Hebrews 1

Greater than the Angels

Jesus is Greater than the Angels

Dave Riddle - 10/22/2023

Key Passage: Hebrews 1:4-14

Seven affirmations of Jesus’ superiority over the angels

- Hebrews 1:4

Jesus is the son of God

- Hebrews 1:5

- Psalm 2:7

- 2 Samuel 7:14

Jesus is worshipped

- Hebrews 1:6

- Deuteronomy 32:43

- Colossians 1:5

- Revelation 7:11

Jesus is served

- Hebrews 1:7

- Psalm 104:4

- Matthew 4:11

Jesus is King

- Hebrews 1:7

- Luke 22:43

- Revelation 17:14a

- Psalm 89:27

Jesus is Creator

- Hebrews 1:10-11

- Colossians 1:16

Jesus is eternal

- Hebrews 1:11-12

- John 1

Jesus is elevated to the right hand of God

- Hebrews 1:13

- 1 Peter 3:21-22

- Colossians 3:1

Jesus is Greater

Jesus is Greater

Dave Riddle - 10/22/2023

Key Passage: Hebrews 1:1-3

In the Last Days

- Hebrews 1:2

- Words pointing to the Messiah

Spoken to us through His Son.

- Hebrews 1:2

- He speaks the same message as the prophets.

- Repent!

Heir of all things

- Hebrews 1:2b

- Psalm 89:27

- Romans 11:36

God created the universe through him

- Hebrews 1:2c

- Colossians 1:16

- Everything that has ever existed!

The Radiance of God’s Glory

- Hebrews 1:3

- 2 Corinthians 4:6

An exact expression of God

- Hebrews 1:3

- Colossians 1:19

- Jesus is the fullness of God

All things are sustained by His word

- Hebrews 1:3

- Colossians 1:17

Jesus is both priest and sacrifice

- Hebrews 1:3

- He made purification for sins. How? By his blood.

- Philippians 2:8-9a

Jesus sits at the right hand of the Majesty on High

- Hebrews 1:3

- Mark 16:19

Exaltation

The Impact of Hope

The Impact of Hope

12/5/2021 - Dave Riddle 

Psalm 42:11 - why are you overcome with despair? Hope in God!

  • We are the people of Hope.

    • Surrounded by despair, but not living in despair.

How is it that we can be legitimately hopeful?

God is.

  • He exists

  • Jeremiah 10

    • The worthlessness of idols compared to a true God. (10:10)

      • Jeremiah 10:16

God is here.

  • Matthew 1:23 - God is with us.

  • Hebrews 1:3a - Jesus is God in the flesh

    • Philippians 2:5-7

God is love.

  • 1 John 4:8-9 - God is love.

  • John 3:16-17 - How much God loves us.

  • Titus 3:4-7 - what it means for us.

God is Salvation.

  • Roman 8:38-39 - there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God.

  • Hebrews 1:3 - God the Savior

God is King.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - don’t live as those who have no hope

    • Ephesians 2:12 - We were… without Christ, without God, without hope. No longer!

  • 1 Timothy 6:13-15 - Celebrating his first coming while awaiting his second coming!

    • God will make all things new!

  • Hebrews 10:23 - hold tightly, without wavering, to the hope we affirm…

How can we embrace hope today?

Receive this truth in faith

  • 1 Peter 5:7

Reflect on how God is providing hope in your life

  • Psalm 9:1

Encourage another Jesus-follower you’ve seen exhibiting hope.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Share hope with someone in your missional context.

  • 1 Peter 3:15

Hope - God in Our Midst

Hope - God In Our Midst

Christmas 2020 - 12/6/2020 - Dave Riddle


We Can Have Hope!

  • Psalm 42:11 - Hope in the Lord!

  • Psalm 62:5 - He is my only hope.


Why?


He is

  • Jeremiah 10:10a - YHWH is the true and living God!

  • Jeremiah 10:16 - Not just a passive idol, but the creator of everything!


He is here

  • Matthew 1:23 - Immanuel (God with us)

  • Here, and involved

    • Hebrews 1:3

    • Philippians 2:5-7

    • Colossians 1:15

    • 1 Peter 5:7

He is love

  • 1 John 4:8 - God is love

  • John 3:16 - God loved the world in this way...

  • Titus 3:4-7 - love, grace, mercy, salvation

He is Savior

  • Jesus / Yeshua / Joshua - The Lord Saves

  • Romans 8:38-39 - there is nothing that can separate you from the salvation that Jesus has provided to you

  • Hebrews 1:3

He is King!

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - this life is not the end!

    • 1 Timothy 6:12-15



Hello My Name is... Mighty God

Hello my name is: Mighty God

Dave Riddle - 12/08/19

Key Passage: Isaiah 9:6


‘el (Hebrew: אֵל) - god or god-like one; mighty one. Mighty men: men of rank: heroes. Strength, power. God (the one true God)


gibbowr (Hebrew: גִּבּוֹר) - strong, mighty or powerful. A strong, brave and mighty person. By implication a warrior and champion.

  • Joshua 1:14, 6:2, 8:3

  • 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Samuel 23

  • Psalm 24:8


He is divine

  • Hebrews 1:3 - the exact expression of His nature

  • John 1:14 -The Word became flesh... the one and only Son from the Father

  • John 10:30 - I and the Father are One

  • Matthew 1:23 - God with us


He was promised

  • Genesis 3:15 - He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.


He was wounded

  • Isaiah 53:4-5 - Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.

    • Pierced, crushed, punished, and wounded for us.


He is Triumphant

  • Jesus is the victorious one!

  • Hebrews 2:14-15

    • By his death he destroyed death... and freed those held in slavery by the fear of death.


Romans 8:31-35

  • if God is for us, who can be against us?

  • Who can separate us from the love of Christ?