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Sermon Outline
Hebrews 2:10-13: It Was Fitting
A. Hebrews So Far
1. Opening comparison
2. Seven phrases describing the Son
3. Seven passages proving the Son’s superiority to the angels
4. “Therefore…..” - a word of exhortation and warning
5. The One superior to the angels is for a little while lower than the angels
B. It Was Fitting (Hebrews 2:10a)
….For it was fitting
1. The meaning of “fitting” – appropriate, seemly, true to His nature and Person
2. Fitting does not mean required, constrained, or necessary, nor does “fittingness” undermine God’s freedom or His grace. In a way nothing seems less fitting!
C. What Was Fitting? (Hebrews 2:10b)
…. that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
1. ….. that he, for whom and by whom all things exist – that is, the Father
2. ….. in order to bring many sons to glory – this is the Father’s goal – wow!
3. ….. should make the founder of their salvation perfect – that is, would make Jesus Christ, the founder or captain of the salvation of the sons of glory, perfect
a. What can this mean, making Jesus perfect. Wasn’t Jesus already perfect?
b. The word translated “perfect” can also mean “complete,” “perfectly suitable,” or “perfect for the task.” It can also refer to the perfection of the task and calling itself.
4. …… through suffering.
a. We are reminded here of another verse in Hebrews that says that Jesus, who, although a Son, “learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he because the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.” (Hebrews 5:8-9)
b. So, what does it mean that Jesus “learned obedience” (didn’t he know everything/) and what does this have to do with “being made perfect.”
c. And how can it be “fitting” that Jesus suffer so?
D. And Why the Incarnation?: (Hebrews 2:11a)
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
1. To “sanctify” means to “set apart.”
2. Jesus, who sets apart, and the ones set apart, must be from the same stock, must be of the same stuff. Jesus can only represent humanity in his suffering and death if he too is human. In this sense Jesus and all of us “have one origin”
3. Thus, being of the same stock, and both being “sanctified,” Jesus is not ashamed to call them (us) brothers!
4. Let that truth soak in for a day (or a month or a lifetime)!
E As it says (Hebrews 2:12a, from Psalm 22:22)
….saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
1. To prove his point the writer quotes three pieces from the OT Scriptures.
2. It is VERY important for us to understand that both the writer and the reader were knowledgeable readers of their Scriptures and that when a brief passage is quoted, the context of that passage is understood and brought in as well.
3. The first quotation is from Psalm 22, a well known “messianic psalm” that begins with “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
4. This Psalm goes on to speak in great deal of the sufferings of the one crying out to God in verse one, and its language is taken up often in the New Testament, and even quoted by Jesus on the cross!
5. But eventually the forsaken one, having cried out, being answered, and after being forsaken being delivered, gives praise to God in the midst of the congregation, as the Psalm says, “I will tell of your name to my brothers.”
G. And again (Hebrews 2:12b, from Isaiah 8:17)
And again, “I will put my trust in him.”
1. The context of this next OT passage is the coming judgment and suffering of Israel, with another famous reference to Christ taken up often in the NT (verse 14). Having proclaimed the Lord’s words, Isaiah is called to “bind up the testimony and seal it amongst his disciples, and then wait for the Lord to act., putting his hope (“trust” in LXX) in the Lord for the time of trial and suffering.
2. Meanwhile, he and the disciples will act as “signs and portents from the Lord of hosts,” that is, their presence will be constant reminders and signs of the Lord’s words and intentions. This also is our calling in the world!
H. And Again (again) (Hebrews 2:12c, from Isaiah 8:18)
And again, “Behold, I and the children God has given me.”
1. The disciples of Isaiah are the remnant of Israel, God’s true children.
2. Here in Hebrews these children are Jesus’ brothers (verses 11 and 12). We who are in Christ are Jesus’ brothers, and He is not ashamed to say so! |
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