Hebrews 3:3-6 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built the house has more honor than the house.… I. AS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE, CHRIST EXERCISES THE PREROGATIVES OF EXCLUSIVE SUPREMACY. II. CHRIST AS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE IS ITS ONLY REDEEMER. III. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE HAS PROCURED FOR IT THE GIFTS AND THE GRACES OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT. 1. During His personal ministry, our Lord instructed " His own house" in the things which pertained to the kingdom of God. As the Prophet of the Church, He made known the whole counsel of God for the obedience of faith. 2. Our Lord was, moreover, even in His estate of humiliation, "a Son over His own house," as its Sovereign from whom emanate all the laws which regulate both its internal economy and "the outward business of the house of God." 3. Christ is no longer visibly present in that house over which He presides as a Son. "The heavens must retain Him until the times of the restitution of all things." Still, He is truly and ever present by His Spirit, whom He sends forth in every age to carry forward many of the sublime designs of His mission into the world. (John Smyth, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. |
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