• John 1:1-4
    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
     
  • John 1:14-18
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
     
  • Colossians 1:13-26
    He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister. I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.
     
  • John 14:4-10
    And where I go you know, and the way you know." Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him." Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
     
  • John 15:4-10
    Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
     
  • Hebrews 1:25
    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 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 at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For to which of the angels did He ever say:
    “ You are My Son,
    Today I have begotten You”? And again:
    “ I will be to Him a Father,
    And He shall be to Me a Son”?
     
  • John 17:3
    And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
     
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Resources

Hebrews (Part Nine): Chapter 1: Jesus' Exultation and Christianity's Claims

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, the one to whom the proclamation of Psalm 2 was made, as John 1:17-18 and Luke 1:26-35 show. He was already God when conceived in Mary's womb, so He did not need to qualify for the office of High Priest; at His birth He was exalted to a position He never literally held before, …


Jesus Christ: First Savior, Second High Priest, Third King

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ is the believer's High Priest, Mediator of the better New Covenant, and Head of the church, which is His Body and His fullness. Salvation depends on a personal relationship with Him, since He says in John 15:5 that without Him we can do nothing, and fruitless lives will not enter the Kingdom. The Father has given …


Jesus Christ, the Bearer of Sin

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

Jesus Christ fulfilled the role of the azazel goat of the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16), the type whose antitype He is. Isaiah 53 foretells that the Father laid the iniquity of us all on Him, and that He would suffer far more than death: being pierced, crushed, scourged, and shamed, since sin brings grief, pain, and …


The Last Words of Jesus Christ

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Jesus Christ was the eternal Word who was with God and was God, yet He subordinated Himself to the Father as the One sent. He became completely flesh, not a spirit dwelling inside a body, so that He could be tempted as humans are, suffer, and truly die. His disciples and the public misunderstood Him as a political Messiah, a …


Jesus Christ Is Our Hope

Sermonette by Ted E. Bowling

Rahab considered the red cord a symbol of her faith and hope that she and her family would be rescued from destruction. Her faith was not wasted but rewarded.


Jesus Christ's Trial (Part One)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Jesus Christ was fully in control from His arrest to His trial. He delayed in the Garden, went out to meet the arresting party, and surrendered Himself voluntarily. When He answered "I am He" ( I am , the divine name Yahweh revealed to Moses), the soldiers drew back and fell to the ground. This showed three things: He is more …


Why Hebrews Was Written (Part Ten): Christianity's Claims

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ is the Son of God foretold in Psalm 2, identified by John 1 and Luke 1 as Jesus of Nazareth, the only begotten Son, who is God just as the Father is God. He was already God when the prophecy was uttered and when He was conceived in Mary's womb, so He did not have to qualify for His office in the ordinary sense. …


Jesus Was a Carpenter

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ is the greatest Son of David, and Christians who know Him mainly as Messiah, Son of God, and coming King often dismiss the fact that He was a carpenter. The people of Nazareth made the opposite error: they were stuck on the stereotype of the carpenter, Mary's son, and so could not accept His ministry, and their …



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