Heb # 4 Christ better than the angels

The beauty and security of salvation cannot be understood outside the dignity of the person of Christ.

To bring a compromised view of His person-and that means-a low Christology-a low view of Christ is an attack on His work of salvation.

Christ is the Son of God who is seated on the throne because He is God, seated because He is worthy of all honor, seated because He finished His work of salvation, seated because He is superior to all-even the angels.

The superiority of Christ is what alone guarantees salvation.

He who upholds all things by the word of His power can not fail to uphold the salvation that He accomplished for His people.

God has commanded angels to worship the Son. The God who does not share His glory with anyone apparently shares glory with the Son. And that means the Son is God-was not created.

Christ is not an exalted angel. He is not an angel-He is above all creation. He created all things for Himself-including the angels.

So, salvation is only possible because of who the Son is. The elect are what they are before God because of who Christ is and the name that He possess-that is above all names. That and more!