The Supremacy of Christ

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions this morning. We're at Hebrews chapter 1 verses 5 through 14 It's an amazing section on who Jesus is. Let's have some coffee. We'll pray and we'll get into God's Word Let's pray.
Father, we thank you so much for this day. Thank you for your word. Thank you for the blessing it is to get to read your word. Lord, there are amazing things here for us to understand. We pray that we would not lose sight of the glory that you have shown us in these passages, but we pray that you would please help us, direct us, guide us.
And Lord, let your spirit do his work to sanctify us, to take this word and Make it applicable to our lives, changing the way we think, the way we worship, and the way we live. In Jesus' name, amen. All right, so we are at Hebrews chapter 1, verses 5 through 14. Hebrews 1, 5 through 14. Here we go.
For to which of the angels did he ever say, you are my son, today I have begotten you. And again, I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son. But when he again brings the firstborn into the world, he says, let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels, he says, he who makes his angel spirits and his ministers a flame of fire. But to the Son, He says, your throne, O God, is for ever and ever.
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore, God your God has appointed you. with the oil of gladness more than your companions. And you, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They will perish, but you remain. They will be all grown old like a garment, like a cloak you will fold them up and they will be changed but you are the same and your years will not fail but to which of the angels has he ever said sit at my right hand till i make your enemies my footstool Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
Ooh, we got a lot to work through. Let's try to get it done. I'm gonna try not to put you to sleep or go too deep because, man, this is an amazing, amazing passage. A, what's this about? B, what's the best verse to summarize this? C, what are we called to do? A, this is amazing.
This is about Jesus's preeminent glory as Lord. Jesus is far surpassing, far greater, far better than any of the angels. And the person who's writing the book of Hebrews, I'm convinced it's most likely the Apostle Paul. But I think as he's writing this, he is going to go to Old Testament passage, Old Testament passage, Old Testament passage, Old Testament passage, Old Testament passage, Old Testament passage, Old Testament passage, seven different Old Testament passages, and ascribes it to Jesus and it's amazing first old testament passage psalm 2 verse 7.
You are my son today. I have begotten you Right, he has he has made him his son, but it's it's not just this This is this hard thing where people get messed up. What was jesus created? Is he not created? No, he's not created this idea of he's of his this right this this this yeled is he's being given the as one old lexicon calls it it is figurative language formally installing a king with all the theocratic rights right jesus is being given a crown a king here it's not saying that jesus is born in the way that he was born of mary but he's saying here again this is why he's greater than the angels none of the angels did he ever said You're my son. You get the theocratic rights. You get the rights of the king.
No angel has he ever said that to. And again, what we find here in verse five, and again, I will be to him a father, and he will be to me a son. This is referring back to 2 Samuel 7, verse 14, when God promises David he's going to have a son who will sit on his throne Forever. God never made that type of covenant with any angel, but he did make it with David in the Davidic covenant. And so again, this is God the father saying here, I will be to him a father, to him Jesus, and he shall be to me a son, right? That's the relationship that's going to happen between Jesus and the father. There's a son and the father dynamic. We see that all throughout the gospels from Jesus' own lips. goes again in verse 16 to the Old Testament, let all the angels of God worship Him.
This is specifically, let all the angels bow down. before this king. This is what people call almost like this royal obscence, right? There's this bowing down to the king. The angels bow to Jesus. That's what that's getting at. Let all the angels of God worship him. Let them bow down to Jesus.
Verse 7, and of the angels, he says, who makes angels, his angels, spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Now that's an interesting one, right? Because this is pulling from Psalm 104, Psalm 104 verse 4. But Psalm 104 is all about the Lord who created the heavens and the earth, who sits above the mountains, who brings the water and controls the seas, and even creates the angels.
And here it's ascribing that to Jesus. They are his ministers. They're the ones who, though they're the seraphim, they're the ones who are burning like fire. Even the angel at the garden entrance, guarding with a sword of fire, serves who? Jesus. And then verse eight, but to the son, so this is the father here speaking to the son. He says, ready for it?
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore, God, your God, has appointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions. Straight out of Psalm 45, verses six through seven.
It is God who has given the scepter to the Son to rule. He's never done that with an angel. And notice what he says. Again, this is God the Father speaking to the Son. Verse 8, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. This is the Father speaking to the Son, and He calls Him God and says He has an eternal throne. He's given Him that scepter of the kingdom, a scepter of righteousness. Why? Because Jesus loved righteousness and hated Lawlessness.
This is the exalted Jesus as I was talking about. But it's like the author of Hebrews can't stop going, right? He goes all the way to Psalm 102 and he says, You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundations of the earth. Again, this is the writer of Hebrews pulling from the Septuagint from the Greek old translation of the Old Testament. And he's calling Jesus here, Lord. And he says, he is the one who's laid the foundations of the earth.
The heavens are the work of your hands. But the heavens and the earth, they're going to perish. But Jesus will remain and they will grow old like a garment. They're going to be folded up. They're going to be changed. But you notice here this idea of eternality and immutability. Jesus is eternal and unchanging. But you are the same and your years will not fail. Jesus is the same.
And again, that's not attributed ever to any angel anywhere. Jesus is much better than even the angels. Verse 13. But to which of the angels has he ever said, Psalm 110 right here, sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool. I've never made that type of promise. to any angel, but he did make it to Jesus. He's better than the angels.
Are they, speaking of the angels, are they not all ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Angels were sent to serve us, who will inherit salvation. I know that's a hard thing to think, but I do think that the Lord protects his people, cares for his people, guards his own. And because of this verse is why I'm saying that. They're sent as ministering servants or ministering spirits sent forth for servants, or forth to minister, diakoneion, right? For this, for the deaconing us who inherit salvation.
That is how great Jesus is. That's how great Jesus is. I do want to just say the early church really wrestled with how do you put this together? How does God the Father call God the Son God? How does that work? Well, he's in the Nicene Creed accepted at the Council of Constantinople in 381. They had a wonderful phraseologies for this. I'd encourage you to go study and memorize the Nicene Creed. I think it's one of the best ways to understand this. But they specifically said he has begotten not made of the same substance to the Father through whom all things were begotten. He's begotten, not made.
He's greater than all the angels. He's got a crown of glory that will never fade. He's greater than so many of us give him credit for. This is the God The God-man, the Theanthropos, Jesus Christ that the author of Hebrews wants us to know. This is the one, the King of Kings that we bow down to. We pay royal homage to with the angels in heaven. We sing his glories because he sits at the right hand of the majesty on high. I think that's what we're called to.
I want you to have, I think the scriptures, I think God himself wants you to have a much grander view of who the son is. And what we so often get peddled to us in media and what people want to make Jesus out to be, you know, just this tolerant guy who's accepting anything and everything and, you know, beats people along the way.
This is the God who humbled himself, took on the form of the likeness of a man. And He was obedient even to death, even death on a cross. And because of that, God has so also highly exalted Him above every name and every power, every throne and every kingdom. He is indeed the Lord of Lord and the King of kings.
And I hope that you will love Him. Though you have not seen Him yet, you love Him. And I pray that as He is your King, He is your Savior who has purged you of your sins. that you will serve Him in fear, in gladness, and in love. Let's pray. God, this has been more of a sermon than a devotion, but it's such a cool passage. It's hard for us to wrap our brains and our hearts around, but you indeed have sent us an amazing Lord and Savior. Father, we long to see His light and to see him face to face. Encourage us in our walk before you now in Jesus's name. Amen. May God bless you. May you walk in the joy of your salvation, knowing your inheritance is kept safe in heaven. I'll see you next time. Bye.