Creator and Creation
Intro:
(Assign out verses)
Numbers 12:8
Hebrews 3:5
Hebrews 1:2
Hebrews 1:10
3 For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
Review Question:
Why does the book of Hebrews lean so heavily on the O.T.?
The point of Hebrews is to convince the audience (who are VERY familiar with the O.T., because they are mostly seeking Jews or Jewish converts to Christ) that Jesus is the GREAT HIGH PRIEST.
Take a quick look here at numbers 12:7
Not so with my servant Moses.
He is faithful in all my house.
Packer:
J.I. Packer makes a fascinating observation connecting this passage in Hebrews to several passages in Numbers:
With reference to Numbers 12:7, Moses and Christ are compared as to faithfulness and contrasted as to honor.
Though Moses was privileged to speak to God face to face and see his form (Num. 12:8), Moses was still only “a servant” in the house of God. (See Hebrews 3:5)
Christ, as agent of creation (Heb. 1:2, 10) deserves honor as divine builder of of all things and as “Son over His own house.”
Questions:
Is this still true in our society today? Do we honor the creator over the creation?
(take answers)
I think it can go both ways:
(picture of Michael Jackson)
(picture of O.J. Simpson)
Can anyone offer a secular example where we honor the creator of the house over the house itself?
Pictures:
(Kennedy Center Honors?)
(Nobel Prize?)
(Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement?)
Packer on Hebrews 3:3
The necessary implication is that Jesus is the builder of the house, and therefore that He is divine (v.4).
This passage points both to Christ’s identity as God (“He who built”) and to His personal distinction from the Father (v6)
Close:
“Now there’s a lesson to be learned here, about dealing with temptation….
…You keep your eyes on the creator man, and not on his creation.”
-Carman 1983
“Temptation Boogie”
from the Album “Sunday’s on the Way”