The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
8 sermons cite this verse
… flesh and dwelt among us that's the king and we beheld his glory that's the king as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Hebrews chapter 1. I got to go fast. Hebrews 1, verse 3. Who, speaking of Jesus, being in the brightness of his glory and the expressed image of his person. Translation, if you look at Jesus, that is look at him, we can't look at him now, but we can look at him in the word. When you look at him, you're looking at the reflection of the Father, the Godhead, upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. I love that. That's thrilling. First John chapter one, that which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled concerning the word of life. The life was manifested and we've seen and bear witness and declare to you that eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifest to us. …
… He sustains all things. Colossians 1.17, Hebrews 1.3. Not only did he make all things, but he actively holds it all together. He upholds the universe by the word of his power. He created and he continues. If he were to withdraw his actively sustaining, life-giving, molecule-securing power for even one millisecond, then everything that exists would cease to be. Are you thinking about what you have to do tomorrow? And it's okay if you are. Are you thinking about tomorrow? Are you thinking about what's at work? Perhaps a doctor's appointment, a meeting? Are you thinking about what you have to do when you get home from here in a few minutes? The reality is, is that we won't have a home or a family or a dinner or a stove or a TV or a computer or a bed or a breath or a next sentence, if he does not hold it all together. He is the Lord. He's before all things. All things are made through him. …
… Jesus is the epitome of humanity, God in the flesh, Hebrews 1.3. He is the radiance of the glory of God, the exact imprint of his nature, and he's the one who upholds the universe by the word of his power. He is Emmanuel, God with us. And so he's not just a tabernacle. So we're not going to have time to look to all these places in the book of John, but Jesus is John chapter two, the temple. He's the place where you encounter the glory of God. Remember the rivers flowing in Eden? Jesus is the spring of water welling up to eternal life. John chapter 4. Anyone who's thirsty, come to him and drink. John chapter 7. He's the manna in the tabernacle. John 6, I am the bread of life. He's the lampstand in the tabernacle. John 8, I am the light of the world. Thinking about the tree of life in Eden, Jesus says in John 11, I am the resurrection and the life. I came to conquer the curse of death. So I could keep going all throughout John all the way. His high priestly prayer in John 17, and then you get to John 18. …
… most clearly is in the face of Jesus Christ on earth. You see here as well in Hebrews, the sun is the radiance of God's glory, the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. He, the sun, Jesus, is the radiance of God's kabod of his weight and his worth. After he had provided purification for sins, He, Jesus, sat down at the right hand of the majesty in heaven. Not just of God, but the majesty, the glorious weight and worth. He sat next to the majesty. How powerful is that? His miracles are to glorify God. He got up, this guy, and he took his mat. How, praise God, a guy's walking. But why did God heal him? Well, because he needed to walk. And he knew that he could. Simple, right? No. He healed him, yes, because he needed to walk. and he knew that he could, but he healed him for a reason. He walked out in full view of them all. …
… God the Father says to God the Son, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies the footstool. In Hebrews chapter 1 verse 3 says, after he had made purification for sin, he sat down at the right hand of God. That's his exaltation. His death, his resurrection, and his exaltation are all affirmations that Christ would never condemn us. He died for us, paying in full the penalty. He rose, the Father indicating that His sacrifice was complete. And then the Father sat Him at His right seat because He had accomplished the purging of the sins of His people. And then one more, who also intercedes for us. He's not going to condemn us. He died for us. He rose for us. He was exalted to heaven because of the perfection of His sacrifice. And now He ever lives to make intercession for us. He ever lives to make intercession for us. He is our great high priest. John 11, 42, Jesus said to the Father, I know that you always hear me. So, could God stop loving us? Could God reject us? No, God would not reject us because He already loved us when we were wretched. God will not reject us because of any accusations from Satan, because Satan is only accusing us of what has already been paid for. …
… and through whom also he made the universe. The sun is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. And after he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty in heaven. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. For to which of the angels did God ever say, you are my son? Today I have become your father. Or again, I will be his father and he will be my son. And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, let all God's angels worship him. Do me a favor, share the sermon title with your neighbor. Look at someone and tell them, neighbor, oh neighbor, he's no angel. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. At the risk of ruining your Christmas joy, I want to confess to you that The fascination I had with Christmas as a child has begun to wane as I become an adult. …
… Christ is in head or Lord of that thing, of that institution, that relationship. You know, it says in Hebrews 1 verse 3, in Christ all things hold together. And so what Paul is saying here is the same thing, that as Christ spreads out his rule, as people and his hearts and his bodies and his individuals, bit by bit by bit, come more under the headship of Christ, everything will cohere. Everything falls apart until it comes under Jesus, and Jesus becomes the master of it, and eventually he will be the total master of everything, and there won't be any rebellion. Every bit of rebellion will be put down, and then everything will be united, and there will be no more disintegration. I was talking to a man this summer who was in his 70s. He's retired, and for many, many years he was a very high-ranking official in a major U.S. corporation. He told me something extremely interesting, something that distressed him. And he said because of his position, he was the one who came to know and usually had to deal with what he called major defalcations. …
… Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world, who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power. Now, the idea here with respect to Revelation, and particularly with respect to special revelation, is that we receive distinct information from God Himself. Now, that's an astonishing thing, an astonishing claim. And this is at the very root and heart of a Christian understanding of knowledge. In the field of philosophy, we have a subdivision that we call epistemology. And epistemology is the science of knowing. It analyzes the way in which human beings are able to acquire knowledge. And great debates rage over whether The primacy in learning is on the mind and on rational deduction, or is the primacy of knowledge in the senses, the five senses of seeing, hearing, taste, touch, smell, and so on, what we call the empirical approach to the external world. And so philosophers have debated which of those two has the highest level of importance and the primacy in terms of order of knowing. And even within Christian circles, the debate goes on as to what role reason plays and what role the senses play and so on. But one thing that we should be able to agree on as Christians is that Christianity is based ultimately on knowledge that comes to us from God Himself. And that becomes very, very important for our determination of truth, because manifestly if we gain information from the Creator …