say whose house we can be

if we hold firm to the end. Is that what

it says? Whose house we can be? That as

if it leaves it up in the air like we

don't really know, but if you hang on

until the end, then you you can be. No,

it says whose house are we? That's a

present reality

that if you hold firm to the end, here's

what it proves. You are

right now a member of God's household.

That's what it means. And so then

the what what's going and because this

is where people get tripped up. We're

going to run into this throughout

Hebrews.

The whole point of Hebrews I I just

remember, you know, growing up and and

we would talk to people about salvation

and I remember several people in my my

life saying something like this. Now,

you're so secure in your salvation

that even if you didn't want to be saved

anymore, and even if you walked away

from your faith in Christ, you would

still be saved.

Hebrews

would be very contentious with you in

saying that

because the only assurance that you have

of salvation

is if your faith remains in Christ all

the way to the end.

Because what is he calling them to do?

Consider.

You need to consider something. Why?

Because they are in danger of shrinking

back away from their faith in Christ.

And what he says, you shrink back away

from your faith in Christ and you turn

from your faith in Christ. He's going to

say this later in in chapter six that

for those who have tasted of the

heavenly gift, those who have come so

close, those who have played the role,

those who have taken communion, those

who have been faithful in church, when

they fall away, it's impossible to renew

them again under repentance.

Why? Because it was all right there and

they turned away.

And so, we're going to come across

constant warnings. And I want to make it

crystal clear from the start that what

Hebrews is not teaching is that if you

genuinely got saved and then you lose

your faith later on that that you lost

your salvation. That's not what Hebrews

teaches. Hebrews teaches that those who

who genuinely trusted in Jesus Christ,

those who were genuinely born again,

those who genuinely received the Holy

Spirit, they will remain faithful until

the end. And so he's just calling them

to this fact. If you don't, what

assurance do you have?

And this is in keeping with some of the

things that Jesus said. Let me quote the

verses so that I don't mess them up

here. But in Matthew chapter uh 10:22,

Jesus said this, "And ye shall be hated

of all men for my name's sake.

Follow me and you'll be hated by all."

That's what Jesus told his disciples.

But then he said this, "But he that

endureth to the end

shall be saved." That's what Jesus said.

That if you endure the hatred and the

spite and the rejection of men and you

remain steadfast to my name, you will be

saved. Why? Their faith remains all the

way through. In Matthew chap 24 verse 12

and 13 speaking of the end of of the

days uh the end of this age he says

because iniquity shall abound the love

of many shall wax cold but he that shall

endure unto the end shall be saved. And

so Jesus said this but let's also think

about this for a moment. this because

this is probably something that maybe

has puzzled you over time. When Jesus

talks about the wheat and the tears that

it's a parable that when he returns, he

is going to separate the wheat from the

tears and the tears will be burned up in

the oven. Okay? So, we tears is the the

the the thorns and the thistles. They

all grow in the same field here. And

what Jesus is going to do is he's going

to separate them. And they're all people

in the same field. They're all people in

the same church. But we're going to come

to the end of time when Jesus returns.

And he is going to separate those who

were genuine believers from those who

were nominal believers. They claimed

Christ, but they turned away from their

faith. Or or maybe they were even

claiming Christ to the very end, but

their faith in Jesus was not real real.

And so Jesus is going to do that. He

gives the parable of the the sheep and

goats judgment that sheep and goats

generally are in the same flock, but

they're different. And Jesus says at the

end, I am going to separate them and my

sheep hear my voice, but the goats will

be turned away.

But then also

um Jesus speaks of um how uh there will

be some who come to him and say Lord

Lord but I will say depart from me I

never knew you.

This is what Jesus is talking about is

what the author of Hebrews is saying

here. That there are going to be some

who at one point in their life claimed

and professed faith in Jesus Christ,

but they're not going to endure to the

end. They're going to turn away from

Christ. Whether it's because someone

hurt them, someone betrayed them, or

because of a failure on their part, or a

moral failure. Or it might be that they

come to a place where where they they

just give up on church altogether

because of a hard circumstance in their

lives. Listen, that they're turning away

from Christ doesn't indicate they lost

their salvation. It indicates they never

had it in the first place. Because

that's what John says in 1 John chapter

1 John 4 · chapter mention

4. When when that that church was

struggling with, well, we have these

people who were stalwarts in our church,

but now they're they're gone. John said

to them, "They went out from us that it

might be manifest that they were not of

us."

Ultimately, in the end, God brings to

light what's in the darkness.

He brings to light whether or not

someone's faith is real. And that is the

idea of tribulation and trials. It

purges us and purifies us in our faith

so that we might know, are we genuinely

believers? That's where they're at right

now. They're persecuted. They're weak.

They're feeble in faith. And the author

is saying, "Listen, this is how glorious

Christ is, even compared to someone as

glorious as Moses. And you're you're in

danger of turning away from Christ and

turning back to Moses." But he says, "I

want you to know Jesus is more glorious

than him." And if you needed to heed

what Moses said, how much more do you

need to heed what Jesus said? Because

Moses was God's servant, but Jesus is

God's son. Moses was in God's house, but

Jesus is over God's house. Because he is

more glorious. You need to consider

his glory. Why?

How you view Jesus

will determine which direction you go.

It'll determine whether you go to him or

whether you run from him.

And so what this what this text is

getting across is that Christ is worthy

of more glory than Moses because he is

the builder and ruler over God's house.

That is what the point of the text is.

Now here's the question. What difference

does that make in our lives today? What

difference does that make? The fact that

Christ is more glorious than Moses.

Here's the difference that it makes.

Because Christ is more glorious than

Moses,

we

should give him glory with our lives.

Because God has given him the glory.

Because God has counted him more

glorious. We too must count him more

glorious. Therefore, we must give him

glory with our lives. Now, here's the

question, and we're almost done here.

How do we glorify the son as God has

glorified him? I think the call of the

text is pretty clear and it's really

twofold. Number one, you glorify him

with your faith. You glorify him with

your faith.

First of all, the call is to trust Jesus

Christ as your personal savior.

The call is to see him as the apostle

and high priest of the Christian faith,

the divine messenger of God, the divine

priest of God who reconciles us back to

God. It starts with putting your faith

in Jesus Christ. And if you have not yet

done so, I would encourage you to

tonight. There's no greater way to give

glory to Christ that belongs to him than

accepting his payment for your sin on

the cross.

But then number two, if you are saved,

if you are a believer in Jesus Christ,

then how you give glory to God, to Jesus

is by continuing to stand fast in your

faith no matter what you face in life.

It's when you It's when you're linking

arms with Jesus and you're saying, "Even

through the medical crisis I'm dealing

with right now, even through the

financial stress, even through through

the direct persecution that I'm facing

in my life, he's my Savior. He's my

Lord. He's my King. I'm not going

anywhere from him. I'm holding fast to

him." You know what that shows to others

when they see you holding fast to Christ

in a challenging time in your life? That

he's also worthy for me to trust in him

and to hold fast to him no matter what I

face in my life.

My mind goes back to a young lady that

was a student at Heartland. I believe

that she was friends with Ivonne uh and

his circle of friends. Her name is Dalia

Johnson. But she was young, young young

lady, 19-year-old girl, student at H

Heartland Baptist Bible College,

training for ministry, diagnosed with a

severe case of cancer that took her life

in just a matter of a few months. I

mean, just just tragic thing. But I

remember I had no idea who she was, but

I remember following her journey on

Facebook and she through all the pain,

she always had a smile. She always gave

glory to God. She depended and trusted

and spoke of his sustaining grace

through that deep trial in her life. And

I guarantee you that there were many

other people who as a result of that

looked at her story and said, "I'm not

going through anything close to what

she's going through. And if she can

trust him, if she can hold fast to her

faith, then why can't I?"

You can be that kind of testimony to

others who are going through the ringer.

So I want I want to challenge and

encourage you. whatever you might be

going through, the best way you can give

glory to God and to Jesus Christ is by

continuing to hold fast to him no matter

what you are facing. And so, number one,

you give glory to God or glory to Christ

through your faith. But then number two,

you give glory to Christ through your

obedience.

Through your obedience. Once again,

think of that context of Numbers chapter

Numbers 12 · chapter mention

12.

God was telling Miriam and Aaron,

"My servant Moses is faithful in all my

house. I speak to him face to face. I

put my words in his mouth. He's seen my

glory."

Moses is glorious. Why was he telling

him that? Well, he asked them a

question. Why were you not afraid to

speak against him?

You know, he's calling them to

submission and obedience to his

authority.

And if God is using that example here,

the Holy Spirit is using that example to

speak of Jesus,

then doesn't that mean that the son of

God is worthy of more obedience than the

servant of God? Isn't the one who is

over the house more worthy of obedience

than the one who is in the house?

We give glory to Christ by conforming

our lives to his word and his

commandments. by giving heed to what he

says and who he is.

Because when when people some people may

see you as a radical, they may see you

as being too harsh, too strict in your

stances. They may hear a message like on

Sunday from Daniel when we talked about

not defiling yourself like it's just

food. I mean, what's the big deal here?

You you might experience some of that.

But here's the reality. Your obedience

to Christ demonstrates to others that

he's so glorious to you, that he's

worthy of even radical changes in your

life.

That he's so good and he's done so much

for you, that he's worthy of your full

submission.

That you would not only confess your

faith in him as savior, but that you

would confess your submission to him as

Lord. As Lord.

He is the son God appointed over his

house. It means that as a church,

everyone who lives in the house answers

to him.

Every brother and sister in Christ,

we as a church as a whole answer to the

son of God. Why? God made him the

builder and the ruler over his entire

household. Colossians chapter 1 verse 18

Colossians 1:18

says this of Jesus, "And He is the head

of the body, the church. Who is the

beginning? The firstborn from the dead,

that in all things he might have the

preeeminence.

Preeminence means first rank.

Isn't that who the author of Hebrews

says God counted Jesus to be supreme in

rank? And so if we're going to give

glory to him that God has given to him,

number one, We need to give him our

faith in salvation

and in every circumstance of life. But

then also if we're going to give glory

to him that God has given to him, then

we need to bring our life into full

obedience and submission to him.

He's more glorious as the son of God

than the servants of God was. And

therefore, he's worthy that we would

glorify him with our lives. So let's do

just that. Give him our faith. Give him

our obedience. And shine his glory to

the world that needs him. Let's pray.

Heavenly Father, I thank you for the

time in your word. And I thank you for

displaying for us tonight the greatness

of Christ's glory and his majesty.

And I pray that you would help us to

really take this message to heart, to

see him worthy of more glory, not just

than Moses, [music] but than everything

else. In the Jewish perspective here,

Moses was the right-hand man of God.

There was no one above [music] him until

Christ came and we saw him in all of his

[music] glory. And so now that we know

and consider

Christ more glorious than all, would you

help us to give him our faith and our

obedience? In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Let's give a few moments here to respond

to what we've heard tonight. I encourage

you to just lay your heart down and

[music] surrender both in faith and in

obedience to Christ.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Heavenly Father, we want to thank you

again for the time together. Thank you

for your word, for its precious truth. I

pray that you would send us with your

strength and your grace and the renewal

of your word and of your spirit that we

might give glory to Christ in every area

of our lives. I pray that you'd bring us

back on Sunday refreshed and ready to

worship you and to seek your face

together. We ask these things in [music]

Jesus name. Dave.