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Psalms
128:1-6 A Song of
Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, Who
walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the
very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your
table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the LORD. The LORD bless
you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem All the days of your
life. Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
Father God, we thank you for taking a
special interest in us and sending your Son Jesus Christ to us in human flesh
so that we might have a chance for eternal life. It is out of love that you did
this, because your desire is that all might be saved. John 3:16-17 I ask for special blessings for
anyone that reads these lessons and that their eyes and mind be opened. Let the
revelation of the Cross be revealed to them, so they can receive that free gift
of Grace you have for them. May they find peace and comfort in your Word. In Jesus name we pray, Amen!
Book of Hebrews 2:10-18 NKJV
The last lesson was still presenting
fact of Jesus superiority over the angels. The balance of this chapter is about
salvation. What salvation is and that Jesus is the only one that can save us
from the pits of Hell because of His pure divine sinless nature and dying for
us. Without this act of love we would not have a chance for eternal life with
Jesus in Heaven because we are born with the sin nature that we inherited from
Adam. I am so thankful for Jesus dying on the Cross for me, because without His
sacrifice I would be doomed for eternal darkness.
Some of these verses are difficult to
understand due to the way they are written. I will do my best to explain them,
because these verses are so important in understanding what salvation is all
about.
10 For it
was fitting for Him, for whom are
all things and by whom are all
things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation
perfect through sufferings.
This
verse would be better understood if it was written as such: God, who made all
of creation for himself, also choose to bring many children into glory. It was
only right that He should make Jesus, through the suffering on the Cross, a
perfect leader, fit to bring mankind to salvation.
For
it was fitting for Him; Meaning
God.
For
whom are all things and by whom
are all things; God created all things for himself. Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in
heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers.
In bringing many sons to glory; It is God’s desire that all will come
to Him to be saved. John
3:15 so
that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life.
To
make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings; In order for mankind to have a chance
to be saved it was only fitting that Jesus would come in human flesh and defeat
sin, and then suffer, died, and rise again. It is through understanding this
act of love and why it had to take place so that all we have to do is believe
and place our faith in the message that the Cross transmits. Because of Adams
failure to obey, sin was introduced into the human race and every human being
born, is born with sin impregnated flesh. We as ordinary human beings do not
have the capability of not sinning. Only Jesus was capable of not sinning,
therefore it made Him the perfect sacrifice for us to put our faith in, and
when we do that through a confession (A confession to Jesus and not to man, man
cannot save a person.) of realizing we are born as sinners and will remain that
way through life here on earth, then we need to ask Jesus to save us because we
don’t want to live a life that offends Him. Then Jesus will save us through His
life giving blood that was perfect, the blood that gives eternal life.
11 For both
He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them
brethren,
If we rephrase this verse
so that we can understand it in our way of speech it would be. So now Jesus and the ones He makes holy have
the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them His brothers and
sisters.
For
both; This is
referring to Jesus and those that come to Him that are Born Again.
He
who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified; When we humble ourselves and come to
Jesus with a broken and contrite heart and accept Him as our life giving
Saviour, our sins are made null and void, resulting in us being justified
through the shed blood of Jesus. When this happens the Holy Spirit enters our
heart; we become a temple of God and the sanctification process begins. With
the Holy Spirit residing within we are place under conviction by the Holy
Spirit when we sin and even when we think about sinning. The things of the past
that we did through human reasoning will all of a sudden bear conviction that
it is wrong and sinful against God. Jesus sanctifies those that accept Him as
their Saviour.
Are all of one, for which reason He is
not ashamed to call them brethren; Because
of this sanctification, all that are saved belong to God’s family and are
called brethren; the true Church. We become one in Christ.
12 saying:
"I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN; IN THE MIDST OF THE ASSEMBLY I
WILL SING PRAISE TO YOU."
This quotation is from Psalm
22:22. The nature of
this psalm is “a Messianic Psalm” and therefore “a Prophetic Psalm” (see Matthew
27:39, 43, 46; John 19:23, 28; Hebrews 2:12). It prophecies “the (cross) sufferings of Christ and
the glory that should follow”. David wrote this psalm at a time when he was
experiencing intense suffering at the hands of Saul but he wrote by inspiration
and so does not describe his own sufferings but the sufferings of Christ.
Saying:
I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN; This verse is stating that Jesus will proclaim God’s
name to those that belong to Him, the church.
IN
THE MIDST OF THE ASSEMBLY I WILL SING PRAISE TO YOU; Jesus will praise God because of the great
victory of the Cross, which has brought many into the Kingdom.
13 And
again: "I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM." And again: "HERE AM I AND
THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME."
This verse has two quotes,
"I
WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM."
from 2 Samuel 22:3
and the other "HERE AM I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS
GIVEN ME."
from Isaiah 8:18. As you can see these quotes are from
the OT which were inspired by the Holy Spirit pointing to the Cross of Christ
to come.
And again: "I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN
HIM."; Jesus put his trust in God while He
was here on earth in human flesh. He prayed to God constantly in fact He would
go and find areas of seclusion to be alone with God. In the garden He ask God
to take from Him what was soon to happen, but ended the prayer with, “let your
will be done”, thus placing his trust in God’s hands. Jesus denied his flesh
and gave it all to God, and that is what we need to do to have a close
relationship with Him. Luke
22:42 saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me;
nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."
And again: "HERE AM I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM
GOD HAS GIVEN ME.";
These children are those that have given their life to Jesus, they are the
saved. It is only through faith in what Jesus did that people can be saved and
called children of God. It is only through the death, burial, and resurrection
of Jesus Christ and placing their faith in the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus for
us, that will redeem us. This is what faith is all about, we can’t touch it,
hear it, taste it, put it in a jar or bank for future use. It is like the wind,
we don’t know where it comes from, where it is going, we can only see it by the
movement of trees thus we are aware of its presence, the wind has no taste, but
we know it is real and we accept it along with the coolness of a gentle breeze
or the forces of a hurricane. Faith in what and why Jesus had to suffer, die,
be buried, and rise to the seat of the right hand of God, is the same. We just
need to accept it, believe, and place our trust in Jesus.
14 Inasmuch
then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise
shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power
of death, that is, the devil,
Inasmuch
then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood; This is speaking of human creation
being of flesh and blood, not angelic or of a spiritual nature.
He;
Himself likewise shared in the same; This
refers to Jesus that also took on human flesh.
That
through death; The
purpose of Jesus coming to earth in human flesh and blood was to defeat sin and
be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. His death on the Cross is atonement for
our sins when we accept Him as our Saviour. We are no longer look upon by God
as sinful flesh, but as His Sons image because we are washed in the atoning
blood of Jesus.
He
might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; He of course refers to Jesus. When
Jesus defeated sin He also destroyed the power that Satan holds over people,
which leads to a second death (spiritual death) and eternity in the Lake of
Fire. It is through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus that sets us
free from the bonds that Satan holds on us.
Jesus had to become human
so that he could die and rise again in order to destroy the devil's power over
death. Romans 6:5-11 For if we have been united together in the
likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His
resurrection, 6
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we
should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we
died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing
that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer
has dominion over Him. 10 For the
death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to
God. 11
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God
in Christ Jesus our Lord. Only
then could Christ deliver those who had lived in constant fear of death and
free them to live for him. When we belong to God, we need not fear death,
because we know that death is only the doorway into eternal life (1
Corinthians 15).
To sum this verse up it
could be stated like this; Because God's children are human beings—made of
flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being
could He die, and only by dying could He break the power of the devil, who had
the power of death.
15 and
release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
Faith in Jesus releases a
person from fear of death because when a person has a Spiritual Birth they are
released from the bondage of sin caused by the inherited sin nature. Without
this birth, one is in bondage for a lifetime. Christ's death and resurrection
sets us free from the fear of death because death has been defeated. Every
person must die, but death is not the end; instead, it is the doorway to a new
life. All who dread death should have the opportunity to know the hope that
Christ's victory brings. Do you fear death? If so, you need to ask yourself
what your faith is in, Jesus and what He did for you on the Cross or religious
dogma?
16 For
indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of
Abraham.
Jesus did not come to help
angels; He came to help the descendants of Abraham and whosoever desires life
through a second birth. John 3:3-7
17
Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High
Priest in things pertaining to
God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
In the Old Testament, the
high priest was the mediator between God and his people. His job was to
regularly offer animal sacrifices according to the law and to intercede with
God for forgiveness of the people's sins. Jesus Christ is now our High Priest.
He came to earth as a human being; therefore, he understands our weaknesses and
shows mercy to us. He has once and for all paid the penalty for our sins
by his own sacrificial death (atonement), and he can be depended on to restore
our broken relationship with God. We are released from sin's domination over us
when we commit ourselves fully to Jesus Christ, trusting completely in what he
has done for us on the Cross.
18 For in
that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are
tempted.
Knowing that Jesus
suffered pain and faced temptation gives us consolation when we face trials and
tribulations. Jesus understands our struggles because he faced them as a human
being. We can trust Christ to help us survive suffering and overcome
temptation. When we face trials, we need to go Jesus for strength and patience.
He understands our needs and is able to help. Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then
that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the
Son of God, let us hold fast our
confession. 15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but
was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need.
Colossians 1:16 For by Him all things were created
that are in heaven and that are on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All
things were created through Him and for Him.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless one is
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Bill
Wiesbrock https://www.facebook.com/bill.wiesbrock?ref=tn_tnmn
The
Lighthouse Full Gospel Church
Sinners Prayer; Pray this, and if you believe
it with your heart, Jesus will save you!
“Lord Jesus
I know I am a sinner. I confess my sins
to you; I am sorry for my sins; I repent (Meaning, desiring to turn from a
sinful lifestyle.) of all my sins, and I am asking for your forgiveness of all
of my sins. I believe that only you can
forgive sin. I commit my life to you and
ask you to come into my heart, direct, and take charge of my life. I believe that you died to set me free from
my sinful lifestyle and you rose from the dead to give me eternal life, and
right now you are seated at the Right Hand of God Almighty. I believe you are
the Son of God; the only Way, the only Truth, the only Life, and my
Savior.” I believe this and have faith
you will make a new person out of me, by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell in my
heart and lead me in a new life. In Jesus name I pray Amen.” (John 3:16,17;
Romans 3:23; 6:23; 5:8; 10:9-13; Ephesians 2:8-10; 1
John 5:11-14; 1:6-10) (Sin: Rom.
1:22-32; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-7)
