_Give the more earnest heed._ --This exhortation reveals the purpose of the foregoing comparison between Christ and the angels. It is to establish Christ’s superior claim to be heard when He speaks in God’s name to men. Law and gospel might have been compared on their own merits, as is done by Paul... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Word spoken by angels:_ THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS in the delivery of the law is directly asserted by St. Galatians 3:19), and by Stephen (Acts 7:53), as well as here. It was an article of faith amongst the later Jews, but the mention of their agency is less distinct in the Pentateuch. The presen... [ Continue Reading ]
_How shall we escape, if we neglect_ THE SINFULNESS AND THE DANGER OF NEGLECTING THE GOSPEL The great salvation of which the apostle testifies is not the salvation which the gospel reveals, but the gospel itself, even the good news of the kingdom, which, by His Son, God in these last days hath spo... [ Continue Reading ]
_With signs and wonders, and with divers miracles_ SIGNS, WONDERS, AND MIRACLES 1_._ Signs, according to the notation of the word, imply such external visible things as signify and declare some memorable matter which otherwise could not be so well discerned, nor would be believed. “We would see a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Put in subjection the world to come_ THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE FUTURE I. IF CHRIST IS THE SOVEREIGN OF THE FUTURE, WE SHOULD HOLD STRONG FAITH IN THE UNIVERSAL TRIUMPHS OF HIS SYSTEM. 1. He has plentitude of power for the accomplishment of His promises. 2. Plenty of time. II. IF CHRIST IS THE SOV... [ Continue Reading ]
_What is man?_ WHAT IS MAN? To answer this question with anything like completeness it would be necessary to discourse upon it in much detail. Reference would have to be made to various sciences--psychology, physiology, anthropology, sociology; and even then the answer would be inadequate, for all... [ Continue Reading ]
_A little lower than the angels_ HUMILIATION THE WAY TO EXALTATION All the forementioned branches of Christ’s advancement, which are here and Isaiah 53:12; Eph Philippians 2:10, audio sundry other places inferred upon His humiliation, afford unto us sundry considerable observations, as 1. That w... [ Continue Reading ]
_But we see Jesus_ THE COMING SOVEREIGNTY OF MAN I. “WE SEE NOT YET ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION TO MAN.” “Not yet”; but we are to see it. It has to come, this sway of man over “things,” over all things--over the material forces of the world, the powers that largely affect, if they do not actually mak... [ Continue Reading ]