Experiencing the Title

Well tonight was awesome. If you don't go to a small group you should think about coming to this one. Everyone is friendly and passionate about the Bible. Here's what we worked through;

Hebrews 1:5-14 - Jesus - Superior to the angels and demons

The main points that we worked through were;

Jesus is superior to the angels by virtue of His relationship with God the Father.

Jesus is superior to the angels in comparison to His ministry and position as the firstborn.

Remember, when we read about Jesus being the "firstborn" it refers to his position of authority and honor. Which is given by God the Father to the Son.

Jesus is superior because He is eternal.
This is spoken about in two themes;
1. The authority he has as described by the words; throne, sceptre, kingdom.
2. His eternal nature as it is described as having no beginning and no end. Hence, Jesus was not created.

We also discussed the quotation regarding the reality that there are some who are enemies of the light, the gospel and God. (John 3:19-21 / 1 Thessalonians 2:14-18 / Romans 1:30, 5:10 / Philippians 3:18 / James 4:4)

Our reading assignment for next week is Chapter 2:1-4. It happens to be what the whole of chapter one is driving towards and it also contains the first of five warnings in the book.

One other topic of discussion arose from our meeting together. It was very sobering but also served as a reminder that we need more reverence and awe, gratitude and love, obedience and submission to Jesus as our Lord. It all boiled down to this question;

What are we saved from?
Are we saved from ourselves or is there something more? Are we saved from a place? Are we saved from being sent there eternally? Who provided the way of our salvation? Who sent Him? Think about this...

God sent Jesus to die on the cross to save those who would believe from the judgement and wrath of God. God has saved us from himself to himself.

We experienced some reverence and awe tonight.