HEBREWS

Behold the glory of Christ.

Subtly and secretly, most of us live like we need something more than Jesus in order to be satisfied. Our hearts and lives are marked by longing for something more. Something better. Our eyes are fixed on something else. We are consumed by our disappointments, our unanswered prayers, our unfulfilled desires, our missed opportunities. We think we need something more, and that longing causes us to fix our eyes on whatever more we yet long for.

But Hebrews tells us that there is a way to persevere in the Christian life - not by fixing our eyes on what we lack, but on our Lord himself: let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith (Heb 12:1-2). 

Laying aside every weight and the sin that so easily clings to us, we are to “consider Jesus” (Heb 12:3). Jesus is to fill our thoughts and hearts. He is to be the object of our focus, our attention, our consideration. He is to be our obsession.

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IN HEBREWS WE SEE THAT

JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO

Angels (1:5-2:18)

Moses (3:1-4:13)

Aaronic Priests (4:14-7:28)

Covenant, Sanctuary, Sacrifice (8:1-10:31)

Promised Land (10:32-12:17)

Sinai (12:18-29)

THEMES IN HEBREWS

  • God has spoken his absolutely final word in his Son

  • To abandon Christ is to abandon God altogether

  • Christ is superior to everything that went before

  • God’s people can have full confidence in God’s Son, the perfect high priest, who gives all people access to God

Sermons

“Make up your mind that to behold the glory of God by beholding the glory of Christ is the greatest privilege which is given to believers in this life. This is the dawning of heaven…Let us regard it as our duty to meditate frequently on his glory. It is the neglect of meditation that keeps so many Christians in a feeble state…A constant view of the glory of Christ will revive our souls and cause our spiritual lives to flourish and thrive. Our souls will be revived by the transforming power with which beholding Christ is always accompanied.” 

— John Owen