Sitting on my Toilet

We are starting a new series on Hebrews.  I thought it would be good to post my notes here.  This is for Hebrews 1.  I will slowly unpack the whole letter here.  The notes by no means address the wholeness of the letter, but the points that stood out to me.

Chapter 1 sets the stage and paints the full picture of who Jesus is.  He is Son of God.  He reflects the radiance of God’s glory and exact representation.   All things are created through Him, and for Him.

“In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
¹¹They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
¹²You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.”

He existed before the universe.  He is superior to all angels and all things.  All powers and principalities are placed under His feet.

So here is the question – knowing this about who Jesus is.  This is the person supposedly many Christians have placed their faith, their hope and their lives to.  What does this truth stir in you?

How can one NOT want to worship this person?

This isn’t even about what He has done for us yet.  So far it’s just about who He is.  But now,

“After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”

Now, it’s even personal.

Need anymore reasons?

I think chapter 1 summarizes and states in the most concise form of who Christ is, and what He has done.  As if the gospel wasn’t clear enough.  So, the big thing here and in the rest of Hebrews is that if one is having hard time trust and putting their faith in Christ, or be willing to surrender, then they should stop, and consider reasons why.  What are the hindrances.  What can’t you let go?  What idols or sins that is holding you down?  Because knowing more, or study more deeper stuff, won’t get you to that point.  Most adults come to Christ not because they’ve got all their questions answered.  But rather, God does something (sometimes in the form of some events in life) to draw them closer and those questions fade away into lesser importance.  As you’ll see later on in Hebrews, the author will mention about milk is for infants, and if infants are drinking milk and yet not growing up, there is something wrong with that.  Certainly is not the milk, but rather what one does with the milk.  Anyhow, cover more of this later, but here, a question you should consider is “What am I doing with this truth in Chapter 1 about Christ?”.

If you are like me, and like to ask “What if this…” or “Why does…”, quite frankly, a lot of these questions aren’t answerable by me, or by pastors or by theologians.  We have our own opinions, but it’ll just go in circles.  A better questions to consider though, if you really must ask questions, are these:

1. Who is Jesus?

2. What did He do (more specifically, what did He do for you)?

More to come about hear, but not really hearing.  Dullness of hearing.  Unbelief.  Bondages/Hindrances holding one back.  The biggest issue that Hebrews is addressing, and the remedies.