I just finished listening to my pastor’s sermon series on Hebrews again and I commend it to you. It can be found here:
http://www.newlifelamesa.org/series/hebrews/
Here’s a good 2 minute snippet from the sermon titled “Consider Jesus” on Hebrews 3:1-6:
While formulating a response to this, I thought of some things I hadn’t before. Compare the following 2 passages:
Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
2 for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you prosperity. |
3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.Luke 2:51 Then [Jesus] went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
It seems clear to me that Luke deliberately parallels Proverbs 3 here. He points out that Jesus grew in wisdom, and the Proverbs are for the attaining of wisdom (Proverbs 1:2). These thoughts led me to another.
When Jesus studied the Proverbs, with all the exhortations following the address, “My son…“, I wonder what He thought…
Sola Fidelity 