The Superiority of Christianity as Shown in the Glory of its Supreme Head as Son of God
D. C. Hughes, M. A. Hebrews 1:1-3 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,… I. CHRIST AS THE SON OF GOD THE PROPHET OF CHRISTIANITY. 1. Notice the Divine authority of the Old Testament Scriptures. 2. Notice God's gracious adaptations in qualifying His messengers to meet the demands of each age. 3. Notice the transcendent glory of Christianity. II. CHRIST, AS SON OF GOD, UNIVERSAL PROPRIETOR. 1. His heirship is absolutely universal. 2. Christ's universal ownership is used by Him for the highest moral and spiritual purposes. 3. This investment of Christ with all power is the all-sufficient encouragement of the Church. III. CHRIST, AS SON OF GOD, SUPREME HEAD OF ALL DISPENSATIONS. 1. Christ has been the leader in every dispensation of the past. 2. Christ will be the leader of future dispensations (Hebrews 2:5; Hebrews 7:24, 28). IV. CHRIST, AS SON OF GOD, THE REVEALER OF THE ETERNAL FATHER. 1. Christ reveals the supreme excellence of the Divine character in its totality. 2. Christ reveals the infinite perfections of the Divine nature in their individuality. V. CHRIST, AS SON OF GOD, IS THE ALMIGHTY SUSTAINER OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. 1. The absoluteness of His omnipotence is here set forth. 2. The ultimate triumph of Christianity is thus assured by virtue of the power of its glorious Head. VI. CHRIST, AS SON OF GOD, THE WORLD'S REDEEMER. 1. Notice the personal suffering of Christ by which redemption was wrought. 2. The perfect character of the work. 3. The glorious reward received. VII. CHRIST, AS SON OF GOD, INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS. 1. By virtue of His Sonship (vers. 4-7). 2. By virtue of His Kingship (vers. 8, 9). 3. By virtue of His Creatorship (vers. 10-12). 4. By virtue of His ultimate Mastership over all His enemies (vers. 13, 14).Lessons: 1. The unspeakable glory of Christianity. (1) As seen in its being God's last masterpiece. (2) As seen in the glory of its Prophet, Priest, and King. (3) As seen in its intimate object in bringing this fallen race into practical relations with God. 2. the unspeakable obligation the world is under to Christ through Christianity. (1) In giving us the only true conception of God. (2) In giving us the only true conception of the value of the soul. (3) In giving us the only true conception of true manhood in its means and nature. 3. The unspeakable deadness to all that constitutes true moral excellence, seen in indifference to Christ, to Christianity, and to the privileges it offers. (D. C. Hughes, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, WEB: God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,