Sunday Service - 2025-07-06

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Thank you for joining us today.

We're gonna look at Hebrews chapter

2.

What tremendous worship that was. I'm just so

so grateful to God that he has

brought so many just not only gifted musicians, but tender hearts humble hearts that love

Worshiping the Lord and and as I we're just here singing and praising

Realizing that there's only three members to a band up here

And yet it was so full and your your voices were just filling those melodies, you know, praise the Lord

It was so great worshiping the Lord. Amen

He really is worthy of it all, isn't he? Praise the Lord

So as we dive into Hebrews chapter 2 just to do a brief recap as we started Hebrews

We talked about how significant this book is and how

Unusual the book is because it really connects us

from the Old Testament to the new

Because you know the covenant of the law

Was all pointing to Jesus and

Hebrews now brings this crystal clear how Jesus did fulfill all the covenants of the Old Testament

And now we're living in the new covenant of grace. Amen

It's not what we do that satisfies God

It's who who chose us who lives in us who we belong to

Right and so as we consider this message about how we are his family it really matters, you know

In fact, you know that old saying it's not what you know, it's

Who you know, right and in life. I never really knew the right people

But I knew the right God, you know, I always wish I had someone that would just hook me up

You know with the right job and hooked me up with but I never knew that person. Okay

But I knew God when I found him or actually, you know

He always knew where I was, but I found him and I received him. I

Knew the right person in Jesus Christ. I mean he really did set me up for success

and he wants to do that for all of us, amen and

As we started Hebrews we talked a little bit about angels and they're gonna come into play here and how significant they were in

God's

Messaging to his people remember he sent messages through these

Celestial creatures that were magnificent to see and people were always awestruck

But sometimes they even appeared as normal people, you know that they thought they were just a normal human

and so he brought these messages through these creatures that he created and

then last two weeks we talked about signs and wonders miracles and

Gifts of the Holy Spirit and how the Lord Jesus

when he spoke

He garnished his messages with these signs wonders miracles and gifts of the Spirit

So that when people would see these amazing things happen right in front of them

They would say if he can do that. I believe everything he tells me. I believe it is so

I think we even sang a song this morning about that that I you know, whatever you say

I believe because I've seen it happen, you know, and so he did these things

But then if you can recall he actually empowered his disciples to do the same things and he sent them out

right to do those very things so

You would think okay. Well, that's where it stops

But it doesn't because before he ascended to heaven

He said be prepared because I will empower you to do all these same things and even more

So that they will believe your message

so now we are his ambassadors of this great power and authority and when of course the Holy Spirit fell at

Pentecost ever since then we have been his ambassadors his messengers

When you think about it the Old Testament he sent these creatures from heaven and he spoke through the prophets

But now we these hybrids on earth

We are humans

We are flesh and bones and yet we are the tabernacle the temple of the Holy Spirit

He chooses to speak through us

To dispatch these wonderful

Messages to the world that he indeed saves he provides eternal salvation

He rescues us from our own old natures. He's everything Jesus Christ

and so now we're gonna step into this as

the Lord, you know compares us to

Angels and to himself to make it crystal clear what our role is because we are his family

We belong to him and he cares for family. Amen

All right. So let's dive in here and start with Hebrews chapter 2 verse 5

Okay

Okay

For he has not put the world to come of which we speak in

subjection to angels

But one testified in a certain place saying what is man that you are mindful of him

Or the Son of man that you take care of him

You have made him a little lower than the angels

you have crowned him with glory and honor and

Set him over the works of your hands

You have put all things in

subjection under his feet

For in that he put all in

Subjection under him meaning man. He left nothing that is not put under him. So let's just stop there for a minute

He made us a little lower than the angels. I mean, what does that mean? Right?

You know, he created angels right in the beginning and these were celestial beings and they were pretty magnificent

I mean just think of these these creatures. Okay have the ability to

appear physically in form and

Yet they can also be invisible right? So that's something man can't do right?

Angels can't die

We have a shelf life on earth, right? They have no shelf life

They just go on and on and on that's not good for some of them. Okay, we might talk about them later

But because they're gonna live on in their misery

But like we have a shelf life in the physical form, but angels don't right?

They don't die and they can't die and they see the face of

The Lord in heaven we can't if we did see him face to face, right? The word says that we would die

Okay, but we will see him someday face to face, right?

And so angels are pretty impressive and they're mighty and strong, right?

I mean they they can accomplish great things and that's why when people would see them

They're just so enamored and blown away

Like these things are bright and these things are overwhelming and they're huge and even have wings, you know

And so it was magnificent to see them. So in a sense they could seem

Greater than man, right? They're so powerful. Look the the fallen angels they

They were actually capable of contaminating almost the entire human race

Right through violent through violent sexual assault of women

possibly possession all this caused the the

complete corruption of mankind

right

Around the world through these angels. That's how strong these things are, right?

And yet we're gonna read that we're actually greater than them

We're actually greater than them. In fact, someday we will even judge them. In fact, I have a verse 1st Corinthians 6 3

When he

Spoke to the Church of Corinth and they were busy suing each other over every little thing and they were busy grumbling about the smallest things and

So competitive, you know churches can be like that even today

I'm sure it would surprise you to know that but people could be so nitpicky about little things, right?

And so they were nitpicking and taking each other to court and all these things and he said

Do you not know that we are to judge the angels how much more than matters pertaining to this life?

So there's gonna be a time when the saints have really significant roles to play in the kingdom of God

Right more so than the angels the angels are actually our ministers. They they support us

I don't know if we're gonna have a letter above our heads and they're gonna be ascending and decent

I don't know about that, but they are here to support us, right?

They're the supply channel in a sense while we're down here. And so this is you know, this is we're very

significant and important to God and

I know even Peter talks about even the angels are like longing to look in this they don't get it

They're like scratching their wings and why does he love these people? They keep sinning even after they're saved

They keep failing. Look at us

Look at us. I'm not just really being a little silly

But it says they're baffled at how much God loves us

because we're special we're made in his image and

He knows he sees what we were at home, man. What a train wreck, you know

And yet I know what I'm bringing them into I know what I'm going to do with their lives

You know those he foreknew he predestined right? He knows what he's gonna do in our lives. So that's

He sees all of that and he sees how special

Mankind is we're so special to him and he has put all of the things that he's created

Under our stewardship, right?

In fact, even there's a space in Scripture that even says even creation itself is just longing for the sons

the sons of creation to come alive and really be good stewards of everything that God has created, you know,

and so we're very special to God and

He

Says here that he put everything under our feet everything in subjection

under our feet now think about that like

that means

Wherever we go

We bring the kingdom as you know, that's that's our mission statement for this church and I really believe it

I was talking to Jill the other week. I'm like

you know, I I I do believe this am I always like

Believing that wherever I go like anything can happen in Jesus's name

Because I am a new creation. I am his temple his tabernacle

I carry him wherever I go. We all do right and remembering that is so

significant and

Wherever we step he has put everything under subjection under our feet in order reminded me of is

Joshua and

The Lord when he was guiding Israel finally after 40 years of meandering and dying in the wilderness

He finally gives him brings him to the Jordan River and he says we're gonna cross this thing

I know it looks like it's flooding right now and

Most sounds like it's in light of what's going on in Texas, but it's flooding but watch what happens

Watch what happens and he said be strong and

Courageous and then he says this in Joshua 1 3 says wherever you step that land I have given you

That's yours. That's you my people's land and you know

in

the word the promised land for the Israelites is an easy analogy metaphor to

a

Christian's life

Because do you believe that the Lord when you got saved at the Red Sea

You came out of bondage from your Egypt and you went through that wilderness

Some of us went kicking and screaming and took more than 40 years to cross the wilderness

I didn't take that long but you know, it took a while, right?

But finally when I got to that Jordan River, I can remember just saying yes Lord. I'm going

I'm going I'm not going back. You know those leaks and onions in Egypt weren't that good

Okay, kept making bricks with no straw. No, thanks. I'm not going back to that

Finally, this is the land that he is bringing us into and Joshua and Caleb always knew it, of course

But this is the land and it's an easy analogy to a Christian stepping into our promised life

It's gonna be great over there. Will you have enemies?

Absolutely, but guess who's gonna squash them underneath your feet. I am Yahweh, right?

And for the believer the same thing when we step into that promised life, there's enemies everywhere

Of course there is but the Lord will crush Satan beneath our feet in due time, right? I love what he said to

His disciples in Luke 10 19. He said behold I've given you authority to tread on

Serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall hurt you. That's you

Put your name in there Anthony. Put your name right in that verse. I

have given Anthony

authority to tread on serpents and

Scorpions nothing should that is us. We we can know God has our back

We sang about glory, but glory is our rear guard righteousness goes before us

We are surrounded by a great company of angels. We are just we are insulated

I believe that we're invincible in the spiritual realm, right? And so that's what the Lord is saying to us

But there's a little hook here and we're about to read it

But now

We do not see all things put under him meaning humans

But we see Jesus

Who was made a little lower than the angels look at this the the wording of this is exactly what he said about mankind

But we see Jesus who was made a little lower than angels

For the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor same thing

That he by the grace of God might taste death

for everyone

you know

We may not see the reality all the time of who we are in Christ

You might be saying

Why do I still?

struggle

with this sin

Why do I if I really have

Dominion over all these things of the enemy. Why do I still fail? Why do I still fall?

Why why am I still in this condition that I was in before and we might start to judge God according to that

You know, we have not none of us have arrived. We're just talking about that in the prayer room, you know

Sometimes we carry some sickness in us some things in our lives that aren't still quite right

But when we serve God in the condition we're in

He's still making us more and more

Purified sometimes serving him even in a quote-unquote failed condition. Guess what?

He does even greater things

Because none of us are perfect and yet he still chooses to use us

So when we see that like he he we don't see all of it put underneath our feet

But we see Jesus we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who?

for the sake of the cross

Despising the shame with great joy with great joy

He carried that cross and now see it at the right hand of the father. That's who we keep our eyes on

I know I'm a failure if I forget who Jesus is, but if I keep my eyes fixed on him

He's gonna point me to where to go. Amen

You know when the enemy Isaiah 59 19 it just remind me of this like keeping your feet on solid ground

You know, they cross the Red Sea on solid ground

They cross the Jordan River on solid ground, but sometimes it can make sometimes feel as though

You're being lifted up. The enemy just comes in like a flood you ever experienced that it just seems like man

the enemy is just like a

deluge just

Sweeping you away and he's carrying you away. It seems like am I drowning right now my

but the lure raises a standard above the enemy and

He's either gonna stop it like he did at the Red Sea or the Jordan River or he's gonna lift you above it

You know, I saw this story. I don't if you saw it was that ten days ago and

a five-year-old girl was on a Disney cruise and

She fell off the ship

Into the I mean, I don't even know how high that is. It's gotta be 40 50

Morphe hit the ocean and her dad

Jumped off into the water. What what you know, I know I would do it just with insanity saying

You know, it's just but the father jumps into the ocean and thank God they throw off some life preservers and

The only one reached them and he put her in it and Jill was reading more this was you saying that he's holding her up

In the winter the whole time and they were floating for hours

No 20 minutes, great

We have the snow up here

She's the truth barometer

She read this story I remembered wrong

Yeah, but ours seemed cooler Jill thanks for ruining the story

All right 20 minutes we gotta be true I'll tell you what treading water for 20 minutes in the ocean, you know

And holding her up, thank you, honey

But like but really I mean, can you imagine but he's keeping her up, you know, that's what the Lord does for us

When the enemy comes in like a flood, he's not just saying bye-bye, you know, and our feet are being low

No, he's I got you man. This is not a flood. We're not gonna get through

It's like Paul on his way to Rome, you know, and he's

Crashes into Malta the Lord had them

In fact Paul actually spent a day and a half in the ocean

You know, he was shipwrecked three times

Yeah, but the Lord has us we're never drowning because he has his eye on us and he's always

Protecting us the enemy can't drown us with with his attacks

Amen and when it's time to go we're gonna go according to God's design

Not the enemies he can't take us out the enemy brings us home when it's his timing, right?

That's right

so amen, but let's read on so

Verse 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. I don't know how your version reads

I didn't look them all up, but I love that captain of their salvation

perfect through sufferings for both he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified and

Jesus by the way is the sanctifier and we are the sanctified are

All of one for which reason he is not ashamed to call them meaning you and me

brethren

Saying I will declare your name to my brethren in the midst of the assembly

Will sing praise to you and again, I will put my trust in him

And again, here am I and the children whom God has given me

I love this triune nature of God of the Trinity how he speaks to himself

Isn't that like interesting, you know?

It one verse will flip like first Genesis 1 26

He's talking about himself being plural and then 27

It's singular again because he's three persons in one mind-boggling

There's no analogy you can ever compare it to the closest I ever

Found was maybe water ice and steam

But it still pales. It's God is three persons in one

And so here God is talking to himself saying look look dad father

God I am bringing all these children that you have chosen to safety, right in verse

14

Yes in as much then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood

Meaning us he himself likewise

Shared in the same that through death. He might destroy him

Who had the power of death that is the devil and release those who through fear of death

Were all their lifetime subject to bondage

For indeed he does not give aid to angels. You see that think about that

Like angels are one and done. Do you realize that?

Like that's probably one of the reasons why they're up there scratching their wings saying how come they get all these chances

70 times 7 you're gonna forgive them what you know, we got one shot

There's no records of grace give it being given to angels

Okay, when you fail you fall, right? And so we don't see that with angels

He does not give aid to it, but he does give aid to the seed of Abraham

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

Try saying that three times

Propitiation for the sins of the people, you know, it's perfect

Prepare you're glad you're not sitting up here right now Jill's catching all of it right now

Propitiation, but it's taking away, you know atoning is covering over right now

Depending on what what version you read about but in the Old Testament the blood of lambs goats rams

They cover it over right but Christ blood which we're gonna be

Remembering today washes away sins never to be remembered from the East to the West

He will remember them

No more have you forgiven yourself?

It's time for us to forgive ourselves

Because Christ has forgiven us, you know when you start to look in the mirror James

It talks about looking in the mirror and like oh you you are so this so that you know

And what happens you meditate on your actions you walk away and you do the same thing anyway, right?

You're not gonna change beating yourself up. But the word says when you look in the law of Liberty

Who is Jesus Christ Christ is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes?

So when you see Jesus, you're like, I'm good because he's in here

I don't have to meditate on all my past failures or my weirdness or any of that

I have Christ. He's gonna do it in me. He who began a good work will complete it. Amen

So he's in you he's gonna do what he's going to do and you don't have to

struggle with your past

Let it go. Let it go

Where it belongs in the sea, right? And so

Where am I

18 thank you Jill

For in that he himself has suffered

Being tempted. He is able to aid those who are

Tempted now, we're gonna look a lot more into this in the future in Hebrews

Because it talks a lot about some things that we we saw today

even more so but

In the last few minutes. I'd like to just focus on the idea of family because if you can notice

There's been well first of all, I want to mention in the word

There's four primary biblical descriptors of the church

Did you ever notice that like in other words metaphors for who the church is?

One is bride. Of course every wedding we talk about that because the church is the bride of Christ

We see that again and again and Ephesians and in Revelation, you know, the the the wedding supper of the lamb

so we see this again throughout scripture because that first relationship between Adam and Eve was really a

Reflection of God's relationship with mankind, right and then a building, you know, we're living stones

He's the cornerstone. He's the firm foundation. We are of the household of God

so throughout scripture, we're also compared to a building a

body it talks about every body has its part the ligaments that the muscles the you know

The tongue everything has a special part in in the body of Christ because we're we're compared to a body

but in this case we were compared to a

Family, right because we are the family of God. In fact, we have that next slide

The reference is the family. He says we're sons of glory

He says that we are

Christ's brethren his brothers and sisters his family said at three times were the children of God

right, in fact

Many people say, you know, we're all children of God. We're all made in his image

But when we get saved we become true children of God

It's important for us to remember because you know

We can kind of group us all together and yet without Christ. We're not really part of his family yet

Do you know what I mean?

So we want to be part of his family, right and then we are the seed of Abraham

We are his family, you know when Jesus

Was you imagine growing up in a house with Jesus?

You know, he never did anything wrong. Okay. I live with Jill. So I have a little taste of that. Okay living with her

But um, I'm just kidding. Just kidding. I'm flattering her

But you know

Living with someone you see all the dirt

Okay, you see all the bad sides the good the bad the ugly all the mood swings and all that right?

Well, they lived with him and they saw none of that, but they just took it for granted

You know, he's the big brother. Of course, he's perfect

Right, you know, he's supposed to be right and then we don't know when Joseph probably

You know met his demise Joseph the carpenter

But we don't read about him at a certain point after he was I think 12 years old

I don't recall ever here and everyone just referred to Jesus as the son of Joseph because they assume maybe he was right

I mean Mary and Joseph but they lived in the household with Jesus and they didn't see him do all the same silly things

They were doing and making all those mistakes, right?

and

So at a certain point he started finally when he was empowered by the Holy Spirit in the Jordan River and he started doing

What he was called to do after being tempted 40 days in the wilderness. He went out there

He just started doing these things and they're like, wow, this is really happening

I'm paraphrasing or I guess imagining a little bit, but they're probably looking when it's actually happening

suddenly, it's like whoa, like

He's actually doing these things and he's gathering a lot of crowds and a lot of enemies

You know, there's a lot of enemies in those crowds, right?

And they saw these things happening and they were probably a little fearful. They're a little jealous

Remember when he said oh you go to the Jerusalem aren't you trying to great be a celebrity, you know

I'm paraphrasing, you know, and they're encouraging him even though he knew when he got there

They're gonna try to kill him and yet so they were encouraging him in a kind of

You know off-handed way and and yet where it was actually starting to happen

They were like wow, this is like we can't even get near him anymore because of these crowds

And so we read in Mark chapter 3 verse 21. It said but when his own people

Depending on the version of his family friends a lot of theologians assume this is his fat his own immediate family

But the people bless you closest to closest to him suddenly said wow

When they heard about this they went out to lay hand hold of him for they said he is out of his mind

Imagine, you know James Jude who actually later wrote the books of James and Jude the half brothers of Jesus, right?

You know, of course Jesus his father is the Holy Spirit and God, you know

So that's who his father was but they were like saying he's in another version says he's beside himself

You ever hear somebody say that? Oh, he's just being silent

In other words, he's like he's a split personality doesn't even know what he's doing

We got to go rescue him right and there he is rescuing mankind and they think they have to rescue him

Right and so they went and they get to this house. They couldn't even get in

Right and they sent messages through it to the house and finally someone near Jesus said, you know

Your family's out there and then we read this in verse 32

To 35 a crowd was sitting around him and they said to him your mother and your brothers are outside

seeking you and he answered them who are my mother and my brothers and

Looking about at those who sat around him. He said here are my mother and my brothers

for whoever does the will of God

He is my brother and sister and mother

So this probably like would have amazed. I don't think carry that message back to them

Imagine Mary mother of God out there saying he's like, you know

He's saying you're no better than these people in here because those who do the will of my father. That's my family

That's who belongs to me now. Thank God. We know that Mary gave her life to Jesus, right?

We know that James and Jude did right because we read those books

They don't even call themselves the brother of Jesus. They call themselves bond servants of Jesus, right?

They didn't even want to be compared to Jesus now being enlightened as to who he really was but we are

His family, you know, it's actually reminding me a little bit. Remember King David

His brothers were a little jealous of them like yeah, you just want to be a hotshot, you know

But that slingshot are yours, right and and yet after he was chased out by King Saul

Okay, he's in the caves hiding all his brothers his whole family went out to be with him

Because they realized he's the real deal

Not to mention they might have been killed by King Saul as being a lineage of him

But that's besides the point they knew we got to follow this guy, you know

We need to know who we got to follow and it's our brother

our friend

our father

Our very essence. It's who we are. We have to follow God

He is our family member and he is the one who is setting us up for success

Amen as the worship team comes up. We're gonna have communion

And if the ushers can prepare that

Ushers

and

And

As they're getting the bread and water bread and wine bread and juice

Prepare for us and bring it up. I was thinking about this and you know in we just went through the book of Leviticus and

You can look back and watch and listen to it because it was phenomenal

tremendous teaching

but in Leviticus chapter 6 it talks about

the sin offering okay, and how

When it's offered up the priests and even in some cases the people are to eat

The sin offering okay that that innocent animal that died on behalf of their sins, okay

They are to eat it

Unless

They know of sin that is still going on in their life

if

The priests had sins

They were forbidden to eat the offering if the people had a great sin upon them

they were

They were forbidden to eat this offering. That's probably why Aaron's two sons, you know after they're consumed by

Profane fire they were lighting the Lord took them out and

Aaron probably was harboring a lot of stuff in them. God just killed my two oldest sons

And he refused to take that offering

And as I was pondering this Jesus

Presented himself as the offering and he said unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life in you

But what if I still have sinned am I unworthy to take communion and

And and Paul actually writes in in

First Corinthians 11 about like taking communion in an unworthy manner

Now does that mean so if I still have sin I just did this on the way here or I just did that last night

Or I just I have sinned me. I can't take communion

No, he's saying you're looking at the wrong sacrifice

Because Jesus Christ is the sinless one in this place right now

He's the one who is

righteous

So when Paul was saying don't take this in an unworthy manner

He means if you're not

Considering who you are partaken of and you think it's about you

Don't take it

Because we need to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, right?

He's the one who is worthy here

So I was wondering right now if we could maybe just sing that worthy of it all a little bit

You know just as we're preparing our hearts. That's okay. Sorry. I threw you off a little bit you tune it Tasha

Sorry about that, but let's just let's just sing this because he is worthy of it

Or we are keeping our eyes fixed on him. And if you don't know Jesus today, I'm telling don't take communion

Because it's unworthy

It's unworthy. Why not instead?

Make a commitment right here right now and say I want to give you my life Jesus

You are the only sinless one who's ever lived and

My righteousness is found in your life

Right now it's so easy. It's so simple. I'm telling I'm urging you

When I got saved, it's he changed my life down both down here and forever

Your life will change. I promise you

He will raise up a standard. He'll either lift you up or he'll separate the waters

He's going to do what he's said. He's gonna do his promises are always yes and amen. So right now

Why don't we sing a little bit?

Worthy of it all and I'm gonna ask you right now if you've never said yes to Jesus

Don't be a fool

And yes, I want to be offensive. You're a fool if you don't accept Jesus Christ right here right now today

He's the only one who could save you. So why don't we all stand up and let's let's sing out to the Lord

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