I. Moses: and Law .
Hebrews 3:2 NLT
Moses… was entrusted with God’s entire house.
Hebrews 3:5 NLT
Moses was certainly faithful in God’s house as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later.
Servants uphold the and do the .
Luke 22:27 NLT
I am among you as one who serves.
Jesus was a servant, but servant was not He was.
Hebrews 3:1b NLT
Think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare…
II. Jesus: and House
Hebrews 3:3, 6 NLT
Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself… Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.
Sons have and .
Jesus as the Son:
– Isn’t just the house—He is the house.-
– Isn’t just a , He’s the .
– Doesn’t merely a of God’s word—He the Word.
– Doesn’t just lead us of slavery, but rest and transformation in the new covenant.
“Moses was a loyal servant. But a servant works in the house—he’s not in charge. Jesus is the Son, the heir, the builder. He shapes it, completes it, and dwells in it forever.” —NT Wright, Hebrews for Everyone.
III. Our Invitation: Shift from to
From Law to Love—
- The Law told us what God expected; Jesus shows us who God is.
- The Law measured performance; Jesus offers transformation.
- The Law was external; Jesus writes it on our hearts (Hebrews 8:10).
- The Law made us servants; the Jesus makes us sons and daughters.
Jesus us to be servants, but servants are not that we are.
John 15:15 NIV
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
A servant works acceptance; a son serves acceptance.
Our Sonship:
1. Challenges
2. Confronts
3. Invites
4. Calls us to enduring
Hebrews 3:6 NIV
We are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.
Holding to Jesus means letting of my control.
“He can be loved, but not thought. By love, He can be grasped and held, but not by thought.” —The Cloud of Unknowing, 14th Century
Hebrews 3:15 NLT
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.
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