Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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Scratching
the Surface of Hebrews
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Anyone like
anything distracting from the allegiance and affection due our Lord alone is
idolatry.
While everyone's
got heroes, no human hero deserves the allegiance and affection due Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.
Heroes, at His
best, reflect God's enfleshment in Jesus and point to Him above all others as
the only One warranting absolute allegiance and affection as God.
Showing how that
works, we read in Hebrews, "Moses did a good job in God's house, but it
was all servant work, getting things ready for what was to come. Christ
as Son is in charge of the house."
Heroes have a
providential place in our lives: "Long ago, at many times and in many
ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets...We must pay attention to what
we have heard..."
Yet, again, every
hero but Jesus has human limitations aka clay feet: "They serve a copy and
shadow of the heavenly things...But in these last days He has spoken to us by
His Son, whom He appointed the heir of all things, through whom also He created
the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint
of His nature..."
The biggest
message of Hebrews and the entire Bible is Jesus alone is Lord and Savior and
the only One deserving of Divine
worship: "A better hope...through Whom we draw near to
God...This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant."
The Psalmist was
commanding in His practical counsel: "He alone is my rock and my
salvation...Put no trust...[in anyone or anything else]..."
Again, the
commanding yet practical counsel from the Psalmist: "Some trust in
chariots and some in horses, but we trust in...the Lord our God...They collapse
and fall, but we rise and stand upright."
Hebrews reinforces
His pre-eminent place in our lives with enthusiasm and without equivocation:
"I will trust in Him...Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne
of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of
need...Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let
us also lay aside every weight...Let us run with endurance the race that is set
before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith..."
No wonder the
earliest confession was such a simple summary statement of faith: "Jesus
is Lord!"
No wonder Hebrews
urges over and over and over again, "Let us hold fast to our
confession..."
No wonder a very
famous evangelist stood up in front of thousands, echoed the earliest
confession of the church ("Jesus is Lord!"), and then sat down
without saying anything more about anyone else.
For there is
nothing nor no one else here and now and forever!
Anything else or
anyone else is totally inadequate in
the end and usually sooner than that.
Really, have you ever
known any human hero who's been pure and perfect in every way?
Really, have you ever
known any human hero who's not been knocked down to size sooner or later?
Really, have you ever
known anyone who hasn't been disappointed by someone who's been perched on a
pedestal?
Really, that's why wise
women/men still seek Him!
Really, let's go back to
Paul for the corrective to idiotic idolatries distracting from the absolute
allegiance and affection due only to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:
"Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him that name that
is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in
heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Really, Jesus is Lord alone.
Really, Jesus saves alone.
Everything and
everyone else has been tried over the course of time.
All of 'em have
failed to satisfy sooner or later and definitely in the end.
Not Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit!
That's the
difference.
Everything and
everyone else is sooooooo, uh,
human.
Really.
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...to be continued...
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Blessings and Love!
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