Partakers of the heavenly callng

Heb 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;


Partakers of the heavenly calling--- US.


We are partakers of the heavenly calling. You and I are partakers if we choose to seek eternal life and not be of this world. The heavenly calling is salvation though Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. We need to consider the APOSTLE and HIGH PRIEST of our profession- Christ Jesus.


Consider.


Consider
CONSIDER, v.t. [L., to consider, to view attentively, to sit by; to sit. See Sit. The literal sense is, to sit by or close, or to set the mind or the eye to; hence, to view or examine with attention.]

1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.


We have to fix our mind on our Savior.
We have to carefully examine our Savior.
We have to think on our Savior.
We have to ponder our Savior.
We have to meditate on our Savior.


All those things will have us considering our Savior. We can't just give him a cursory examination from time to time. We can't box Him into five minutes here, a half hour there, an hour whenever. We have to have Him a part of ALL we do, not just some of what we do. We can't set our Savior aside or tell Him to close His eyes and turn around for a bit when we want to do something sinful. When we sit down to watch our favorite tv show He needs to be on our mind- not put in a corner while we get our laughs in.


Heb 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Heb 3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.


Our Savior- who was faithful to HIM that appointed HIM. Faithful to His Father. Isn't that beautiful? He was faithful to His Father in all that He did.


Another who was faithful was Moses. But our Savior was MORE worthy of glory than the faithful Moses. When people have leaders and those leaders lead well they tend to revere them, they tend to give them honor and respect for being such great leaders. Moses was a great leader, by the power of God he set free God's people and led them to the promised land- being used of God to reveal the ways of God to man- God's laws, the Sanctuary service and much more. It's no surprise that Moses is consider a great man, a faithful man. But as great as Moses was, Jesus was much, much greater. To say that there is a man more worthy than Moses to those who hold Moses to be their greatest leader is saying a lot!


We have in our more modern history some great leaders- Washington, Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. -- these are men that have impacted history and we've set them us as being worthy of remembrance. If was say this man is greater than Lincoln ever was, that's saying a lot. If someone comes along and people say he's greater than Martin Luther King Jr. instantly we understand that this newcomer has to be amazing.


Our Lord and Savior is worthy of more honor than Moses- worth more immeasurably.


Heb 3:3 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.
Heb 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.


God built ALL THINGS. You cannot be greater than that, you can't. You cannot be more worthy.


Heb 3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
Heb 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.


We are of Christ's house, He is Son over His house, He is ruler over us, caretaker over us, as any head of household Christ reigns over us IF WE LET HIM! We are in His house willingly, not as underage children forced to live in a household good or bad. We aren't kept in Christ by force. We are not hostages to Him. People come and go all the time, but it's best to remain in HIM- HOLD FAST in Him. The Bible tells us to hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of the HOPE firm unto the end. Christ is our hope, our ONLY hope.


I was talking with someone the other day who suffers with chronic pain and they mentioned how death would be preferable to the pain (no they aren't suicidal). The subject of death and the life after death had come up and so on. We talked for a bit and what we fail to realize a lot of time is the fact that our lives here are so temporary, so short. Even if we live till 100 it's short compared to eternity. All the pain we feel now can consume us, can ruin us. This temporary life can ruin us and WILL ruin us if satan has his way. Satan stops at NOTHING to ruin us- if it's not one thing it's another, if it's not with bad things he'll use good things- yes, satan uses good things as well as bad to entrap us. Our only hope is in Christ, remaining firmly in Christ with all our confidence and hope in Him.


We are Christ's house-- IF we hold fast.


IF.


By the grace and mercy of our Lord we will Hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope in CHRIST! Firm unto the end.


Amen.