I. Jesus demonstrated the historical reality of His bodily resurrection.
-nonsense (v. 11) = leros = idle talk, babbling, nonsense; a medical term used for delirium
-it is I Myself (v. 39) = ego eimi autos = I Am He.
-amazement = thaumazo = marvel, wonder, be amazed
-I Cor. 15:14
II. Jesus demonstrated the Scriptures testified about Him.
-I Cor. 15:3-4
-Gen. 3:15, Numb. 21:9, John 3:14, Deut. 18:15, Acts 3:22, I Sam. 2:35, II Sam. 7:12-16, Is. 7:14, Is. 42:1
a. Suffering
-Ex. 12:1-6, I Cor. 5:7
-Is. 53:3-6, 8-10
-Ps. 22:1, 7, 13-18
b. Resurrection
-Ex. 3:6, Luke 20:37-38
-Hos. 6:2
-Ps. 16:8-11, Acts 2:29-32
c. Mission
-forgiveness = aphesis = cancellation, remit, release
-repentance = metenoia = turning from, agreeing with and turning, change in thinkig
-Gen. 12:3, Gal. 3:8
-Is. 49:6, Acts 13:47-48; Hos. 2:23, Rom. 9:25
-Ps. 96:1-3
Kent Hughes “Our message is not a philosophy. It is not even a way of life. It is the eternal good news based on historical events prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled by Jesus the Messiah.”
-II Cor. 5:15
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Hebrews 2:10-18 (Part 2)
I. The suffering of the Son appropriate for accomplishing salvation.
a. Through suffering the Son fully completed all required for salvation.
b. Through suffering the Son brings many sons (and daughters) into glory.
II. The Son willingly identified with humanity.
a. He became our sanctifier.
b. He established a spiritual family through His sacrificial death.
c. He modeled trust in God during suffering.
d. He has possession of all who are sanctified in Him.
III. The Son identified with humanity to rescue us.
-help = epilambanomai = to take hold of, to seize
-share in = koinoneo = take part in, share in, participate; here it is a perfect tense verb.
-partook = metecho = to have part in, to share in, partake, here it is an aorist tense verb
a. Through His death He rendered powerless the power of the devil.
-rendered powerless = katargeo = render inoperative, nullify, make ineffective, abolish
-Eph. 2:15
b. Through His death he freed the enslaved.
-might free = apallasso = set free from
-I John 4:18
-I Cor. 15:55-57
IV. Rescuing humanity required a genuinely human rescuer.
-had to be = opheilo = obligated, must
-made like = homoioo = to become like
a. He became our perfect High Priest.
i. Merciful.
-merciful = eleemon = merciful, sympathetic
-Matt. 23:4; Ex. 34:6
ii. Faithful.
-I Sam 2:35
b. He made propitiation for sins.
-make propitiation = hilaskomai = bring about forgiveness, take away, deal with mercifully, to satisfy
c. He is able to come to our aid.
-aid = boao = to help, to help someone in need.
a. Through suffering the Son fully completed all required for salvation.
b. Through suffering the Son brings many sons (and daughters) into glory.
II. The Son willingly identified with humanity.
a. He became our sanctifier.
b. He established a spiritual family through His sacrificial death.
c. He modeled trust in God during suffering.
d. He has possession of all who are sanctified in Him.
III. The Son identified with humanity to rescue us.
-help = epilambanomai = to take hold of, to seize
-share in = koinoneo = take part in, share in, participate; here it is a perfect tense verb.
-partook = metecho = to have part in, to share in, partake, here it is an aorist tense verb
a. Through His death He rendered powerless the power of the devil.
-rendered powerless = katargeo = render inoperative, nullify, make ineffective, abolish
-Eph. 2:15
b. Through His death he freed the enslaved.
-might free = apallasso = set free from
-I John 4:18
-I Cor. 15:55-57
IV. Rescuing humanity required a genuinely human rescuer.
-had to be = opheilo = obligated, must
-made like = homoioo = to become like
a. He became our perfect High Priest.
i. Merciful.
-merciful = eleemon = merciful, sympathetic
-Matt. 23:4; Ex. 34:6
ii. Faithful.
-I Sam 2:35
b. He made propitiation for sins.
-make propitiation = hilaskomai = bring about forgiveness, take away, deal with mercifully, to satisfy
c. He is able to come to our aid.
-aid = boao = to help, to help someone in need.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Hebrews 2:10-18 (Part 1)
Two ancient heresies:
-Doceticism - idea that Jesus only "seemed" to be human
-Apollinarianism - idea that the divine nature and mind enter the human body taking the place of a human nature and mind
-George Guthrie "Through the Incarnation God became an 'insider' not merely acting on our human predicament from without, but transforming it from within."
I. The suffering of the Son was appropriate for the accomplishment of salvation.
a. Through suffering the Son fully completed all required for salvation.
-author = archegos = leader, pioneer, champion
-perfect = teleioo = to complete, perfect, qualify
b. Through suffering the Son brings many sons (and daughters) to glory.
II. The Son willingly identified with humanity.
-Rom. 1:16
a. He became our sanctifier.
-sanctified = hagiazo = to set apart, sanctify, consecrate, make holy
-F.F. Bruce "For sanctification is glory begun, and glory is sanctification completed."
b. He established a spiritual family through His sacrificial death.
c. He modeled trust in God during suffering.
-put trust in = peitho = be persuaded, be convinced
d. He has possession of all who are sanctified in Him.
-John 17:6
-Doceticism - idea that Jesus only "seemed" to be human
-Apollinarianism - idea that the divine nature and mind enter the human body taking the place of a human nature and mind
-George Guthrie "Through the Incarnation God became an 'insider' not merely acting on our human predicament from without, but transforming it from within."
I. The suffering of the Son was appropriate for the accomplishment of salvation.
a. Through suffering the Son fully completed all required for salvation.
-author = archegos = leader, pioneer, champion
-perfect = teleioo = to complete, perfect, qualify
b. Through suffering the Son brings many sons (and daughters) to glory.
II. The Son willingly identified with humanity.
-Rom. 1:16
a. He became our sanctifier.
-sanctified = hagiazo = to set apart, sanctify, consecrate, make holy
-F.F. Bruce "For sanctification is glory begun, and glory is sanctification completed."
b. He established a spiritual family through His sacrificial death.
c. He modeled trust in God during suffering.
-put trust in = peitho = be persuaded, be convinced
d. He has possession of all who are sanctified in Him.
-John 17:6
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Hebrews 2:5-9
I. All things have been subjected to the Son.
-II Tim. 2:12, Rev. 20:4, 6, I Cor. 6:3
a. The angels are not given rule of the age to come.
-subject = hupotasso = subordinate, be subject to one's authority, submit to
-Dan. 10:20-21
-world = oikoumene = inhabited world
b. There is nothing that fails to be subjected to the Son.
-testified = diamarturomai = solemnly declare/testify
-concerned = episkeptomai = to care for, visit, watch over
-left nothing = aphiemi = leave out, omit, cancel out, remit
c. In this age we don't see that subjection fully realized.
II. The Exalted Son was humbled for our sake.
a. He took a lower rank becoming human.
-George Guthrie "To 'see Jesus', therefore, does not mean a physical perception, but rather a spiritual perception, recognizing both the witness of his earthly endurance and his present exalted position."
-made lower = elatoo = to take a lower rank, make less
b. He suffered death for all.
-tasted = geuomai = taste, eat, experience; "experience to the full"
c. He is crowned with glory.
-II Tim. 2:12, Rev. 20:4, 6, I Cor. 6:3
a. The angels are not given rule of the age to come.
-subject = hupotasso = subordinate, be subject to one's authority, submit to
-Dan. 10:20-21
-world = oikoumene = inhabited world
b. There is nothing that fails to be subjected to the Son.
-testified = diamarturomai = solemnly declare/testify
-concerned = episkeptomai = to care for, visit, watch over
-left nothing = aphiemi = leave out, omit, cancel out, remit
c. In this age we don't see that subjection fully realized.
II. The Exalted Son was humbled for our sake.
a. He took a lower rank becoming human.
-George Guthrie "To 'see Jesus', therefore, does not mean a physical perception, but rather a spiritual perception, recognizing both the witness of his earthly endurance and his present exalted position."
-made lower = elatoo = to take a lower rank, make less
b. He suffered death for all.
-tasted = geuomai = taste, eat, experience; "experience to the full"
c. He is crowned with glory.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Hebrews 2:1-4
I. Don't drift away from the message of Christ.
-much closer = perissoteros = more earnestly, all the more
-pay attention = prosecho = give heed, give attention to
-drift away = pararreo = flow by, slipping away
-II Cor. 13:5
II. Ignoring the message of Christ will end with severest punishment.
-"If the law mediated by angels severely punished the disobedient, how much greater is the punishment for those who neglect/ignore the message mediated and proclaimed by the Son who is greater than the angels."
-Gal. 3:19
-unalterable = bebaios = firm, dependable, guarantee, verified, binding, valid
-transgression = parabasis = going aside, infringement, sin, transgression
-disobedient = parakoe = hearing beside, disobey
-Ps. 95:7-8
-neglect = ameleo = to be unconcerned about, indifferent, ignore, neglect
-so great = telikoutos = so large, so great, so important
-"If the earlier message of God is such a serious matter, then how can the readers avoid their just desserts for neglecting what was delivered by the Son?" Ne Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament.
III. The message of Christ was validated by the work of God.
a. It was spoken through the Son.
-Mark 1:15
b. It was confirmed by the eyewitnesses
-confirmed = bebaioo = make firm, guarantee, validate
c. It was endorsed by the power of God.
-testimony = sunepimartureo = witness together with
-Deut. 4:34, 6:22
-Luke 11:20, Ex. 8:19
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